AFI's sound has constantly changed. AFI originally were a hardcore punk band. AFI's first three albums, "Answer That and Stay Fashionable" (1995), "Very Proud of Ya" (1996), and "Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes" (1997), all have been described as hardcore punk. AFI's fourth album "Black Sails in the Sunset" and the band's fifth album "The Art of Drowning" both have been described as horror punk. AFI's 2003 album "Sing the Sorrow" is considered post-hardcore and emo. "Decemberunderground", which features elements of music genres like electronic, new wave, industrial, punk rock, hardcore punk, and synthpop, is considered alternative rock, post-hardcore and emo. AFI's 2009 album "Crash Love" is considered alternative rock and pop rock. AFI's 2013 album "Burials" is considered alternative rock and gothic rock. AFI's 2017 self-titled album, also referred to as "The Blood Album", has been described as new wave, post-punk and gothic rock.