Terror Universal split with singer Chad Armstrong

By Stef Lach
( Metal Hammer )
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Move comes weeks after Otep Shamaya made sexual assault claim against band's frontman

Terror Universal have split with singer Chad ‘Rott’ Armstrong and will debut a new frontman this weekend.

The band cite “personal differences” and recent events for the move, which comes just weeks after the group were removed from the US Civil Unrest tour along with Otep.

Singer Otep Shamaya claimed Armstrong had groped her on a previous road trip and refused to play on the same bill as Terror Universal.

In a statement, Terror Universal say: “We want to inform you, that due to personal differences, and the course of events these past couple of weeks, Chad Armstrong is no longer the lead singer for Terror Universal.

“We will debut the new singer this weekend at the Texas Independence Fest. Next week we will post live video, so you can all hear and see our new kick ass singer. We promise, our new frontman is everything you would expect from TU.

“We wish Chad good luck, and thank all Terror Universal friends and fans for all your support.”

Shamaya claimed Armstrong groped her crotch while on tour in February. Armstrong’s wife Jenny strongly denied the claim and Civil Unrest organisers said: “Otep is not telling the truth.”

Stef Lach

Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.