At the end of the project’s 20th anniversary celebrations, ROME tolls in the next era of the band with two fresh and visionary albums: ‘The Tower’ and ‘The Hierophant’.
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.
As an unreachable bulwark against the general decline of every value in life, the tower would have been erected long ago to defend the coast. It would have been raised on a rocky platform resting on the sea floor. It would have been joined to the continent by a thin tongue of sand. It would have offered a heroic, magical point of view. A place for our claim to know and point out vaster horizons. It would have stood firm on the ramparts. This isolated tower would not have been just a refuge for more or less mystic escape, but also a post of resistance and combat.
Reuter’s poetry is the voice of the solitary spirit. A remarkable feat, lyrically demanding, ROME’s songs require of the listener a willingness to penetrate shadows and trace the inner drama of the modern world clearly, calmly and convincingly.
In a time which celebrates noise, fame and convenience, here is the well-crafted antidote, a hymn of praise to obscurity, difficulty and silence. ROME’s ‘The Tower’ is an unmissable majestic experience that won't leave you indifferent.
ROME’s dual release of ‘The Tower’ and ‘The Hierophant’ is a twin engine of magical splendour. Not to be missed.
Tracklist: 1. The Twine and the Twist (4:41)
2. To the Great Work Only (3:54)
3. Twilight Leaves (3:39)
4. The Lighthouse and the Catacombs (3:46)
5. This Slaughter Behold (3:38)
6. Remember to Dare (3:52)
7. Mine Were of Marble (3:27)
8. The Baron (Ordeal by Fire) (5:09)
9. Ire and Troth (3:33)
10. This Hour Her Vigil (3:28)
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