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AUSTARAS ANNOUNCE ‘PRISONER OF SUNLIGHT’ CD RELEASE SHOW AT REGGIE’S ROCK CLUB

AUSTARAS will be returning to Reggie’s Rock Club on Sunday, January 10th for a headline performance of their massive new album PRISONER OF SUNLIGHT in its entirety! This is the band’s first performance in over three years, and the first to feature their new lineup.

Sharing the stage will be instrumental post-metal visionaries SIOUM as well as blackened death metal masters POLYPTYCH.

AUSTARAS will release their debut full-length album Prisoner of Sunlight this November 6th on limited edition CD and high-quality digital download. It was recorded this past year at Chicago’s Swift Road Studios with Vincent Ippolito, and features stunning artwork by Niels Geybles (pictured below). 

Following a four-year break since 2011’s Under the Abysmal Light EP, Prisoner of Sunlight showcases a massive musical evolution. Blending the band’s atmospheric black metal roots with elements of jazz fusion, post-rock ambience, and classic synth-laden progressive rock, the album is loosely based around an original mythical concept, following the journey of an outcast soul to the inhospitable ends of the earth. 

Brutal directness and groovy syncopation coexist alongside melodic guitar harmonies, massive choruses, and sweeping analog synth tone. In addition, Prisoner of Sunlight features drummer Adam Hansen handling the majority of the lead vocal duties alongside guitarist John Becker- their natural, soaring cleans adding an understated edge to the epic, layered arrangements.  

Tracklist:

1. Deserter (Becker/Hansen/Hill) 7:09

2. Thrones (Becker/Hill/Hansen) 7:34

3. Refractions (Becker/Hill) 2:36

4. Threshold (Becker/Hansen/Hill) 6:07

5. Ossify (Hill/Becker) 4:36

6. Fractures (Hansen/Becker/Hill) 10:06

7. Reflections (Hansen/Becker) 1:48

8. Seaworthy (Becker/Hill) 7:46 

Total Runtime: approx. 48 minutes

PRISONER OF SUNLIGHT will be available as a high-quality digital download or limited edition CD on the AUSTARAS webstore (https://austaras.bandcamp.com) on November 6th. 

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Decibel – Austin Lunn Of Panopticon

Matt Solls of Decibel has interviewed Panopticon’s Austin Lunn. Here is an excerpt: We could all stand to learn something from Austin Lunn’s work ethic. In addition to being a full-time family man and co-running a successful brewery, the dude has managed to put out 15 Panopticon releases in the last eight years while also contributing his multi-instrumentalist skills to albums by Seidr, Falls of…