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Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…
Rock · 2025 · 16 tracks · 53m

Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…

AFI

Icy coldwave textures and theatrical goth-rock melodies. A midnight record of shimmering synths, driving bass, and baritone crooning that feels like a winter city.

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It's like if the 80s goth scene was reborn in a modern, frozen city.

A sophisticated, nocturnal elegance that balances existential dread with shimmering beauty.

Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… · vs · AFI
Crooning+2.3σ

The vocals lean far further into crooning than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 53m
01
The Bird of Prey
3:09
02
Behind the Clock
3:57
03
Holy Visions
3:30
04
Blasphemy and Excess
3:05
05
Spear of Truth
4:11
06
Ash Speck in a Green Eye
3:18
07
VOIDWARD, I BEND BACK
2:29
08
Marguerite
3:05
09
A World Unmade
4:01
10
Nooneunderground
3:16
11
[untitled]
2:58
12
Behind the Clock (Shorter version)
3:45
13
Blasphemy & Excess (Shorter version)
2:49
14
Spear of Truth (Shorter version)
3:47
15
A World Unmade (Shorter version)
3:17
16
Nooneunderground (Shorter version)
2:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the bassline on track 7 drives with a jagged, metallic urgency while the vocals remain hauntingly detached.
The sudden bloom of shimmering, 80s-inspired synthesizers that wash over the bridge of Holy Visions.
The transition into the untitled track where the percussion dissolves into a cavernous, ambient drone.
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