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83
Despite the relentlessly abject lyrics, massively hooky tracks like ”Love Like Winter” have enough arena-rock appeal to register as instant classics. On the downside: Unless you’re really young and bummed, it’s difficult to fully empathize with such exquisitely crafted misery.
10y
80
Decemberunderground may have more fully realized doses of pop and electronic music present, but the core of AFI's sound never strays too far from what listeners have grown to love about them in the first place.
12y
80
Decemberunderground is destined to give AFI that larger mainstream audience they missed out on the last time around.
11y
80
Singer Davey Havok continues to impress with his range and ability to quickly turn from a throat-searing scream to a bare-boned croon, as does the entire band's consistently exciting approach to songwriting and their music aesthetic.
9y
75
It is an ambitious, enjoyable album that expands AFI's sound while retaining the bombastic, aggressive rock the band played throughout the '90s.
11y
60
With a comeback pitched between the indulgent love-metal of HiM and the pubescent pop-punk of Fall Out Boy, AFI’s hiatus looks increasingly less like laziness and more like a marketing masterstroke. Don’t bet on their fire being extinguished just yet.
12y
60
While Decemberunderground sounds terrific, at times Havok's dear-diary lyrics are so awkward they're almost laughable.
11y
60
Where Sorrow is a great album, listenable front to back, Decemberunderground just has good songs.
11y
Why are you looking at me like that? Yeah I like this album, so what?
Okay, so for those of you who know my taste, the fact that I enjoyed this might seem...strange... Normally I hate super polished pop punk like this, especially when it's of the theatrical variety (cite my MCR takes). Even considering the fact that I absolutely adore Sing the Sorrow, this is WAY more hooky and mainstream (not to say SFS doesn't have its fair share of radio appeal). Yet, I feel like this release really does ... read more
É engraçado quando reflito sobre o que pensava sobre este album na minha adolescência, e o que senti quando reouvi o mesmo com um olhar mais crítico e sincero. Sempre enxerguei este projeto como o tipo de album que meu irmão ouvia ‘’para me irritar’’ e que parecia o pior tipo de música do mundo, e hoje vejo que este é provavelmente o melhor album e também o meu favorito da banda. ... read more
To me this is a classic.
Why on Earth they dont have the prelude lead into Miss Murder on the album is beyond me, the music video does it...anyway, great intro through actually, theres a little more to it.
Kill Caustic begins with their aggressive but melodic classic sound, a nice reassurance to the old school. If you thought Sing The Sorrow was an attempt at a wider audience than this is where they doubled down as a whole. Really nice track, nothing crazy but really well written and ... read more
I slept on this album way more than I did with Sing the Sorrow. I gave it a few tries at first and nothing really stuck, maybe one song at most. But after getting more into music and leaning toward weirder stuff, I came back to it and it finally clicked. Now I’m kind of blown away by it. Jade’s guitar work is still untouchable, especially the lead melodies, riffs, and all the layering going on. It’s really solid.
It does feel more poppy than STS, even if it’s not super ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Prelude 12/21 1:34 | 80 |
| 2 | Kill Caustic 2:39 | 86 |
| 3 | Miss Murder 3:26 | 95 |
| 4 | Summer Shudder 3:06 | 87 |
| 5 | The Interview 4:16 | 78 |
| 6 | Love Like Winter 2:45 | 89 |
| 7 | Affliction 5:28 | 83 |
| 8 | The Missing Frame 4:40 | 80 |
| 9 | Kiss and Control 4:18 | 81 |
| 10 | The Killing Lights 4:03 | 80 |
| 11 | 37mm 3:52 | 76 |
| 12 | Endlessly, She Said 4:26 | 78 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
