---
title: "Panopticon"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/panopticon"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2007
---

# Panopticon

**Panopticon** is a black metal band, from United States, active 2007 to present.

Panopticon is an American black metal band founded by Austin Lunn in Louisville, Kentucky in 2007. The band's music has been described as "wrenching in its intensity but also sweeping and spectacular" and "ideologically open-minded and musically progressive, tackling issues around self-identity, ecology, religion and politics." Lunn's lyrical style has also been noted as "natural, organic, and methodical, masterful in its writing, fiery and alive in its execution."

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Panopticon |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Louisville, United States |
| Formed | 2007 |
| Releases in catalog | 25 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Atmospheric Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-black) · [Folk Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/folk-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ray Capizzo](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ray-capizzo) | Drums (drum set) | 2016 to present | Current |
| [Austin Lunn](https://themetalnet.com/musician/austin-lunn) |  | 2007 to present | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | [Panopticon](https://themetalnet.com/album/6e93fa2a-361f-3e97-b61e-dbb9146e699e) | Album |
| 2009 | [Collapse](https://themetalnet.com/album/b6c5b9e4-2df3-44dd-8b1e-e93e3266d48a) | Album |
| 2010 | […On the Subject of Mortality](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a05448d-1346-4c52-a63b-5b9bb5003734) | Album |
| 2010 | [Panopticon / When Bitter Spring Sleeps](https://themetalnet.com/album/08416aea-16e1-4690-bb2e-eaf7c238a256) | Album |
| 2010 | [Skagos / Panopticon](https://themetalnet.com/album/0116b811-ff0e-4b25-8c4f-3fdb14985798) | Album |
| 2011 | [Social Disservices](https://themetalnet.com/album/c2f5c4d8-9e62-4d03-bef3-476ab41306d0) | Album |
| 2012 | [Kentucky](https://themetalnet.com/album/7338e2dc-d8d4-4510-a547-5ffa6ba1ba76) | Album |
| 2013 | [Vestiges / Panopticon](https://themetalnet.com/album/b3d319bc-3fb7-4917-9ec6-1828c61a43ec) | Album |
| 2014 | [Roads to the North](https://themetalnet.com/album/f14db65c-86f5-458b-9b8d-ea016f9dd478) | Album |
| 2015 | [Autumn Eternal](https://themetalnet.com/album/9cf82c3e-9bba-4d61-af71-b8a9f01705ab) | Album |
| 2016 | [Waldgeflüster / Panopticon](https://themetalnet.com/album/907beb00-e19e-492f-b21d-847d59228615) | Album |
| 2018 | [The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness I and II](https://themetalnet.com/album/37c25a5a-ac81-4e98-9710-72aa317764ae) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Crescendo of Dusk](https://themetalnet.com/album/7004e0ac-12e1-42a2-a8c4-fcba7805f395) | EP |
| 2020 | [Beast Rider](https://themetalnet.com/album/86d7dbf8-358d-4407-ac43-c64b76630669) | EP |
| 2020 | [Panopticon](https://themetalnet.com/album/b11f666f-3468-44d8-b86a-a1d958450d27) | EP |
| 2020 | [Panopticon / Aerial Ruin](https://themetalnet.com/album/504da748-2040-4435-8b72-e841ab159a76) | Album |
| 2020 | [Rune’s Heart](https://themetalnet.com/album/f134d63c-ff63-465a-9094-574bd57639b1) | EP |
| 2021 | […And Again Into the Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/45c6b2ba-ddb2-4c72-87bd-81dcc082ece9) | Album |
| 2022 | [The End Is Growing Near](https://themetalnet.com/album/cda068db-b5b3-49df-b72f-796cd81ae355) | EP |
| 2023 | [The Rime of Memory](https://themetalnet.com/album/bb617dff-7b21-4d5e-8dd2-33e4c77615a5) | Album |
| 2025 | [Laurentian Blue](https://themetalnet.com/album/4f87d2da-a978-4cf4-b7d7-07f8c9032e65) | Album |
| 2025 | [Songs of Hiraeth](https://themetalnet.com/album/76862aec-b207-4878-b5db-4075a834f7c7) | Album |
| 2025 | [The Poppies Bloom for No King](https://themetalnet.com/album/cce69aa8-8a28-4a32-8761-59d165caeeac) | EP |
| 2026 | [Det hjemsøkte hjertet](https://themetalnet.com/album/01ce764b-626f-43a7-b73a-378bcb4c03ea) | Album |
| 2026 | [Det hjemsøkte hjertet](https://themetalnet.com/album/769d72d8-1a69-4ac8-a5f8-a1dda14896bf) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Panopticon/126117
- bandcamp: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTruePanopticon
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Mz5qpR3WxbcBwZBsmraWE
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/565916
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/381121839
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCYfj0lcb6u2CMOV8TT9kn2A
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetruepanopticon/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/panopticon](https://themetalnet.com/band/panopticon). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt