AFI "The Art Of Drowning" Rocktober 2022 Decades and several musical evolutions

Decades and several musical evolutions later

often within the same song

created a sound that

The album was recorded in fifteen days during the summer of 1997 with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa whom vocalist Ville Valo has credited as the honorary sixth member of the band due his help in honing the band's sound

who decided to drop everything and take a risk on rock and roll

AFI "The Art Of Drowning" Rocktober 2022 Decades and several musical evolutionsHardcore punk goes goth in the hands and screams of AFI. Grind in some metal and a little emo, and you've got a kickin' album with "The Art of Drowning." AFI's fifth studio effort really gets to the core of classic punk. Rowdy and restless, it rages against the powers that be. The album peaked at 174 on the Billboard 200 chart.