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Track Listings
| 1. Tortured |
| 2. Blood Pigs |
| 3. TRIC |
| 4. My Confession |
| 5. Sacrilege |
| 6. Battle |
| 7. Ready |
| 8. Emtee |
| 9. Possession |
| 10. Thots |
| 11. Fillthee |
| 12. Menocide |
| 13. Jonestown Tea Brother |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Otep are an LA four-piece, led by tough girl Otep Shamaya, who make one of today's filthiest rackets. Brilliantly produced by Terry Date (Pantera, Deftones), Sevas Tra moves from the deepest, dirtiest grind, through electronic atmospherics to full-on speed metal, following on from the dark likes of Nine Inch Nails and the aforementioned Pantera. The most important element here, though, is clearly Shamaya herself. Like her most obvious forerunner, Tairrie B of Manhole and Tura Satana, she screams and whines out her rage and pain, with Date's help, moving from a little-girl whimper to a bestial growl and on to an ear-splitting scream. And, again like Tairrie, she stands for female self-assertion in the face of a cruel world peopled by manipulative men (and, in the case of "Tortured", sexually deviant men). But Shamaya goes beyond Tairrie's post-Christian trauma into her own world of pagan goddesses and ecstatic festivals. Claiming to be influenced by classic authors, particularly the Beat poets (her name is an anagram of "Poet", and the album title of "Art Saves"), she believes in "trance-formation", the achievement of altered states through Otep's music. In this, she's akin to Jim Morrison at his most shamanic. Her doctrine's confused and sometimes morally dubious, but Sevas Tra is a major rush, nonetheless. --Dominic Wills
CD Description
Otep instantly raises the bar on today's female-fronted metal band scene. Signed in the wake of some serious Ozzfest buzz (the band landed a coveted spot on the tour with no record deal), the California quartet makes acts such as Kittie orSnake River Conspiracy seem tame by comparison. The band's first full-length, SEVAS TRA packs a menacing groovecore punch.
Part poet and part Barbie-doll growler, enchanting vocalist Otep Shamaya could easily give Corey Taylor (Slipknot) or Phil Anselmo (Pantera) a run for their money. Shamaya'sself-proclaimed poeticism clearly suggests that the scary-sounding band name is a simple anagram. Otep's music is at times, crushing, anthemic, and venemously vengeful. Think Slayer-meets-RATM for "T.R.I.C", one of many brutal tracks, expertly produced by metal veteran Terry Date. "Posession" and "Blood Pigs" capture Pantera-like intensity with mountainous grooves. Recurring lyrical themes address empowerment ("Battle Ready"), politics ("Thots"), and especially the issue of abuses committed in what were once relationships of trust ("Tortured"). "Jonestown Tea" contains a disturbing twist on the Oedipal section of the Doors' "The End"., while "Emptee" makes use of a haunting Nine Inch Nails vibe. The future of heavy music is suddenly much prettier with the release of SEVAS TRA.
Part poet and part Barbie-doll growler, enchanting vocalist Otep Shamaya could easily give Corey Taylor (Slipknot) or Phil Anselmo (Pantera) a run for their money. Shamaya'sself-proclaimed poeticism clearly suggests that the scary-sounding band name is a simple anagram. Otep's music is at times, crushing, anthemic, and venemously vengeful. Think Slayer-meets-RATM for "T.R.I.C", one of many brutal tracks, expertly produced by metal veteran Terry Date. "Posession" and "Blood Pigs" capture Pantera-like intensity with mountainous grooves. Recurring lyrical themes address empowerment ("Battle Ready"), politics ("Thots"), and especially the issue of abuses committed in what were once relationships of trust ("Tortured"). "Jonestown Tea" contains a disturbing twist on the Oedipal section of the Doors' "The End"., while "Emptee" makes use of a haunting Nine Inch Nails vibe. The future of heavy music is suddenly much prettier with the release of SEVAS TRA.
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