Panopticon

There Are At Least Four Artists Named Panopticon 1 Panopticon Is An Atmospheric Black Metal Band Created By Austin Lunn. The Project Began As A Studio-Only Effort With Lunn Writing And Performing All Parts. While He Remains The Driving Creative Force Panopticon Has Since Expanded To Include A Lineup Of Musicians For Live Performances. The Music Features Many Familiar Elements Of Black Metal But Additionally Incorporates Bluegrass And Appalachian Folk. In Addition To Sounds Typical To Heavy Metal Music Such As Distorted Guitars And Rapid Drumming Panopticon Also Incorporates A Diverse Range Of Additional Instrumentation Such As Banjos Fiddles Bells Synthesizers And Acoustic Guitars. Lunn Is An Avid Outdoorsman And Some Listeners Have Noted The Influence Of The Natural World On Panopticon's Music For Example In A Review Of Autumn Eternal On Pitchfork.Com One Music Critic Noted "one Can Easily Imagine A Henry David Thoreau-Like Figure Retreating To The Woods To Contemplate Personal Spiritual And Environmental Concerns." Lunn's Music Has Also Been Described As "natural Organic And Methodical Masterful In Its Writing Fiery And Alive In Its Execution." Besides The Above-Listed Styles Lunn Also Cites Dark Metal Melodic Death Metal American Folk Music Post-Rock Crust Punk Indie Rock Country And Progressive Rock As Influences On His Style. Panopticon's Subject Matter Varies Including Political Issues History Pagan Spirituality Environmental Issues And Personal Struggles. Typically The Albums Are Conceptual Excluding The First Record And Carry A Theme Throughout The Entire Record. The Artist Has An Official Facebook Page And A Bandcamp Site. Discography 2008 - Panopticon
2009 - Panopticon/Wheels Within Wheels Split With Wheels Within Wheels 2009 - Collapse
2009 - Panopticon/Lake Of Blood Split With Lake Of Blood 2010 - Panopticon/When Bitter Spring Sleeps Split With When Bitter Spring Sleeps 2010 - Skagos/Panopticon Split With Skagos 2011 - ...On The Subject Of Mortality Collects Panopticon's Sides Of The When Bitter Spring Sleeps And Skagos Splits Is Officially Considered Panopticon's Third Album 2011 - Wheels Within Wheels/Panopticon II Split With Wheels Within Wheels 2011 - Social Disservices
2012 - Kentucky
2013 - Vestiges/Panopticon Split With Vestiges 2014 - Brotherhood Split With Falls Of Rauros Also Sometimes Referred To As Falls Of Rauros/Panopticon 2014 - Roads To The North
2015 - Autumn Eternal
2016 - Waldgeflüster/Panopticon Split With Waldgeflüster 2016 - Revisions Of The Past Remastered Versions Of ...On The Subject Of Mortality And Social Disservices 2018 - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness Two-CD/four-LP Set Also Released In Two Parts - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness Part 1 And The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness Part 2 2019 - The Crescendo Of Dusk EP 2021 - ...And Again Into The Light 2 Panopticon Is Also A Jazz Band. "To Be In Music" Is PaNoPTiCoN's Only Goal.
This Project Idea Emerged While Domenico Solazzo Was Recording His Latest Album "Multiply" In Which He Invited Several Other Musicians To A Creative Partnership. Some Collaborations Sounded Better Than Expected Hence Their Will To Make It Big And Live! Inspired By The Great Mastery Of 70's Electric Jazz Improvisers And Pioneers PaNoPTiCoN Is A Sonic Laboratory That Takes Life On Stage Only Where No One Knows What To Expect Including The Musicians Themselves ! Improvisation At Its Extreme Best Articulated Around Three Axis Mood Groove And Melody. At This Moment There Are No Core Members. The PaNoPTiCoN's Formula Is An Open Invitation To Anyone Willing To Dive Into The Most Beautiful Mystical Forms Of Music.One Show After Another The Music Played By The Band Should And Will Be Different As The Band Itself! 3 Panopticon Is A Progressive Metal Band Formed In Brighton UK With Influences Stretching As Far As Rush Children Of Bodom Tool And Racer X. 4 Progressive Trance Group Consisting Of Ben McPherson Damon Fonooni And Darius Kohanim. read less