Decemberunderground#Bonus tracks and outtakes

Over 120 songs were written for the album, the majority of them never finished or released.{{Cite AV media|date=Feb 17, 2017|title=Backspin: AFI on 'AFI (The Blood Album)'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrGn_UsI8c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/0vrGn_UsI8c |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-18|publisher=Yahoo!|via=YouTube|time=3}}{{cbignore}}

Recording took place at Conway Recording Studios and Sage & Sound Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. Sessions were produced by Jerry Finn with Joe McGrath handling recording. They were assisted by engineers Seth Waldmann, Jason Gossman, Kevin Mills, Eric Weaver, Dimitar Krnjaic and Keith Armstrong. In addition to Puget's programming and keyboards, Ronan Harris of VNV Nation and Dave McCracken contributed additional programming and keyboards. Finn and Chris Lord-Alge mixed the recordings at Conway Studios and Resonate Music. Ted Jensen mastered the recordings at Sterling Sound in New York City.

Mainly described as a post-hardcore, alternative rock and emo album, Decemberunderground also contains a variety of genre elements, including EDM, new wave, gothic rock, hardcore punk, synthwave and synthpop. Ed Thompson of IGN compared the album to bands such as U2, the Cure, the Smiths, Depeche Mode and Alphaville. Alternative Press compared the album to 1980s synthwave music.

Regarding the album's title, lead singer Davey Havok said, "Decemberunderground is a time and a place. It is where the cold can huddle together in darkness and isolation."{{cite web|title=AFI Official Biography |work=AFI Official Website |url=http://www.afireinside.net/bio/ |access-date=2006-05-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224173931/http://www.afireinside.net/bio/ |archive-date=2012-02-24 }} The album's title is sung in a lyric in the song "The Interview".

In late March 2006, the upcoming album was promoted by a cryptic contest known as "The Charlotte Mystery" that culminated in fans who solved the puzzles being invited to April 2006 private shows in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.{{Cite news|title=AFI Fans Surfing, Phoning, Traveling In Cryptic Treasure Hunt|language=en|work=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1527079/afi-fans-surfing-phoning-traveling-in-cryptic-treasure-hunt/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222162923/http://www.mtv.com/news/1527079/afi-fans-surfing-phoning-traveling-in-cryptic-treasure-hunt/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2016|access-date=2018-11-03}} Alongside this, the album's title was revealed, and was planned for release in three months' time.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16542/afi-confirm-tour-date-album-title-talk-about-scavenger-hunt|title=AFI confirm tour date, album title; talk about 'scavenger hunt'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 29, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2022}} The album's lead single, "Miss Murder", was released to radio on April 24, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16441/afi-to-release-first-single-on-april-24th|title=AFI to release first single on April 24th|publisher=Punknews.org|author=August, Justin|date=March 23, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2022}} The following day, the artwork and track listing for the album was posted online.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17106/afi-posts-track-listing-artwork-for-decemberunderground|title=AFI posts track listing, artwork for 'Decemberunderground'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 25, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2022}} The music video for "Miss Murder" premiered through MTV's Overdrive program on May 9, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17389/afis-miss-murder-featured-on-mtv-overdrive|title=AFI's 'Miss Murder' featured on MTV Overdrive|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=May 9, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}} On May 24, 2006, a 10" picture disc was released featuring "Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37" as the B-side.

In May 2006, they appeared at The Bamboozle and HFStival.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16169/afi-desole-pink-spiders-alexisonfire-riverboat-gambers-envy-on-the-coast-added-to-bamboozle|title=AFI, Desole, Pink Spiders, Alexisonfire, Riverboat Gambers, Envy on the Coast added to Bamboozle|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 9, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16661/afi-panic-at-the-disco-boy-sets-fire-rise-against-misfits-riverboat-gamblers-others-at-hfstiv|title=AFI, Panic! At the Disco, Boy Sets Fire, Rise Against, Misfits, Riverboat Gamblers, others at HFStiv|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2022}} Leading up to the album's release, listening parties were held across Canada and the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17245/afi-plans-nationwide-listening-parties|title=AFI plans nationwide listening parties|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 2, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}} Decemberunderground was made available for streaming on May 30, 2006,{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17833/media-full-album-stream-for-afis-decemberunderground|title=Full album stream for AFI's 'Decemberunderground'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 30, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}} before being released on June 6, 2006. The iTunes version included "On the Arrow" and a cover of the Morrissey song "Jack the Ripper" (1992) as bonus tracks.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17717/afi-planning-two-bonus-tracks-for-itunes|title=AFI planning two bonus tracks for iTunes|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 24, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}} Customers who pre-ordered the album at special pre-listening events received a CD of the "Miss Murder" single, which also contained a cover of INXS's song "Don't Change". The first pressing of the CD in the United States contained a limited edition insert with one of four band member portraits.[http://www.afireinside.net/news/default.aspx/nid/1989 AFI | Official Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005021907/http://www.afireinside.net/news/default.aspx/nid/1989 |date=2006-10-05 }}

