AFI (The Blood Album)
A furious return to form for the veteran goth punks.
The timing couldn’t be better for AFI’s triumphant comeback; instead, they just sorta came back. This new LP works a “back to basics” operating principle, but it’s a “basics” that doesn’t serve them.
After bands have established career security, their albums tend to feel more labored-over. Part of this phenomenon stems from internal pressures and expectations: Groups feel compelled to one-up (or at least equal) the quality of previous records, or decide to indulge in experiments that by nature are more complex.…
Ten albums for any artist is a commendable milestone, let alone a band that traces its origins to horror punk. (Even the subgenre's progenit...
Three and a half years have passed since the California punks released their last album ‘Burial’, and for long-term fans of AFI, new material
Imagine The Cure and Nine Inch Nails fusing in the spirit and spit of the Warped Tour era.