ist ▁Tra vis ▁Mont gom ery ▁on ▁“ T rag ic ▁Empire .” ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁June ▁saw ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁" The ▁Best ▁of ▁Ra ▁Un pl ug ged " ▁EP . ▁ ▁Record ed ▁at ▁Sun ▁God ▁Rock ▁Studios ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California , ▁it ▁features ▁" D ual ity " ▁line up ▁members ▁P J ▁Far ley ▁on ▁bass , ▁Ben ▁Car roll ▁on ▁guitar , ▁with ▁both ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁background ▁harm on ies , ▁and ▁Sah aj ▁T ic ot in ▁on ▁drums , ▁guitar ▁and ▁lead ▁vocals . ▁The ▁EP ▁was ▁also ▁produced , ▁engine ered , ▁mixed , ▁and ▁master ed ▁by ▁Sah aj . ▁ ▁Musical ▁style ▁ ▁Ra ▁is ▁generally ▁called ▁" nu ▁metal ▁with ▁an ▁ex otic ▁tw ist ". ▁The ▁tw ist ▁is ▁the ▁Indian ▁or ▁Arab ian ▁mode ▁that ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁many ▁songs . ▁Sah aj ▁says , ▁" The ▁great ▁thing ▁about ▁it ▁is ▁that ▁you ▁can ▁play ▁the ▁mean est ▁M esh ugg ah , ▁heav iest ▁rock ▁r iff ▁you ▁could ▁possibly ▁imagine ▁under ▁any ▁scale ▁and ▁you ▁[ s ic ] ▁if ▁you ▁sing ▁over ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁harm onic ▁minor ▁scale ▁it ▁doesn ’ t ▁lose ▁its ▁heav iness , ▁but ▁it ▁also ▁doesn ’ t ▁lose ▁its ▁mel ody . ▁It ▁still ▁man ages ▁to ▁be ▁cool , ▁but ▁also ▁mel od ic ." ▁Notable ▁songs ▁that ▁use ▁this ▁scale ▁are ▁" Do ▁You ▁Call ▁My ▁Name ", ▁" V i ol ator