AFI’s ‘Black Sails In The Sunset’ will get vinyl reissue for twenty fifth anniversary

Head to the AP Shop to select up AFI’s twenty fifth anniversary version of Black Sails In The Sunset, restricted to 500 copies.

According to Davey Havok himself, “Black Sails positively set the tone of what AFI is.” And he’s not fallacious. Originally a hardcore outfit, the group’s lineup and sound felt a number of shifts from their 1991 formation to 1999, when the LP was launched. Black Sails got here out, and instantly was a sign that AFI was taking a flip — pushing boundaries of any preconceived style and elegance, showcasing evocative lyricism, and making music way more melodic than earlier than. That second would come to be a cornerstone for AFI’s profession — which might solely lean additional into the uncooked, affective vocals and charged, but melancholic lyricism that Black Sails gave us our first style of.

Back in ’99 upon launch, Alternative Press gave the album 4.5/5 stars, heralding the brand new album as, “their first epic. . . . With longer, deeper, richer, extra complicated compositions than they’ve ever tried earlier than, Black Sails tackles every part from brooding hardcore . . . to shimmering balladry.” And in the present day, AP stands by that evaluate. Black Sails was a turning level for the band — they have been gaining traction, garnering a wider viewers — mirrored by newfound industrial success, which might cause them to develop into the choice figureheads they’re in the present day.

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In celebration of its twenty fifth anniversary, Havok expressed, "Black Sails will all the time be very expensive to me. It represents essentially the most profound inventive turning level of the band. With this report got here Hunter’s permanence and Jade’s arrival. It is the inchoate definition of what AFI would develop into and is in the present day.” Nodding to the repress’ never-before-released bonus observe, Havok continues, "’Weight of Words’ is certainly one of my favorites from the session. On this version, it might be heard for the primary time.” 

Also on the anniversary urgent — alongside beloved songs like “Malleus Maleficarum” and “Porphyria” — are three bonus tracks, together with the prized, “Who Knew?,” initially issued as a Japanese B-side — and the vinyl-exclusive, “Lower It."

Order your limited-edition Revolver variant in “Oriole” now. All variants will likely be accessible July 19.

AFI additionally embark on an in depth North American tour with Thirty Seconds to Mars this summer season.