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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 06/18/2002

Sevas Tra stands for "art saves," a philosophy written all over Otep's debut full-length, an album that yanks itself from the jaws of suffering with rage, anger, doom, and a sound heavier than Slipknot. Female lead singer Otep, whose name is an Egyptian suffix meaning "creative offerings," growls, screams, and throws in the occasional hip-hop sound ("Battle Ready" and "Sacrilege") as she wipes the slate clean of any preconceptions of how intense a female-fronted metal band could be. Marilyn Manson has said, "That girl scares me," of Otep, not surprising when you hear the eerie, pained opening of "Emtee" or frightening whine of "Blood Pigs." Sevas Tra is a record that raises the high watermark for goth metal.

~Charles Spano, All Music Guide

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Terry Date - Producer
Terry Date - Engineer
Terry Date - Mixing
Dave Fisher - Assistant Engineer
Ted Jensen - Mastering
P.R. Brown - Art Direction
P.R. Brown - Photography
P.R. Brown - Jacket Design
Wendy Dougan - Art Direction
Wendy Dougan - Booklet Design
Martin Feveyear - Engineer
Martin Feveyear - Digital Editing
Floyd Reitsman - Assistant Engineer
Moke - Drums
Anthony Kilhoffer - Assistant Engineer
Otep - Main Performer
eViL j - Bass
eViL j - Vocals (Background)
Ron Laffitte - A&R
Otep Shamaya - Group Member

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Release Date: 06/18/2002
Genre: rock