Burials

Burials is the ninth studio album by American rock band AFI. It was released on October 22, 2013, through Republic Records. In a statement regarding the album, AFI frontman Davey Havok said, "This record is of silence, and the burials that result from that silence. It's of betrayal, cruelty, weakness, anxiety, panicdeep and slowdespair, injury and loss. And in this it is shamefully honest and resolutely unforgiving." Conception and composition Vocalist Davey Havok has said the album has the darkest lyrics of any AFI album. In contrast to previous releases, Havok described Burials as being "very layered and very rich", adding that it was "far, far less straightforward than what we did on the last record, which – much like every record we create – was the result of a natural growth, a natural indication of where we are as songwriters now". This is the first AFI album to credit songwriters individually, as opposed to the band as a whole, since 1997's Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes. Recording and production The band worked with producer Gil Norton and engineer Andrew Scheps, while recording Burials in Los Angeles, California.