Man, this takes me back. I was lucky enough to see Botch two nights in a row when they toured with Jesuit and Dillenger Escape Plan in 1998,

and I remember being totally blown away by how frantic and complex and CRUSHING Botch were live. It would have been awesome to see their last

show a couple of years back, but for all of us that couldn't cough up the plane tickets to Seattle, Hydra Head has finally delivered this document of that last show from 2002. A mighty math-metalcore destruction machine, Botch beamed massively heavy yet super melodic and intricate

jams, every one of their songs a devestatingly epic assault of chugging, confounding riffage, weird effects, earth shaking bass, complex angular rhythms n' dizzying time signatures, and monstrous roaring vocals. One of the most important and influential bands of the 90's

underground heavy music scene, Botch sent hardcore spiralling off into a whole 'nother direction. This DVD/CD set captures their final

performance on June 15th, 2002 at the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. The footage is AWESOME, capturing the incredible energy of the band and an entirely appreciative crowd that fucking flip OUT, and the variety of different camera angles and a powerful, crystal clear audio recording

make this one of the best live concert DVDs I have ever seen. Most of the footage is shot from the stage, and it puts you right in the middle

of their explosive, emotional set. The set runs through pretty much all of their crucial stuff: ""St. Mathew Returns To The Womb"", ""C. Thomas Howell As The ""Soul Man"", ""John Woo ""Japam"", ""Oma"", ""Frequency Ass Bandit"", ""Thank God For The Worker Bees"", ""Framce"", ""Third Part In A Tragedy"", ""Rock Lobster"", ""Transitions From Persona To Object"", ""To Our Friends In The Great White North"", ""Hutton's Great Heat Engine"", and ""Man The Ramparts"". The DVD also features an insightful commentary track with the members of Botch, the music video for ""St. Matthew Returns

To The Womb"", and a live set from 2002 in Bellingham, Washington. In addition to the DVD, the set also includes a CD with the entire concert,

and the whole deal comes in one of the coolest DVD packages I've seen, the DVD and CD held in a gatefold sleeve with 8 page booklet of liner notes, and which folds up into a box. Obviously this is something that any Botch fans aren't going to want to miss, but this should also be mandatory viewing for anybody that wants to bear witness to one of the most progressive, influential hardcore bands ever, who pretty much changed the shape of what has become known as ""metalcore"".