On June 8, 2006, the band appeared on MTV Movie & TV Awards, where they performed "Miss Murder".{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17373/afi-plan-mtv-movie-awards-talk-about-delay-between-albums|title=AFI plan MTV movie awards, talk about delay between albums|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 8, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}} Between June and August 2006, the band appeared at select stops on the 2006 Warped Tour and played various headlining shows, with support from the Dillinger Escape Plan and Nightmare of You.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16047/afi-on-select-warped-tour-dates|title=AFI on select Warped Tour dates|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 3, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/16967/afi-on-summer-tour-warped-tour-bamboozle-89x-bash-others|title=AFI on summer tour; Warped Tour, Bamboozle, 89X Bash, others|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 19, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17078/tours-afi-dillinger-escape-plan-nightmare-of-you|title=AFI / Dillinger Escape Plan / Nightmare of You|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 24, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2022}} Darker My Love supported the last few dates of the tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/17918/tours-darker-my-love-plans-spaceland-residency-dates-with-afi|title=Darker My Love plans Spaceland Residency, dates with AFI|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=June 3, 2006|access-date=January 24, 2022}} In September 2006, the band appeared at the Bumbershoot festival, and went on a brief West Coast US tour with support from Tiger Army.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/dmwl2l/for-the-record-quick-news-on-kanye-west-hawthorne-heights-fred-durst-korn-dilated-peoples-jermaine-dupri-more|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730122329/https://www.mtv.com/news/dmwl2l/for-the-record-quick-news-on-kanye-west-hawthorne-heights-fred-durst-korn-dilated-peoples-jermaine-dupri-more|title=For The Record: Quick News On Kanye West, Hawthorne Heights, Fred Durst, Korn, Dilated Peoples, Jermaine Dupri & More|publisher=MTV|date=April 12, 2006|archive-date=July 30, 2022|access-date=July 30, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/18999/tours-afi-tiger-army|title=AFI / Tiger Army|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=August 4, 2006|access-date=January 30, 2022}} "Love Like Winter" was released to radio on September 25, 2006; the song's music video was posted online two days later.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock |publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated |access-date=October 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |archive-date=March 22, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/19961/afi-posts-love-like-winter-video|title=AFI posts 'Love Like Winter' video|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=September 27, 2006|access-date=January 31, 2022}} Following this, the band played three shows in Germany, before embarking on a UK tour in October 2006, where they were supported by the Explosion and Dispute.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/18355/tours-afi-germany-uk|title=AFI (Germany/UK)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=June 27, 2006|access-date=January 29, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/19042/tours-the-explosion-with-rancid-us-and-afi-uk|title=The Explosion with Rancid (US) and AFI (UK)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=August 7, 2006|access-date=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/19835/tours-dispute-to-support-afi-explosion-in-europe|title=Dispute to support AFI, Explosion in Europe|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=September 19, 2006|access-date=January 31, 2022}}

The album was re-released on November 7, 2006, on 6 "icy clear" 7-inch vinyl. The individual record sleeves featured band member portraits, as well as a portrait of the band's tour manager Smith Puget.[http://www.cinderblock.com/wc.dll?WebStore%7ERViewItem%7EAFI%7EAFI-BOX1%7ESID=11 [7]] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114115903/http://www.cinderblock.com/wc.dll?WebStore~RViewItem~AFI~AFI-BOX1~SID=11 |date=November 14, 2006 }} That same month, they played three US shows with the Explosion and the Loved Ones that led into a short tour of New Zealand and Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/19761/tours-afi-australia|title=AFI (Australia)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=September 14, 2006|access-date=January 31, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/20023/tours-afi-the-explosion-the-loved-ones|title=AFI / The Explosion / The Loved Ones|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=September 29, 2006|access-date=February 1, 2022}} They closed out the year headlining the 91X Nightmare Before Xmas radio festival, and playing an AOL Session, where they performed "Endlessly, She Said".{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/20623/the-early-november-post-new-video|title=The Early November post new video|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Reinecker, Meg|date=October 31, 2006|access-date=February 3, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21505/media-afi-covers-bowie-for-aol-sessions|title=AFI covers Bowie for AOL Sessions|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Moran, Chris|date=December 28, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2022}} On December 12, 2006, the band released the video album I Heard a Voice – Live from Long Beach Arena, which was filmed at Long Beach Arena earlier in the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21269/afi-posts-trailer-for-dvd|title=AFI posts trailer for DVD|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=December 12, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2022}}

