 | Botch An Anthology of Dead Ends
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| 5.0 classic | wacknizzle | November 29th 11 |
This is Botch at the top of their game. Unfortunately they felt it was foolish to try to pursue a career playing noise, something that many of their counterparts tried to do as worse bands and failed. This album comes out swinging you just get 13 seconds of a strange guitar riff that is Spaim until Japam lurches out full force with Knudson's shape-shifting angular guitar riff wizardry. Framce falls out of the sky like an Asteriod to end all things. Vietnam is the mathy somewhat tamed one of the past 3 I mentioned. Afghamistam is breathtakingly gorgeous and completely out of character for Botch, complete with piano, clean vox, and violin. Micaragua is a mess of Dave Knudson's guitar effect creativity. He tweaks his delay pedal until it builds along side Tim's cascading tom rolls into a volcano that erupts spewing lava over everything. It becomes a breakdown that just crushes harder and harder as Dave and Brian downtune their guitars in time with each other until it all falls apart and the delay just fades out. Botch R.I.P
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| 4.5 superb | Antipunk | May 5th 11 |
I have the world's shortest attention span and Botch plays the world's best metalcore. Therefore this short fancy EP feels like it was made for me.
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| 4.5 superb | Your Favorite Lurker | August 16th 21 |
Afghamistam gets all the praise as it should, but special shout out to framce for being a complete buzzsaw of a track
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| 4.5 superb | Henry100 | January 28th 14 |
Angers me to think what these boys could have accomplished with a few more years, a little more refinement. But what a fucking swan song. An EP with all the power of an LP. A solid grasp of quiet/loud dynamics that would have elevated their LPs to a whole other level. Afghamistam, which is essentially an interlude, has the audacity to be the longest track on the album. A window into what the band's future might have held. Hushed emo vocals give way to some glorious Slint worship in the closing minutes. It gives new perspective to the uncompromising violence in Botch's sound. If this is a dead end, it was well worth the detour.
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| 4.5 superb | TRMshadow | February 1st 13 |
The perfect bite-sized supplement of Botch. Doesn't hit the heights of We are the Romans, but still works perfectly well given how short it is.
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| 4.5 superb | Erwann S. STAFF | March 13th 24 |
Botch's swansong is a testament to what they brought to metalcore: dizzying off-kilter riffs whose chord construction still brings the melodic goods. And on "Afghamitam", they showed what they could have brought if they stuck around longer: post-metalcore, but in 2003 instead of 2015.
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| 4.5 superb | Luna | February 22nd 24 |
| 3.0 good | Ben STAFF | February 21st 24 |
| 3.0 good | Elynna | September 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zac124 | January 11th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | sevhar | November 3rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Belbew | October 24th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | September 13th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Cam | January 31st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | xlev | December 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | October 13th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Jerrad | August 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Roidv | July 20th 21 |
| 3.5 great | anode | June 12th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | November 30th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | jayoc81 | October 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Metaxu | September 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | September 1st 20 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 15th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | luetin | June 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xirae | June 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | NoSons | April 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Futures | April 3rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uzumaki | March 17th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | February 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | gsboomie | February 11th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Mser94 | February 7th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Wraecca | February 7th 20 |
| 3.5 great | blou52 | September 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | skudboi | September 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | August 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | nbats | July 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | carved | June 10th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | BoiBoi | April 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nine | April 16th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Lucman | April 11th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | NateMa | March 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | March 13th 19 |
| 3.5 great | kabster | February 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | crab | January 29th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Haon | January 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | August 9th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Fear | January 1st 18 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | December 26th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | mvtante | December 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | September 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | gschwen | September 9th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | doc23 | August 31st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | AriDoe | August 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | May 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | NickyP | May 2nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | 2ool | February 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | December 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | YakNips | September 30th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | tighe00 | September 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trailmix | September 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | tgdv | August 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Roomex | August 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | April 26th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | April 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | wojodta | April 8th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | January 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | January 26th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Keira | December 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | September 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | "Tab" | September 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunn177 | July 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oc3anic | March 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | t0advine | February 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nigtwig | January 15th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | slaps | December 16th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Atrophy | December 8th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Pheenix | October 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ruekh | September 6th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | tene | July 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | J | July 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | July 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | modulor | June 16th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Smeg | June 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | LenZ | May 29th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | botb | May 3rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | ethos | May 1st 14 |
| 3.5 great | Trebor. EMERITUS | April 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adam | March 4th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | xbogx | February 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | elry2k | February 18th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Sithese | February 17th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Wadlez | January 6th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | December 30th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Shukal | December 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | cjacob6 | December 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | 8bit | December 17th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | apert | December 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | adr | November 20th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | COSM | November 9th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Athom EMERITUS | October 14th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | akimbo | September 18th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Gnome7 | August 25th 13 |
| 3.5 great | cotras | August 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | August 22nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | wariss | July 21st 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Bsloth | July 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | July 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Whale | June 24th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | tlhk | June 14th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ffs | May 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | demjunz | March 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Surette | February 10th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | kb36 | January 22nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ANJ45 | January 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tib | January 10th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | JBro | January 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Brumas | November 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | GodL1ke | October 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | GB7 | September 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Quaid | September 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ohmu | August 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Janson | July 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Feels | June 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrElmo | April 29th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Thane | April 20th 12 |
| 3.5 great | boogs | March 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | xevman | March 21st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | VinVal | March 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Winrar | March 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss2 | February 27th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | jh7744 | February 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Scoot | February 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | sehguh | January 4th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Pndi | December 24th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Snubbs | December 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dday | November 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Pipt | November 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | avaol | October 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | rooby | July 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | kanker | May 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | ONI65 | May 11th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Cryio | May 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | TanMan | March 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dev518 | February 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Apoc | February 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Remer17 | February 23rd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Lakes2 | February 13th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | wrecked | February 8th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | shively | January 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Fractal | January 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | January 6th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Cavs | December 12th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Manic_ | October 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oceans | October 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IN64 | September 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Live | September 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DayMan | August 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xplisit | July 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | sEby146 | July 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zwiebel | June 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | vakuola | June 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss | May 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | SHOwned | April 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Naffa | April 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bluue | April 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | pynhead | March 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Xzaeon | March 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | cumverg | January 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | pride | January 3rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | December 29th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | JAV | December 17th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | NoiseIP | November 22nd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | krazaln | November 11th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | mareep | November 10th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ragez | October 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ricven | October 15th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ceziria | October 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DoOrDie | September 24th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | qwe3 | September 24th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | rannz | September 16th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Robewho | September 10th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Maes | September 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stones99 | September 6th 09 |
| 3.0 good | X3ni92 | August 14th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Thor | August 2nd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Jamdbz | July 14th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Skub | June 25th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | 1zero | May 31st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Unapt | May 21st 09 |
| 4.5 superb | GibTG | May 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Amnesty | April 26th 09 |
| 3.5 great | kitsch | April 20th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Puxel | March 26th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Petsi | February 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zorn | December 28th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bsmith7 | November 5th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Derkyle | October 1st 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Smooz | May 21st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | boennie | March 10th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | donovr | December 12th 07 |
| 3.5 great | Mikesn EMERITUS | October 30th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | MeowMeow | September 19th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | zenny | August 29th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Pizza | August 22nd 07 |
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