Australian metalcore pioneers The Amity Affliction will release their highly anticipated new studio album, "House Of Cards", on April 24 via Pure Noise Records.
The album marks the band's first full-length outing with clean vocalist Jonny Reeves, who joined the lineup in 2025.
The 13-track effort showcases Joel Birch's signature fusion of intense and open lyricism, bolstered by the vocal duality provided by the band throughout.,The album is set to reaffirm the band's status as one of heavy music's most dynamic groups.
To support the release, the band has shared the first taste of the new album — the impactful title track "House Of Cards".
The song was penned by Birch for his brother and sister (and himself), taking stock of the relationship shared with their mother — a central figure at the heart of the album.,Open about the difficult nature of the relationship shared between mother and children, Birch unpacks the thematic nature of "House Of Cards", saying, "Our mother died in 2024 and none of us had a healthy relationship with her.
She was very self-involved, aggressive, abusive in our early years, and in her later years, spent a good amount of time trying to put a wedge between the three of us.
Thankfully, once she passed, the three of us actually became closer as we realized we had individual, but shared trauma related to her." With lyricism directly related to experiences Birch and his siblings experienced during their formative years, "House Of Cards" is a song that matches its sonic intensity with emotional weight threaded through its poignant words.,The single, both as an individual entry and as part of "House Of Cards"' broader tapestry, is a strong moment of acknowledging trauma but in doing so, navigating it with a redefined perspective on life and human relationships.
The track's music video, directed by Daniel Daly, has also been released alongside the song.
Watch it below.,The Amity Affliction will be hitting the road soon to support their new album, embarking on a 21-date regional tour with In Hearts Wake and Redhook in Australia starting this week.
The extensive tour will see the band perform across various cities through into March, providing fans with a perfect primer for the band's return to North America in April.,In addition to their current Australian tour dates, The Amity Affliction has also been announced as part of the Hellbound heavy metal cruise for 2027.
Setting sail in January 2027, the band will join fellow metal legends Parkway Drive, Alpha Wolf, I Killed The Prom Queen, and Thy Art Is Murder for a week-long voyage at sea.