Sevas Tra
Studio album by Otep
Released	June 18, 2002
Recorded	200?
Genre	Gothic metal Rap Metal Avant-garde metal
Length	54:05 61:08 (Bonus Track)
Label	Capitol
Producer	Terry Date
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Entertain Your Brain (5/5) link
Otep chronology
Jihad (2001) Sevas Tra (2002) House of Secrets (2004)

Sevas Tra is the first album by American metal band Otep, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). The album name, when read backwards, reads as "Art Saves". It debuted at number 145 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs written by M. Bustany, J. McGuire, R. Patterson and Otep Shamaya, except where noted.

1. "Tortured" - 1:39
2. "Blood Pigs" - 4:03
3. ".T.R.I.C." (Bistany, W. Marsh, McGuire, Patterson, Shamaya) - 3:05
   • Reworked from the Jihad version of ".T.R.I.C."
4. "My Confession" - 5:31
5. "Sacrilege" - 4:09
6. "Battle Ready" - 4:21
7. "Emtee" - 3:58
8. "Possession" (Bistany, Marsh, McGuire, Patterson, Shamaya) - 4:54
   • Reworked from the Jihad version of "Possession"
9. "Thots" - 4:09
10. "Fillthee" (D. Aguilera, Bistany, Marsh, McGuire, Patterson, Shamaya) - 3:36
    • Reworked from the Jihad version of "Fillthee"
11. "Menocide" - 4:51
12. "Jonestown Tea" - 9:47
13. "Brother" (Bonus Track) - 7:03

Personnel

• Otep Shamaya - vocals
• "Evil" J. McGuire - bass, background vocals
• Rob Patterson - guitar
• Mark "Moke" Bistany - drums

Production

• Producer: Terry Date
• Engineers: Terry Date, Martin Feveyear
• Assistant engineers: Dave Fisher, Anthony Kilhoffer, Floyd Reitsman
• Mixing: Terry Date
• Mastering: Ted Jensen
• Digital editing: Martin Feveyear
• A&R: Ron Laffitte
• Art direction: P.R. Brown, Wendy Dougan
• Jacket design: P.R. Brown
• Booklet design: Wendy Dougan
• Photography: P.R. Brown

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)