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.
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| Released | July 27, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 44:21 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Greg Wells | |||
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Music and lyrics
The album features elements of several musical genres including spoken word, hip hop, doom metal and speed metal.[1] The album is noted for having lyrical topics about insecurity and self-loathing. However, the song "Warhead" has extremely political lyrics.
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
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Billboard called the album "terrifying" and that it brimmed "with sounds that can warp the psyche."[1] 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 "little more than another Ozzfest headliner."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Requiem" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Warhead" | Otep Shamaya, Jason Mcguire | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Buried Alive" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells, Rob Patterson | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Sepsis" | Otep Shamaya, Jason McGuire | 3:29 |
| 5. | "House of Secrets" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Hooks & Splinters" | Otep Shamaya, Jason Mcguire, Greg Wells | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Gutter" | Otep Shamaya | 1:02 |
| 8. | "Autopsy Song" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Suicide Trees" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells | 6:26 |
| 10. | "Nein" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells, Rob Patterson | 4:13 |
| 11. | "Self-Made" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Shattered Pieces" | Otep Shamaya, Greg Wells | 4:11 |
| Total length: | 44:21 | ||
Personnel
- Otep Shamaya – vocals, bass drum, didgeridoo, cymbal scrapes (11)
- Rob Patterson – guitar (2, 3, 10)
- Greg Wells – metal strips (1), steel drums (1), guitar (4-6, 8–12), celeste (5), drums (5, 8, 9), percussion (10), piano (12)
- Jason "eViL J" McGuire – bass guitar, back up vocals (3), guitar (4, 5)
- Joey Jordison (Slipknot) – drums (2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11)
Production
- Producer: Greg Wells
- Executive producer: Otep Shamaya
- Engineers: Brian Scheuble, Greg Wells
- Assistant engineers: Dan Beeston, Monique Mizrahi
- Mixing: Greg Wells
- Mastering: Roger Lian, Howie Weinberg
- A&R: Ron Laffitte
- Art direction: P.R. Brown
- Design: P.R. Brown
- Photography: P.R. Brown
References
- Billboard Staff (July 31, 2004). "House of Secrets". Billboard.
- "House of Secrets Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- Mikkelson, Jill (July 1, 2004). "Otep House of Secrets". Exclaim!.