Otep frontwoman Otep Shamaya’s deal with the devil was probably more sexual than Robert Johnson’s. Listening to the L.A. metal band’s latest album, The Ascension, you can’t help but notice how fierce she sounds. And how sexy. If anyone can make the growls of the goat-sacrificing genre sound like foreplay, it’s Shamaya, who packs a lotta hot-and-heavy fury into her tiny frame. Tourmates Static-X also unleash hell on their latest album, Cannibal. Song titles like “Destroyer” and “Team Hate” pretty much sum up the group’s driving force.
Thu., May 10, 6 p.m.
