London (UK) based Alternative/Metal band. The band have been together for more than 2 years, but have already found their own unique sound, appealing to a wide variety of listeners. From soft Rock to Hard Alternative, from Industrial to just plain Metal, you’ll know you’re listening to AFFLICTED. An unbelievable combination of musical styles and influences fused together and ready to be unleashed as a penetrating force capturing the hearts of everyone. Afflicted’s heavy and jagged driving rhythms and drumming patterns will have everyone loosing control whilst being carried by musical energy. The powerful vocal patterns and the well structured melodies will relate to every listener leaving them craving for more. Capturing every mood, every feeling, every sound, every heart beat, Afflicted has entered a new genre of music ready to spread itself afflicting all in its path! Get ready, The Affliction has begun!
Chart success mainly via internet chart schemes for unsigned bands, including number 1's at Vitaminic, Soundclick and awards from Garage Band, almost always topping the charts in their genre. AFFLICTED write, record and produce all their own material, giving them full creative freedom to fine tune their sound. Headlining the famous SOUND @ Leicester Square venue during end of 2004 with the successful mirror album released earlier in that year.Not only is “OXYGEN” AFFLICTED's strongest album to date, but also taken up by the producers of new US TV Show Combat Tactics as the main theme before the album's official release! Afflicted have reached a whole new level, and look to push their boundaries hard into the USA.
Influences include: Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Pantera, Tool, Sevendust, Disturbed, Phil Collins and Genisis, Mike & The Mechanics, Metallica, Joe Satriani, Queen, NIN, Rammstein, Alice In Chains, Winger, Live, Richard Marx Pop Will Eat Itself, StereoMud, Fear Factory, KMFDM, One Minute Silence, Foreignor, 1st Avenue, Bon Jovi, Survivor.It is this unlikely blend of old and new school talent that has captured the AFFLICTED vibe!
AFFLICTED now find their music being played and listened to on the east side of America, however they still find themselves not signed to any record label. By entering their latest songs into Internet music charts over the world, the early signs are phenomenal. ‘Sin’, ‘Oxygen’ and ‘5:am’ all placing high in the charts and generating huge interest, whilst the older songs from AFFLICTED’s early days (The Fall, Erase, Dark Angel) continue to do well in charts also. Afflicted have found their mark and signature sound in the music world and will continue to produce epic soundtracks, themes, songs and application music for many years to come.