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The Ottoman Empire

Metal from Madison, WI

About Me


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Member Since: 11/5/2004
Band Website: theottomanempire.net/
Band Members:


Mary Zimmer - Vocals


Brian Koenig - Guitars / Vocals


Cory Scheider - Guitars


Jake Bare - Bass


Erik Madsen - Drums

Photography Copyright © 2008 Camille Gonzales

Visit our merchandise page to order CDs, shirts, and more! All items come directly from us. If you are a distributor who would like to make a minimum order of 15 discs, please contact us directly for our rates.

We will ship internationally!


Influences: The Ottoman Empire presents their original brand of progressive metal, while drawing influences from a variety of classic and modern death, power and thrash metal.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Shows This Weekend - 6/20 & 6/21 CANCELLED

I'm sure some of you have noticed that both of this weekend's shows have disappeared from the schedule.  Friday's show at The Klinic has been cancelled due to the closing of said venue.  The...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:28:00 PST

Ask Us!

Got questions?  Of course you do!  We've got answers!  This will be a continuous feature on the profile, & we'll do our best to keep it updated daily.  If you've got a question...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:49:00 PST

Metal Magazines...

    So, I'm just curious...do you guys pick up metal magazines?  I love going to the bookstore and picking up the latest copies of BWBK, Metal Maniacs, Pit, Kerrang!, Terrorizer,&n...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:34:00 PST

Your favorite Ottoman Empire song

Hey guys, I was just curious as to what your favorite Ottoman song is on our myspace player. We have 4 up from our new EP and 2 songs from Way Of The Blade. Check them out!Let me know what you think...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Fri, 30 May 2008 12:51:00 PST

Mosh Like You Mean It FEST!! This Saturday!!

    Hey everyone!We'll be playing at the Mosh Like You Mean It Fest this Saturday in Illinois!!!Check out this flyer for more details:The only question is...will you be there??...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Fri, 30 May 2008 07:09:00 PST

ALL-AGES, FREE EP release show on May 17th!

Hi Everyone! We hope you'll all be coming out to our EP release show on Saturday, May 17th at The Orpheum Theater/Stage Door in Madison, WI! We're releasing our new EP called "The Answer: Does Not Exi...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Mon, 12 May 2008 05:48:00 PST

THANK YOU EVERYONE for the WI Dells BOTB!

Well, thanks to a surprise reaction by an amazing crowd, we won the 3rd Wisconsin Dells Battle of the Bands yesterday!! We wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who came out to the show and...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Mon, 12 May 2008 05:33:00 PST

BIG article about "Madison Metal" featuring US in this week’s "Isthmus!!"

If you live in Madison, WI maybe you've already seen it...but we're featured in a huge article about "Madison Metal" in this week's issue of "The Isthmus."  For those of you not from Madison, "Th...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:45:00 PST

Headin into the studio - again! This time with Jason Suecof...

Well, you've all gotten a taste of the demo we did this past July at Track Six Studios in Cleveland with producer Don DeBiase (Forever In Terror/Beneath The Sky) and Engineer Brandon Youngs...don't wo...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:43:00 PST

2008 "Girls of Metal" calendar featuring our singer, Mary!

It's 2008 and what could be better than the new 2008 "Girls of Metal" calendar??Not a whole hell of a lot!!We're lucky enough that our own singer, Mary is in this year's calendar and she's very excite...
Posted by The Ottoman Empire on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:23:00 PST