House of Secrets (album)
House of Secrets is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Otep, produced by Greg Wells, 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 Headbanger's 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 nu metal, death metal, groove metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, extreme metal, funk metal, hip-hop, ambient and spoken word. The album is noted for having lyrical topics about insecurity and self-loathing. However, the song "Warhead" has extremely political lyrics.Track listing
Personnel
- Otep Shamaya - vocals, bass drum, didgeridoo, cymbal scrapes
- Rob Patterson - guitar
- Greg Wells - metal strips, steel drums, guitar, celeste, drums, percussion, piano
- Jason "eViL J" McGuire - bass guitar, back up vocals, guitar
- Joey Jordison - drums
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
Charts
Album - Billboard
