Ethernaut is a 2003 album by The Crüxshadows

The Crüxshadows

The Crüxshadows is an Dark Electro group from Florida. Their sound is made up of a combination of male vocals, electric violin, guitar, and synth...

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According to Rogue

Rogue (musician)

Rogue is a founding member and lead singer of the American goth/electropop band The Crüxshadows.-Biography:...

, the songs on Ethernaut

Aether

-Metaphysics and mythology:* Aether , the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere* Aether was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology-Science and engineering:...

 are meant to be an allegory for the fall of Troy

Troy

Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...

 . Rogue believes the Trojans to be the "good guys" of the story, and wrote Ethernaut to tell the story from the Trojan side, with a focus on the emotions of the Trojans .

Track listing

1. "Into the Ether"
2. "Cassandra"
3. "Love and Hatred"
4. "Flame"
5. "The Sentiment Inside"
6. "Winter Born (This Sacrifice)"
7. "Untrue"
8. "A Stranger Moment"
9. "Waiting to Leave"
10. "East"
11. "Citadel"
12. "After All"
13. (Bonus track)
14. (Silence)
15. (Silence)
16. (Silence)
17. "Helen" (bonus track)
18. (Silence)
19. (Bonus clip)

The song "Citadel" is referenced by a character in the 2006 science fiction

Science fiction

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 novel

Novel

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 Von Neumann's War, co-written by John Ringo

John Ringo

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 and Travis Taylor, published by Baen Books

Baen Books

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. The lyrics

Lyrics

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are quoted in full in the Epilogue.