The Amity Affliction discography explained

Artist:The Amity Affliction
Studio:8
Singles:29
Music Videos:30
Ep:4
Compilation:1

The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland, formed in 2003.

The band's current line-up consists of Ahren Stringer (bass guitar, vocals), Joel Birch (vocals), Dan Brown (guitar) and Joe Longobardi (drums). The Amity Affliction have released eight studio albums: Severed Ties, released in 2008, Youngbloods in 2010 which debuted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts, and Chasing Ghosts in 2012 and Let the Ocean Take Me, both of which debuted at number 1 on the ARIA charts and went ARIA Gold, This Could Be Heartbreak in 2016, Misery in 2018, Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them in 2020, and Not Without My Ghosts in 2023.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
BEL
[4]
GER
[5]
NZ
[6]
SCO
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Severed Ties 26
Youngbloods
  • Released: 18 June 2010
  • Label: Boomtown
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
6
Chasing Ghosts
  • Released: 7 September 2012
  • Label: UNFD/Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1
Let the Ocean Take Me
  • Released: 6 June 2014
  • Label: UNFD/Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1 24 31
This Could Be Heartbreak
  • Released: 12 August 2016
  • Label: UNFD/Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1 25 145 29 32 51 31 51 26
Misery
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Label: UNFD/Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1 39 154 38 83 51 70
Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them
  • Released: 21 February 2020
  • Label: Warner/Pure Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
2 47 53 60
Not Without My Ghosts
  • Released: 12 May 2023
  • Label: Warner/Pure Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
2 56
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" style="width:17em;"
Details
Early Demos
  • Released: 1 April 2004
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
The Amity Affliction
  • Released: 4 July 2005
  • Label: Modern Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
High Hopes
  • Released: 1 May 2007
  • Label: Skull and Bones
  • Format: CD, EP, digital download
Somewhere Beyond the Blue
  • Released: 15 December 2021
  • Label: Warner/Pure Noise
  • Format: CD, EP, digital download

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUS
[15]
US Main. Rock
[16]
"Chasing Ghosts"2012Chasing Ghosts
"Open Letter"2013
"Born to Die" Chasing Ghosts (Japanese version)
"Pittsburgh"201428
  • ARIA: Platinum
Let the Ocean Take Me
"Don't Lean on Me" 24
  • ARIA: Gold
"The Weigh Down"
"Death's Hand"
"Skeletons"201587 Let the Ocean Take Me (Deluxe)
"Farewell"109
"Shine On"19
"I Bring the Weather with Me"201653 This Could Be Heartbreak
"This Could Be Heartbreak"94
  • ARIA: Gold
"All Fucked Up"35
  • ARIA: Gold
"Can't Feel My Face" 2017Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7
"Ivy (Doomsday)"2018
  • ARIA: Gold
Misery
"Feels Like I'm Dying"
"D.I.E."
"Drag the Lake"201940
"All My Friends Are Dead"Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them
"Soak Me in Bleach"202037
"Catatonia"
"Forever"
"Like Love"2021Somewhere Beyond the Blue
"Give Up the Ghost"
"Death Is All Around"
"Show Me Your God"2022Not Without My Ghosts
"I See Dead People" 2023
"It's Hell Down Here"
"Not Without My Ghosts" [18]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)
"A Sleepless Winter"2004Mark Fahey
"Fruity Lexia"2008rowspan="7"
"I Hate Hartley"2010
"Youngbloods"
"Chasing Ghosts"2012
"R.I.P. Bon"2013
"Open Letter"
"Greens Avenue"
"Pittsburgh"2014Simon Harvey Smith
"Don't Lean on Me"
"The Weigh Down"
"Death's Hand"rowspan="2"
"Skeletons"2015
"Shine On"Mark Staubach
"I Bring the Weather with Me"2016
"This Could Be Heartbreak"
"All Fucked Up"Joel Birch
Ryan Mackfall
"Fight My Regret"2017Ryan Mackfall
"Can't Feel My Face" Simon Harvey Smith
"Ivy (Doomsday)"2018Ryan Mackfall
"Feels Like I'm Dying"
"D.I.E."
"Drag the Lake"2019Max Moore
"Soak Me in Bleach"2020Daniel Daly
"Forever"Carl Allison
Nick Kozakis
"Like Love"2021Joel Birch
"Show Me Your God"2022Tyson Lloyd
"I See Dead People"2023Daniel Daly
"It's Hell Down Here"Tomise
"Not Without My Ghosts"Daniel Daly

