- [[track:nicer-links|Nicer links]] + [[Nicer links]]

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diff --git a/album/oceanfables-ethological.yaml b/album/oceanfables-ethological.yaml
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--- a/album/oceanfables-ethological.yaml
+++ b/album/oceanfables-ethological.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     When I first asked [[artist:nights|Nights]] if I could do a solo album, she told me that it sounded like a good idea, but that I should probably think of a theme for the whole album. (:0 I didn’t think about that...) So, then I had to come up with a theme! (Obviously...)
 
-    This song started sometime after that, I had been pacing around a lot trying to think of a theme for what my album would be, until at some point something struck me and I had the urge to make a song for Zachery Lumen, considering he seemed like a very intriguing character, but he has little to no music for him! (None at all at the time of making this track I’m pretty sure) When I started off, I had [[track:here-we-are|“Here We Are”]] from [[album:undertale-soundtrack|Undertale]] and [[artist:ray-mike|Ray Mikey’s]] [[track:hollowed-halls|“Hallowed Halls”]] from [[album:oceanfalls-vol-five|Volume Five]] stuck in my head, so I wanted to make a very groovy and kind of mysteriously villainous theme (This is why it has those 8-bit noise percussion, haha).
+    This song started sometime after that, I had been pacing around a lot trying to think of a theme for what my album would be, until at some point something struck me and I had the urge to make a song for Zachery Lumen, considering he seemed like a very intriguing character, but he has little to no music for him! (None at all at the time of making this track I’m pretty sure) When I started off, I had [[“Here We Are”]] from Undertale and Ray Mikey’s [[“Hallowed Halls”]] from [[album:oceanfalls-vol-five|Volume Five]] stuck in my head, so I wanted to make a very groovy and kind of mysteriously villainous theme (This is why it has those 8-bit noise percussion, haha).
 
     I think I also had another song on my mind, but I can’t remember for the life of me what it was... Oh well. Over time while working on this, I realized that it might be more interesting to make it more of a song for the general theme of “actions done backed by questionable morals”, and then BAM, it hit me, my album’s theme should just be that! I decided to use the main motif from this as a main theme throughout as many of the tracks as I could (though I kind of ended up forgetting about it a lot, and it only ended up in four other tracks. Whoopsies...)
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@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Commentary: |-
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1331024851338661919), excerpt, 1/20/2025)
 
-    HIs torment also references [[track:sovereign-domain|sovereign domain]], though it probably makes more sense to say it references [[track:royal-blood|Royal Blood]],<br>
+    HIs torment also references [[sovereign domain]], though it probably makes more sense to say it references [[Royal Blood]],<br>
     Since I made it after royal blood and it's based off of my re-interpretation of soverign domain that is in royal blood
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 Track: Royal Blood
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> (booklet commentary)
 
-    This song was created before the album’s concept, but I think it fits in quite well. I wanted it to be a menacing and cool theme for Suvi, so I used a little bit of [[artist:wights-end|Wight’s]] song [[track:sovereign-domain|“Sovereign Domain”]]. This is actually the second song I made referencing that one, but the other one is currently on the backburner, though I’m sure it will show up some day.
+    This song was created before the album’s concept, but I think it fits in quite well. I wanted it to be a menacing and cool theme for Suvi, so I used a little bit of [[artist:wights-end|Wight’s]] song [[“Sovereign Domain”]]. This is actually the second song I made referencing that one, but the other one is currently on the backburner, though I’m sure it will show up some day.
 
-    I really like how [[track:his-torment|“His Torment”]] leads into this one, even though that was not the plan from the start of making either of these tracks, haha. It just kinda worked out that way halfway through making “His Torment”. I don’t have much to say on this track other than I’m happy with how it turned out. I do like to imagine that while “His Torment” is about the younger, more withdrawn version of Suvi, this one is about the confident, powerful, and menacing as all hell mature Suvi.
+    I really like how [[“His Torment”]] leads into this one, even though that was not the plan from the start of making either of these tracks, haha. It just kinda worked out that way halfway through making “His Torment”. I don’t have much to say on this track other than I’m happy with how it turned out. I do like to imagine that while “His Torment” is about the younger, more withdrawn version of Suvi, this one is about the confident, powerful, and menacing as all hell mature Suvi.
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 Track: Raze in Vitriol
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> (booklet commentary)
 
-    When I was writing ideas for songs, one that almost instantly popped into my head was a [[track:contritum|Contritum]] cover. That song is just too good that I just HAD to do my take on it. I wanted it to be as packed to the brim with energy as the original Contritum (or more, if I could manage it), so of course, it had to start with choirs. I mean, what sets the tone for an epic battle more than choirs??
+    When I was writing ideas for songs, one that almost instantly popped into my head was a [[Contritum]] cover. That song is just too good that I just HAD to do my take on it. I wanted it to be as packed to the brim with energy as the original Contritum (or more, if I could manage it), so of course, it had to start with choirs. I mean, what sets the tone for an epic battle more than choirs??
     
