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The Art Of Drowning (CD)

By: AFI (Artist)

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AFI Artist Snapshot:

Hardcore revivalists-turned-goth-punks AFI ascended to a new level of stardom when they decided to slap on some eyeliner and embrace their inner Robert Smiths. After several independent releases, the Southern California-based outfit released their major-label debut, SING THE SORROW, in 2003 to much acclaim. That album's darker new-wave tendencies were taken one step further on 2006's DECEMBERUNDERGROUND. AFI's gloomier aesthetic was only given further validation by their legions of fans who dubbed themselves the Despair Faction.

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DISC 1 for The Art Of Drowning (CD) Album By AFI (Artist)
1   Initiation
2   Lost Souls, The
3   Nephilim, The
4   Ever And A Day
5   Sacrifice Theory
6   Of Greetings And Goodbyes
7   Smile
8   Story At Three, A
9   Days Of The Phoenix
10   Catch A Hot One
11   Wester
12   6 To 8
13   Despair Factor, The
14   Morningstar
 

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Review

Spin (4/03, p.102) - "...DROWNING features bigger hooks, a more ornate sound, and shout-along choruses that dominate nearly every tune..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "A new level of dark meant a new level of success."

Title Note

A.F.I.: Davey Havok (vocals): Jade Puget (guitar): Hunter (bass): Adam Carson (drums).

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California.

"My whole life is a dark room" is the sentiment expressed by AFI on the appropriately titled "The Despair Factor," and there's no denying the uniformly bleak outlook of this young band. If they made music to match, this would be a rather dull ride, but they work the contrast nicely by backing their worrisome lyrics with explosion after sonic explosion of blistering punk.

AFI might be said to practice a variant of horrorcore, but not of the stylized, play-acting, Slipknot kind. Rather, the group comes off as a junior branch of the Misfits, mating the grim and the grisly with energetic, old-school punk bashing, and even a fairly conventional melodic sense. For those who think Halloween rock started with Marilyn Manson, THE ART OF DROWNING will provide a quick and infectious history lesson.

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