Alt-metal band Otep will release their third album, The Ascension, October 30. The disc was produced by Dave Fortman (Mudvayne, Evanescence) and, according to Otep, marks a concerted effort to break out of the nü-metal box some have placed them in. “We said, ‘Genre limits and music fads be damned,’ ” frontwoman Otep Shamaya said in a statement. “Let’s write music that is important to us and that motivates us. I wanted to write songs we believe in and let nothing stop us from building the album we want to make.” …
