The Amity Affliction's dramatic metalcore is as hard-hitting as it is emotionally intense. Breaking out in the early '00s, the Australians have never shied from heavy topics. They tackle depression's crush with surges of buzzsaw guitar and a haunting children's choir on “Pittsburgh”, while their orchestral choruses and pounding verses address the devastation suicide can wreak on “R.I.P. Bon”. And their cover of Pat Benatar's “Love Is a Battlefield” is an unlikely match made in metal heaven, with soaring synths and gritty vocals.