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The sophomore effort from art house nu-metal practitioners Otep only briefly flirts with the genre's anarchic political leanings ("Warhead"), focusing instead on the medium's most revered theme: angst. The lupine howl of a shattered youth proclaiming that "I hate my life" is nothing new, so when frontwoman -- and namesake -- Otep screams the phrase endlessly throughout "Buried Alive," she's channeling everyone from post-rock mouthpieces Gordon Gano and Exene Cervenka to pop/rock tunesmiths like Roger Waters and Ricky Nelson. This would be all fine and dandy if the music contained a mere particle of the cathartic spirit of the aforementioned artists. When House of Secrets isn't pummeling the listener into submission with predictable riffs and distorted vocals, it's leading the listener into a sterile waiting room -- bereft of even the most mundane periodical -- of spoken word poetry wrapped in tedious post-Nine Inch Nails soundscapes. Otep is at her most genuine on the title cut, an atmospheric dirge that finds the artist assuming a sultry Chrissie Hynde-like croon, but it's merely a deviation from an exercise that in its entirety is mediocre at best.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Drum, Sound Design, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Cymbals, Drums, Vocals, D J, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Jordison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Patterson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Jordison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Patterson, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Jordison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Jordison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Greg Wells, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, MainArtist - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Sound Design, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Percussion, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Jordison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Patterson, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joey Jordison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Greg Wells, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, Sound Design, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Scheuble, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Lian, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Monique Mizrahi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otep Shamaya, Composer - Otep, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Beeston, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evil J, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
The sophomore effort from art house nu-metal practitioners Otep only briefly flirts with the genre's anarchic political leanings ("Warhead"), focusing instead on the medium's most revered theme: angst. The lupine howl of a shattered youth proclaiming that "I hate my life" is nothing new, so when frontwoman -- and namesake -- Otep screams the phrase endlessly throughout "Buried Alive," she's channeling everyone from post-rock mouthpieces Gordon Gano and Exene Cervenka to pop/rock tunesmiths like Roger Waters and Ricky Nelson. This would be all fine and dandy if the music contained a mere particle of the cathartic spirit of the aforementioned artists. When House of Secrets isn't pummeling the listener into submission with predictable riffs and distorted vocals, it's leading the listener into a sterile waiting room -- bereft of even the most mundane periodical -- of spoken word poetry wrapped in tedious post-Nine Inch Nails soundscapes. Otep is at her most genuine on the title cut, an atmospheric dirge that finds the artist assuming a sultry Chrissie Hynde-like croon, but it's merely a deviation from an exercise that in its entirety is mediocre at best.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:04
- Main artists: Otep
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2004 Capitol Records Inc. ℗ 2004 Capitol Records Inc.
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