Afterlife is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on their self-titled album in 2007 and issued as a single in 2008. The track is known for its orchestral string section and its story of a man confronting death and the afterlife too soon. Online, fans began isolating its softer, sadder passages for edits separate from the full metal song. That excerpting turned a dramatic album moment into a reusable emotional cue, and it continues to circulate among editors who need instant melancholy without using the entire track.