The Amity Affliction new album debuts at #1

14 September 2012 | 7:15 pm | Staff Writer

Australian heavy-hitters The Amity Affliction have added another impressive accolade to their increasingly growing musical CV, with the band entering the ARIA Charts in the number one position. The group released their new album ‘Chasing Ghosts’ last Friday and in the recently released weekly Aria Charts debuted in the top spot. The Amity Affliction outsold new albums by The xx and Presets respectively, which marks a massive achievement in the local heavy music community.

Australian heavy-hitters The Amity Affliction have added another impressive accolade to their increasingly growing musical CV, with the band entering the ARIA Charts in the number one position.

The group released their new album ‘Chasing Ghosts’ last Friday and in the recently released weekly ARIA Charts debuted in the top spot.

The Amity Affliction outsold new albums by The xx and Presets respectively, which marks a massive achievement in the local heavy music community.

The Amity Affliction wrote the following on their Facebook page:

"Holy shit, we can't even believe it. We just found out we hit NUMBER 1 on the ARIA Charts with Chasing Ghosts!!! This is absolutely overwhelming! To every single one of you, you guys made this happen for us and we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We never thought anything like this was ever within our reach so thank you once again! See you guys on tour!! X"