After releasing their twelfth studio album Silver Bleeds The Black Sun… in October via Run For Cover Records, AFI have shared the official music video for LP track, “VOIDWARD, I BEND BACK.” The gothic rock banger visuals were shot during their November 5 show, which took place at San Diego’s iconic venue, SOMA. Check out the nostalgia-inducing pink and blue dreamscape of a music video below. AFI is heading out on their Holy Visions North America 2026 headlining run beginning in April with special guests Choir Boy. The act will also appear at Sick New World Festival. Presale tickets are… Read more »
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Following the August release of “Behind The Clock,” AFI have returned with their second single, “Holy Visions,” from the forthcoming Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…, due out on October 3 via Run For Cover Records. The new offering is a haunting ’80s goth-infused dream, emulating Davey Havok‘s dark wave musical influences, including the likes of The Cure and Bauhaus. While the new offerings are significantly different from their popular hits such as “Miss Murder,” fans are eager to witness the band’s evolution in the alternative sphere. Check out the new music video below. This fall, you can catch AFI on… Read more »
Four Chord Music Festival is back with blink-182, AFI, Jimmy Eat World, Jawbreaker, and more! Returning to the newly named EQT Park in Washington, PA, just outside of Pittsburgh, the festival will welcome guests to the two-day event on Saturday, September 13, and Sunday, September 14, 2025. “We’ve worked hard to make this year’s festival something special, not only with this incredible lineup, but by making it more accessible for our fans than ever before,” founder Rishi Bahl shares. “We can’t wait to celebrate with everyone at EQT Park!” In addition to the headlining artists, the festival will also see… Read more »
Charlotte Sands just reimagined the iconic AFI track “Miss Murder.” The song will appear on the Sumerian Records’ American Psycho comic book series official soundtrack. The artist shares, “I am so grateful to get to be a part of such an incredible project alongside so many artists I love and so many songs that have been such an enormous part of my life.” Sands adds, “I grew up listening to ‘Miss Murder’ and I’m so humbled to have gotten to create my own version of it and imagine an entirely new world for it to exist in. I enjoyed every… Read more »
It may only be August, but spooky season is basically already here! To celebrate the holiday of tricks and treats, AFI is releasing their All Hallow’s E.P. on a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl for its 25th anniversary. Of the forthcoming release, AFI shared on socials, “To celebrate All Hallow’s EP turning 25 this October, we are releasing a 10” pressing in two new colors – Spectral Pink and Lantern Light. Spectral Pink is only available on @craftrecordings’ webstore.” The four-track record is set to come with a glow-in-the-dark cover and will include a coffin-shaped poster. All records will ship on or around… Read more »
Despite all the territory they’ve covered in their near-thirty tenure, AFI retains an impressively conspicuous identity. It’s the Tim Burton condition in which, despite rejecting the confines of any categorical genre with each new release, they have an innate flair that renders them instantly recognizable. But that’s not to say that they exist outside the realm of reasonable comparison. We scoured the alternative underground to prove that point. And while we can’t promise the recreation of that first magical moment you first heard Sing The Sorrow, we did pluck a handful of new music recommendations from the AFI ethos. Representing… Read more »
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of AFI’s fourth studio album, Black Sails In The Sunset, which dropped on May 18, 1999, Craft Recordings has reissued the release on vinyl. The album will be available on July 19 and is available in four exclusive color variants, which can be pre-ordered here. Additionally, the record will feature the previously hidden track “Midnight Sun,” bonus tracks “Lower It” and “Who Knew?,” and the previously unreleased track “Weight Of Words.” You can check out the full vinyl tracklisting below. AFI Black Sails In The Sunset Tracklisting: Side A: Side B: * Previously hidden track.^ Bonus… Read more »
This week I talk to long time friend and bass player Hunter Burgan from the band AFI, we talk about how he got started in music, how we met, and how my band in high school opened for AFI, and at the time that was the biggest show I had ever played. We talk briefly how I also played drums in his side project Hunter Revenge and we learn what he’s been up to with his musical endeavors.
After an exciting surprise performance of “The Kill (Bury Me)” with rising alt artist KennyHoopla at When We Were Young Fest in October, Thirty Seconds To Mars has announced the Seasons World Tour 2024. Kenny will be joining the tour’s North American run as support alongside veteran punk-rockers AFI and Poppy. During Thirty Seconds To Mars’ second performance at WWWY Fest, KennyHoopla jumped on stage with the group for a breathtaking rendition of the band’s hit track “The Kill (Bury Me).” While fans certainly anticipated the band to bring “The Kill” to the festival stage, no one was ready for… Read more »