Multi-platinum goth punkers AFI have confirmed their twelfth studio album, “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…“, will be available October 03rd through Run For Cover Records. With that new album on deck comes the requisite lead single and music video. First out from the record is “Behind The Clock“, which the band had been telegraphing on their social media as of late. Gilbert Trejo took on the reigns of directing the visuals that accompany that track.
Trejo stated of his work with the band:
“We wanted the video to feel like you’re seeing something you shouldn’t. In effect you are, because that’s how Davey [Havok, AFI vocalist] writes lyrics. He’s expressing himself so openly, that you’re let behind this curtain. It’s a world that most artists don’t cut to, marrow deep.”
Havok added:
“Gilbert’s video has sublimated the essence of ‘Behind the Clock.’ His vision and expertise is inspiring. Working with him was a privilege and utter joy. He is an artist of the purest form.”
Per an official press release:
‘The goal of ‘Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…‘ was to make an album with a singular mood, something dreamy and ethereal, and the band members found themselves diving headfirst into influences that had always been deeply embedded in AFI’s musical core, but now were being brought to the forefront.
The result is an album that feels out of time, at once familiar and fresh, drawing on classic sounds and reinterpreting them through a modern lens. ‘Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…‘ is dark and otherworldly, but also grandiose and stately, biting and beautiful in equal measure—in other words, it’s very AFI, yet not quite like any version of the band you’ve ever heard before.’
“Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…” track listing:
01 – “The Bird Of Prey”
02 – “Behind The Clock”
03 – “Holy Visions”
04 – “Blasphemy & Excess”
05 – “Spear Of Truth”
06 – “Ash Speck In A Green Eye”
07 – “VOIDWARD, I BEND BACK”
08 – “Marguerite”
09 – “A World Unmade”
10 – “Noneunderground”
Pre-orders are available now through AFI.lnk.to/silverbleedstheblacksun. A previously announced fall U.S. headlining tour with TR/ST will help ring in the album with the following stops booked:
09/14 Washington, PA – Four Chord Music Festival
With TR/ST:
09/30 Madison, WI – The Sylvee
10/02 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
10/03 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
10/04 Columbus, OH – The Bluestone
10/06 Buffalo, NY – Buffalo RiverWorks
10/07 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland
10/09 Washington, DC – The Anthem
10/10 Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues
10/12 Wallingford, CT – Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
10/14 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
10/15 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
10/17 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
10/18 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
10/20 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
10/21 North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues Myrtle Beach
10/23 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
10/24 Fort Lauderdale, FL – War Memorial Auditorium
10/25 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
10/28 Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
10/29 Austin, TX – ACL Live at Moody Theater
10/31 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
11/01 Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at the Complex (opener TBA)
11/04 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre (opener TBA)
11/05 San Diego, CA – SOMA
11/16 Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital
