Otep - House Of Secrets

[b]CD Cover:[/b] [img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQI88.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img] [b]Artist:[/b] Otep [b]Album:[/b] House Of Secrets [b]Description/Info:[/b] Tracks: 1. Requiem 2. War Head 3. Buried Alive 4. Sepsis 5. House Of Secrets 6. Hooks & Splinters 7. Gutter 8. Autopsy Song 9. Suicide Trees 10. Nein 11. Self-Made 12. Shattered Pieces 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. House of Secrets is an aggressive, brooding, dynamic, and ultimately boring offering from a band that has yet to find its own voice. [b]Rating:[/b] 3 1/2 OF 5 [b]Release Date:[/b] Jul 27, 2004 [b]Recording Date:[/b] ? [b]Label:[/b] Capitol [b]Genre:[/b] Black Metal [b]Bitrate:[/b] 128kbps [b]File format:[/b] mp3 [b]File size:[/b] 63.7 MB [b]Tracker name/Information:[/b] http://ddram.kicks-ass.net:6969/announce http://inferno.demonoid.com:3389/announce http://tracker.sladinki007.net:6500/announce http://tracker.prq.to/announce http://www.grizzlytorrents.com:6969/announce http://193.138.221.145:3535/announce

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Evil_Sofa (2007-02-05)

I disagree with the review. I found it a wonderful refreshing recond in comparison to the shit that was coming out around the same time.

gitterdun611 (2007-04-07)

Wow Such a Fucking bad ass Album, Thanks Man!!

gitterdun611 (2007-04-07)

Keep on Seeding, Everyone should have this album

Garler (2007-10-04)

Otep makes art. Otep saves lives.
Anyone saying this isn't a good record should be empaled, or be called ignorant, whatever.

jwenn (2008-03-08)

Why would you write a review then upload it with the torrent?
Makes no sense if you ask me, let people form their own opinions about the music, rather than make it sound like it's not worth downloading when in the minds of the people who decided not to download it because of your review it would actually be a briliant album.
I haven't listened to more than Hooks & Splinters, but I imagine that it's a good album form a very unique band.

EVDelamorte (2008-05-06)

The review is a paste from AllMusic, not by the uploader...

winksy (2009-01-13)

Great! Loved it.