Berlin

This surprising new star on the apocalyptic-folk-scene sprouts from the punk–sing-songwriter–rock genres, but is cleaver to set a personal imprint, with obvious influences of course, to a singer-songwriter-apocalyptic-folk music. ROME is about emotive songs that are both catchy and disturbed. The songs awake memories of love and death, with the reoccurring themes of despair and loss, guilt and grief, might and war. With the cynical opening line “Once we learned to speak we learned to fail”, the band sets a grand colour to this exquisite candy piece of 6 exclusive songs; a teaser to their upcoming full-length CD planned for this autumn. “Berlin” comes in a very appealing digipak. Rome is neither from Rome, nor Berlin....

Nera

Nera, ROME´s first full-length is "black" indeed. The atmosphere weighs heavy on the soul - a burden of flowers. However, ROME manages to include warmth and affection in its cold world of steel. The main characters in this language of lurking are defeated men - not unschooled by pain - in seedy places. ROME songs are full of citations, abstractions and ideals. The marching and counter-marching of doubtful armies luring our love away, with licit grace, icy and bitter irony. Gentle phantasms of desire. The reversal of sympathies. The aspects of eternity, spiritual hunger, treachery and corruption, shame and honour - being more than mere traps for the unsophisticated. These are some of Nera?s interlocking themes in a world scorched by the wastefulness and cruelty of war. Nera is the meticulous patience of rage. Get it now and make it your friend, before it devours you.