We Are the Romans

by Botch

We Are the Romans cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 November 1999
  • Label: Hydra Head
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:45:36
  • Community rating: 4.33/5 from 19 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'We Are the Romans' permanently altered the trajectory of heavy music with its staggering execution of mathcore and dissonant post-hardcore. The band pairs impossibly complex, uncommon time signatures with heavy, aggressive riffing and incredibly angry vocals.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, technical, dissonant, complex, confrontational, intricate, ferocious, harsh-vocals, experimental

Tracklist

  1. To Our Friends in the Great White North (5:11)
  2. Mondrian Was a Liar (2:41)
  3. Transitions from Persona to Object (6:04)
  4. Swimming the Channel vs. Driving the Chunnel (4:30)
  5. C. Thomas Howell as the “Soul Man” (4:44)
  6. Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb (3:04)
  7. Frequency Ass Bandit (4:26)
  8. I Wanna Be a Sex Symbol on My Own Terms (3:35)
  9. Man the Ramparts (10:54)
  10. Thank God for Worker Bees - Remix (7:30)
  11. To Our Friends in the Great White North - Demo (5:17)
  12. I Wanna Be a Sex Symbol on My Own Terms - Demo (3:41)
  13. Transitions from Persona to Object - Demo (6:34)
  14. Mondrian Was a Liar - Demo (3:02)
  15. Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb - Demo (3:21)
  16. C. Thomas Howell as the “Soul Man” - Demo (4:25)
  17. Man the Ramparts - Demo (6:33)
  18. Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb - Live (4:20)
  19. Vietmam - Live (3:13)
  20. Transitions from Persona to Object - Live (6:01)
  21. Hutton's Great Heat Engine - Live (6:19)

Credits

  • Botch - primary artist, producer, written-by, arranged by, performer, sounds [all sounds by], arranger, composer
  • David Knudson - art direction, design, performer [botch is], design/illustration
  • Ed Brooks - mastered by, mastering
  • Brian Cook - performer [botch is]
  • David Verellen - performer [botch is]
  • Tim Latona - performer [botch is]
  • Carrie Whitney - photography by [band photos by], photography
  • Matt Bayles - producer, recorded by, mixed by, mix, recording
  • Sylvia Kehl - vocals [additional vocals]
  • Logic Probe - arranged by [manipulation and arrangement], remix [manipulation and arrangement]

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