The Amity Affliction

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The Amity Affliction
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The Amity Affliction play on Never Say Die! in Oberhausen, 2015.
The Amity Affliction play on Never Say Die! in Oberhausen , 2015.
General information
origin Gympie , Queensland , Australia
Genre (s) Post-Hardcore , Melodic Hardcore
founding 2003
Website www.theamityaffliction.net
Current occupation
Joel Birch
Ahren Stringer
Daniel Brown
Joe Longobardi
former members
Chris Burt
Laughlan Faulkner
Troels Thomasen
Garth Buchanan
Clint Owen Ellis
Trad Nathan
Imran Siddiqi
Troy Brady
Kyle Yocum
Ryan Burt

The Amity Affliction is a Founded in 2003 Australian post-hardcore - band of Gympie in Brisbane . The group is currently under contract with Roadrunner Records and UNFD .

After several line-up changes, the group currently consists of singer Joel Birch (unclean vocals), bassist and background singer Ahren Stringer (clean vocals), guitarists Daniel Brown and Kyle Yocum, and drummer Ryan Burt. By 2015, the band released the debut album Severed Ties from 2008, their successors Youngbloods and Chasing Ghosts two and three years later, and with the 2014 released Let the Ocean Take Me and "Misery" five studio albums. All four albums were able to place in the domestic charts. With Chasing Ghosts , the group reached number 1 in the domestic album charts for the first time , while the album Youngbloods landed at number 6 and was nominated for an award at the ARIA Award for best rock / metal album . In addition, Chasing Ghosts was awarded the gold record in Australia for 35,000 records sold . The first singles to hit the charts are Pittsburgh and Don't Lean on Me from their fourth album Let the Ocean Take Me , which was released in June 2014. Also Let the Ocean Take Me could reach the top position of the Australian charts. Let the Ocean Take Me is to this day the group's most commercially successful album, which has since been awarded a platinum record in Australia and was also charted outside Australia for the first time.

The Amity Affliction has toured Australia , North America and Europe several times . The group has been to the Soundwave Festival , the Warped Tour and the Never Say Die! Tour to see. The band completed concert tours with bands such as Silverstein , Blessthefall , In Hearts Wake , Landscapes , Asking Alexandria , Of Mice & Men , The Ghost Inside , Architects and Stick to Your Guns .

history

2003–2007: The beginnings and first publications

In 2003, The Amity Affliction was founded in Gympie , a small town in South East Queensland. In the same year their first demo appeared, which was named after the band. In 2005 their first EP was released, which is also called The Amity Affliction . At this point, Joel Birch became the band's screamer. A tour through the entire east coast of Australia was started in 2005 .

In 2007 Lachlan Faulkner and Garth Buchanan left the band. Buchanan joined the Behind Crimson Eyes group. With Robin Sharpe, Ahren Stringer and Trad Nathan, three new musicians have joined The Amity Affliction. Together they released the EP High Hopes . The name is based on a location that appears in the horror film The Amityville Horror . The first edition contained an additional DVD showing the band producing the EP.

2008-2010: Severed Ties

In 2008 the band released their debut album Severed Ties , which placed 26th on the Australian charts for a week . Shortly before production, Chris and Ryan Burt joined as new musicians. The album features well-known guest musicians, including JJ Peters ( I Killed the Prom Queen , Deez Nuts ), Michael Crafter (I Killed the Prom Queen, Confession ) and Matthew Wright ( The Gateway Plan ). Shortly thereafter, the band played concerts in Perth , Melbourne , Sydney , Brisbane and Adelaide .

During May 2009 The Amity Affliction accompanied the bands The Gateway Plan and Elora Danan on their national final tour . The rest of the year the band planned their first headlining tour of Australia. During the tour the group was accompanied by the British band We Are the Ocean , the band Hopeless and a local support band. This tour was called Stairway to Hell . Then The Amity Affliction went to Great Britain with We Are The Ocean and gave a few concerts there, where they were also supported by All Forgotten and Flood of Red .

2010–2012: Youngbloods

At the end of 2009 the band decided to split up with Chris Burt. His last concert took place in London . The Gateway Plan's Clint Splattering took over.

In April 2010 the band flew to New York to record the second album. Between June 18 and 25, 2010, Youngbloods was finally released through Boomtown Records and Shock Records . Youngbloods debuted at number 6 on the Australian album charts. The album was also nominated for the ARIA Music Awards in the category Best Rock / Metal Album 2010 , but lost to Parkway Drive . Their promotional tour was supported by Misery Signals , Confessions , Flood of Red and Break Even . They toured together along the west coast of Australia.

