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Panopticon - Announce First Live Performance


Austin Lunn's Panopticon are finally making their debut live performance! The atmospheric black metal band will be one of the headliners at Migration Fest 2016, performing ...On The Subject Of Mortality in full as their first ever public live show. The fest had already announced its first names before, but this is their first headliner announcement.

Live lineup apart from A. Lunn:

Andy Klokow: Bass
Jake Quittschreiber: Guitar
Ray Capizzo: Drums
Johan Becker: Violin and Keys




Lunn explained his decision to perform live: "As it turns out, humble pie and 'my foot' taste pretty similar. Perhaps it should be explained, for the sake of elaborating on this statement, that in many conversations (and often in interviews... which I don't do a lot of for the aforementioned reason) I have sworn off live shows for a never-ending stream of various reasons (...honestly, more like excuses) and it wasn't until my good friend Adam got me drunk and backed into a corner enough that I gave it some serious thought.

"I'll be honest, I was incredibly inspired by my friend Tanner and how he has turned his studio project into a live performing representation of his work... to put it simply, Obsequiae's live performance is a spectacle to behold and totally blew me away. After seeing Tanner confront this task and having many conversations with Adam, I gave it some thought and decided to confront a long-held fear and assemble a group of friends whom I enjoy spending time with and attempt to learn ...On The Subject Of Mortality in its entirety for the upcoming Migration Fest in Olympia.

"That album is my favorite and most personal release I have done so far but has long suffered from its primitive, poorly executed DIY production. I'll be honest and say I don't hardly know a damn thing about recording, and given the circumstances of its recording, the fact that it came out somewhat listenable is nothing shy of a miracle. So recently, coinciding with this decision, I asked my friend Spenser to take a look at the sessions and give it a clean up and proper mix. Spencer had done the same thing to Social Disservices last year and had wonderful results. Seeing as the release of that version is pending, I figured what the hell, let's do them both and release it together. This is a good a time as any to make an attempt at playing live.

"So in short, all I really need to say is this: thank you to these good friends who have continued to inspire me, enable me to improve and challenge me to confront my own fears and limitations. You have forced me to continue to grow where I would have otherwise stayed complacent. Cheers."

Panopticon's latest album Autumn Eternal is up for Best Melodic Black Metal Album on Metal Storm Awards 2015.

Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Panopticon
Posted: 10.02.2016 by BloodTears



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