{"id":27472,"date":"2025-11-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27472"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:18:53","slug":"afi-silver-bleeds-the-black-sun-rfc-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27472","title":{"rendered":"AFI – ‘Silver Bleeds The Black Sun’ (RFC Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Those in the know have been enjoying Davey and the lads leaning further and further into their 80s Goth tinged influences for some time now. No redundant modern catch-all Post Punk labelling here. AFI will always be the real deal. Stark guitars married with lush synths, balancing the brighter moments with the crucial doom and gloom. You’d think Steve Lilleywhite and Flood were behind the desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following upon 2012’s tremendous Bodies was never going to be a simple exercise. Which in itself was also a love letter to 80s counter culture and dark aesthetics. But Silver Bleeds the Black Sun is right up there, shoulder to shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening with the galloping Bunnymen-esque “the Bird of Prey”, urgent, dreamy and anthemic all at once. “Behind the Clock” is a much different animal all together, heavier and pummeling, but with a groove so infectious it’s devastating when it ends. “Holy Visions” is a dancier number, exquisite guitars, the sound landing somewhere between A Flock of Seagulls and Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although some of the styles and influences on the record can be quite apparent, this does not make what AFI are doing redundant or generic. It still has a twist uniquely their own and a distinct signature as well as the fingerprints of all the impactful artists when creating the sound to the record without being too obvious or unoriginal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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