16. Silent Planet - Panopticon
Title: Panopticon
Artist: Silent Planet
Album: Iridescent
I always get excited when a metal artist releases a great song or album. The early countdown years had a lot of metalcore, djent and deathcore artists, and somewhere along the line I just felt like the quality of releases diminished. In an interesting bit of irony, Silent Planet was never a band that I enjoyed much until I heard this record. It's hard not to get pumped up by the 40 second electronic drum intro before singer Garrett Russell screams "PANOPTICON!" The song is relentless and the album follows suit accordingly. I am always a fan of dystopian futuristic writing, especially when it related to the idea of living in a simulation.
Favorite line: "We sleep with pixels in a dream machine - but we lose ourselves and retreat to screens, retreat to screens."
*Note: strobe lights are featured heavily in the video*
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