This is a review of a compilation from Minnesota's Panopticon which shows the music being in more of an atmospheric black metal and the album was released in 2025 by Nordvis Produktion and called "Songs of Hireath" which consists of unreleased songs recorded between 2009 and 2011.
A very heavy and atmospheric sound starts off the compilation while all of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic post metal style as well as some synths also being utilized at times.
Whispered vocals and clear singing can also be heard on a few tracks while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the compilation more of a raw feeling and throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Harsh vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with some tracks also adding in a small amount of clean playing. A couple of songs also adds in a small amount of spoken words as well as some folk instruments also being utilized briefly and one track also adds in t ouch of blackgaze, all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover indigenous history, green anarchism and the consequences of industrialization.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Panopticon and if you are a fan of atmospheric black metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Road To Bergen" "Haunted America II" and "The Eulogy". 8 out of 10.
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