-    I decided to go right into the main Contritum riff, (with just a little bit of industrial percussion) and go all out with some crazy synths and good old shreddage. If anything, I tried my hardest to make it as bombastic but menacing as possible. Then it slows down a bit, to build up for the first big motif, [[track:swaying-chains|“Swaying Chains”]] by [[artist:wights-end|Wight]], and then I just made it go ham again, haha. I think the industrial “ting” adds to the feeling of confidence that I think Corona has.
+    I decided to go right into the main Contritum riff, (with just a little bit of industrial percussion) and go all out with some crazy synths and good old shreddage. If anything, I tried my hardest to make it as bombastic but menacing as possible. Then it slows down a bit, to build up for the first big motif, [[“Swaying Chains”]] by [[artist:wights-end|Wight]], and then I just made it go ham again, haha. I think the industrial “ting” adds to the feeling of confidence that I think Corona has.
 
-    During the middle section I had a little break for the Nino motif from that demo song (still gonna get to that) and Aria's motif from [[album:oceanfalls-vol-1|Volume 1]]. Then I decided to bring in the next major motif, this time from [[track:kiss-of-death|“Kiss of Death”]] by [[artist:keyboard-cait|keyboard cait]]. It was kind of funny, because I asked her what the idea behind that song was, and she said “the concept's pretty vague, i composed it just to be ‘a song that fits corona killing people with total ease’”, to which I responded “that’s perfect lmfao”. I actually brought back the exact same choir chords to this part because it just sounded so good here. After that it’s pretty much just crazy solo on the nes pulse wave and then it ends with one sound falling in parallel to how Nino falls in the first fight with corona, and one sound staying on top. I just thought that was a cool idea, I guess. Now the funny thing is, I then realized after making this song that it was kind of similar in structure to [[track:the-sunderers-reprisal|“Sunderer’s Reprisal”]] by Wights end in that it goes “Corona goin’ crazy section” “break section with aria and Nino motifs” “Corona goin’ crazy section but more”, and even worse, I had named the song “Round 2”. Like, whoopsies. Big oops, wtf have I done lol. So, I just decided to change the name. I asked wight for name ideas and he suggested “Riven and Razed” and then I thought of the word vitriol (which is such an awesome word, we should use that word more) so now it’s called “Raze in Vitriol” which is honestly a better name than “Round 2” I think.
+    During the middle section I had a little break for the Nino motif from that demo song (still gonna get to that) and Aria's motif from [[album:oceanfalls-vol-1|Volume 1]]. Then I decided to bring in the next major motif, this time from [[“Kiss of Death”]] by [[artist:keyboard-cait|keyboard cait]]. It was kind of funny, because I asked her what the idea behind that song was, and she said “the concept's pretty vague, i composed it just to be ‘a song that fits corona killing people with total ease’”, to which I responded “that’s perfect lmfao”. I actually brought back the exact same choir chords to this part because it just sounded so good here. After that it’s pretty much just crazy solo on the nes pulse wave and then it ends with one sound falling in parallel to how Nino falls in the first fight with corona, and one sound staying on top. I just thought that was a cool idea, I guess. Now the funny thing is, I then realized after making this song that it was kind of similar in structure to [[track:the-sunderers-reprisal|“Sunderer’s Reprisal”]] by Wights end in that it goes “Corona goin’ crazy section” “break section with aria and Nino motifs” “Corona goin’ crazy section but more”, and even worse, I had named the song “Round 2”. Like, whoopsies. Big oops, wtf have I done lol. So, I just decided to change the name. I asked wight for name ideas and he suggested “Riven and Razed” and then I thought of the word vitriol (which is such an awesome word, we should use that word more) so now it’s called “Raze in Vitriol” which is honestly a better name than “Round 2” I think.
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1331024268678660130), excerpt, 1/20/2025)
 
     Okay so the one on ethological that is wrong<br>
     Is Raze in Vitriol<br>
     That might be because I said the wrong song in the commentary<br>
-    It says [[track:swaying-chains|swaying chains]] when the real song it references is [[track:sage-chains|sage chains]]<br>
+    It says [[swaying chains]] when the real song it references is [[sage chains]]<br>
     Which is easily confused because of the name and them being right next to each other on vol 2 lmao
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 Track: Just Me and My Boyfriend
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> (booklet commentary)
 
-    After I made [[track:for-the-greater-good|“For the Greater Good”]] I realized that I still wanted to do a Zachery Lumen song for the album, so I decided to buckle down and make this. When I started it, I added the very menacing strings at the beginning because I wanted to show how he really gives off that scary doctor vibe, but then it goes right into groove town with the first actual section, because uh, he does seem like a kind of freaky badass, I think.
+    After I made [[“For the Greater Good”]] I realized that I still wanted to do a Zachery Lumen song for the album, so I decided to buckle down and make this. When I started it, I added the very menacing strings at the beginning because I wanted to show how he really gives off that scary doctor vibe, but then it goes right into groove town with the first actual section, because uh, he does seem like a kind of freaky badass, I think.
 