In February 2007, they played a few East Coast shows with Sick of It All, which was followed by a few West Coast shows in the next month with Viva Hate and Love Equals Death.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21087/tours-afi-sick-of-it-all|title=AFI / Sick of it All|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Moran, Chris|date=November 29, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21890/tours-afi-europe-usa|title=AFI (Europe, USA)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=January 24, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22110/tours-love-equals-death-with-afi-smoke-or-fire|title=Love Equals Death with AFI, Smoke or Fire|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=February 6, 2007|access-date=February 10, 2022}} Preceded by one-off show in Mexico, AFI then went on a tour of Europe in April and May 2007, and appeared at Virgin Festival in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22539/afi-adds-mexican-show|title=AFI adds Mexican show|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=March 4, 2007|access-date=February 13, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22772/smashing-pumpkins-my-chemical-romance-afi-rise-against-hot-hot-heat-to-appear-at-virgin-fesivals|title=Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, AFI, Rise Against, Hot Hot Heat to appear at Virgin Fesivals|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 16, 2007|access-date=February 13, 2022}} AFI held their last concert in promotion of the album at Download Fest in October 2007. Havok and Puget then began to promote their side-project Blaqk Audio before beginning work on the eighth AFI album, Crash Love (2009).

{{Music ratings

| MC = 72/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/afi/decemberunderground?q=Decemberunderground|title=Decemberunderground by AFI|website=Metacritic|access-date=18 January 2018}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | author=Apar, Corey| year=2006| title=allmusic ((( Decemberunderground > Review ))) | publisher=allmusic.com | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r836044|pure_url=yes}} | access-date=2006-06-17}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/54058/decemberunderground.html |title=Decemberunderground review }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B+{{cite magazine | url = http://www.ew.com/article/2006/06/05/decemberunderground | title = DECEMBERUNDERGROUND | author = Tom Sinclair | date=2006-06-05 | magazine=Entertainment Weekly| url-status = live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212100931/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1200048,00.html|archive-date=February 12, 2007}}

| rev4 = Exclaim!

| rev4Score = (favorable){{cite web | url = http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Punk/afi-december_underground | title = AFI - December Underground | author = Ariana Rock }}

| rev5 = IGN

| rev5Score = 8.5/10{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/711/711277p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225045041/http://music.ign.com/articles/711/711277p1.html|title=AFI - Decemberunderground|publisher=IGN|author=Thompson, Ed|date=June 5, 2006|archive-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=July 19, 2017}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nme.com/reviews/afi/7950 | title = AFI: Decemberunderground - Album Reviews - NME.com | author = Dan Silver| website = NME | date = May 26, 2006 }}

| rev8 = Robert Christgau

| rev8Score = C+{{cite web |title=Robert Christgau: Album: AFI: December Underground |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=13397 |author=Robert Christgau |author-link=Robert Christgau }}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite magazine | author=Strauss, Neil| year=2006| title=Rolling Stone : Decemberunderground : Review | magazine=Rolling Stone | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/10483520/review/10500531/Decemberunderground | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612235116/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/10483520/review/10500531/decemberunderground | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 12, 2006 | access-date=2006-06-17}}

| rev10 = Stylus

| rev10Score = C+{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/afi/decemberunderground.htm |title=Decemberunderground review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201131620/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/afi/decemberunderground.htm |archive-date=2010-02-01 }}

| rev11 = Slant Magazine

| rev11Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url = https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=899 | title = AFI: Decemberunderground rewvie | author = Scott Shetler | website = Slant Magazine | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090827052543/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=899 | archive-date = 2009-08-27 }}

| rev12 = Alternative Press

| rev12score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/decemberunderground|title=AFI - Decemberunderground - Reviews - Alternative Press|website=Alternative Press|date=June 22, 2010|access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702192815/https://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/decemberunderground/ |archive-date=2010-07-02}}

| rev13 = Punknews.org

| rev13score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/5349/afi-decemberunderground |title=AFI - Decemberunderground |publisher=Punknews.org |last=Paul |first=Aubin |date=June 6, 2006}}

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Decemberunderground received generally positive reviews. The review aggregator Metacritic awarded the album a 72 out of 100, based on 15 reviews.

