For two decades now, Jerome Reuter a.k.a. ROME has been a force to reckon with in the musical underground. Through relentless touring and a steady stream of high quality concept albums, ROME has built a remarkably loyal following from Berlin to LA, from Sydney to Saigon, from Lisbon to Kyiv.
Lyrically inspired by world literature from Burroughs to Brecht, Celine to Cioran, from Hesse to Jünger; ROME’s detailed, well-researched, yet particularly accessible concept albums combine his interest in history, philosophy and the arts in a most compelling way. Through his unique vision he has managed to establish his very own musical niche informed by various European folk and Chanson traditions coupled with post punk and industrial influences.
Now, at the end of the project’s 20th anniversary celebrations which included a very successful tour of Australia in August, the Luxembourg born singer-songwriter, rings in the next era of ROME with two fresh and visionary albums: The Tower and The Hierophant, both to be released on December 19.
THE TOWER
ROME’s new and ever more mature sound is informed by a radically minimalist folk approach, with nonetheless charmingly lush arrangements. The Tower is an introspective and enigmatic work at whose center stands nothing less than ROME’s raison d’etre: The Great Work and the sacrifices both necessary and essential on the demanding path to light.
THE HIEROPHANT
Whatever the great poets have affirmed in their finest moments is the nearest we can come to an authoritative religion or truth. It is in this spirit that ROME welcomes the listener into the temple of The Hierophant, ROME’s final album of its second decade of existence.
ROME’s dual release of The Tower and The Hierophant is a twin engine of magical splendour not to be missed. While both albums will be released at the same time, they are twin albums: inseparable and meant to be experienced together. Pre-orders are available from https://bfan.link/tower-hierophant