     I really don’t know why I chose a genesis soundfont for the drums, but I did. Also, they have a lot of triplets if I remember correctly, so they are kind of weird just in general. The chord progression is also kind of weird. Honestly the whole thing is just weird. Kind of like Zachery. I think my favorite part is 1:08, where the piano really feels like a part in a Danganronpa song. I don’t know, Danganronpa just has really good music. Also, this is one of the songs I actually put the “For the Greater Good” motif in, so, there’s that.
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> (booklet commentary)
 
-    Remember how on the [[track:bastard-contract|“Bastard Contract”]] commentary, I mentioned how you would have to wait for episode one to get the full story? Well, this is episode one, and here’s the story. This song was made with the idea of being the Cape Nino song on the album, and so I made the whole song, and it was so badass and awesome. I then sent it to one of my good friends in the music team (Banigion) because I was curious what he thought about it. Our conversation went like this:
+    Remember how on the [[“Bastard Contract”]] commentary, I mentioned how you would have to wait for episode one to get the full story? Well, this is episode one, and here’s the story. This song was made with the idea of being the Cape Nino song on the album, and so I made the whole song, and it was so badass and awesome. I then sent it to one of my good friends in the music team (Banigion) because I was curious what he thought about it. Our conversation went like this:
 
     <b>Me:</b> \*sends song\*<br>
     <b>Banigion:</b> woah<br>
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     <b>Banigion:</b> yeah, you somehow made kaji’s theme even cooler<br>
     <b>Me:</b> WHAT
 
-    As it turns out I had accidentally used Kaji’s theme instead of Cape Nino’s. How does this happen, you asked? Well, if you listen to [[track:know-thyself|“Know Thyself”]] and then listen to [[track:kajis-theme|“Kaji’s Theme”]], then you will notice that they are actually kind of similar! Also, I had just... been listening to Kaji’s theme a lot... Whoops... This track was also one where [[artist:wights-end|Wight]] pointed out that I was panning stuff too hard, to which I had to tell him that I was actually using a stereo expander on my master. And I quote from Wight “On Your master?? WHY???”
+    As it turns out I had accidentally used Kaji’s theme instead of Cape Nino’s. How does this happen, you asked? Well, if you listen to [[“Know Thyself”]] and then listen to [[“Kaji’s Theme”]], then you will notice that they are actually kind of similar! Also, I had just... been listening to Kaji’s theme a lot... Whoops... This track was also one where [[artist:wights-end|Wight]] pointed out that I was panning stuff too hard, to which I had to tell him that I was actually using a stereo expander on my master. And I quote from Wight “On Your master?? WHY???”
 
     So uhhhh. . . Whoops again lol.
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Commentary: |-
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1331026395496710155), excerpt, 1/20/2025)
 
-    Done with your nonsense is missing the reference to [[track:ambiguous-amnesiac|ambiguous amnesiac]]<br>
+    Done with your nonsense is missing the reference to [[ambiguous amnesiac]]<br>
     Which should be first on the list
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 Track: Judgement By Genocide
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     Here it is, the great finale of the album. The 7:30 beast of a song (at least for me, haha). The idea behind this song is that it’s about The Merciless, one of the celestials whose last act was to kill every living being on the face of the world.
 
-    At the start I used [[artist:ray-mike|Ray Mikey’s]] song [[track:oceanfalls|“Oceanfalls”]] since it’s kind of for the past and history of Oceanfalls I think, or it could be like a main theme, either way I used it. I imagine this beginning section shows the Merciless with his love, the human princess. Then at 0:31 it takes a turn for the worse, his love has died, and he must revel in this knowledge.
+    At the start I used [[artist:ray-mike|Ray Mikey’s]] song [[“Oceanfalls”]] since it’s kind of for the past and history of Oceanfalls I think, or it could be like a main theme, either way I used it. I imagine this beginning section shows the Merciless with his love, the human princess. Then at 0:31 it takes a turn for the worse, his love has died, and he must revel in this knowledge.
 