Entertainment Weekly awarded the album a grade of B+, and called it a further development of the band's earlier shift to "an eerie, metal-edged Cure sound", with Decemberunderground representing "the most melodically acute distillation of that style yet," unlike their previous studio album Sing the Sorrow, which they awarded a D. AllMusic awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying the band's "ever-evolving goth-punk" sound is present on Decemberunderground in a "tighter and lighter" form, showing that the "core of AFI's sound never strays too far from what listeners have grown to love about them in the first place."

Rolling Stone awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars, one less star than their review of Sing the Sorrow, and claimed that "something isn't right in the world of AFI," because of their pop-rock musical structure "that would be at home on the soundtrack to the next Spider-Man movie".

It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 182,000 copies in its first week of being released.{{cite news | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58141/afi-burns-brightly-with-no-1-debut | title=AFI Burns Brightly With No. 1 Debut | magazine=Billboard | date=2006-06-14}} The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 30, 2006, and has sold at least 993,000 copies in the United States as of September 2009.{{cite web

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}}Wood, Mikael. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267404/afi-revs-up-the-rock-on-crash-course "AFI Revs Up The Rock On 'Crash Course'"]. Billboard September 14, 2009. The album was eligible for platinum certification in 2007 and received it from the RIAA in 2013.

Cleveland.com ranked "Miss Murder" at number 45 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303183529/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html|title=The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time|publisher=Cleveland.com|author=Smith, Troy L.|date=March 2, 2022|archivedate=March 3, 2022|accessdate=March 3, 2022}} Alternative Press ranked "Miss Murder" at number 30 on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36083/at-the-drive-ins-one-armed-scissor-tops-aps-haircut-100-singles-countdown|title=At The Drive-In's 'One Armed Scissor' tops AP's 'Haircut 100' singles countdown|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=November 20, 2009|access-date=October 13, 2022}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Standard edition

| all_writing = AFI, except where noted

| total_length = 45:06

| title0 =

| length0 = 0:20

| note0 = pregap hidden track; CD exclusive

| title1 = Prelude 12/21

| length1 = 1:34

| title2 = Kill Caustic

| length2 = 2:39

| title3 = Miss Murder

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = Summer Shudder

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = The Interview

| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = Love Like Winter

| length6 = 2:45

| title7 = Affliction

| length7 = 5:28

| title8 = The Missing Frame

| length8 = 4:40

| title9 = Kiss and Control

| length9 = 4:18

| title10 = The Killing Lights

| length10 = 4:04

| title11 = 37mm

| length11 = 3:55

| title12 = Endlessly, She Said

| length12 = 4:26

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 7-inch Vinyl Box Set Bonus Track

| title13 = Fallen Like the Sky

| length13 = 3:22

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = International Bonus Track

| total_length =

| title13 = Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37

| length13 = 3:51

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK Bonus Tracks

| total_length =

| title13 = Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37

| length13 = 3:51

| title14 = Head Like a Hole

| writer14 = Trent Reznor

| length14 = 4:44

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese Bonus Tracks

| total_length =

| title13 = Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37

| length13 = 3:51

| title14 = Head Like a Hole

| writer14 = Trent Reznor

| length14 = 4:44

| title15 = Don't Change

| writer15 = INXS

| length15 = 3:16

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese Bonus DVD

| total_length = 35:37

| title1 = Miss Murder

| note1 = video

| length1 = 5:12

| title2 = Love Like Winter

| note2 = video

| length2 = 2:56

| title3 = Silver & Cold

| note3 = video

| length3 = 4:11

| title4 = The Leaving Song Pt.II

| note4 = video

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = Love Like Winter

| note5 = Live at Long Beach Arena, '06/9/15

| length5 = 3:26

| title6 = EPK

| length6 = 16:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes Bonus Tracks

| total_length =

| title13 = On the Arrow

| length13 = 3:06

| title14 = Jack the Ripper

| writer14 = Morrissey, Boorer

| note14 = Pre-order only

| length14 = 2:48

| title15 = Interactive Booklet

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Target Bonus Track

| title15 = Fallen Like the Sky

| note15 = bonus downloadable track

| length15 = 3:22

}}

Credits for Decemberunderground adapted from the album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Decemberunderground |others=AFI |year=2006|type=Booklet|publisher=Interscope Records|id=9858643}}

