Panopticon - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness
| Release date: | 6 April 2018 |
| Style: | Neofolk, Atmospheric black metal |
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Disc I [Part 1]
01. Watch The Lights Fade
02. En Hvit Ravns Død
03. Blåtimen
04. Sheep In Wolves Clothing
05. A Ridge Where The Tall Pines Once Stood
06. En Generell Avsky
07. The Singing Wilderness
08. Snow Burdened Branches
Disc II [Part 2]
01. The Moss Beneath The Snow
02. The Wandering Ghost
03. Four Walls Of Bone
04. A Cross Abandoned
05. Beast Rider
06. Not Much Will Change When I'm Gone
07. Echoes In The Snow
08. The Itch
09. At The Foot Of The Mountain
10. The Devil Walked The Woods
Top 20 albums of 2018: 19
01. Watch The Lights Fade
02. En Hvit Ravns Død
03. Blåtimen
04. Sheep In Wolves Clothing
05. A Ridge Where The Tall Pines Once Stood
06. En Generell Avsky
07. The Singing Wilderness
08. Snow Burdened Branches
Disc II [Part 2]
01. The Moss Beneath The Snow
02. The Wandering Ghost
03. Four Walls Of Bone
04. A Cross Abandoned
05. Beast Rider
06. Not Much Will Change When I'm Gone
07. Echoes In The Snow
08. The Itch
09. At The Foot Of The Mountain
10. The Devil Walked The Woods
Top 20 albums of 2018: 19
Formats:
- Part 1 DigiCD
- Part 2 DigiCD
- 2 CD Ltd. Edition 3 spined slipcase with gatefold vinyl replica digisleeve
- Part 1 2xLP green mixed with blue Vinyl, gatefold jacket, Printed Innersleeves
- Part 2 2xLP Green mixed with grimace purple Vinyl, gatefold jacket, Printed Innersleeves
- Ltd 4xLP Colored Vinyl, Wrap around poster with custom art by Sólfjall, Hand screened by Austin Lunn and Bindrune Screenprinting.
This album musically explores the two separate musical sides of Panopticon. The first double LP harkens back to melodic Black and Death Metal influences and the second double LP focuses entirely on Americana, Folk and Country music from North America.
The lyrical concept of the album deals with the effects of our natural environment on quality of life and mental health and the effects of urban life and industry on our quality of life and mental health. The album is largely inspired by some of Sigurd Olson's writing and also inspired by the struggle to preserve Minnesota's northwoods.
Part 1 of the 2 part album is entirely focused on exploring melodic, aggressive and atmospheric metal with lyrics about time spent in nature, questions and fears about the consequences of environmental destruction and seeking inspiration in the woods.
Part 2 takes a more somber, lonesome tone, lyrically focusing on the consequences of urban life, industry, global warming and environmental detriment. Part 2 is absolutely NOT a metal record and those who are disinterested in folk, americana and country music might not favor it.
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| 3rdWorld China was a neat Posts: 4367 From: India  |
This will be interesting, 2 hours of panopticon? Yes please.
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1112 From: USA  |
Gorgeous as always.
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| Fellow Duh Say Posts: 32 From: USA |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60961 From: Sweden  |
This is how music must be written, one CD BM, other neofolk, what else we need?
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| Lord Slothrop Posts: 399 From: USA  |
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| boo-boo Posts: 203 From: Slovak Republic  |
I think I liked Autumn Eternal a bit more than disc 1, but dat neofolk on the second disc is just beautiful.
---- World won't end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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| nikarg Posts: 7039 From: Greece  |
Disc 1 is meh, but Disc 2 is seriously good. edit (8 months later): Someone must have hacked my account. There is nothing meh about this album, it is fantastic stuff front to back and I love every second of it.
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| @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 From: UK  |
My first panopticon record, liking it so far. Some gorgeous instrumentation here.
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| musclassia Posts: 7034 From: UK  |
(Cowering) At The Foot Of The Mountain is fantastic. I don't know whether it's just the snowy lodge on the album cover but the record definitely made me think of The Mantle by Agalloch, albeit a very different approach to mixing black metal and local American folk influences
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| Dark Horizons Posts: 128 From: Italy  |
A massive work that deserves to be listened again, and again, and again... and for 2 hours of music is not easy generally.
---- We are just a moment in time A blink of an eye A dream for the blind Visions from a dying brain I hope you don't understand
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| DeathMetal Posts: 379 From: Canada  |
I liked Part 1 more than Part 2, but I feel like both lost me around the middle.
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| no one Posts: 591 From: New Zealand |
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| Karlabos Meat and Potatos Posts: 5658 From: Brazil  |
There should be more bluegrass/country/southern american atmospheric black metal. These genres really natch each other
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| no one Posts: 591 From: New Zealand |
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| tintinb Posts: 1807 From: India |
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| chomskeet Posts: 190 From: USA  |
I really enjoyed both albums but particularly the second one. Best neofolk album I've heard in awhile. It's not my typical subgenre but it was done right here
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8977 From: Canada  |
Snow Burdened Branches is an amazing atmo-black track. The sample is awesome.
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| EccePrimordium Posts: 20 From: Serbia  |
Surprisingly, the second part of the album is what I liked more. "Beast Rider" moved me so much. Can anyone guide towards a genre or artists where I can find similar music, please please please?
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