My musical work also draws heavily from my own writing, including poetry from my book Orchestrated Madness, originally published in 1998, as well as a large body of new poetry written over the past several decades. Some pieces are adapted into lyrics, while others remain abstract, serving as emotional or conceptual foundations for the music. In many compositions, I move away from traditional lyrics altogether, using manipulated vocalizations, synthesized voices, whispers, screams, layered harmonies, and experimental sound design to create immersive noise and atmospheric works. My live performances extend beyond music alone, combining projection art, theatrical lighting, fog, bubbles, cosplay, dramatic acting, and multimedia elements to create an immersive performance art experience where music, visual art, and storytelling merge into a single living installation.


Within the last year, I’ve begun using AI as one part of my music-making process for my performance art projects, including the most recent Jupiter’s Thunder album and my new project, XParaMental. I use AI as a creative tool for generating ideas, textures, sounds, and experimental structures, but the work is still shaped by my own vision, voice, editing, and direction.


I continue to edit and arrange the music in Logic Pro, and I still collaborate with other singers, musicians, and producers to refine the sound, mix, and overall production. For me, AI is not replacing the artist or the producer — it is another instrument in the process. The final work comes from my performance art concepts, my vocals, my editing choices, and the world I am building around each project.
https://youtube.com/shorts/6UIQN-aHrE8?si=1RVHrye242Hs0GNW

Here's my compilation: "What is Goth (Video Album)"

I recommend to watch it when you have the time to let it carry you and reveal what it has to give, like playing an unknown album from a library. https://youtu.be/A5LBLhRAew8?si=kSpsfreCwOrnY-sv

One hellacious 80's thrash metal band...check. One cheesy ridiculous 80's album cover...that's a big check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yut2c_7LMvg

Just realized Assemblage23 came out with a new album in November and it is seriously his best album yet… I honestly can’t believe how beautiful this entire album is… every single song… Assemblage will always be my favorite.
https://youtu.be/JYmp0FypkRM?si=T2Qwt_EZe12mki_d

YouTube.com/XZanthiaMUSIC 👽💿🎤🎶🎵 This is music that refuses to sit still.
It isn’t here to soothe you or fade into the background—
it exists to keep you alert, slightly off-balance,
never certain what’s about to unfold next.

Every moment is a corner you haven’t turned yet.
Just when you think you understand it,
it shifts, lunges, softens, surprises.
It’s an acquired taste, absolutely—
not something inherited, familiar, or politely nostalgic.
This is not comfort food. This is appetite disruption.

I want the sound to confuse you, to intrigue you,
to make you uneasy in a way that keeps pulling you closer.
To catch you enjoying tension,
finding pleasure in resistance,
realizing that discomfort can feel intimate
when it refuses to let go.

You may not always know what you’re hearing,
but you’ll never be bored—
because at any moment it’s ready to leap out,
wrap around you,
and pull you into that strange place
where struggle feels like an embrace.



Project 19.5 is an ethereal, esoteric music project that began in 1998, long before genres like “witch house,” “dark ambient,” or “experimental pop” had names attached to them. What started as intimate sonic experimentation grew over decades into a body of work shaped by collaborations with multiple producers across different eras, each phase capturing a different emotional frequency and psychological landscape.

Rather than traditional songwriting, Project 19.5 focuses on much, but not all non-lyrical vocals, breath, tone, texture, and instinct. My voice is treated as an instrument—hovering between noise, chant, dream, and ritual—allowing listeners to project their own meaning without being guided by explicit words. This approach creates an immersive emotional experience that exists somewhere between beauty and unease.

In 2025, the project entered a new phase: revisiting, remixing, and remastering archival material to finally release it in its most refined and intentional form. These recordings preserve the raw spirit of their original creation while enhancing the depth, clarity, and atmosphere—bridging past and present into a singular evolving entity.

Project 19.5 represents the ethereal side of XZanthia—still haunting, still unsettling, but softer and more internal than her darker project, Jupiter’s Thunder. The Project 19.5 album Uzumaki exists within this realm as a gentler spiral, incorporating lyrics while maintaining a dreamlike, hypnotic quality.

This is music designed to be felt rather than understood—a liminal soundscape for introspection, transformation, and emotional resonance beyond language.

XZanthia - Project 19.5 (The Unfolding) ALBUM: Catharsis
https://youtu.be/_TnNvZ4tlUo

Been listening to Amon Amarth, would anyone know one of their best albums? I want to get one on Vinyl.

This album is pure genius. Every time I play this for someone they flip the fuck out. https://youtu.be/AGnwrEuPpGs?si=1E3vEKEuSsNSAsv-