Chamber Release A Love To Kill For

By Phil Hawkins

In an industry that is full of pretty and polished metalcore bands innovation and chaos are often overlooked. Enter Chamber and their latest release, A Love To Kill For.

Formed in the tight-knit Nashville scene in 2017, Chamber has been consistent in maintaining a sound that is anything but pretty. In the wake of The Chariot disbanding back in 2013 there have been very few bands who have been able to fully embrace the chaos and brutality that ensued in a manner worthy. With the release of A Love To Kill For Chamber has accomplished the task in spades.

A Love To Kill For kicks off in a grand fashion with “Chamber” and it easy to pull the similarities between Chamber (the band) and The Chariot (#longlive). There is an unbridled sense of chaos that creates an atmosphere filled with constant breakdowns and inconsistent song structuring. Sonically speaking, Chamber throws everything in to the mix and it works in grand fashion. “Chamber” bleeds straight in to “Retribution” and is then followed by “At My Hands.” Given the inconsistent structuring it is often hard to find where some of the tracks end/begin. It is this very inconsistency that becomes rather consistent throughout the album.

The chaos ensues without as much as a lingering stall on tracks “Tremble,” “To Die In The Grip Of Poison” which features Matt McDougal and “One Final Sacrifice.” The element of any type of “clean” vocals is almost nonexistent as the screams and growls carry each track through a dark and heavy atmosphere. “We Followed You To The Bitter End” and “Our Beauty Decayed, Nothing Was Left” serve as semi filler tracks as each are less than 30 seconds in length. In fact, the combined runtime of the two combined is less than a full minute.

“Devoured” which features a guest appearance from Matt Honeycutt viciously rips through a runtime less than two minutes alone, but it bleeds nicely into “When Deliverance Comes.” Again, the lack of consistent song structure keeps the album in a constant state of chaos that is nothing short of remarkable. “Mirror” serves as another filler that leads right in to “Cyanide Embrace” which is one of the longest tracks on the album along with “A Love To Kill For.” It should be noted that these two tracks make up for a fourth of the total runtime on the album. “Hopeless Portrait” closes out the album in complete chaotic culmination.

The runtime on A Love To Kill For is remarkably abrupt at just under 29 minutes in total. However, in the somewhat abbreviated length Chamber manages to create an atmosphere that is a purely chaotic onslaught of sonic proportions.

A Love To Kill For is available now through Pure Noise Records and is available on all major streaming and digital outlets. Physical copies can be purchased through the Pure Noise webstore.

Chamber is currently on tour through August 13th in the United States with some European dates slated for later this year. Dates and ticketing info can be found here.