AMITY AFFLICTION, (The) This Could Be Heartbreak CD (2016)

Queensland metalcore has always had a chip on its shoulder, and The Amity Affliction wore it better than most. This Could Be Heartbreak landed in 2016 and debuted at number one on the ARIA charts, which tells you everything about how hard this band had worked to drag Australian heavy music into the mainstream without losing the room.

This is the record where the Amity formula locked in hard, big melodic hooks bleeding into genuine heaviness, grief processed at high volume. Joel Birch's lyrics hit the kind of specific emotional nerve that turns a band into a lifeline for a certain kind of kid. If you already know, you know. If you're just finding out, this is a solid place to start with one of Australia's most important metalcore acts.

Full length album on CD, 2016 Australian release. Australian alternative music fans should also check out Miss May I, Dream On Dreamer, and Of Mice and Men.

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