The Amity Affliction is a Australian metalcore band that formed in 2003. The band members are Ahren Stringer (vocals, bass guitar), Joel Birch (vocals), Ryan Burt (drums, percussion) and Dan Brown (guitar). They have made 4 albums so far. The first one was called Sereved Ties released in 2008, Youngbloods in 2010 which debuted at number 6 on the ARIA Charts and Chasing Ghosts in 2012 which debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts. On June 6, 2014 they released their fourth studio album called Let The Ocean Take Me.
Ahren Stringer and Troy Brady started the band in their final year of high school. The band was named for a close friend of the band, who died in a car accident at the age of 17. ‘Amity’ referred to the friendship and ‘Affliction’ was for dealing with the struggle which dealing with the death caused the band members. They spent many times playing at school concerts and lunch breaks. This summer they will be playing on Vans Warped Tour 2015.