Silver Bleeds the Black Sun... is the twelfth studio album by American rock band AFI. It was released on October 3, 2025, via Run for Cover in LP, CD and digital formats.[3]
Consisting of ten songs with a total runtime of approximately thirty-four minutes, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun... was preceded by the band's 2021 full-length release, Bodies. "Behind the Clock" was released as the lead single on August 5, 2025,[4] alongside a music video directed by Gilbert Trejo.[5]
In a four-star review for AllMusic, Neil Z. Yeung noted the style as "leaning into the adult goth-rock and post-punk", referring to the production as "lush", "layered" and "the real standout".[6]
Giving it a rating of eight, Clash's Paulina Subia noted, the album "beautifully captures the continuous draw towards the Gothic: a sheer elation at the exorcism of one's inner demons."[7] James Hickie of Kerrang! remarked, "What makes Silver Bleedsthe Black Sun… work is the confidence with which AFI have gone all in, slipping the bonds of expectation once and for all and cutting loose," giving it a rating of four.[8]
In a review for Louder, Stephen Hill referred to it as "their finest album in over a decade. Even by AFI's standards, this is none more goth."[9] Sowing of Sputnikmusic assigned it a rating of 3.5, stating "The blackened, angry-at-the-world post-punk delivered through a theatrical, 80s-tinged lens aesthetic is absolutely perfect for them at this stage of their careers."[1]
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