In October the band released Glory Days , a compilation with all the songs from their demos and EP's, as well as the B-sides of the album Youngbloods . They also went on a UK tour with Deez Nuts , This Is Hell , Asking Alexandria and Louie Knuxx .

In January 2011, The Amity Affliction was seen in Europe. The tour went through Italy , Germany , the Netherlands , Austria , Great Britain , Switzerland , France , Belgium and Sweden . After the tour ended, the band flew back to Australia and played at the Soundwave Festival . The first concerts in the USA were planned for the end of March .

The Amity Affliction signed a worldwide recording deal with Roadrunner Records . Youngbloods was re-released through this label. It was released on October 28, 2011 as a download from this label. The follow-up album was released in 2012.

2012–2014: Chasing Ghosts

Already on September 17, 2011, Joel Birch announced at a concert in Queensland that the musicians would fly to America in early 2012 to work on the new album. Five days later, Ahren confirmed Birch's statement in an interview with Alt Music Hub and announced that the studio work would take place between March and April. Studio work with producer Michael Baskette in Orlando, Florida finally began on May 7, 2012. In June 2012, the title and expected release date were announced. In August 2012 it was announced that Imran Siddiqi no longer plays in the band. As a result, he was no longer seen in the music video for the title song Chasing Ghosts . Until the beginning of 2013, his post was held by session musicians. In March 2013 Dan Brown was integrated as the new guitarist in the band.

On September 7, 2012, The Amity Affliction's third album, Chasing Ghosts, was released. It was released via Roadrunner Records and entered the domestic charts just 3 weeks after its release. There the album immediately positioned itself at the top of the Australian charts. A release for the UK was scheduled for September 17, 2012 and a day later for the US . In Europe , the album was only released on September 28, 2012. In 2013, the album was awarded the gold record for 35,000 records sold in Australia .

On August 15, 2012, the band released their music video for the title Chasing Ghosts on the video platform YouTube . On September 24, 2012, the group started their Chasing Ghosts Tour through Australia , which ended on October 8, 2012. The Ghost Inside , Architects and Buried in Verona played as support on this tour, with Architects touring Australia as part of their The Daybreaker Almost World Tour .

After Daniel Brown was a substitute member during the tours, the band confirmed that he is now a permanent member of The Amity Affliction.

In the summer of 2013, The Amity Affliction played for the first time on the Warped Tour . During her speech in Portland ( Oregon ) is a drummer Ryan Burt injured his eye, so he for several concerts of Glass-Cloud was replaced -Schlagzeuger Chad Hasty. There was also a scandal during the Warped Tour. After Memphis May Fire singer Matty Mullins criticized the clothing style of several female festival goers, singer Joel Birch described him as a sexist. While still on the Warped Tour, the group had to cancel their set in Pittsburgh because Birch was on the verge of dehydration at the concert . The concert on the following day in Cleveland could only take place because Sam Carter ( Architects ), Chris Roetter ( Like Moths to Flames ) and Jason Butler ( Letlive ) spontaneously stood in for Joel Birch, who had to be hospitalized due to an unknown illness.

In September 2013, The Amity Affliction was seen on the Brothers in Arms Tour in Europe. The band played in Germany , the United Kingdom , Austria , France and Belgium during the tour . The English hardcore band Landscapes and In Hearts Wake from Australia performed as supporting acts . In October, the Brothers in Arms tour in Australia continued for eight more concerts. Stick to Your Guns and Chelsea Grin were confirmed as support .

2014–2016: Let the Ocean Take Me

At the end of 2013, the group released the demo song Cave In , which led to speculation that the song would be on the upcoming album. However, these were shattered when the group announced the tracks on the album. The first single is called Pittsburgh and was officially released on April 14, 2014. The single rose to number 28 in the Australian single charts . The album's second single, Don't Lean on Me , also entered the Australian single charts. 6,000 units sold were enough for this. The album was reissued in mid-2015 with additional material.

The album itself is titled Let the Ocean Take Me and was released worldwide on June 6, 2014. The producer was Will Putney , who also worked with Upon a Burning Body and Winds of Plague . The recordings took place at Evergreen Studios in Brisbane . Like its predecessor, the album rose to number 1 in Australia and was also awarded gold there. On July 10, 2015, the album was reissued with bonus material, including the tour documentary Seems Like Forever . For the new edition, the band played the song Skeletons , which acts as a single for the reprint .

Singer Joel Birch, 2015.
Bass player Ahren Stringer, 2015.

