The Amity Affliction Announce New Album 'House Of Cards'

The Amity Affliction are officially back in feel-everything-and-throw-down mode, announcing their ninth studio album House Of Cards, and yep – the timing is bang on, with their Aussie regional tour kicking off this Friday.

Due out Friday 24 April via Pure Noise Records, House Of Cards marks a new chapter for Amity, and the first full-length to feature Jonny Reeves as a permanent clean vocalist. If early signs are anything to go by, the added vocal firepower has only sharpened the band’s trademark push-and-pull between absolute emotional wreckage and stadium-sized catharsis.

The Amity Affliction – ‘House of Cards’

The band have dropped the album’s title track as its first taste – and it’s a heavy one, in every sense. Written by frontman Joel Birch about his relationship with his siblings and their late mother, ‘House Of Cards’ doesn’t shy away from trauma, dysfunction or grief. Instead, it stares it down head-on, pairing crushing riffs with some of Birch’s most raw and direct lyricism to date. The accompanying video, directed by Daniel Daly, leans right into that emotional weight, making it clear this record isn’t here to muck around.

Birch has been candid about the song’s origins, explaining that while the relationship with his mother was deeply fractured, her passing ultimately brought him and his siblings closer together through shared understanding. It’s bleak, it’s honest, and it hits like a gut punch – classic Amity, but with a new sense of perspective and clarity running through it.

All of this lands as the band gear up to hit the road across regional Australia, launching a 21-date run with mates In Hearts Wake and RedHook. Starting in Queensland this week and rolling right through into March, it’s a proper victory lap for Aussie fans – and a very loud warm-up before the album lands.

As if that wasn’t enough, The Amity Affliction have also been locked in for Hellbound 2027, joining an absolutely feral lineup alongside Parkway Drive, Alpha Wolf, I Killed The Prom Queen and Thy Art Is Murder.

With five ARIA #1 albums, over a billion streams and two decades of emotional damage under their belt, House Of Cards is shaping up to be another defining moment for one of Australia’s most enduring heavy bands.

You can pre-order it here, take the title track for a spin up above, or suss their forthcoming AU tour dates down below.

The Amity Affliction 2026 Regional Tour Dates

Friday February 13 The Station, Sunshine Coast QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Saturday February 14 Powerhouse, Toowoomba QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Sunday February 15 Miami Marketta Laneway, Gold Coast QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Wednesday February 18 Mcguires Hotel, Mackay QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Thursday February 19 Magnums, Airlie Beach QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Friday February 20 JCU, Townsville QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Saturday February 21 Ellis Beach Bar & Grill, Cairns QLD w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Wednesday February 25 Dee Why Rsl, Dee Why NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook
Thursday February 26 Bar On The Hill, Newcastle NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Friday February 27 Wests, Tamworth NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Saturday February 28 Jetty Beach House, Coffs Harbour NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Thursday March 5 Panthers, Penrith NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook
Friday March 6 UOW Hall, Wollongong NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Saturday March 7 Woodport Hotel, Central Coast NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Wednesday March 11 Beer Deluxe, Albury NSW w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Friday March 13 Odeon Theatre, Hobart TAS w/headwreck
Saturday March 14 Forth Pub, Forth TAS w/headwreck
Wednesday March 18 Eureka Hotel, Geelong VIC w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, heawreck
Thursday March 19 The Deck, Traralgon VIC w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook, headwreck
Friday March 20 The Pier, Frankston VIC w/ In Hearts Wake, RedHook
Saturday March 21 Bridgeway Hotel, Adelaide SA w/ RedHook