...And Again Into the Light
by Panopticon
- Type: Album
- Released: 15 May 2021
- Label: Bindrune Recordings
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 3.84/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Austin Lunn, Patrick Urban, Charlie Anderson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On '...And Again Into the Light', mastermind Austin Lunn masterfully fuses the raw intensity of atmospheric black metal with the plaintive tones of Appalachian folk and the expansive structures of post-rock. The album's long-form compositions feature dynamic shifts from pummeling blast beats and layered guitars to somber passages of violin, banjo, and clean vocals, creating a sound that is both harrowing and ethereal. Thematically, it is a profoundly personal and introspective record, exploring concepts of mental health, failure, and catharsis through a hopeful lens of regrowth and atonement.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, blast-beats, folk, harsh-vocals, long-form
Tracklist
Credits
- Austin Lunn - vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, lap steel, pedal steel, banjo, square neck resonator, mandolin, songwriting, recording engineer, 12-string bass, resonator guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, vocals (screamed, growled, sung and choirs), sampler, recorded by, written-by
- Charlie Anderson - violin, composed by [violin], recorded by [violin]
- Patrick Urban - cello, composed by [cello], recorded by [cello]
- Jan van Berlekom - vocals (screams) (track 7), guest, vocals [screamed] (tracks: c3, cd-7)
- Erik Moggridge - clean vocals (track 7), guest, vocals [sung], choir (tracks: c3, cd-7)
- Spenser Morris - mixing engineer
- Colin Marston - mastering engineer
- Bekah Lunn - art direction, photography