Between April 8, 2014 and May 15, 2014, the group toured the United States and Canada with Silverstein as the opening act for Blessthefall as part of the Hollow Bodies Tour . The concert tour included 32 performances. On December 8, 2014, the band announced via Twitter that they will be accompanying Of Mice & Men along with Volumes on their tour through Europe and the United Kingdom for the coming year . The concert tour started on March 11, 2015 in Paris and ended after 18 concerts on April 4, 2015 in Manchester . On January 28, 2015, it was announced that the group would be participating in the Warped Tour this summer . The tour ran from June 19 to August 8, 2015. In October and November, the group toured the United States again as headliners. This concert tour was accompanied by Chelsea Grin , Secrets , Cruel Hand and The Plot in You . Immediately afterwards, the band played as part of the annual Never Say Die! Tour a European concert tour. This was accompanied by Being as an Ocean , Fit for a King , Defeater , Burning Down Alaska and again by Cruel Hand.

At the end of October 2015, the band was announced for the sister festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park . In 2016, the band also played major European music festivals such as Nova Rock , Hellfest , Greenfield Festival and Download Festival for the first time . In November the group released Shine On , the first new material since Let the Ocean Take Me .

2016-2018: This Could Be Heartbreak

On May 18, 2016, the band announced the release of a new album for August 12, 2016. This is called This Could Be Heartbreak and is the band's fifth studio album. On the same day, the first official single, I Bring the Weather With Me, including a music video was released and a festival tour through Europe was announced. An appearance at Rock am Ring in Mendig was canceled by the organizer due to the bad weather conditions. In July 2016, This Could Be Heartbreak was the album's second single released. The album was released on August 12, 2016. Three days earlier, another song from the album was pre-released with All Fucked Up . Like its two predecessors, This Could Be Heartbreak rose to number one in Australia and was also charted in the United States , the United Kingdom , New Zealand and Germany .

The band also made concert tours through Australia , North America and Europe , which were accompanied at times by Being as an Ocean , Hundredth , Wage War , Stray from the Path and Northlane .

In February 2018, the group announced the exit of their drummer Ryan Burt due to long-term mental health problems. Due to his illness, Burt had to cancel a European tour with the band at the end of 2016. The band announced that they want to complete all previously announced concerts as planned.

2018–2020: Misery

On June 20, 2018, the band announced the album Misery , which was released on August 24, 2018 and is now the group's sixth studio album. It is the first album that was recorded without the drummer Ryan Burt. Joe Longobardi ( Defeater ) took on the role of drummer . Misery was received rather mixed by fans, as, as already announced in some interviews, the album represents the most drastic style change in the band's career. Elements from synth-pop or alternative rock were used here, and thus very much broken with the original classic metalcore formula.

Since 2020: Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them

On January 8, 2020, the group announced the release of their new album Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them for February 21 of the same year via Pure Noise Records . From January 9th to March 6th, 2020 the group will tour Australia and Europe . On the European tour, the band plays as the opening act for Beartooth .

Band name and style of music

The name came about when a close friend of the band was killed in a car accident. According to the musician, The Amity stands for friendship between the members and Affliction should reflect the time after the friend's death. He died together with his 17-year-old younger sister in a traffic accident. Initially the band was called Left Lane Ends , because this accident happened on Left Lane Ends Road .

The band plays classic post-hardcore , although melodic hardcore influences can sometimes be found in their music.

Timeline: band members

timeline

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AU AU NZ NZ DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2008 Severed Ties
Boomtown Records 		AU26 (1 week)
AU 		- - - - - -
First published: October 4, 2008
2010 Youngbloods
Boomtown Records 		AU6th
gold
gold

(3 weeks)AU 		- - - - - -
First published: June 18, 2010
2012 Chasing Ghosts
UNFD , Roadrunner Records 		AU1
gold
gold

(7 weeks)AU 		- - - - - -
First published: September 7, 2012
2014 Let the Ocean Take Me
UNFD, Roadrunner 		AU1
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)AU 		NZ24 (1 week)
NZ 		- - - - US31 (2 weeks)
US
First published: June 10, 2014
2016 This Could Be Heartbreak
UNFD, Roadrunner 		AU1 (7 weeks)
AU 		NZ32 (1 week)
NZ 		DE29 (1 week)
DE 		AT25 (1 week)
AT 		CH31 (1 week)
CH 		UK51 (1 week)
UK 		US26 (1 week)
US
First published: August 12, 2016
2018 Misery
UNFD, Roadrunner 		AU1 (4 weeks)
AU 		- DE38 (1 week)
DE 		AT39 (1 week)
AT 		CH51 (1 week)
CH 		- US70 (1 week)
US
First published: August 24, 2018
2020 Everyone Loves You ... Once You Leave Them
Warner , Pure Noise 		AU2 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020AU 		- DE47 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - - US60 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US
First published: February 21, 2020

Awards and nominations

Controversy

On the Warped Tour 2013 there was a scandal when Memphis May Fire singer Matty Mullins criticized the clothing style of many female festival goers. In a speech during the band's set a few days later, Joel Birch referred to Mullins as a "sexist".

