Rome (band)

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title: "Rome (band)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["neofolk-music-groups", "apocalyptic-folk-musicians", "luxembourgian-musical-groups", "english-language-luxembourgian-musical-groups", "trisol-music-group-artists"] description: "Luxembourgish band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_(band)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Luxembourgish band ::

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Field	Value
name	Rome
background	group_or_band
image	Rome (band).JPG
image_size
landscape	yes
caption	Rome performing at the festival Mėnuo Juodaragis in 2013
origin	Luxembourg
genre	Neofolk, martial industrial
years_active	2005–present
label	Trisol, CMI
associated_acts	Die Weisse Rose, Joakim Thåström, Petros Klampanis Group
current_members	*Jérôme Reuter
past_members	*Patrick Damiani
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| name = Rome | background = group_or_band | image = Rome (band).JPG | image_size = | landscape = yes | caption = Rome performing at the festival Mėnuo Juodaragis in 2013 | alias = | origin = Luxembourg | genre = Neofolk, martial industrial | years_active = 2005–present | label = Trisol, CMI | associated_acts = Die Weisse Rose, Joakim Thåström, Petros Klampanis Group | current_members = *Jérôme Reuter | past_members = *Patrick Damiani

• Nikos Mavridis

Rome is a Luxembourgish neofolk band founded in November 2005 as a main output for the songs of Jérôme Reuter (born August 2, 1981) of Luxembourg. Though Reuter is the main creative force in the band, he performs live with a range of musicians who also contribute performances on various studio recordings. In early 2006 Rome was signed to the Swedish record label Cold Meat Industry. Rome has since signed with the Trisol Music Group record label as of 2009. Rome is considered one of the most important acts within the neofolk genre.

Background

Reuter previously recorded music under the name Reggie Fain, which was influenced by Tom Waits. He was also a member of an Oi! band called the Skinflicks, and a post-punk band called Mack Murphy and the Inmates, where he performed under the name Mack Murphy.

Reuter's first recording as Rome was the EP Berlin, which was recorded in Patrick Damiani's studio in Germany in December 2005. Damiani, a sound engineer, has been considered a full-time member of Rome since 2008. In 2009, violinist Nikos Mavridis joined the group, although he left after being conscripted into the Greek military.

Rome has had live performances featuring Die Weisse Rose on drums.

Musical style

According to Paul Simpson, the band's sound combines "military drumming and horns with atmospheric electronic textures and ethereal acoustic guitars, as well as samples and poetic lyrics often relating to war-related themes, as well as more universal topics such as love, pain, and death." Many of his albums have historical themes, such as Flowers From Exile and A Passage to Rhodesia, which focus on the Spanish and Rhodesian Civil Wars, respectively. Reuter has cited Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Albert Camus, Ernst Jünger, and Jean Genet as influences on his music and lyrics.

Discography

Albums

• Berlin (2005)
• Nera (2006)
• Confessions d'un voleur d'âmes (2007)
• Masse Mensch Material (2008)
• Flowers from Exile (2009)
• Nos Chants perdus (2010)
• Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit (2011)
• Hell Money (2012)
• A Passage to Rhodesia (2014)
• Coriolan (2016)
• The Hyperion Machine (2016)
• Hall of Thatch (2018)
• Le ceneri di Heliodoro (2019)
• The Dublin Session (2019)
• The Lone Furrow (2020)
• Parlez-Vous Hate? (2021)
• Hegemonikon (2022)
• Gates of Europe (2023)
• The Dublin Session II (2025)
• Civitas Solis (2025)
• Flowers from Exile — Revisited (2025)
• The Tower (2025)
• The Hierophant (2025)

Extended plays

• Defiance (2022)
• World in Flames (2024)

Live albums

• Hansa Studios Session (2017)
• Hansa Studios Session II (2021)
• Live in Kyiv (2023)

References

References

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4. Muno, Claudine. (2005-01-21). "MUSIK: Du und deine Freunde".
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6. (2013-02-05). "A CVLT Nation exclusive interview with ROMEby Oliver Sheppard -".
7. "An Interview With Jerome Reuter of Rome".
8. Murphy-Bates, Sebastian. (2012-01-19). "THE SKINFLICKS INTERVIEW with bassist Patrick Skinflick! 19/01/2012".
9. Caregari, Luc. (2013-08-16). "NÉOFOLK: L'éternel incompris".
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11. isis. (2007-11-01). "Rome Interview; This Twisted Crown".
12. Knepper, Erika. (2015-01-08). "Preview ROME (Jérôme Reuter Solo) - Munich 2015-01-29".
13. (2008-12-29). "ROME".
14. Della Pelle, Giulia. (2020-11-04). "Rome di Jerome Reuter: l'Europa in musica".
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16. Void, Lilian. (2019-02-22). "Masse Mensch Material: An In-Depth chat with ROME - CVLT Nation".

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