After what seems like forever (until I found they actually released another album in 2007 which I never read anything about), Otep is back with a new album. It’s called “Smash The Control Machine”. It’s their first for Victory Records and it sees Otep reuniting with former members Mark Bistany and Rob Patterson.
They finally got rid of the clutter that thoroughly fucked up their previous albums. About time, right? I mean, nu metal was declared dead ages ago. That doesn’t seem to stop Otep from cranking out some nasty nu metal tunes though with her typical vocals which range from singing, screams, shrieks to spoken word parts and death metal grunts.
All of the tracks on here are enjoyable enough but I honestly don’t know who is still waiting for this kinda sound. Especially when there is still one flaw they haven’t been able to fix… retarded lyrics. Which I could still forgive seeing as half of the time you don’t understand what Otep is singing about anyway. But by the time the spoken word song “Kisses & Kerosene” comes around with its flatout moronic lyrics, it’s simply inexcusable.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
http://www.victoryrecords.com
http://www.otep.com
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