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| 3.0 good | Gary STAFF | December 2nd 23 |
It was okayish, good for one or two listens but not much more. The intro was gorgeous, the actual black metal parts were OK, but nothing extra -- I kinda disliked the production too. Also severely overrated.
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| 4.5 superb | Essence | November 30th 23 |
where scars was a little unfocused and ...again was a bit messy, rime is austin's vision
delivered with perfect clarity and precision.
as others have said - a culmination of the band's collective efforts over the years, this
is panopticon tuned to a razor edge
some of the very best emotional work he has done in his whole career - enduring the snow
drought should go down as a black metal classic
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| 4.5 superb | JakeStallion | December 1st 23 |
i love ethereal shroud but what the fuck do the 2 albums have to do with each other besides being
under the black metal umbrella and having long songs? stupid ass comparison lol. anyway, this
album is incredible and may very well go on to be my favorite thing Austin has done.
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| 5.0 classic | chilledpunkrock | November 30th 23 |
Nothing to add here. This is just a truly incredible piece of music and a genuine masterpiece.
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| 3.5 great | Do I have somfing n my face? | December 11th 23 |
lengthy krallicecore with a nice violin highlight in the latter half of winters ghost but stop ruining atmosphere with idiot political quotes k thx
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| 4.5 superb | God of terror, very low dost thou bring us, very low hast thou brought us | November 30th 23 |
I never got the hype this band gets. None of its albums really clicked with me. Sure, I could renjoy most of them but they were not that special to me. The american roots music addition rmade the project somehow unique, but I felt they weren't as good as other well-know ratmospheric black metal projects. Now the leap of quality in this one is a force to be rrockoned with. There is something about the production and the overall vibe in this album rthat makes it stand above anything this guy has ever done. It's the darkest, heaviest, most rcohesive and most determined Panopticon album, and it manages to mantain the properties that rmade this project unique. Need more spins to fully wrap my mind around it but I can already rsay this is definitely the best Panopticon album for sure.
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| 5.0 classic | Robert Davis | November 29th 23 |
You know when you can truly feel an album? This is one of those albums. Absolutely glorious stuff. Makes me look forward to seeing Panopticon live again next year all the more.
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| 4.5 superb | Comatorium. | November 29th 23 |
An entirely new level for panopticon. This is the album Lunn has been capable of the entire time. Puts everything since
autumn eternal to shame and even gives collapse a run for best album in his discography
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| 4.5 superb | MetalMarcJK | December 1st 23 |
Incredible! Austin releases an album at the 1th hour and it could very well be the Metal AOTY.
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| 4.5 superb | ThyCrossAwaits | November 29th 23 |
I hate to just reiterate Coma but yeah, this feels like a culmination of everything Austin's done as Panopticon chiseled to a fine precision. Nothing against the last two records, but this definitely feels the most directed since Autumn Eternal. Better than Collapse? We'll see if nostalgia wins.
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| 5.0 classic | warlordfun | March 11th 24 |
This is one of the most atmospheric and haunting black metal albums i've ever heard! The intro riff of Enduring The Snow Drought made my cry. A great achievement of a remarkable black metal band! The Rime Of Memory is a black metal classic in my book!
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| 4.5 superb | JossWeedon12 | December 15th 23 |
After a disappointing year in metal, listening to the best album of the year right at the end of it renews my hope for the genre.
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | December 13th 23 |
Lunn delivers his first full-length record in two years (an eternity for him) and boi he simply cannot miss when it comes to glacial atmoblack, with the closer being a contender for SOTY and best song in his catalog.
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| 3.5 great | mystagogus | December 12th 23 |
Initial impression was wow, and the first half of it is still undoubtedly great, if a bit
messy. But starting with Autumn storm this begins to lose focus, and by the time an mediocre
post-rock kicks in later on it becomes almost boring. With Cedar skeletons is on
masterpiece level, the overall impression is pretty mixed up. As it always is with
Panopticon though.
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| 4.0 excellent | ajcollins15 | December 6th 23 |
Austin is back with his newest record under the Panopticon name and just like with all his other releases in this vein, it?s some of the strongest ideas in the modern black metal scene ever. The way he can create such harrowing beauty and texture for such a one-dimensional style of music always puts me in awe. Austin focuses a lot more on the black metal side this time around, however on each of the five main tracks there is a heavy focus on one intricate style of Americana instrumentation. Whether that be the lush guitar and string start of ?Winter?s Ghost? or the haunting use of a triangle on ?Cedar Skeletons?. This album will have to jamming for the full hour it?s on. My biggest complaint still holds from previous releases where the pacing of tracks can be a bit awkward to the point of tracks being too long.
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| 4.5 superb | Piglet | December 1st 23 |
album is many guds. not the most guds of all time, but many guds indeed. the clanging crescendo at the end of cedar skeletons is imMENse m/
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| 4.5 superb | gilly | April 25th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | AmonZ | April 23rd 24 |
| 3.7 great | A.R.O. STAFF | February 27th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | snakesc | February 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bulgaro | February 6th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Feels | January 24th 24 |
| 3.0 good | zuzek | January 12th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Risodo | January 11th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | January 6th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Ben STAFF | January 3rd 24 |
| 4.5 superb | NyxArc | January 2nd 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Kelek | January 2nd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | January 1st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scheumke | December 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | arf | December 30th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Zeuzo | December 30th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Maniac! | December 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | hadriel | December 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lani | December 23rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Sapee | December 23rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | botb | December 22nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | vult | December 21st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Atari STAFF | December 20th 23 |
| 3.5 great | qt | December 19th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | AntalWS | December 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | emmny | December 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | pengui | December 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tool13 | December 16th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | December 15th 23 |
| 3.5 great | mikep87 | December 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Simon K. STAFF | December 14th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Ryus | December 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | zzf1918 | December 12th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Halez | December 8th 23 |
| 3.5 great | jhop | December 8th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | December 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | December 7th 23 |
| 3.0 good | ffs | December 7th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | DNiewen | December 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Project | December 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | JoneHK | December 6th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Nishe | December 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dewinged STAFF | December 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | DANcore | December 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kruppe | December 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | December 5th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Inveigh | December 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wizard | December 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | phylyps | December 3rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | December 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | December 2nd 23 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | December 2nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jc3494 | December 2nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | cendor | December 2nd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Ectier | December 2nd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | SYL | December 2nd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Spec | December 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Blaidd | December 1st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | memnite | December 1st 23 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | December 1st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Zakusz | December 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | dafjam | December 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | Pangea | December 1st 23 |
| 5.0 classic | FunJan | December 1st 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Vasilis S. CONTRIBUTOR | December 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | December 1st 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Slex | December 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | November 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | K3nsei69 | November 30th 23 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | November 30th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Djang0 | November 30th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Hawks | November 30th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Bard0 | November 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | November 30th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Veldin | November 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gbhill | November 29th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | November 29th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo05 | November 28th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | joitp | November 25th 23 |
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