#romeband

[skeletontonguedworld]

[skeletontonguedworld]

I was tagged by @sowhatifiliveinasmalltowninjapan to post my favourite five bands in gifs. So here we go: Rome Death in June Haus Arafna/November Növelet Paramore The Pretty Reckless I would like to tag @bloodsweatandpain and @beatasticband but feel free to post it even if you not tagged. Make love and war <3 

[tizianomazzilli]

RECORD COLLECTOR—FLOWERS FROM EXILE 10th ANNIVERSARY JAPAN ED. #romeband #alternative 🔴🔴🔴🔴™️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9C0gqVHknH/?igshid=3w1znxgrh0ql

[tizianomazzilli]

RECORD OF THE DAY—MASSE MENSCH MATERIAL #massemenschmaterial #romeband #neofolk #darkfolk 💎💎💎™️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7oSS8VnwYV/?igshid=1smj2clto3rcb

[orlok666]

Everything within me turns rapist Everything turns saint The spit and the blood And your longing for god Have lost all meaning now And i offered myself to the night In a spray of blossoms red and white And i took my seat among the depraved Like a choir boy Like a returning faith A race of demons A race of thieves Is asking for shelter Is waiting for me For we love to betray In bursts of grief and laughter For we servants must answer The call of the blood today Does that make you sufficient unto yourself? #rome #romeband #derbrandtaucher #massemenschmaterial #neofolk #postpunk #martialindustrial #coldmeatindustry https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsus59slnbq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q2bkb796ilkn

[orlok666]

All passion spent We stay deaf to everything All lost a shame All words of peace have died away Both on our lips And in our hearts All passion spent Now So go on and fail me Come on and break me for good 'cause sometimes We feel alive Oh, why don't you fail me Go on and break me for good Lets come bind In a dance of war Or either left to rot in difference Or left to drown in despair Or you shall turn around Yeah and you should die from this life and be reborn to mine Now Why don't you fail me? Come on and break me for good 'cause sometimes We come alive Oh, why don't you fail me Come on and break me for good Oh lets come bind In a dance of war Why don't you fail me? Come on and break me for good Oh lets come bind In a dance of war To be more than uninvolved And all so cold and cruel And most of all so ugly And imprecise Oh, I felt like I was going to dive Into a cruel sea of lust when She said: "Saviours, they come and go." So, why don't you fail me? Come on and break me for good Lets come bind In a dance of war Why don't you fail me? Come on and break me for good 'cause sometimes We come alive Why don't you fail me? Come on and break me for good #rome #romeband #confessionsdunvoleurdames #querkraft #neofolk #postpunk #martialindustrial #coldmeatindustry https://www.instagram.com/p/BsusYjblpK9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=63aa6bulng43

[orlok666]

Time the great deadener Returning hard kisses at last A love etched in blood A love has come to pass O glued the letter to your mouth As treason climbed all over your face Like a kitten, yet not so playfully Do not play with me I glued the letter to your hand To consecrate the moment This too shall end in fire This too shall end She wore mourning like a graceless flower Blind to each sign of fear So insecure So unaware of me I glued the letter to your heart Crimson flowered redemption November washed away the smoke November washed it all away All the guilty and all the glory All the stories overheard Forever entwined, yet forever enthroned Hope dies painless with me #romeband #rome #nera #hopediespainless #martialindustrial #neofolk #postpunk https://www.instagram.com/p/BsuUuJdFZpP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fjpkznadv16h

[skifferrok]

Reflections on Hall of Thatch and Rome live 25/1-2018: Now come and kneel for clemency

In 2017 I discovered the musical outlet of Luxembourgian singer-songwriter Jerome Reuter - Rome, a deep appreciation of albums like Flowers From Exile followed soon afterwards. I also noticed that Rome changes sound as frequently as they release new material, which echoes the way the project is presented live. Reuter has done everything from acoustic to electronic and solo to full band. So when I bought my ticket for the Rome concert at Babel in Malmö (Presented by Death Disco Productions) together with Harakiri for the Sky and Draconian I really had no idea what to expect. On top of this Hall of Thatch had just been released and I was yet to come to terms with it. By now I have come to terms with both album and show; it’s time for some reflection.

Harakiri for the Sky were the openers of the evening, with their brand of black metal they provided an emotional almost meditative experience. However, most of the audience were not that absorbed by the atmosphere and had probably attended for Draconian. This became even more obvious for Rome, though in a more polarizing fashion. Me and a few others at the front had clearly showed up for this unique project, while the back of the crowd had become noisier. The noises reached their climax with a few people who repeatedly shouted for “FanFanFan” (Which Rome has covered with partly english lyrics, since Reuter is a friend of Thåström), thankfully they stopped after a short while. Despite all this Rome put on a fantastic show performing as a trio consisting of Patrick Kleinbauer on percussions, Eric Becker on guitars and Reuter on acoustic guitar, additional percussions and vocals. Opening with “Clemency” - the closer of Hall of Thatch, they effectively set the tone for the concert, it felt as if we all had come to the end of a long journey and were just to embark on a new. Somewhat surprising “Blighter” ended up being the only other Hall of Thatch track performed. Musically Rome continued down their mellow neofolk lane and spaced this with two martial percussion tracks in the setlist. The amount of emotion and sensitivity dwelling in Reuter’s voice really came into full effect with “Celine in Jerusalem” and “The Secret Germany” (For Paul Celan), making them beatiful highlights. On songs more layered in their studio equivalent it became very apparent that the trio were doing an amazing job bringing the soundscapes to life, aided by effect pedals, electric drums and a wide range of percussions. The songs weren’t just on the sonic level of their studio versions, they were beyond. Another highlight of the concert was “One Fire”, being more uptempo and relatively speaking a ‘hit’ it managed to grab the attention of the whole audience, pulling them into the atmosphere we at the front were feeling.

Shortly after the show the trio that had performed as Rome walked into the bar, taking their time to sign merch and talk to those who had attended. I took the oppportunity to ask Reuter a few things, primarily about Hall of Thatch. After a one-off performance in Vietnam he ended up falling in love with the country and travelled back repeatedly. Together with a friend living in the country he begun a journey of his own, they went to sites and temples hidden from the grasp of tourists - practicing and learning about ‘the religious hinterland of Vietnam’. Reuter still has a long road ahead of him ‘It’s not the peak of the holy mountain, merely the base camp’ and he has sought to convey this on the album. Contrary to what several people believed when it was being made, he explains that it couldn’t be calm, because his current conclusion on the complicated matter is that ‘Zenbuddhism is pain’ and far from calming. Upon hearing this and later reading the lyrics I find it very reasonable that Rome only performed two songs off Hall of Thatch at Babel. It’s an album with every song intertwined into the other, be it conceptually or musically. It demands attention to detail and an effort to understand if the listener is not to reduce the songs to mere shells of themselves. With this realization sinking in and the first riffs of Draconian making their presence known at the stage I thanked the trio of Rome one last time for the evenening and headed towards home. I sincerely felt, both literally and figuratively, that I was embarking on yet another journey.

/Mattias Niklasson