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Otep
Otep was an American nu metal band. The band was formed in November 2000 in Los Angeles by frontwoman Otep Shamaya. The band is noted for their style of "art-house nu metal", and their strong political stances. Throughout the course of several lineup changes over the years, Shamaya was the only constant member in the band. After being selected by Sharon Osbourne to appear at Ozzfest 2001, Otep was signed to a record deal with Capitol Records without a Demo (music), demo in March 2001. Otep released two albums through Capitol, ''Sevas Tra'' (2002) and ''House of Secrets (album), House of Secrets'' (2004); both albums were moderate successes, and sold a combined total of 400,000 copies worldwide by 2006. Otep's third album, ''The Ascension (Otep album), The Ascension'', was due to be released through Capitol in March 2007, but was delayed indefinitely following the label's consolidation into Capitol Music Group two months prior to its planned release date; the band subsequently p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jihad (EP)
''Jihad'' (also known as ''Otep'' on European versions) is the debut Extended play, EP and release by American nu metal band Otep. It was released on June 19, 2001, by Capitol Records. It is the only Otep release to feature guitarists Traver Marsh and Dave "Spooky" Aguilera, who were fired from the band shortly after the EP's release. Background Otep was formed in November 2000. After an appearance at the Roxy Theatre (their fourth show) in February 2001, the band was selected by Sharon Osbourne to appear on the bill for Ozzfest 2001, despite the fact they had no record deal or Demo (music), demo. This increased the band's attention, and Nik Frost, an A&r, A&R representative, signed the band to Capitol Records in March 2001. The band publicly announced and celebrated the label signing with a performance at The Viper Room on April 5, 2001. Capitol signed the band on the belief the band had written eleven songs; in reality, Otep had lied, as they only had five or six playable so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydra (Otep Album)
''Hydra'' is the sixth studio album by the heavy metal band Otep. It was released in 2013 on Victory Records. ''Hydra'' is a concept album. This is their only album to feature drum programming as opposed to live drums. It is the band's last album on Victory, as they completed their three-album contract with this record. Background ''Hydra'' is a concept album, based on a novel Otep Shamaya was working on from two years earlier, called ''None Shall Sleep''. Otep explained the album's concept in a series of postings to Facebook:"It's a concept album about a girl corrupted by the world, corrugated by evil, ripped away from the golden, molten elixir of creativity, and abandoned on the placid, jagged rocks of a cruel and barbaric island where the rats poison themselves. This is a story of her personal alchemy of theophagy, revenge and righteousness. Her rise from the smoldering ash as a bruise that never heals transmuting, therianthropic, to the infinite, still-born messiah, a vigil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smash The Control Machine
''Smash the Control Machine'' is the fourth studio album from Otep. It was released on August 18, 2009. The album shows a reunion of the band's '' Sevas Tra'' lineup. It is also the final album to feature long-time bassist Jason "eVil J" McGuire. Background In April 2009, Otep signed with Victory Records. The album is also the first to feature the ''Sevas Tra'' lineup of the band in seven years. "When I was told it was time to write a new album I reached out to ob and Moke At first, it was going to be just one song, but it was soon very clear that we couldn't stop what we started. Once we were back in the room together, it was if we were never apart." The album's title is a quote taken from William S. Burroughs' '' Dead City Radio''. Recording It was produced by Ulrich Wild, who had worked in the past with Dethklok and Static-X. Wild and Otep worked in the studio "12 to 14 hours a day, 6 days a week." Unlike previous Otep albums, ''Smash the Control Machine'' was written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevas Tra
''Sevas Tra'' is the debut studio album by the nu metal band Otep, released in 2002. The album name, when read backwards, reads as "art saves". It debuted at number 145 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Music and lyrics The album is a nu metal album that features strong elements of death metal, as well as elements of , funk metal, alternative metal, rap metal, grindcore and hip-hop. The album's song "Jonestown Tea" features elements of spoken word. The vocals consist of growling, screaming and rapping. The growling on the album is one example of the album's elements of grindcore and death metal. Also, the album has guitar riffs heard in the death metal genre. The album has been compared to Cannibal Corpse, Metallica, Skinlab and Slipknot. Allmusic described the album as "heavier than Slipknot". The album's lyrical topics include organized religion and abuse. The band's vocalist Otep Shamaya said that the album ''Sevas Tra'' "is a story about life's struggles and what you do to overcome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Secrets (album)
''House of Secrets'' is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Otep, produced by Greg Wells (Deftones, Rufus Wainwright, Mika), and released in 2004. The album entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 93. The video for the song "Warhead" made the top ten videos of 2004 on MTV's ''Headbangers Ball''. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. Music and lyrics The album features elements of several musical genres including spoken word, hip hop, doom metal and speed metal. The album is noted for having lyrical topics about insecurity and self-loathing. However, the song "Warhead" has extremely political lyrics. Critical reception ''Billboard'' called the album "terrifying" and that it brimmed "with sounds that can warp the psyche." Jill Mikkelson for ''Exclaim!'' was more critical of the album, calling the lyrics "way too dramatic and adolescent to stimulate anything but scorn" and said of the overall album being a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otep Shamaya