Other appearances

Title! scope="col"
YearAlbum
"Poison Pen Letters"2004State of Affairs
"Here's to the Rotting of Rotted Memories"
"A Sleepless Winter"
"Slit the Tear Ducts"2005North Coast Hardcore: Volume 1
"Can't Feel My Face"2017Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7
"Tomorrow"

Collaborations

TitleYearAlbumArtist
"Doomed from Birth" 2012HateThy Art Is Murder[19]
"Set in Stones" No ApologiesHeroes for Hire[20]
"2AM" The ConstructThe Construct[21]
"Youngbloods" 2013Illy[22]
"Role Model" Role ModelBodyjar[23]
"Lord of Bones" An Eye for an EyeLike Moths to Flames[24]
"Earthwalker" 2014EarthwalkerIn Hearts Wake[25]
"51-73" Life and DeathConfession[26] [27]
"Holy War"
"Haunt Me as I Roam" 2015Haunt Me as I RoamAntagonist A.D[28]
"Torch" 2019The Deathbed SessionsCursed Earth[29]
"Magdalene" LiarShe Cries Wolf[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 22 March 2023. The Amity Affliction Set May Release For New Album "Not Without My Ghosts", Debut "It's Hell Down Here" Video. 23 March 2023. ThePRP. en-US.
  2. Web site: australian-charts.com - Discography The Amity Affliction. 20 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Discographie The Amity Affliction - austriancharts.at. Steffen. Hung.
  4. Web site: Discographie The Amity Affliction - hitparade.be. UltraTop.
  5. Web site: Discographie von The Amity Affliction. GfK Entertainment. 26 February 2020.
  6. Web site: charts.nz - Discography The Amity Affliction. 20 August 2016.
  7. Web site: AMITY AFFLICTION. Official Charts.
  8. Web site: Discographie The Amity Affliction - hitparade.ch. Steffen. Hung.
  9. Web site: AMITY AFFLICTION - full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company.
  10. The Amity Affliction Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 3 March 2020.
  11. Australia. album. 2014. 20 August 2016.
  12. Australia. album. 2012. 20 August 2016.
  13. Australia. album. 2015. 20 August 2016.
  14. Australia. The Amity Affliction. video. 2015. 11 December 2021.
  15. Peaks below the top 50 in Australia:
  16. The Amity Affliction Chart History: Mainstream Rock. Billboard. 30 April 2019.
  17. Australia. single. 2022. 26 January 2023.
  18. Web site: KYE, The Vanns & More: This Week's Best New Music . . 12 May 2023 . 13 May 2023.
  19. Web site: THY ART IS MURDER - Doomed From Birth with Joel Birch of The Amity Affliction (OFFICIAL AUDIO) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/g_ePVVtZKFM . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 18 March 2014 . 13 April 2020.
  20. Web site: Heroes For Hire - Set In Stone (ft. Joel Birch) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/fxxIkPqwtxE . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 26 March 2012 . 13 April 2020.
  21. Web site: THE CONSTRUCT - 2AM Featuring Ahren Stringer (NEW EP SONG 2012) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/qstAKPxVyyU . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 27 February 2012 . 13 April 2020.
  22. Web site: Illy - Youngbloods feat. Ahren Stringer (Official Video) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/_at41JJ0dRQ . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 11 October 2013 . 13 April 2020.
  23. Web site: Bodyjar - Role Model [Feat. Ahren Stringer] ]. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/EfFntmhvZvE . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 17 October 2013 . 13 April 2020.
  24. Web site: Like Moths to Flames - Lord of Bones . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/zGHp8KwotEs . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 2 July 2013 . 13 April 2020.
  25. Web site: In Hearts Wake - Earthwalker Feat. Joel Birch from The Amity Affliction [Official Music Video] ]. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/kQ0QCx792gI . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 2 June 2014 . 13 April 2020.
  26. Web site: CONFESSION - 51-73 featuring Joel Birch (OFFICIAL AUDIO) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Bll60vKzdUA . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 16 June 2014 . 13 April 2020.
  27. Web site: CONFESSION - Holy War featuring Ahren Stringer (OFFICIAL AUDIO) . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/zhRRJcZxhts . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 18 June 2014 . 13 April 2020.
  28. Web site: Antagonist A.D - Haunt Me As I Roam [Feat. Ahren Stringer] ]. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/sieLaGzh8Ag . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 16 March 2015 . 13 April 2020.
  29. Web site: Cursed Earth - Torch . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/p97pqEw3mjE . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 8 May 2019 . 13 April 2020.
  30. Web site: Magdalene . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/IPuToN0rQZ0 . 15 December 2021 . live. YouTube . 18 February 2019 . 13 April 2020.