AFI - A Fire Inside

Media:	Audio CD
Record label:	Adeline Records
Release date:	29 September, 1998
List price:	~~$7.98~~
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A Fire Inside

Average rating: Stars

It's in the blood...

This is quite easily the heaviest AFI release. There's only 4 songs, 2 of which are covers, but hell it's still a damn good offering for anyone who's pissed off a lot, or just likes AFI.

Opener "3 1/2" has a bone-crushingly heavy riff, a tight as hell structure and great lyrics. It may not have the catchiest chorus in the AFI canon but it's a great song, one of my favourites by them.

"Overexposure" is in turn pretty heavy, altogether not so captivating as the first track but the lyrics are still great. The ending is slower and more melodic, sung rather than screamed.

"The Hanging Garden" is an interesting choice of a cover, good bass playing on this track in particular (it's the first release they did with Hunter as a permanent member of the band, although at the time he was calling himself "Steve Angel"). Remember kids, heaviness isn't just about distortion, it's also about delivery, and in terms of sheer weight of gloom this track is REALLY heavy.

"Demonomania" is a Misfits song. As a BIG fan of Earth AD I've heard the original quite a lot and although Davey's singing isn't quite as impressive as Glenn's here, I think they did it pretty well, although I would have liked them to do "We Bite".

All in all it's a solid release, don't expect satisfying vocal harmonies, but if you feel like being slapped around the face for about 15 minutes and there's nobody else around, put this on.

A Fire Inside - AFI

Must have for fans,others stay away...

For fans of AFI, this cd sees the band at one of their more experimantal stages. This is a brooding and dark EP, but not quite as sonically satisfying as other releases. It is a must have for the fans, but for the casual listener, you would be better off with Sing the Sorrow.

AFI - A Fire Inside

Before all the hype

AFI has gone through some changes this is a much darker album and does not have the same pop appeal that the art of drowning or sing the sorrow yet the songs are fast and the covers are great especially hanging garden which is a great song to begin with but in AFI make it sound really dark. Demonamania is one of the worst Misfit songs, i wish they wouldve picked almost any other song from the misfit catalog.