AFI Announce New Album ‘Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…’ And Drop Lead Single ‘Behind The Clock’

AFI are back with their twelfth studio album, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…, landing October 3 via Run For Cover Records/Civilians. The record leads with the haunting new single ‘Behind the Clock’, a slow burner wrapped in shadows and tension, paired with a video directed by Gilbert Trejo.

‘Behind the Clock’ feels like a glimpse through a cracked mirror, vocalist Davey Havok’s delivery sits somewhere between wounded and weaponised. The Trejo directed clip leans into that unease, capturing a voyeuristic discomfort that fits AFI’s habit of drawing you close, then pushing you off the edge.

Behind The Clock Video

“Gilbert’s video sublimates the essence of the song,” Havok said. “Working with him was a privilege.” Trejo, for his part, described the shoot as peeling back the curtain on Havok’s lyricism, which often cuts straight to the marrow.

AFI aren’t reinventing themselves here, they’ve never stopped. Since their hardcore beginnings in the early ’90s, they’ve shapeshifted through deathrock, goth-punk, and stadium sized alt-rock without losing grip on their identity. This new chapter leans further into ethereal territory. Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… is dreamlike and dirge-heavy, brushing up against post-punk ambience while keeping its teeth sharp.

The album promises a unified mood, dark, grand and occasionally otherworldly. The band describe it as tapping into long standing influences buried deep in their DNA. The result is something that feels out of time, both nostalgic and entirely new.

AFI ‘Silver Bleeds the Black Sun’ Track Listing

1. The Bird of Prey
2. Behind the Clock
3. Holy Visions
4. Blasphemy and Excess
5. Spear of Truth
6. Ash Speck in a Green Eye
7. VOIDWARD, I BEND BACK
8. Marguerite
9. A World Unmade
10. Nooneunderground

Track titles like ‘VOIDWARD, I BEND BACK’ and ‘Ash Speck in a Green Eye’ hint at the introspective and abstract terrain AFI are charting. Make no mistake though, this is AFI as uncompromising as ever and forever evolving.

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AFI Fall 2025 Tour Dates

‘Behind the Clock’ is streaming now. Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… drops October 3. Catch them live across the U.S. this fall.

Fall 2025 Tour Dates

• Sept 30 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
• Oct 2 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
• Oct 3 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
• Oct 4 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone
• Oct 6 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo RiverWorks
• Oct 7 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland
• Oct 9 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
• Oct 10 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
• Oct 12 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
• Oct 14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
• Oct 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
• Oct 17 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
• Oct 18 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
• Oct 20 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
• Oct 21 – North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
• Oct 23 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
• Oct 24 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – War Memorial Auditorium
• Oct 25 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
• Oct 28 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
• Oct 29 – Austin, TX – Moody Theater
• Oct 31 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
• Nov 1 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at the Complex *
• Nov 4 – Oakland, CA – The Fox *
• Nov 5 – San Diego, CA – SOMA *

*Dates without TR/ST

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