"AfterLife" is a song by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. Released on April 12, 2022, it is the lead single from their ninth studio album, AfterLife. It became the band's 12th number-one single on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
The song was released on April 12, 2022, as the title track of the band's then upcoming album AfterLife, which was produced by Kevin Churko. Its release coincided with the announcement of a tour featuring Megadeth, The Hu, and Fire from the Gods.
According to Loudwire, the song opens with an atmospheric guitar line before building into a full band arrangement with prominent drums and low-end elements. It features a range of vocal styles from Ivan Moody, including clean singing, screaming, and spoken baritone passages. The song has also been described by Guitar World as opening with a reverb-heavy clean guitar intro before moving into a rhythm section with snare rolls and electric guitar lead lines. Around the 2:30 mark, a brief breakdown introduces a short guitar solo featuring fast runs and a final bend. Rich Hobson further wrote that the song features riffs "like a freight train" and guitar work with a "stadium feel". The song was noted as showcasing guitarist Andy James's playing.
Guitarist Zoltan Bathory stated that "AfterLife" is about using one's free will to act and not waiting for a higher power to intervene.
Philip Wilding of Classic Rock wrote that the song would "cause a hockey arena...to lose their minds". Travis Lausch of Ultimate Guitar commented that Moody's vocals on "AfterLife" are somewhat more introspective.
It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart on June 11, 2022, their twelfth song to do so. It is their eighth consecutive number-one single, breaking a previous tie with Disturbed and Shinedown. The achievement placed the band fourth for the most number-one songs in the chart's history.
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