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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Botch - We Are The Romans. Upon first listen I loved the energy and aggressiveness but then I listened again and found it lacked focus completely. After track three or four I am begging for the band to at least hold onto a riff or tempo for more than 30 seconds so it can burn itself into my head even a little and I became bored. It is really just a slight variation of countless bands that have come before and just because they are technically good doesn't mean that they are automatically interesting.
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What?! Botch got together in the mid-90s and are pretty much the cream of the crop of that era of the Hydra Head label. They were my favorite anyway. I like American Nervoso more but We Are the Romans is a great album.
I'm not sure exactly who you mean by 'the countless bands that have come before' but whoever they are, I guess I like Botch's 'slight variation' on them quite a bit. For me this album is a gem hidden in the pile of crap that was released around 2000 AD.