New Amity Affliction music video tackles sexual assault, violence
[Photo by: Amity Affliction/Ed Mason]

New Amity Affliction music video tackles sexual assault, violence

Aussie metalcore band the Amity Affliction just dropped a brand-new song from their upcoming album Misery. However, the real magic rests within the band’s efforts to deliver and carry out a powerful message.

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Serving as a follow-up to Misery’s leading single “Ivy (Doomsday),” the new track “Feels Like I’m Dying” is the second chapter to the band’s three-part story that covers the bases of sexual assault, violence and vengeance.

Beautifully shot to tell the story of revenge, frontman Joel Birch wrote and co-directed the music video. Watch the trilogy’s second installment below.

Additionally, you can watch the trilogy’s first segment “Ivy (Doomsday)” here.

Misery will be out Aug. 24 via Roadrunner Records and is available for preorder here. Check out the 12-song tracklist below.

1. “Ivy (Doomsday)”
2. “Feels Like I’m Dying”
3. “Holier Than Heaven”
4. “Misery”
5. “Kick Rocks”
6. “Black Cloud”
7. “D.I.E.”
8. “Drag The Lake”
9. “Beltsville Blues”
10. “Burn Alive”
11. “Nothing Left”
12. “The Gifthorse”

After finishing up with Vans Warped Tour this summer, the band will embark on a headlining European tour. Select dates of the tour will have support from Dream State, The Plot In You and Endless Heights. You can pick up your tickets here. Check out the full list of dates below.

The Amity Affliction tour dates:

On Vans Warped Tour:
07/26 — Scranton, PA @ Pavilion at Montage Mountain
07/27 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
07/28 — Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
07/29 — Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/30 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
07/31 — Atlanta, GA @ Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
08/02 — Jacksonville, FL @ Met Park
08/03 — Orlando, FL @ Tinker Field
08/04 — Tampa, FL @ Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
08/05 — West Palm Beach, FL @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre

European headline tour:
09/28 — Munich, DE @ Tonhalle München (im Werksviertel Mitte)
09/29 — Oberhausen, DE @ Turbinenhalle
10/02 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy 2 Birmingham
10/03 — Leeds, UK @ The Church
10/04 — London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
10/05 — Glasgow, UK @ Queen Margaret Union
10/07 — Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 2
10/08 — Bristol UK @ SWK
10/09 — Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
10/13 — Villeurbanne, FR @ Central Culturel Oecumenqiue
10/14 — Zurich, CH @ X-TRA
10/16 — Vienna, AT @ Vienna Arena
10/19 — Leipzig, DE @ Täubchenthal
10/21 — Berlin, DE @ Astra Kulturhaus
10/22 — Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset – Stor Sal
10/23 — Oslo, NO @ John Dee Live Club & Pub
10/25 — Hamburg, DE @ Markthalle
10/26 — Hannover, D @ 60er Jahre Halle, Faust
10/27 — Wiesbaden, DE @ Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
10/28 — Antwerp, BE @ Zappa