This record was produced by Butch Vig and the late Jerry Finn, and I think they really managed to get a huge sounding, big budget record without compromising the artistic elements which made the band so great. This is the first song I’ve picked from the band’s major label debut Sing The Sorrow – not because I’m not fond of it (quite the opposite!) but because the band have such a breadth of work and I had to find a way to get the important parts in.
It’s fast but melodic – a hardcore punk EP with theatrics. Once again backed by those amazing gang vocals, Davey’s voice is a mixture between a hardcore shout and a Glenn Danzig croon on this EP. Total Immortal is an incredible song and its chorus is basically stuck in my head on an endless loop. Many AFI fans consider the All Hallows as their greatest work, and though I’m not sure that’s true, I would certainly argue that it’s one of the best punk rock EPs of all time. Just before The Art Of Drowning, the band released this four-track EP that clocked in at exactly 13 minutes long.
The chorus sounds incredibly dramatic, too – you can’t listen to this song and not feel something. The ‘woahs’ in the verse – something of an AFI trademark – take the song right back into punk rock territory. A song about touring, this showcases Havok’s incredible range. It couldn’t sound further from a punk song at first and builds slowly. This is the third song in the list from The Art Of Drowning as it shows the band’s versatility.
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