CAMILLA RHODES - Like The Word Love On The Lips Of A Harlot

CAMILLA RHODES
Like The Word Love On The Lips Of A Harlot
Galy Records
7.5/10





The most proper description of the music of Camilla Rhodes would be relentless. From the first note of “Like The Word Love On The Lips Of A Harlot”, this band digs in and never slows down.

Disjointed, discordant riffing meets sandpaper piped screams and boisterous guttural bursts of vocal energy on the crushing “If Dreams Are Like Movies, Then Memories Are Like Ghosts”, showing that this is a group that is nothing to be trifled with.

During “Johnny Utah’s On The Case”, the band evokes a feeling similar to The Black Dahlia Murder, with a touch of progressive diminishment throw in for good measure. Greg Kepka is a qualified belter, issuing ravaging, larynx destroying rumbles atop the backdrop of thumping instrumentation provided by Phil Dugas (guitars), Jade Simonetto (Drums) and Simon Paradis (bass).

“You’ve Changed The Shade Of Autumn (To A Deeper Shade Of Red) kicks off with an introduction that is almost black metal in sound, but the track merges into an unyielding bout of cored out screaming and bashing.

Although many pigeonhole this type of sound as metalcore these days, there’s not a great deal of hardcore influence to be found. Instead, listeners can expect caustic thrashing by the bushels, trauma-inducing vocal barrages and nothing less than one hundred percent metal.

It’s high time that metalheads took their identity back and Camilla Rhodes is about as metal as you can get. See for yourself.

Written By: Chaos