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Cover art by xkoraxayomex.
Released 12/25/2012.
Duration: 3:48.

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Tracks that Ave Dei Novi references:

• Doctor by Buzinkai and Clark Powell
• Dissension (Original) by David Ko
• Aggrieve by Mark J. Hadley
• Atomyk Ebonpyre by Toby Fox

Artist commentary:

Willow Ascenzo: (composer, booklet commentary)

When I started "Ave Dei Novi" (a song made just for Land of Fans and Music 2), I fully intended that it would be the biggest, strongest, most well-composed, best Homestuck fan composition I've worked on to date, a sort of capstone of Homestuck fan music. The first Land of Fans and Music had two of my early songs on it, and I felt it was appropriate that I do my best and show how far I'd come in a year for the second album. "Ave Dei Novi" takes its cue, partially, from the bombastic and incredible Gundam Unicorn soundtrack by Sawano Hiroyuki, especially in the orchestra and percussion grooves, which I worked very hard on. I think I'm most proud of the bongo groove breakdown in the middle and the "Atomyk Ebonpyre" section near the end. Those two parts ended up especially fantastic.

xkoraxayomex: (track artist, booklet commentary)

Overall I feel that the artwork suits the piece in terms of relativity and presentation. I think it looks refined and somewhat detailed, but there is room for improvement. When I read the title for the piece, Ascension, I automatically thought back to Jade's god tier, as it is simply gorgeous and I just love it. It was a milestone for her becoming an even more essential character in Homestuck.

Lambda Elise Merryberry: (album organizer, booklet commentary)

this song was originally titled "ascension", but there was to be another song on lofam2 with a similar title ("god tier ascension") (except now there isn't) so wmm changed it to "ave dei novi" which translates to "hail the new gods"