Otep is dropping a new album this summer via Napalm Records, Kult 45, and it promised to be a big one based on the first single from the album. ‘To The Gallows’ has white-hot lead lyrics and their trademark heavy grooves, as Otep Shamaya shreds the Trump administration and political phonies as a whole. Watch the lyric video here.
Shamaya commented:
“Art is resistance. Art allows us to fightback without violence. This song, “To the Gallows”, is meant to shine a light on Traitor Trump’s attacks on the Constitution, on Healthcare, on the LGBTQ+, the African American, Hispanic and Muslim communities, DREAMERS, and women’s reproductive rights. Not to mention that this spurious President might have committed just a little bit of light treason, but this is why we rally, this is why we march, and this is why I write. Because when I look back someday I want to know that I did everything in my power as an artist, activist and citizen, to stop him and his bigoted embryonic autocracy.”
OTEP – Kult 45 track listing:
1- Hail To The Thief
2- Halt Right
3- Molotov
4- Said The Snake
5- Undefeated
6- Trigger Warning
7- Cross Contamination
8- Shelter In Place
9- Boss 10- To The Gallows
11- Sirens Calling
12- Invisible People
13- Be Brave
14- Wake Up (Cover of Rage Against the Machine)
15- Feral Oracle (Bonus Track)
16- The Tribe Speaks (Bonus Track)
OTEP Summer 2018 Headline Tour Dates:
05.07.18 US – Las Vegas, NV / Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*
06.07.18 US – Salt Lake City, UT / Metro Music Hall*
07.07.18 US – Grand Junction, CO / Mesa Theatre*
08.07.18 US – Denver, CO / Oriental Theater*
09.07.18 US – Colorado Springs, CO / Black Sheep*
11.07.18 US – Merriam, KS / Aftershock*
12.07.18 US – Sioux Falls, SD / Icon Lounge*
13.07.18 US – Cadott, WI / Rock Fest – hosted by Lou Brutus
14.07.18 US – Joliet, IL / The Forge#
15.07.18 US – Detroit, MI / Diesel Concert Lounge#
17.07.18 US – Toronto, ON / The Rockpile
18.07.18 US – Ottawa, ON / Brass Monkey
19.07.18 US – New York, NY / Gramercy Theatre – w/ Kore RozZik
20.07.18 US – Reading, PA / Reverb – RockRoom#
21.07.18 US – Poughkeepsie, NY / The Chance#
22.07.18 US – Buffalo, NY / Buffalo Iron Works#
23.07.18 US – Warrendale, PA / Jergel’s Rhythm Grille#
25.07.18 US – Lexington, KY / Manchester Music Hall#
26.07.18 US – Cincinnati, OH / Bogarts#
27.07.18 US – Cleveland, OH / The Odeon Concert Club#
28.07.18 US – Findlay, OH / All American Rock House#
29.07.18 US – St. Louis, MO / Fubar#
01.08.18 US – Oklahoma City, OK / Ruins Live&
02.08.18 US – Austin, TX / Come & Take It Live&
03.08.18 US – Dallas, TX / Gas Monkey Live!&
04.08.18 US – Houston, TX / Scout Bar&
05.08.18 US – San Antonio, TX / The Rock Box&
07.08.18 US – Mesa, AZ / Club Red&
08.08.18 US – Los Angeles, CA / Whisky A Go Go
09.08.18 US – Flagstaff, AZ / The Green Room&
10.08.18 US – Tucson, AZ / The Rialto Theatre&
11.08.18 US – Anaheim, CA / The Parish @ House of Blues&
12.08.18 US – Sacramento, CA / Holy Diver&
14.08.18 US – Seattle, WA / El Corazon& – NEW VENUE!
15.08.18 US – Portland, OR / Hawthorne Theatre&
17.08.18 US – Fresno, CA / Fulton 55&
18.08.18 US – Ventura, CA / Ventura Theater&
* w/ Dropout Kings & One Day Waiting
# w/ Dropout Kings & Kore RozZik
& w/ Dropout Kings & Ragdoll Sunday
OTEP is:
Otep Shamaya: Vocals
Aristotle: Guitars
Drewski Barnes: Bass
Justin Kier: Drums