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Panopticon

Panopticon

United States · Formed 2007

Panopticon is an American black metal band founded by Austin Lunn in Louisville, Kentucky in 2007. Their most recent album Laurentian Blue was released on August 15, 2025. The band's music has been described as "wrenching in its intensity but also sweeping and spectacular" and "ideologically open-minded and musically progressive, tackling issues around self-identity, ecology, religion and politics." Lunn's lyrical style has also been noted as "natural, organic, and methodical, masterful in its writing, fiery and alive in its execution."

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Albums22

Det hjemsøkte hjertet
A

Det hjemsøkte hjertet

2026·4 grades
Songs of Hiraeth
B

Songs of Hiraeth

2025·2 grades
Laurentian Blue
B

Laurentian Blue

2025·3 grades
The Rime of Memory
A

The Rime of Memory

2023·4 grades
…And Again Into the Light
A+

…And Again Into the Light

2021·4 grades
Panopticon / Aerial Ruin
A-

Panopticon / Aerial Ruin

2020·1 grade
Nechochwen / Panopticon
A-

Nechochwen / Panopticon

2020·1 grade
The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness I and II
B-

The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness I and II

2018·2 grades
Waldgeflüster / Panopticon

Waldgeflüster / Panopticon

2016
Autumn Eternal
A

Autumn Eternal

2015·3 grades
Roads to the North
A

Roads to the North

2014·3 grades
Falls of Rauros / Panopticon

Falls of Rauros / Panopticon

2014
Vestiges / Panopticon

Vestiges / Panopticon

2013
Kentucky
B

Kentucky

2012·2 grades
Social Disservices
B+

Social Disservices

2011·2 grades
Wheels Within Wheels / Panopticon II

Wheels Within Wheels / Panopticon II

2011
Panopticon / When Bitter Spring Sleeps

Panopticon / When Bitter Spring Sleeps

2010
Skagos / Panopticon

Skagos / Panopticon

2010
…On the Subject of Mortality
B+

…On the Subject of Mortality

2010·1 grade
Collapse
A-

Collapse

2009·2 grades
It’s Later Than You Think

It’s Later Than You Think

2009
Panopticon
B+

Panopticon

2008·2 grades

EPs8

Panopticon / Uprising

Panopticon / Uprising

2026
The Poppies Bloom for No King
A-

The Poppies Bloom for No King

2025·2 grades
The End Is Growing Near

The End Is Growing Near

2022
Beast Rider

Beast Rider

2020
Panopticon

Panopticon

2020
Rune’s Heart

Rune’s Heart

2020
The Crescendo of Dusk

The Crescendo of Dusk

2019
Panopticon / Lake of Blood

Panopticon / Lake of Blood

2009

Compilations1

Revisions of the Past

Revisions of the Past

2016

Live Albums2

Live in Belgium

Live in Belgium

2022
Live Migration

Live Migration

2020