“Seattle quartet Botch tore through the 1990s, tying metal, punk, and math rock into a tight, noisy knot. The band released only two proper albums during a decade-long run-- 1999's *American Nervoso* and 2000's *We Are the Romans*-- but left a large legacy. Contemporaries (Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Isis) and descendents (Norma Jean, Every Time I Die) have borrowed from Botch's hybridized har”
