The Amity Affliction – House Of Cards
Pure Noise Records
8,5/10,0
Brief:
The Amity Affliction didn’t choose emotional honesty as an affectation. It’s pure survival. The Australian melodic metalcore mavericks built a global following through passion, authenticity, and unflinching self-reflection. It’s all powered by massive, heavy compositions anchored in soaring melodicism and unmistakable emotional depth.
These songs don’t promise absolution but recognition. It’s an electric conduit between band and audience, an understanding of suicidal ideation, grief, addiction, and rage. The Amity Affliction is a shared experience, a means of cathartic exorcism and stark clarity.
House of Cards is a bombastic manifestation of the adage, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Despite the turmoil, or perhaps because of it, of life-changing obstacles, The Amity Affliction are more comfortable in their own skin than ever. House of Cards is explosive, defiant, and destined to stand as a new landmark among the band’s catalog.
Produced by Brown and mixed by Sam Bassal (Ocean Grove, Thornhill, Bloom), House of Cards details an emotional collapse. House of Cards is a testament to survival by a band stronger than ever, one that chose instinct over fear. For Birch, that choice is no longer abstract. It’s daily, deliberate, and non-negotiable. More than two decades into their career, The Amity Affliction aren’t chasing redemption or reinvention.
They’ve earned the clarity to move forward without illusion, continuing not because they have something left to prove but because they know exactly why they’re still here.
[Edited Press Release]
Tracklist:
- Vida Nueva
- Kickboxer
- House Of Cards
- Heaven Sent
- Bleed
- Break These Chains
- Beso De La Muerte
- Swan Dive
- Speaking In Tongues
- Afterlife
- Reap What You Sow
- Eternal War
Main Focus Tracks:
- House Of Cards
- Heaven Sent
- Bleed
Other Recommended Tracks:
- Break These Chains
- Swan Dive
- Speaking In Tongues
Line-Up:
Joel Birch – vocals
Dan Brown – guitars, backing vocals
Joe Longobardi – drums, percussion
Jonathan Reeves – vocals, bass guitar
Comments:
The Amity Affliction isn’t chasing musical redemption or reinvention, but House of Cards confirms that the band is one of the most dynamic forces in modern, aggressive, and progressive metalcore.
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Selected Discography:
Severed Ties (2008)
Youngbloods (2010)
Chasing Ghosts (2012)
Let the Ocean Take Me (2014)
This Could Be Heartbreak (2016)
Misery (2018)
Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them (2020)
Not Without My Ghosts (2023)
House Of Cards (2026)
Photo credit: Tom Brown