NEW ALBUM NOT WITHOUT MY GHOSTS ARRIVES MAY 12 ON PURE NOISE
Australian metalcore trailblazers THE AMITY AFFLICTION — Joel Birch[vocals], Ahren Stringer [vocals, bass], Dan Brown [lead guitar], and Jon Longobardi [drums] — recently announced their new album Not Without My Ghosts, out May 12 via Pure Noise. Pre-order it here or here.
Today, the band has shared the video for the title track, featuring Phem. Watch it below.
The title track is "a song about the way which you can't travel through life without dragging the ghosts of your past behind you, and how they manifest in their various forms," shares Birch.
And, as a whole, the album itself address "the paradox of not wanting to be alive, and yet needing to stay here, while also mourning the loss of friends and trying to use the music as catharsis," Birch previously explained.
It's a heavy record — both sonically and thematically, and that's just how the band's fans like it!
Not Without My Ghosts boasts multiple features — something the band has not incorporated into a release in quite some time — including late New Zealand rapper Louie Knuxx, who passed away in 2021, as well as Comeback Kid's Andrew Neufeld, The Plot in You's Landon Tewers, and Phem.
The Amity Affliction will also appear at several festivals this year, including Louder Than Life in September and Aftershock in October.
The band's Spring 2022 North American headline tour dates are below.
They will next return to North America in the fall, serving as direct support to Parkway Drive. All upcoming TAA dates are below.
THE AMITY AFFLICTION ON TOUR:
WITH CAN'T SWIM + OMERTA:
5/10 — San Diego, CA — Observatory NP
5/11 — Berkeley, CA — UC Theatre
5/13 — Tucson, AZ — Encore
5/14 — El Paso, TX — Rockhouse Bar & Grill
5/15 — Lubbock, TX — Jakes Backroom
5/17 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman
5/19 — Milwaukee, WI — Rave II
5/20 — Columbus, OH — King Of Clubs
5/21 — Nashville, TN — Eastside Bowl
5/23 — Orlando, FL — The Beacham
WITH PARKWAY DRIVE, NORTHLANE, + MAKE THEM SUFFER:
9/10 — Atlanta, GA — Coca Cola Roxy
9/12 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE Outdoors
9/13 — Detroit, MI — Masonic
9/15 — Worcester, MA — Palladium Outdoors
9/17 — New York, NY — Hammerstein Ballroom
9/19 — Montreal, QC — Place Bell
9/20 — Toronto, ON — RBC Echo Beach
9/22 — Cleveland, OH — Jacobs Pavilion
9/23 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life Festival*
9/24 — Chicago, IL — Radius
9/26 — St. Paul, MN — Myth Live
9/27 — Oshkosh, WI — Oshkosh Arena
9/29 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom
9/30 — Albuquerque, NM — The Revel
10/1 — Mesa, AZ — Mesa Amphitheater
10/3 — Salt Lake City, UT — Complex
10/5 — Las Vegas, NV — The Theater at Virgin Hotels
10/6 — Irvine, CA — FivePoint Amphitheatre
10/7 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock*
*Festival Dates
ABOUT THE AMITY AFFLICTION:
Since emerging in 2008 with their debut Severed Ties, Australian powerhouse The Amity Affliction have consistently delivered. They've tallied over a billion streams worldwide, clocked four No. 1 records, have earned multiple Gold and Platinum certifications in their home country, and enjoyed a string of Top 30-charting albums on Billboard. They've also received critical accolades from Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, The Noise, and more. Throughout their career, The Amity Affliction have remained a featured attraction on some of the biggest festivals in the world — from Download UK, Reading and Leeds, Vans Warped Tour, Rock am Ring, Rock im park, Graspop, Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville, Hellfest, Slam Dunk, Jera on Air, and more! The band has sold out countless headline treks and have hit the road with everyone from A Day to Remember to Motionless in White to Silverstein to Sum 41 to Beartooth to PVRIS. New album Not Without My Ghosts arrives in Spring 2023.