to truly get a hang of Panopticon's art it is best to start with the album that started it all. released in 2008 the self titled album is a mix of Raw Black Metal some folkish elements and Lunn's signature (albeit at the time it was just his sound starting out) death metal influenced riffing. overall if you were to take this album at it's face value it is one of the pioneering works in the RABM art movement having the most overtly political lyrics of Lunn's discography (the ... read more
An Absolutely stellar release from many of Iceland's black metal elite. A great distilling but also refinement of the Icelandic sound.
fav songs: X and XI and XII
no least favorites none of songs miss
a insanely good album from two of my favorite artists in the metal sphere
Some very well made funeral doom with ethereal vocals contrasted with the low growls. Does help that the riffs and drums hit hard. It reminds me a lot of almost a filmesque sound with how large it is. would 100% reccomend ffo Bell Witch and Atramentus.