Otep, The World Over

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The Los Angeles alternative metal group Otep received an early career boost thanks to the support of Jack and Sharon Osbourne, who featured them on their influential Ozzfest tour after discovering them as an unsigned band in the early ’00s, but it was singer Otep Shamaya’s fierce vocals that have helped them retain such a wide a following. In the years since their Ozzfest break, the group has toured with Static-X and was nominated for a 2010 GLAAD Media Award. Shamaya’s interests aren’t limited to metal; she’s also a spoken-word artist who has appeared on HBO’s “Def Poetry” and lent her voice to video games and movies, including The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies. Her band released its latest album, Kult 45, this summer.