-    I then made a motif of my own, this one represents the merciless himself, and it is surrounded by two different motifs, one is a short segment of [[track:emotional-moment|“Emotional Moment”]] by Ray Mikey being played over and over again, to sort of represent his emotions growing stronger and stronger, and one is a surprise motif that we’ll learn about in later Volumes... Then the laugh, boy do I love insane laughs, also the rising diminished chord, it’s just a good buildup, I think. I hope. I think.
+    I then made a motif of my own, this one represents the merciless himself, and it is surrounded by two different motifs, one is a short segment of [[“Emotional Moment”]] by Ray Mikey being played over and over again, to sort of represent his emotions growing stronger and stronger, and one is a surprise motif that we’ll learn about in later Volumes... Then the laugh, boy do I love insane laughs, also the rising diminished chord, it’s just a good buildup, I think. I hope. I think.
 
-    At 2:01 I brought in a reference to [[track:long-ago|“Long Ago”]] by [[artist:frost-carter|Frosty Mac]] from [[album:oceanfalls-vol-2|Volume 2]], for the cool history buffs out there, I guess. Then to represent the winged (as he descends from the moon to go on his rampage) I used the suspended notes from 0:37 in [[track:winged-world|“Winged World”]] from Ray Mikey’s [[album:oceanfables-ray-of-light|solo album]] on the lead guitar, and sort of tried to represent the little piano arpeggio like figure in the other guitar sound. This part is all of the winged fighting against him trying to well, not die. And then I brought back the Oceanfalls them, a confidence boost perhaps? Until, once again, we get The Merciless’s theme come back in full swing, with sirens to boot. Quite an imposing figure methinks...
+    At 2:01 I brought in a reference to [[“Long Ago”]] by [[artist:frost-carter|Frosty Mac]] from [[album:oceanfalls-vol-2|Volume 2]], for the cool history buffs out there, I guess. Then to represent the winged (as he descends from the moon to go on his rampage) I used the suspended notes from 0:37 in [[“Winged World”]] from Ray Mikey’s [[album:oceanfables-ray-of-light|solo album]] on the lead guitar, and sort of tried to represent the little piano arpeggio like figure in the other guitar sound. This part is all of the winged fighting against him trying to well, not die. And then I brought back the Oceanfalls them, a confidence boost perhaps? Until, once again, we get The Merciless’s theme come back in full swing, with sirens to boot. Quite an imposing figure methinks...
 
     The little Atari voice that says “purification in progress” is in reference to the rpg maker game OFF made by mortis ghost, where in the battles some of the backgrounds say those very words. Then right back to the Oceanfalls theme.
 
     Now he’s on the monster’s land, and he’s shredding through all of them as they do their best to fight back. But then the music picks up! It’s a bit more confident and pompous, I think. I can’t know for certain, but I imagine the monster monarch to be very confident in themselves. I used a bit of [[track:monstertown|monster town]] at 4:35 because of [[artist:wights-end|Wight’s]] suggestion for that as a monster motif, and I think it works quite well! Until the monster monarch is slain by the merciless, well, mercilessly. Then right back to The Merciless wailing on everyone.
 
-    At 5:32 I used some of [[track:peaceful-pirates|“Peaceful Pirates”]] for a human motif (also at Wight’s Suggestion) (Thank you Wight, very cool!) So, we get some of the humans fighting back, and I imagine they have someone try and rally them to fight, though it couldn’t be the princess (she’s kind of dead as was already established). But then the music fades, I imagine at this part The Merciless is hiding and flying around in the shadows as the army of humans looks around, until it breaks out into bombastic insanity. Eventually it ends that section with a horrifying, “PURIFICATION, COMPLETE” and it ends with a final repeat of the Oceanfalls theme, as The Merciless considers what he has done. What does he think of it? Idk only Nights knows, and we probably never will haha, but I still think that it’s a cool song, and I’m glad I made it.
+    At 5:32 I used some of [[“Peaceful Pirates”]] for a human motif (also at Wight’s Suggestion) (Thank you Wight, very cool!) So, we get some of the humans fighting back, and I imagine they have someone try and rally them to fight, though it couldn’t be the princess (she’s kind of dead as was already established). But then the music fades, I imagine at this part The Merciless is hiding and flying around in the shadows as the army of humans looks around, until it breaks out into bombastic insanity. Eventually it ends that section with a horrifying, “PURIFICATION, COMPLETE” and it ends with a final repeat of the Oceanfalls theme, as The Merciless considers what he has done. What does he think of it? Idk only Nights knows, and we probably never will haha, but I still think that it’s a cool song, and I’m glad I made it.
 
     <i>Nights:</i> (booklet commentary)
 
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     <i>Witch's Cadence:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1331026535137808549), excerpt, 1/20/2025)
 
-    LUNE FUMO REAL references [[track:right-hand|"Right Hand"]] from vol 1
+    LUNE FUMO REAL references [["Right Hand"]] from vol 1
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 Track: Ambiguous Amnesiac
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