Otep Shamaya (born November 7, 1979), is an American former singer and rapper, best known as the lead vocalist and founder of the eponymous metal band Otep. Career Shamaya made her debut in 2000 with her band OTEP, and released the full-length albums ''Sevas Tra'' (June 2002), '' House of Secrets'' (July 2004), '' The Ascension'' (October 2007), ''Smash the Control Machine'' (August 2009), ''Atavist'' (April 2011), '' Hydra'' (January 2013). She released her latest album, "Generation Doom" via Napalm Records on April 15, 2016. The album debuted on Billboard at #10 on the Independent Chart, #7 on the Rock Chart, #4 on the Hard Rock Chart and #109 on the Top 200 Albums Chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Shamaya appears in '' The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies'' as a voice-over actor for creatures. She has been featured on HBO's television series ''Def Poetry''. In 2010, Shamaya was a GLAAD Nominee for Outstanding Music Artist, alongside Lady Gaga who won, and Adam Lambert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atavist (album)
''Atavist'' is the fifth studio album by American metal band Otep. The album was released on 26 April 2011 through Victory Records. This is the first album to not feature long-time bassist Jason "eViL j" McGuire who left the band on September 30, 2010. Recording Otep commented on their approach to the album's recording process; “Going into recording ATAVIST I wanted to feel, not think. I wanted to allow my subconscious to take over and let it guide me. I wanted to be a bit more primitive and emotional in sound and approach and I think I conquered that. I’m very proud of it." Songs We Dream Like Lions Otep discussed the song in an interview to ''Metal Riot'';I was watching a documentary about all the recent suicides of Gay and Lesbian teenagers due to bullying. Matthew Shepard was one of the people that showed up in the documentary. The song started out inspired by those events, and I use “inspired loosely”…a reaction to those events. I didn’t wanna just writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ascension (Otep Album)
''The Ascension'' (stylized as ''the_Ascension'') is the third studio album by Otep. The original release date was set for March 20, 2007 through Capitol Records, however, the album was delayed indefinitely due to the merger with Virgin Records. The album debuted at number 81 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 10,200 copies sold. Recording The album was partly recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, where producer Dave Fortman was living. New Orleans, especially the 9th Ward was still affected by the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Otep said that while the songs were not influenced by the area, the mood of the album was. The band began recording the album in late July 2006, and it was completed by the end of the year. Several songs were written with Mudvayne guitarist Greg Tribbett, who Fortman had worked with in the past. Songs Confrontation Otep explained the song to ''KNAC.com'': "It was about writing a protest anthem to stand up, speak out and strike back. To celebrate the un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Patterson
Rob Patterson (born November 9, 1970) is an American guitarist and composer. Background Patterson was born in Natick, Massachusetts. His first major act was the female-fronted metal band, Otep. He wrote and played on the albums, '' Sevas Tra'', '' House of Secrets'' and '' Smash the Control Machine''. He was a touring guitarist for Korn from July 2005–March 2008, after the departure of Brian "Head" Welch. In April 2008, Patterson became engaged to Carmen Electra, but they never wed and split in 2012. He is also one of the characters in the book '' Sex Tips from Rock Stars'' by Paul Miles that was published by Omnibus Press in July 2010. Patterson made a cameo appearance as a police officer in the 2015 slasher short film ''Massacre'', written by New Zealand Suicide Girl Pandie Suicide (also known as Pandie James) and directed by Erik Boccio. He also co-scored the film with Jeordie White of Marilyn Manson for which the film won an honorable mention award for its score at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal, power metal, doom metal, metalcore and nu metal bands, as well as stoner rock acts Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing. In November 2020, Napalm acquired the German record label SPV GmbH. Roster * 1914 * Æther Realm * Accept * Ad Infinitum * Adept * Agathodaimon * Ahab * Alestorm * Alien Weaponry * Alissa * Alter Bridge * Amberian Dawn *Ambush * Andrew W.K. * Angus McSix * Arkona * As I Lay Dying * Audrey Horne * Be'lakor * Before the Dawn * Black Mirrors *Bloodbath * Bodom After Midnight *Bomber *Bornholm * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Date
Terry Date (born January 31, 1956) is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in rock genres, especially heavy metal. He is well known for his work with Metal Church, Dream Theater, Soundgarden, Overkill, Pantera, Dark Angel, Fishbone, Prong, White Zombie, Deftones, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Bring Me The Horizon. Works Production/Engineering/Mixing * Metal Church – ''Metal Church'' (1984) * The Cowboys – ''How the West Was Rocked'' (1985) * Fifth Angel – '' Fifth Angel'' (1986) * Metal Church – '' The Dark'' (1986) * Fifth Angel – ''Time Will Tell'' (1986) * Chastain – '' The 7th of Never'' (1987) * Sir Mix-A-Lot – '' Swass'' (1988) * Liege Lord – ''Master Control'' (1988) * Sanctuary – '' Refuge Denied'' (1988) * The Accüsed – ''Martha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever Told'' (1988) * Chastain – '' The Voice of the Cult'' (1988) * Metal Church – '' Blessing in Disguise'' (1989) * Dream Theater – '' When Dream and Day Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily Syncopation, syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are guitar tunings, down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming (music), screaming and sometimes death growl, growling. Turntablism, DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as Sampling (music), sampling, turntable scratching and electronic musical instrument, electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
