The Amity Affliction bring House of Cards to The Pageant

The Australian metalcore band, a St. Louis regular, plays the Delmar Loop on Friday with Blessthefall and Orthodox, touring their ninth album.

Friday night on the Delmar Loop is going to be loud. The Amity Affliction headline The Pageant on Friday, November 13, at 7pm, with Blessthefall and Orthodox opening. Tickets are through Ticketmaster.

The band isn't from here; they're from Gympie, a town in South-East Queensland, Australia, where they formed in 2003. But St. Louis has been their most reliable stop in our records, 10 shows, more than any other market we track. Whatever the reason, the city keeps showing up for them, and The Pageant, at around 2,300 capacity, is the right size for a band with that kind of following.

This time they come with a new record. House of Cards, the band's ninth album, came out on April 24 through Pure Noise Records. It's the first full-length with clean vocalist Jonny Reeves, who became a permanent member in 2025, alongside screamer Joel Birch, who joined the band in late 2004. The title track arrived first, back in February, and the tracklist includes "Vida Nueva," "Kickboxer," "Heaven Sent" and "Bleed." Birch's lyrics have long drawn on his own struggles with mental health, and that directness is a big part of why this band's fans are as devoted as they are.

The album has kept them on the road all year. Before release they ran a 21-date regional tour of Australia, and this fall they headlined a European run with Silent Planet, Varials and Orthodox that opened on September 18 at Schlachthof in Wiesbaden, Germany, and finished in the UK. Orthodox carry over from that run to Friday's bill, which means the openers and the headliners have had a season together already.

Blessthefall round out the night. Three bands deep on a Friday means the room will be full well before the headliner, so don't plan on strolling in late.

The city keeps showing up for them.

The Pageant is the Loop's big rock room, and for a show like this, the floor is where the energy lives. If that's not your speed, the balcony gives you the full picture without the pit. Either way, Friday at 7 is when it starts. Get there for the openers.

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