Panopticon / When Bitter Spring Sleeps

Pagan Flames

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Our latest Pagan Flames CD offering features the mighty Panopticon's "on the subject of mortality" Part One (in three tracks) as well as three new recordings from When Bitter Spring Sleeps.


Panopticon is blazing modern raw black metal seemlessly merged with American bluegrass and folk using a myriad of wind, stringed, and keyed instruments. Where other bands seem to force the blend of styles, Panopticon never falters.
Panopticon's "on the subject of mortality - part one" are the most honest and revealing Panopticon recordings thus far. These songs are organic, stripped down, and uncompromising. A sorrowful - yet somehow hopeful - exploration of the theme of Death and the purpose of existence. Fueled by ferocious, driving drumming and percussion, raging and furious vocals, and the technical guitar shredding of A. Lundr.


"When Bitter Spring Sleeps" offers their unique Black Metal nature worship as well. Organic analog beauty drawing main influences from Nature, Ritual, Paysage D'Hiver, Njiqahdda, Darkspace. One vicious live ritual recorded in a nature preserve: A spell to conjure storms. The other tracks feature WBSS' first studio recordings blended with ambience captured at the same nature preserve but brimming with depth and thick instrumentation. One homage to the mystical powers of Fire and Water. And the final track closes the album concept with a tribute to the wonder and majesty of Almighty Death (a cover song written by etherial folk artist Arrowwood).

PRE-Order here ($8 USA - $12 World):
http://www.brainsmash.org/dvds/artists/PaganFlamesCD_Panopticon_WBSS.html

www.PaganFlames.com


Other PANOPTICON albums still available:
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Panopticon - Self-Titled CD $8 USA ($12 World)
Order here:
http://www.brainsmash.org/dvds/artists/PaganFlamesCD_Panopticon2.htm
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Panopticon - "Collapse" CD $8 USA ($12 World)
Order here:
http://www.brainsmash.org/dvds/artists/PaganFlamesCD_Panopticon.htm
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