Angstnostic by Nox Nave

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This is a personal album based on my long-term struggles with God and Christianity, an angsty and dark time of confusion in my life as a self-proclaimed agnostic who needed proof of God's existence or lack thereof. This is not an anti-Christian album by any means, but it is obviously not a Christian one either. I just call it an agnostic album, and agnosticism is related to so many people across the globe. Why not to speak to them, too, instead of just believers and nonbelievers?

The lyrics were written from 2004 to 2013. Most of the music was produced in 2013, with just minor changes over the years. Originally, it was going to have thirteen tracks instead of fifteen, and it was mostly that way until 2021. I decided to add "Try" and "Fae Inside Our Heads" because they worked so well as part of the album, especially lyrically, and they were orphaned tracks that didn't belong to any albums (or B-sides, if you will). There was, however, a short period before 2021 when the unreleased piano version of "Phariseeing (HypoChristical)" off MONSTRUM made ANGSTNOSTIC have fourteen tracks, but the synthpop version it is now turned out better and still fits the theme for MONSTRUM.

Regarding the genre, ANGSTNOSTIC is not synthpop like the main style has been from 2019 to 2021. However, 2022 was meant to be the year of alternative music for Nox Nave, with a planned return to synthpop in the future. I had a lot of alt versions of existing tracks, as well as piano originals before Nox Nave as a name and artistry was even a thought. So, I chose 2022 as a release year for all this leftover material. Truthfully, even though I did "synthpopify" the alt and piano versions when creating my Nox Nave artistry in 2018, it just didn't work to do that with ANGSTNOSTIC because the tracks sound much better as alternative music.

By the way, there will be no more releases with religion themes, since ANGSTNOSTIC and MONSTRUM are enough. I may make brief references to religion here and there, solely related to social issues, but not even the song as a whole would be about religion. Admittedly, it's an overdone theme, and reasonably so, given much of American society. However, I needed this to get this album out as part of my musical venting. It's just that special to me, and I wanted to share it with my fans and listeners. :)

I am an artist who creates various styles of dark music: synthpop, electronica, alternative, and avant-garde. I write songs in multiple languages, but mostly English.

All lyrics, vocals, production, and artwork are done by me, unless stated otherwise.

I also write in various genres of fiction under multiple pen names.

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