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“What if I died right here in front of you?” Davey Havok says, his eyes beaming with childlike joy. “Wouldn’t that be good? That would make for a better piece. Let me see what I can do. I’ll try.”

At a small table in the middle of Hollywood’s Sightglass Coffee, the conversation about the AFI vocalist’s possible sudden death has drawn the eyes of coffee drinkers in the surrounding area. And despite the 49-year-old songwriter’s insistence that his demise would improve the quality of this article, the catalyst for the discussion was something he very much wants to be alive for: the release of AFI’s 12th full-length album, “Silver Bleeds the Black Sun,” out Friday from Run for Cover Rec

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