The Rock Tribune

 AUSTRALIAN BAND TO RELEASE YOUNGBLOODS on OCTOBER 25

BAND TO TOUR THIS FALL

 New York, NY: Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the signing of The Amity Affliction, easily one of the most head-turning and exciting hard rock bands to come barreling out of Australia. The band has scorched a trail Down Under and is now poised to stake its claim in the U.S. Roadrunner will release Youngbloods digitally on Oct. 25 and the band will head back  into the studio in early 2012 to record the follow up with Youngbloods producer Machine (Lamb of God, Cobra Starship, Suicide Silence.)

The Amity Affliction’s humble origins date back six years ago in a small town in Queensland, Australia.  With an industrial sized bucket of elbow grease, the band became a fixture on the local touring circuit.  The Amity Affliction quickly ascended the ranks and became one of the best-loved bands in Oz. Armed with cheeky song titles, a party attitude and the type of aggressive and forward- thinking metal that will simultaneously make you think while putting hair on your chest, The Amity Affliction deliver a poignant message encased in mosh-worthy anthems.

“Ever since I can remember in Amity we’ve been dreaming big: big tours, big shows, big crowds, but never in our wildest dreams did we ever think something this big would come around,” frontman Joel Birch said. “Signing to Roadrunner worldwide is almost beyond a dream come true, because there’s no way any of us would have ever dreamed of being able to achieve something this monumental.”

Birch continued, “We’re proud to be added to such an incredible roster of bands, and having already spent time with some of the team at the label, we’re excited to become a part of the larger Roadrunner family. This is a massive step forward for us as a band, and one we’re going to be pouring all our energy into in the future.”

The band’s most recent album Youngbloods debuted at No. 6 on the Album Charts in Australia and went on to get unprecedented nominations for Best Hard Rock Performance at both the ARIA and IMA Awards.  Following extensive touring overseas and an early evening slot on Soundwave 2011, the band returned to headline Australian in late May, selling 15,000+ tickets over the course of eight shows, including 4500 tickets at their Brisbane homecoming at the outdoor Riverstage arena. Youngbloods was voted Best Album of 2011 on Triple J’s Short Fast Loud program and in Blunt Magazine, where they notched for their third cover in 18 months. That issue lands this coming October.

Clearly, The Amity Affliction have canvassed their native land. Now it’s time for the rest of the world to catch on.

Below are the band’s Fall tour dates. The band will be a part of the “No Guts, No Glory” tour featuring Miss May I, Pierce The Veil, Woe, Is Me and Letlive.

11/8/2011	San Fran CA	Grand
11/9/2011	Sacramento CA	Ace of Spades
11/10/2011	LA CA	HOB
11/11/2011	Pomona CA	Glasshouse
11/12/2011	San Diego CA	Soman
11/13/2011	Las Vegas NS	Hard Rock
11/14/2011	Phoenix AZ	Nile Theatre
11/16/2011	Tulsa OK	Cains
11/18/2011	Dallas TX	The Door
11/19/2011	San Antonio	White Rabbit
11/20/2011	Houston TX	Warehouse Live
11/21/2011	New Orleans LA	HOB
11/23/2011	Tampa FL	State Theatre
11/25/2011	Ft. Lauderdale FL	Culture
11/26/2011	Orlando FL	Firestone
11/27/2011	Atlanta GA	Masquerade
11/28/2011	Raleigh NY	Lincoln Theatre
11/29/2011	Norfolk VA	Norva
11/30/2011	Baltimore MD	Recher
12/1/2011	Philadelphia PA	TLA
12/2/2011	Worcester MA	Palladium
12/3/2011	NYC NY	Irving Plaza
12/4/2011	Allentown PA	Crock Rock
12/6/2011	Columbus OH	Newport Music Hall
12/7/2011	Cleveland OH	Peabodys
12/8/2011	Detroit MI	St Andrews
12/9/2011	Chicago IL	Bottom Lounge
12/10/2011	Minneapolis MZ	Cabooz
12/12/2011	Denver CO	Summit
12/13/2011	SLC UT	In The Venue
12/15/2011	Seattle WA	El Corazon
12/16/2011	Portland OR	Hawthorne