Otep

Otep is a Los Angeles female-fronted nu metal/ rapcore band. Witnessing a brief live performance impressed Sharon Osbourne enough for Otep to land a spot on Ozzfest before signing onto a label. Lead singer Otep Shamaya is one of the few fr

Otep is a Los Angeles female-fronted nu metal/ rapcore band. Witnessing a brief live performance impressed Sharon Osbourne enough for Otep to land a spot on Ozzfest before signing onto a label. Lead singer Otep Shamaya is one of the few frontwomen to apply death grunting.

Despite few musical similiarities, their name has sometimes been mistaken with Opeth, the Swedish progressive metal/death metal band.