10/10/2025
Coming soon: Panopticon – “Autumn Eternal” (tenth anniversary edition), CD/DLP
Release date: November 21
Ten years ago, Panopticon released “Autumn Eternal” – a record that captured the fleeting fire of the season and fixed it in sound. Amber-hued and windswept, it was both a lament for change and a hymn of hope for the road ahead.
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The album marked the closing chapter of the trilogy begun with “Kentucky” (2012) and carried forward with “Roads to the North” (2014). Here, Austin Lunn wove black metal with threads of Americana, folk, and post-rock into an immersive journey steeped in sadness, beauty, and transcendence. From the sweeping melancholy of “A Superior Lament” to the rustic violin of Johan Becker and the somber cello of Nostarion, “Autumn Eternal” is a meditation on loss, memory, and the passage of time.
A decade later, “Autumn Eternal” still glows with the same autumnal fire – a testament to its place as one of the most honest and affecting metal albums of its time.
Austin Lunn commented:
Celebrating ten years of autumnal reflection, “Autumn Eternal” returns with expanded liner notes, photography, and – for the first time ever – its revealed lyrics. This album was deeply personal to me. It symbolised the shedding of an old shell; one that, while still dear to me, no longer fit. “Autumn Eternal” was as much about mourning and acceptance as it was about looking ahead with hope and gratitude. I’m proud to see this ten-year anniversary edition come to light.