AFI

After several months of teasing with cryptic video clips, we're not getting our first taste of new AFI music. Davey Havok and the boys have been holed up in the studio working on the follow-up to 'Crash Love' and their first new song off the upcoming disc is titled 'I Hope You Suffer.'

It's been a few years since we last heard from AFI, but the veteran rockers are ready to roll once again. The band has been in the studio over the last few months and they're currently putting the final touches on their ninth studio album. Even better news for fans is that after completing their most recent record deal, the band has found a new home for their upcoming release -- Republic Records.

The record was issued a Platinum certification from the RIAA. That means the album, which featured the hit single 'Miss Murder,' has sold over one million units. The disc was also notable for generating the radio single 'Love Like Winter,' as well as such standout cuts as 'The Missing Frame' and 'Summer Shudder...

"Due to the world I've been part of in creating art for so many years, I feel really connected to pop culture and what younger people are talking about. Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age ...

Davey Havok is one busy dude. Not only does he front influential punk group AFI and synth-poppers Blaqk Audio, he's also an actor and fashion designer. If that weren't already enough, next month, Havok will also add "author" to his growing resume...

Even though American Nightmare has been keeping busy lately playing reunion shows, that doesn't mean vocalist Wes Eisold is putting his other group, Cold Cave, to bed. Just this week, Eisold posted a photo on Cold Cave's Instagram profile revealing its new lineup...

The Shadow Bureau is a new project from Nitzer Ebb's Bon Harris and A Matter Gray's Jeehun Hwang. The duo first starting collaborating on soundtrack work for several indie films and realizing they had a powerful chemistry, decided to take things up another level...

UPDATE: Alternative Press has confirmed that the statment on AFI's message board turned out to be a hoax and the band is not splitting up. Melodic punk greats AFI have decided to split up. Vocalist Davey Havok made the announcement via a post on the band's official message board this morning: "This is the end...

It's official! Rumors that freshly-reunited grunge godfathers Soundgarden have booked a live gig in the States meaning a full-on Soundgarden tour -- as have been whispered about since the band first announced it was reuniting back in January -- can't be too far off...

As reported on their Facebook and Myspace pages, Gallows' late-October shows with Flogging Molly through Canada have been canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances." The band writes, "Sorry to everyone who was planning to come and see us. We WILL see you in the New Year...