Ahren Stringer, one of the band's singers, posted a photo on his Instagram profile in May 2014 on which a killed policeman was buried with the words “Freedom grows when cops get planted. Plant a freedom seed today ”(in German, for example: “ Freedom grows when a police officer is planted. Plant a freedom seed today ” ). Some fans reacted with incomprehension and started a shit storm . While some followers accused him of bigoted behavior, there were people who tried to defend him. Stringer apologized in another statement and justified his action with the fact that he often felt that he had been treated unfairly by the police in the past and that his hatred remained deep. He said that after the photo was posted on Instagram, he received threatening messages and death threats on his Twitter profile.

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  1. ↑ Steffen Hung: The Amity Affliction - Severed Ties. australian-charts.com, accessed May 1, 2010 .
  2. ^ The Getaway Plan. Brisbanetimes.com.au, June 4, 2009, accessed May 1, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Killyourstereo.com : Chris Leaves The Amity Affliction
  4. ↑ News Boomtown Records ( Memento from March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ ARIA Awards: History by Year 2010
  6. ↑ ROADRUNNER RECORDS: The Amity Affliction on Roadrunner Records
  7. ↑ outspoken.de: THE AMITY AFFLICTION: Chasing Ghosts tops the chart!
  8. ↑ www.aria.com.au : List of all excellent albums in Australia in 2013
  9. ↑ outspoken.de: THE AMITY AFFLICTION: New video published!
  10. ↑ outspoken.de: ARCHITECTS - The Daybraker Almost World Tour
  11. ↑ Bridjet Mendyuk: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction drummer in surgery due to injury Warped Tour
  12. ↑ a b wookubus: The PRP : The Amity Affliction Vocalist Calls Out Memphis May Fire's Matty Mullins At 'Vans Warped Tour'
  13. ↑ Philip Obenchain: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction singer hospitalized; Architects, letlive., Like Moths To Flames singers fill in
  14. ↑ Dark Lord: Stormbringer.at : THE AMITY AFFLICTION, LANDSCAPES, IN HEARTS WAKE - Europe tour dates including Vienna concert!
  15. ↑ www.abc.net.au : Amity Affliction announce 2013 Brothers In Arms tour
  16. ↑ Chart tracking: AU
  17. ↑ The Music : THE NEW TRACKS YOU'LL HEAR ON TRIPLE J NEXT WEEK
  18. ↑ The Music : COLDPLAY DEBUT AT # 1 AS TRIPLE J GIVES CHART BUMPS
  19. ↑ Warner Music Group : The Amity Affliction announce new album "Let The Ocean Take Me" for June 6th. on
  20. ↑ Blabbermouth.net : THE AMITY AFFLICTION To Release 'Let The Ocean Take Me' In June
  21. ↑ Chad Childers: Loudwire : The Amity Affliction Plan Deluxe 'Let the Ocean Take Me' Release + New Documentary
  22. ↑ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Blessthefall announce US tour with Silverstein, The Amity Affliction, Secrets ( Memento from July 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  23. ↑ Rock Sound : THE AMITY AFFLICTION AND VOLUMES WILL SUPPORT OF MICE & MEN IN EUROPE NEXT YEAR
  24. ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction, This Wild Life, Seaway, more announced for Warped Tour 2015
  25. ↑ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction, Chelsea Grin announce tour with Secrets, the Plot In You, Cruel Hand ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ Patrick Siegmann: Stageload : Impericon Never Say Die! Tour 2015 - Line-Up & Dates
  27. ^ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction highlight the power of young love in "Shine On" video
  28. ↑ Blabbermouth.net : THE AMITY AFFLICTION To Release 'This Could Be Heartbreak' Album In August
  29. ↑ RockRevolt Magazine : THE AMITY AFFLICTION RETURN WITH 'THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK'
  30. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: Metal Hammer : Rock am Ring 2016 interrupted due to severe weather warning
  31. ↑ a b Tom Williams: MusicFeeds : The Amity Affliction Announce New Album, New Aussie Tour Dates & Share New Single
  32. ↑ Christina O'Neill: Metal Hammer : The Amity Affliction announce European winter tour
  33. ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction announce tour with Being As An Ocean, Hundredth, others
  34. ↑ Natasha Heinz: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction part ways with drummer Ryan Burt
  35. ↑ THE AMITY AFFLICTION To Release 'Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them' Album In February. Blabbermoth.net, January 8, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  36. ↑ Chart following albums: AU NZ US UK DE AT CH
  37. ↑ Natassia Baroni: Music Feeds : Amity Affliction's Ahren Stringer Gets Death Threats After “Cop Killer” Posts

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