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    OTEP AND ILL NINO TO CO-HEADLINE ON UNITE & CONQUER TOUR

    By Koch October 7th 2008

    NEW ALBUM, THE ASCENSION, TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2008 (New York, NY) - KOCH Records recording artist OTEP announces the Unite & Conquer Tour 2008, a co-headlining tour with favorites ILL NINO. Otep Shamaya is set to bring her blistering live show to fans once again.

    OTEP's latest album, The Ascension, is set to be released on vinyl on October 28th, 2008, and will be available at Hot Topic and other retailers across the country. Alternative Press heralded The Ascension as "eloquent and necessary" and Billboard chose as it one of the hot picks of the year. The band has just finished filming its first live DVD, shot in Los Angeles, due out in early 2009.

    Otep Shamaya, the captivating singer and brainchild of the group, has made a name for herself outside of music. Singer, Activist, Actress, Writer. She has filmed segments for several top-rated TV shows, including HBO's "DEF POETRY," Bravo's "DATE MY EX" and TLC's hit show "L.A. Ink." She was most recently a guest speaker at the Democratic National Convention and works extensively with Voter Registration. Otep is also one of the most searched celebrities on pop culture sites such as TheInsider.com and Citizenceleb.com.

    Shamaya also finds time to be a vocal and committed activist for such causes as Climate Change via Carbon Rally.com, Voter Registration via Rock the Vote, Equal Rights, Victims Rights, Hurricane Relief, the genocides in Darfur, Chad, and Myanmar, PETA, and RAINN.

    Otep Shamaya also created a social networking site (www.allshapesandsizes.org) to help reinforce new ideas to promote self-esteem and self-confidence.

    She has become a featured celebrity blogger for the MTV network, and because of her brutal honesty and passion for her beliefs, her weekly blog continues to be one of the most popular features on the site.

    OTEP has sold over 500,000 units internationally to date, and continues to convert the masses to her gospel of art and activism on a daily basis.

    Check out the movement at: www.MySpace.com/OTEP or www.OTEP.com!


    Hard Rock Band OTEP To Headline The Circus Of Democracy Tour Presented By Hot Topic

    By Koch March 5th 2008

    (New York, NY) - KOCH Records recording artist OTEP is set to hit the road, headlining a new tour to promote its latest album, The Ascension. The Circus of Democracy Tour will be presented by Hot Topic and will also feature Creature Feature, Eyes Set To Kill and KOCH recording artist Anew Revolution.

    About naming the tour The Circus of Democracy, frontwoman Otep Shamaya states, "This is one of those amazingly emotional and inspirational seasons that comes rarely (even once) in a lifetime. It can disappear as quickly as it came if we do not reach out (with both hands) and grab it. Our nation is trapped in 2 wars, our economy is slowly sliding into recession, gas prices are obscenely high, the environment is in chaos, the working class is losing ground, our healthcare system is in shambles, but now we, as citizens, have the opportunity to be involved in a life saving effort for our nation. Never before have there been so many people inspired to take ownership of their country. We've seen what happens when citizens do nothing; elections can be stolen, wars can be launched, & oligarchs can swell their pockets with our national treasures. So as part of our mission to help provoke people into action, I've named the tour The Circus of Democracy. We want people informed, inspired, and involved and to remind them they have the power to change the course of history. All around us the energy is swelling. It feels like we are on the verge of a new American Revolution, only this time waged with thought and spirit rather than guns and cannons."

    The band's new single, "Perfectly Flawed," will impact at Active/Modern Rock Radio on April 8th. In addition, the new video for the song "Confrontation" debuted on MTV2's Headbangers' Ball last weekend.

    On May 6th, 2008 ITunes will be releasing two tracks that were previously only available on special versions of The Ascension. The tracks are "Special Pets" and "Perfectly Flawed."

    To date, OTEP has sold over 400,000 units, and continues its success with The Ascension.

    National media accolades for The Ascension include the following: "...Otep Shamaya is hot and her guttural scream rivals Slipknot's Corey Taylor... [The rest of the band's] pummeling power chords and break-neck speed-drumming are the icing on this pissed off cake." - Penthouse

    "The Ascension" finds the metal throatwoman fully fired for the beatific vision...Shamaya and bassist eVil J. have shaped the most professional of OTEP's three full-lengths without sacrificing the passion or the poetry." - Los Angeles Times

    "[One of the] People You Should Know About" - CNN.com

    "...eloquent and necessary..." - Alternative Press

    "...their most inspired effort to date...The Ascension finds the band in top form and showing levels of musical growth..." - Metal Edge


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