Rome are a solo project from Luxemburg that plays a mixture of neo folk, martial and industrial and this is a review of his 2020 album "The Lone Furrow" which was released by Trsol Music Group.
Synths are dark soundscapes start off the album along with some narrative orientated spoken word parts a few seconds later. Nature sounds can also be heard in certain sections of the recording while the drum beats also give the songs more of a martial feeling and acoustic guitars are also a very huge part of the recording.
Folk instruments are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording while the clean vocals also give the music more of a medieval atmosphere. When grim whispers are utilized they also add in a touch of black metal along with one of the tracks also adding in a brief use of whistled vocals.
Electric guitars can also be heard briefly along with the songs also bringing in a great amount of diversity. Elements of post industrial can also be heard in some parts of the recording as well as one of the tracks also adding in a small amount of operatic vocals., throughout the album you can also hear some session work form the members of Primordial, Pallbearer, Behemoth, Harakiri For the Sky and Riciin.
The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover paganism, occultism, European history, philosophy and poetry with some inspirations from the writings of Hesse, Nietzsche, Tacitus, Orwell, Ovid, Yeats, Baudelaire and The Norse Eddas as well as bringing in a critique of the modern world.
In my opinion Rome are a very great sounding mixture of neo folk, martial and industrial and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Masters Of The Earth" "The Angry Cup" "Kali Yuga Uber Alles" and "Obsidian". 8/5 out of 10.
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