AND WHEN ROME FALLS

This captures a live set performed, as the title implies, in Rome in late 2005 - shortly before the release of the Black Ships At the Sky album. Unfortunately, it's a rather flawed recording, sounding more like a rather good-quality audience tape rather than a recording direct from the sound board - David Tibet's vocals, in particular, suffer quite badly from this, and as a result it's a rather inferior live release, especially disappointing given that by this point their live albums had become true treats. The Birdsong In the Empire live album, though it is marred by a few audio issues of its own, comes from the same year and is miles better than this.