AFI's twelfth studio album, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…, is the California punk icons' most deliberately atmospheric record in decades, a full embrace of the death rock, post-punk, and goth influences that have always been woven into the band's DNA. Released October 3, 2025 via Run for Cover Records, the ten-track LP was produced and engineered by guitarist Jade Puget, who guided the band toward a singular sonic mood rooted in the sounds of Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The result is dark, lush, and cinematic, with Davey Havok's voice moving between baritone croon and soaring tenor across standout tracks like "The Bird of Prey," "Holy Visions," and the propulsive post-punk of "Marguerite." Critics called it their finest album in over a decade, with Kerrang! praising the band's willingness to go "all in" and cut loose from expectation.
Pressed on vinyl with an embossed gatefold jacket and printed inner lyric sleeve, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… is a collector's object as much as a listening experience. For longtime AFI fans, and for collectors who track the band's 30-year arc from Ukiah hardcore to gothic post-punk, this is the record that signals a bold, fully committed new chapter.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
