Their eight-album discography spans nearly two decades, each effort putting a new stylistic layer over the poetic lyrical flair and complex guitar riffs that mark the band's unmistakable sound.

AFI will release their ninth full-length, Burials, on October 22, and are already teasing fans (who know the group by its true moniker, A Fire Inside) with two new singles: the dark and moody "I Hope You Suffer" and a pop rock ballad, "17 Crimes."

The four years since 2009′s Crash Love has given the band plenty of time to hone their affinity for switching up sub-genres, but with two markedly different lead singles it's hard to say exactly how Burials will define the evolution of the group.

"This record is of silence, of burials, and the burials that result from that silence," frontman Davey Havok said in a recent statement. "It's of betrayal, cruelty, weakness, anxiety, panic – deep and slow – despair, injury and loss. And in this it is shamefully honest and resolutely unforgiving."

A seemingly anguished Havok confirmed that the record has been in the works for two years, though he, guitarist Jade Puget, drummer Adam Carson and bassist Hunter Burgan remained mum for most of that time. With nary an update or interview, rumors of a breakup were put to rest when they broke their silence earlier this year with a series of cryptic teaser videos, a fresh start with Universal Republic, and, finally, new music.