Review by Sonny for Panopticon - The Crescendo of Dusk (2019)

This unexpected ep from Austin Lunn features a couple of tracks left over from his previous two albums that he has released as a tribute to the magnificence of the northern lights. The Crescendo of Dusk is from the Scars.. sessions and is a thirteen minute track of Panopticon's trademark soaring, life-affirming atmo-black that is every bit as good as the tracks on that album. The Labyrinth is from the Autumn Eternal session, but sounds like it should have been on Scars Part II as it's a serene acoustic folk track with virtually spoken clean vocals. This is an indicator of just how dominant Panopticon are when a couple of left-over tracks wipe the floor with nearly every other effort from the nature-black metal scene.