Kentucky

by Panopticon

Kentucky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 June 2012
  • Label: Handmade Birds, Pagan Flames
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:27
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Austin Lunn's 'Kentucky' is a groundbreaking fusion of atmospheric black metal and authentic Appalachian bluegrass. The album addresses the history of coal mining and labor struggles in Kentucky, incorporating protest songs and banjo alongside blast beats. It is a passionate, political statement that honors the land and its people.

Genres

Descriptors: history, nature, political, protest, mining

Tracklist

  1. Bernheim Forest in Spring
  2. Bodies Under the Falls
  3. Come All Ye Coal Miners
  4. Black Soot and Red Blood
  5. Which Side Are You On?
  6. Killing the Giants as They Sleep
  7. Black Waters
  8. Kentucky

Credits

  • Austin Lunn - guitar, drums, vocals, tin whistle, banjo, resonator guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, bass, recorded by
  • Colin Marston - mixed by, mastered by
  • Johan Becker - violin

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