Draft:The Affliction

This article is about the album by Swedish band Dead by April. For other uses, see Affliction.

The Affliction is the fifth studio album by Swedish metalcore band Dead by April. It was released on 26 January 2024. It's the first album containing Christopher Kristensen on screamed and clean vocals, since the departure of Christoffer Andersson.

The Affliction
Studio album by Dead by April
Released	January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Genre	Melodic death metal Pop metal Metalcore
Length	52:14
Label	Self-released
Producer	Dead by April
Dead by April chronology
Worlds Collide (2017) The Affliction (2024)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pontus Hjelm, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Swarm Mode"		03:50
2.	"My Light"		03:41
3.	"Outcome" (feat. Samuel Ericsson & Smash Into Pieces)		03:26
4.	"Hurricane" (feat. Lex Press & The Day We Left Earth)	Martin Bjerke, Pontus Hjelm & Simen Meland Handeland	03:50
5.	"Feeding Demons" (feat. Self Deception)	Andreas Clark, Erik Eklund, Nicklas Eklund, Patrik Hallgren, Pontus Hjelm & Ronny Westphal	03:17
6.	"Heartbeat Failing"		04:04
7.	"Break My Fall" (feat. Samuel Ericsson)		03:33
8.	"Save the Cheerleader"		03:20
9.	"Dreamlike"		03:29
10.	"Lonely Song"		03:46
11.	"Wasteland" (feat. The Day We Left Earth)	Martin Bjerke, Mikael Sehlin, Pontus Hjelm, Simen Meland Handeland	03:27
12.	"Anything at All"		04:07
13.	"Everest"	Dead by April, Joshua Newell, Pontus Hjelm	04:19
14.	"Dreamlike" (Mendum Remix)		04:06
Total length:			52:14

Personnel

Vocalists

• Pontus Hjelm - clean vocals
• Marcus Wesslén - backing screams
• Christopher Kristensen - screaming vocals and clean vocals
• Samuel Ericsson - rap vocals (3 and 7)
• Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye - clean vocals (3)
• Martin Bjerke - clean vocals (4 and 11)
• Mikael Sehlin - death growls (4 and 11)
• Lex Press - rap vocals (4)
• Patrik Hallgren - backing vocals (5)
• Andreas Clark - clean vocals (5)

Keyboardists

• Pontus Hjelm
• Marius Kikut (4 and 11)

Guitarists

• Pontus Hjelm
• Benjamin Jennebo (3)
• Per Bergquist (3)
• Mia Moilanen (4 and 11)
• Ronny Westphal (5)

Bassist

• Marcus Wesslén
• Patrik Hallgren (5)

Drummers

• The Apocalypse DJ (3)
• Erik Eklund (5)
• Marcus Rosell
• Tobias Solbakken (4 and 11)

Crew

• Dead by April - production
• Martin Bjerke - producer
• Mendum - remixing (14)
• Pontus Hjelm - producer
• Samuel Ericsson - producer (3 and 7)
• Simen Handeland - producer (4 and 11)
• Smash Into Pieces - production (3)

External links

• Album pre-ordering via band's official page
• Album review on GRIMM Gent
• The Affliction on Spotify
• The Affliction on Apple Music
• Album review on Sputnik Music