Homestuck Vol. 8 is the sixteenth official album released on the Homestuck Bandcamp, and the eighth installment in the Homestuck Volumes. Vol. 8 was released on October 25, 2011 on the End of Act 5, which concluded in a colossal animation page known as "Cascade". Vol. 8 thus encapsulates the tone and atmosphere of Homestuck immediately preceding and on the End of Act 5, continuing the dark and serious compositions found in Homestuck. Vol. 7. A significant effort on the part of the Homestuck music team, Vol. 8 features a very large amount of high-quality songs spanning a variety of styles and includes the widest array of musicians on any album before it.
Track list[]
| Track no. | Title of track | Musician(s) | Track cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calamity | Michael Guy Bowman | Tavia Morra |
| 2 | Do You Remem8er Me | Malcolm Brown, featuring parts of Death of the Lusi by Toby "Radiation" Fox and Ruins by Erik "Jit" Scheele | Richard Gung |
| 3 | Flare | Clark "Plazmataz" Powell | Richard Gung |
| 4 | Galactic Cancer | Thomas Ferkol | Lauren "Sock" Ross |
| 5 | Serenade | Clark "Plazmataz" Powell | clorinspats |
| 6 | Frog Forager | Erik "Jit" Scheele | Kaymurph |
| 7 | Love You (Feferi's Theme) | Toby "Radiation" Fox | Left |
| 8 | Ocean Stars Falling | Michael Guy Bowman, original 'Ocean Stars' written by Mark Hadley | Richard Gung |
| 9 | Escape Pod | Michael Guy Bowman | Peter Turner |
| 10 | Davesprite | Toby "Radiation" Fox | P-RO |
| 11 | Airtime | Robert J! Lake | Tavia Morra |
| 12 | Frog Hunt | Michael Guy Bowman | Tavia Morra |
| 13 | Terraform | Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri, feat. Thomas Ferkol on electric guitar | Richard Gung |
| 14 | Unite Synchronization | Malcolm Brown | M Thomas Harding |
| 15 | Homefree | Hilary "Pie" Troiano, featuring parts of Homestuck Anthem by Clark Powell and Homestuck by Mark Hadley | Vivian Ng |
| 16 | Galaxy Hearts | Mark Hadley | Rachel Weiss |
| 17 | Scourge Sisters | Erik "Jit" Scheele | M Thomas Harding |
| 18 | Arcade Thunder | Robert J! Lake | Maf |
| 19 | Pyrocumulus (Sicknasty) | Robert J! Lake, parts sampled from Skaian Scuffle by Andrew Huo and Skies of Skaia by Mark Hadley | Rutares |
| 20 | Kingside Castle | Clark "Plazmataz" Powell | Nic Carey |
| 21 | Temporary | Robert J! Lake, parts sampled from Temporal Piano by Erik "Jit" Scheele | Chaz Canterbury |
| 22 | Gust of Heir | Tyler Dever and Michael Guy Bowman, additional sequencing by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell | Fibug |
| 23 | Afraid of the Darko | Robert J! Lake | Robert J! Lake |
| 24 | Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix) | Clark "Plazmataz" Powell, feat. belly dancing by Tavia Morra | Tavia Morra |
| 25 | Bargaining with the Beast | Thomas Ferkol | Vivian Ng |
| 26 | Frostbite | Toby "Radiation" Fox, feat. Marcy Nabors on flute | Nic Carey |
| 27 | The Lost Child | Toby "Radiation" Fox | Sarah Fu |
| 28 | Questant's Lament | Thomas Ferkol | Fibug |
| 29 | Hussie Hunt | Malcolm Brown, Explore by George Buzinkai | Saffronscarf |
| 30 | Havoc | Svix | Emi |
| 31 | Drift into the Sun | Thomas Ferkol, some production by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell, climax drum programming by Toby "Radiation" Fox | Zilon |
| 32 | Infinity Mechanism | Thomas Ferkol | VickyBit |
| 33 | Revered Return | Nick Smalley and Michael Guy Bowman | Noot |
| 34 | Judgment Day | Toby "Radiation" Fox, Ruins by Erik "Jit" Scheele, feat. Kelly Sadwin on violin | Lazylaz |
| 35 | Lotus (Bloom) | Seth "Beatfox" Peelle | myluckyseven |
| 36 | Cascade | Joren "Tensei" de Bruin, Clark "Plazmataz" Powell, Malcolm Brown, Toby "Radiation" Fox, Kelly Sadwin | Andrew Hussie |
| 37 | I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) | David Ko, original 'I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew' by Eddie Morton | Vivian Ng |
| 38 | How Do I Live (D8 Night Version) | Michael Guy Bowman | Victoria Grace Elliot |
| 39 | Cascade (Beta) | Joren "Tensei" de Bruin | Mia Schwartz |
| 40 | Black Hole / Green Sun | Malcolm Brown | Andrew Hussie |
| 41 | Carefree Action | Mark Hadley | 8bitkitten |
Trivia[]
- In first copies of Homestuck Vol. 8, a 42nd track was included titled "null". At merely eight seconds long, it appeared to be entirely silence; however, when amplified and reversed, it was revealed to actually be a snippet of the current WIP of Toby "Radiation" Fox's infamous song, "Penumbra Phantasm". As of yet, the song still has not been officially released.