AFI ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SILVER BLEEDS THE BLACK SUN, SHARE VIDEO FOR “BEHIND THE CLOCK
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After years of cryptic teasing and sonic reinvention, AFI has officially announced their new full-length album, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun, due out October 3rd via Run For Cover Records. This marks the band’s first new album in over four years, and it's already shaping up to be one of their most ambitious and emotionally resonant releases to date.
To usher in this new chapter, the band dropped the lead single “Behind the Clock,” accompanied by a visually arresting music video that leans heavily into the eerie, cinematic world AFI has long inhabited. The track itself is a brooding, slow-burn anthem built around sharp guitars, haunting synths, and Davey Havok’s unmistakable vocal intensity. Lyrically cryptic but emotionally open, it captures that signature AFI balance of shadow and catharsis.
The video, drenched in surrealism and layered imagery, adds another level of depth to the track, mirroring its themes of time, isolation, and inner decay. It feels less like a performance video and more like a fever dream—one that unfolds frame by frame with hypnotic pacing and unsettling beauty.
Silver Bleeds the Black Sun follows 2021’s Bodies, a divisive but daring entry into AFI’s ever-evolving catalog. While Bodies leaned into electronic textures and minimalist new wave influences, early signs suggest this new record will blend the band’s darker gothic leanings with the raw emotional power of their mid-2000s work. It’s familiar without feeling recycled—fresh without losing the identity fans have connected to for over two decades.
The album will be released physically and digitally via Run For Cover Records, marking AFI’s first collaboration with the indie powerhouse known for releasing genre-defining records from bands like Title Fight, Turnover, and Citizen.
Preorders for the album are live now via THIS LINK.
AFI - Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… album tracklisting
1. The Bird of Prey
2. Behind the Clock
3. Holy Visions
4. Blasphemy & Excess
5. Spear of Truth
6. Ash Speck in a Green Eye
7. VOIDWARD, I BEND BACK
8. Marguerite
9. A World Unmade
10. Noneunderground