Black Sails in the Sunset

by AFI

Black Sails in the Sunset cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 May 1999
  • Label: Nitro
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:11
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Jade Puget, Adam Carson, Hunter Burgan, Davey Havok, Dexter Holland

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as a pivotal transitional point for the California quartet, 'Black Sails in the Sunset' bridges their blistering hardcore roots with darker, gothic sensibilities. The inclusion of complex vocal harmonies and brooding atmospheres laid the critical groundwork for their impending mainstream breakthrough in the subsequent decade.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, antireligious, horror, screaming, DIY, fast, harsh-vocals, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Strength Through Wounding (1:33)
  2. Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (2:07)
  3. Exsanguination (2:48)
  4. Malleus Maleficarum (4:01)
  5. Narrative Of Soul Against Soul (2:29)
  6. Clove Smoke Catharsis (4:38)
  7. The Prayer Position (3:27)
  8. No Poetic Device (2:16)
  9. The Last Kiss (3:02)
  10. Weathered Tome (2:12)
  11. At A Glance (4:00)
  12. God Called In Sick Today (13:31)

Credits

  • Dexter Holland - backing vocals
  • Boss - backing vocals [additional shouts]
  • Dune - backing vocals [additional shouts]
  • Fritch - backing vocals [additional shouts]
  • Hunter Burgan - bass
  • Adam Carson - drums
  • Jade Puget - guitar
  • Alan Forbes - illustration [cover]

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