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This is unbearably tragic. I've never sobbed so much to an album in my entire life, this is just sickening to the core. I was so overwhelmed by this album that I needed to just write a short ESSAY (1945 words!!!) on all of this because there is so much to say about this piece of music. I don't normally do this, and I only feel like doing this just occasionally when I find an album that is particularly interesting or complex, and mainly because writing these long reviews does take up ... read more
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I am so blown away by this. Something like this just releasing the other day is not something I was expecting to see. This is a record that made me FEEL something.
Panopticon has just released what might be the best album of the year so far. A dense, smothering, but in equally parts ethereal and otherworldly black metal album. This album holds what feels like a whole different entire universe in and on itself. I mean, the sheer vibe that this entire thing brings man. This album is just so ... read more
This album is one of the most immersive and grand pieces of music I've ever listened to. I don't even know what type of vibe this album brings, probably because it gives of so many vibes that it's hard to really pinpoint how this makes me feel. The first half gives off a very cold, isolated vibe. It feels extremely lonely and depressive. It's almost like a post-apocalyptic world where almost all of human species is extinct and all connection to the outside world is lost. It ... read more
This album is definetely insanely ambitious and is one of the most creative of 2025. Like, wow, the blending of styles on here is amazing and I thoroughly appreciate all the effort put into writing all these songs. But I do think that vocally the album can lack at some points, and there are some pretty tame parts in this album because of that. The lyrics also do not highlight as much as they should and maybe don't entire fit this album's aesthetic, but that is a pretty minor critique. ... read more
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