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AFI

• Davey Havok – vocals
• Jade Puget – guitars, programming, keyboards
• Hunter Burgan – bass, additional programming, keyboards
• Adam Carson – drums

Additional musicians

• Ronan Harris – additional programming, keyboards
• Dave McCracken – additional programming, keyboards
• Nick 13 – additional background vocals
• Dan Under – additional background vocals
• Ralph Saenz – additional background vocals
• Jacquelyn Simley – additional background vocals
• Nikishia Grier – additional background vocals
• Ryan Wilson – additional background vocals
• Wedge – additional background vocals
• Jerry Finn – additional background vocals
• Joe McGrath – additional background vocals
• Brandan Schieppati – additional background vocals
• Keith Barney – additional background vocals
• "Precious" Steve Cunningham – additional background vocals
• Ryan J. Downey – additional background vocals
• Jeff Sagud – additional background vocals
• Gavin Rattmann – additional background vocals
• Luke Wood – additional background vocals
• The Despair Faction – additional background vocals

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Production

• Jerry Finn – production, mixing
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 6–8 and 10)
• Joe McGrath – recording
• Seth Waldmann – assistant engineering
• Jason Gossman – assistant engineering
• Kevin Mills – assistant engineering
• Eric Weaver – assistant engineering
• Dimitar Krnjaic – assistant engineering
• Keith Armstrong – assistant engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
• Alan Forbes – illustration
• James Minchin – photography

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All tracks recorded during the Decemberunderground sessions unless otherwise noted.

• "Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37" was recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions, and was eventually released on the MySpace Records: Volume 1 compilation{{Cite web|last=Paul|first=Aubin|date=2005|title=AFI cancels Big Day Out appearance|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/14606/afi-cancels-big-day-out-appearance|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Punknews.org|language=en}} and as a bonus track on international editions of Decemberunderground.{{Citation|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Original Game Soundtrack {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-mw0000141617|work=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-14}}
• "Jack the Ripper" is a Morrissey cover and was available as a bonus track on the iTunes pre-ordered edition and the UK and Australian editions of the "Love Like Winter" single.{{Citation|title=Jack the Ripper - AFI {{!}} Releases|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jack-the-ripper-mw0002344415/releases|work=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-14}}{{Citation|title=Love Like Winter - AFI {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-like-winter-mw0000456936|work=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-14}}
• "On the Arrow" was available as a bonus track on the iTunes pre-ordered edition and the Australian edition of the "Love Like Winter" single.{{Citation|title=On the Arrow - AFI {{!}} Song Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/on-the-arrow-mt0056522296|work=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-14}}
• Four tracks from the sessions, in addition to "100 Words" from the Sing the Sorrow sessions, were planned to be released on an extended play,{{Cite web|last=Paul|first=Aubin|date=2007|title=AFI detail upcoming EP|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/28531/afi-detail-upcoming-ep|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Punknews.org|language=en}} originally planned for December 2007,{{Cite web|date=2007|title=AFI plans new EP, rarity for 'Guitar Hero III'|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/25672/afi-plans-new-ep-rarity-for-guitar-hero-iii|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Punknews.org|language=en}} but which never materialized.
• "Carcinogen Crush", written by Burgan, was first recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions, but this version was not released. It was re-recorded during the Decemberunderground sessions and released as a downloadable track on the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007). It was also made available as a digital single on iTunes on December 4, 2007,{{Citation|title=Carcinogen Crush - Single by AFI|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/carcinogen-crush-single/1445281833|work=Apple Music|date=January 2007|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-14}} charting on two Canadian singles charts.{{Cite magazine|title=AFI|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/afi/chart-history/can/|access-date=2020-12-14|magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine|title=AFI|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/afi/chart-history/cns/|access-date=2020-12-14|magazine=Billboard}} It was later re-released on the Japanese edition of Crash Love and that album's "Medicate" single in the UK.
• "Ether" was included in NASCAR 09{{'}}s in-game soundtrack as well as on the Japanese edition of Crash Love.{{Citation|title=NASCAR 09 Soundtrack Revealed|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/21/nascar-09-soundtrack-revealed|work=IGN|date=May 21, 2008|language=en|access-date=2020-12-14}}
• "The View from Here" leaked online in 2016.

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