 However, he revived it in 2015 to focus on acoustic neofolk music, releasing a ninth album, "Subject to Change", in 2016.The name "Xasthur" is a combination of "Hastur" and "Xenaoth".Conner explained that he found the former name in a "Necronomicon" paperback and believed that it referred to "a demoness who kills people in their sleep".