Botch-We_Are_the_Romans-2000-DVTBotch’s We Are the Romans was released in 2000, and it stands out today as one of Hydra Head Records’ greatest releases. Hydra Head had staked out an image as the source for smart, arty hardcore, and Botch were a perfect fit for the label.
Technical and progressive without being tech metal, Botch employed huge, crushing breakdowns that were tangibly heavy without ever seeming gimmicky or stupid. They were a perfect amalgam of everything that was cool about “experimental” hardcore at the time without ever coming off as derivative.
Hardcore cliches are mostly absent on We Are the Romans — Botch do techy metalcore in a way that somehow sounds new and special. The tightly wound songs jump from riff to riff without ever losing focus, and the album follows an arc that sees technical speed gradually replaced with a slow brutality, ending with an acapella chant, one final massive riff, and a hidden drum and bass track.
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