{"id":68742,"date":"2018-08-28T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=68742"},"modified":"2018-08-27T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T14:28:53","slug":"review-the-amity-affliction-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-the-amity-affliction-misery\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Amity Affliction \u2013 Misery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>It\u2019s becoming quite a common trope with heavy bands nowadays that a little way down the line of their careers, they seek a change in sound and style. Unfortunately, while some rarities do manage to pull off a competent transition, most others just fall flat on their faces. On their sixth studio album ‘Misery’,\u00a0<\/em>the Amity Affliction<\/strong> are definitely within the latter category.<\/p>\n

‘Misery’\u00a0<\/em>sees the group push towards a more accessible, electronically-fuelled sound that just feels incredibly forced and unconvincing. Right from the pre-released singles ‘Ivy (Doomsday)’\u00a0<\/em>and ‘Feels Like I\u2019m Dying’, <\/em>there was an over-production, and just a lack of energy \u2013\u2013 something that\u2019s been so crucial on previous Amity<\/strong> albums. The former track strikes as a having a tad too obvious influence from Bring Me The Horizon (particularly ‘That\u2019s The Spirit’)<\/em>, while the latter is a horrendous mash of metalcore and some EDM nonsense. If those tracks were a warning, then we should\u2019ve been prepared for what was coming.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that having electronic influences on a track is a crime, but it\u2019s the sound and way they\u2019re used which is the biggest sin here. Big 80\u2019s style swirling melodies occupy way too much of the mix alongside pounding guitars on ‘Burn Alive’, ‘Black Cloud’\u00a0<\/em>and probably the worst of the bunch in ‘D.I.E.’,\u00a0<\/em>and are just a really bad mix, both musically and productionally.<\/p>\n