Austin Lunn released the new Panopticon record, “The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, I & II” on April 6

The Nine Circles Audio Thing is back again! This time out, it’s our album of the month for April 2018, which you’ll already be able to identify if you read the title of the post and the image caption above. If you didn’t, um…if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?

At any rate, April’s album of the month was Panopticon‘s The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, I & II. (Henceforth referred to as “The Scars of Man” because dear lord, what a mouthful.) Dan, Corey, Chris, Vince and Hera got together on Mother’s Day night (“Mother’s Night”?) to discuss Austin Lunn’s latest opus — a two-hour journey through both black metal and, separately, folk and dark Americana.

But what’d we think of it? You’ll have to listen to find out! This is the first in what we hope will be many of these going forward, so hit that “read more” button below, jump on in, and let us know what you think of The Scars of Man! And don’t forget to like, rate and review once we get things up and running on iTunes! 

5 responses to “The Nine Circles Audio Thing: Panopticon is April 2018’s Album of the Month!”

  1. Listening to this right now. As far as the different sides of the vinyl not being labeled, They actually are labeled as sides A, B, C, & D. You just have to look in the dead wax to see the etching

    1. Thanks! We stand corrected.

    2. Double thanks! That was frustrating as hell.

  2. […] a loaded list today since last week we round-tabled on Panopticon, which you can take a listen to here. Spoiler alert: it was a lot of fun. And we’ve already got a plan for the next one so stay […]

  3. […] Nine Circles covered this vocally, but over a year opinions can be adjusted. As immense as this effort is, and as much of a burden as it can be to sit through two hours of music, only Panopticon can put me through something like that successfully. I’ve grown to love both aspects of this album: the black metal and the folky Americana stuff on the back end. In fact, back in the early stages of the year, I stated that I preferred the latter half of the record. That’s changed. The more organic, unpolished black metal tracks are executed perfectly and absolutely drive home the passion and emotion contained within the tracks. But then again, I somewhat despise humanity and disappear into the woods whenever my days allow me to do so, so there’s that connection as well. This album both reminds me of that serenity while simultaneously throwing me into a pit of despair about working in an office full time. Whatcha gonna do? […]

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