Emotionally raw, stripped-back songs for the woods, mountains, and hearth fires. And now for something completely different, kinda. Panopticon is the widely-acclaimed atmospheric black and folk metal project of Austin Lunn and for the last 2 decades he’s consistently delivered quality music that oscillates between lush and hard-hitting. However, while Lunn has basically perfected his particular style of metal and has cut his teeth in other metal projects, the man is also a passionate lover of some good ol’ Americana and Appalachian folk music. He’s released music as Panopticon in those styles to a somewhat mixed reception, and for 2025’s … Continue reading Review: Panopticon – Laurentian Blue