History Trivia / Panopticon

* NamesTheSame: The engineer of the first two albums, a different person from the sole member of the band, is also named Austin Lunn. The two went by pseudonyms at this point (the engineer going by Skallhammeren and the musician going by the Nordic form of his last name, Lundr) to avoid confusion. Both also perform in Agnosis; as a result, Panopticon's Lunn uses the Nordic form of his name for Agnosis as well. (They can also be distinguished by their middle initials and places of birth; the engineer/Agnosis vocalist is Austin P. Lunn from New Jersey, while Panopticon's sole member is Austin L. Lunn from Memphis, Tennessee).

* ReferencedBy: The level "Killing the Giants as They Sleep" in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' GameMod ''[[http://eternal.bungie.org/ Eternal]]'' is named for one of Panopticon's songs. Note that this title only appears in the recently released version 1.2 of the game (and, more specifically, the new level title was actually introduced in beta 6; you can get old versions from [[http://eternal.bungie.org/development.php the development page]]); it's a composite of two levels from previous versions of the game[[note]]one of the levels, "Forever My Greatest and Only Love", had been removed from version 1.1 of the game due to a plot rewrite, but the creators liked it enough to want to bring it back in; however, the structure of the game made it unpalatable to change the number of levels, so it was combined with the optional level "May the Pfharce Be With You" for version 1.2[[/note]], thus engendering a name change. It should perhaps be noted that ''Eternal'' has a subtly anarchist message underneath the [[WorldOfSymbolism many layers of symbolism]] in its plot; the usage of a song title from an anarchist band was very much deliberate.

* ReferencedBy: The level "Killing the Giants as They Sleep" in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' GameMod ''[[http://eternal.bungie.org/development.php Eternal]]'' is named for one of Panopticon's songs. Note that this title only appears in version 1.2 of the game, which is still in beta (and, more specifically, the new level title was actually introduced ''after'' beta 5; your best bet is probably the most recent beta from [[http://eternal.bungie.org/development.php the development page]]); it's a composite of two levels from previous versions of the game[[note]]one of the levels, "Forever My Greatest and Only Love", had been removed from version 1.1 of the game due to a plot rewrite, but the creators liked it enough to want to bring it back in; however, the structure of the game made it unpalatable to change the number of levels, so it was combined with the optional level "May the Pfharce Be With You" for version 1.2[[/note]], thus engendering a name change. It should perhaps be noted that ''Eternal'' has a subtly anarchist message underneath the [[WorldOfSymbolism many layers of symbolism]] in its plot; the usage of a song title from an anarchist band was very much deliberate.

* ReferencedBy: The level "Killing the Giants as They Sleep" in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' GameMod ''[[http://eternal.bungie.org/development.php Eternal]]'' is named for one of Panopticon's songs. Note that this title only appears in version 1.2 of the game, which is still in beta (and, more specifically, the new level title was actually introduced ''after'' beta 5, meaning that until the official website is updated to include more recent beta releases, [[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1G69aMGCPQ8IjgPfJWObVyvN_x_gbA7Hc this unofficial direct download]] is the most practical way to play it); it's a composite of two levels from previous versions of the game[[note]]one of the levels, "Forever My Greatest and Only Love", had been removed from version 1.1 of the game due to a plot rewrite, but the creators liked it enough to want to bring it back in; however, the structure of the game made it unpalatable to change the number of levels, so it was combined with the optional level "May the Pfharce Be With You" for version 1.2[[/note]], thus engendering a name change. It should perhaps be noted that ''Eternal'' has a subtly anarchist message underneath the [[WorldOfSymbolism many layers of symbolism]] in its plot; the usage of a song title from an anarchist band was very much deliberate.

* ReferencedBy: The level "Killing the Giants as They Sleep" in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' GameMod ''[[http://eternal.bungie.org/development.php Eternal]]'' is named for one of Panopticon's songs. Note that this title only appears in version 1.2 of the game (and, more specifically, was actually introduced ''after'' beta 5, meaning that until the official release of 1.2, scheduled to occur at the end of 2018, those who wish to play this version of the level will need to merge [[https://github.com/Pfhorrest/Eternal the "Eternal Maps merge folder"]] using [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/igniferroque/ Atque]]); it's a composite of two levels from previous versions of the game[[note]]one of the levels, "Forever My Greatest and Only Love", had been removed from version 1.1 of the game due to a plot rewrite, but the creators liked it enough to want to bring it back in; however, the structure of the game made it unpalatable to change the number of levels, so it was combined with the optional level "May the Pfharce Be With You" for version 1.2[[/note]], thus engendering a name change. It should perhaps be noted that ''Eternal'' has a subtly anarchist message underneath the [[WorldOfSymbolism many layers of symbolism]] in its plot; the usage of a song title from an anarchist band was very much deliberate.

* ReferencedBy: The level "Killing the Giants as They Sleep" in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' GameMod ''Eternal'' is named for one of Panopticon's songs. Note that this title only appears in version 1.2 of the game (and, more specifically, was actually introduced ''after'' beta 5); it's a composite of two levels from previous versions of the game[[note]]one of the levels, "Forever My Greatest and Only Love", had been removed from version 1.1 of the game due to a plot rewrite, but the creators liked it enough to want to bring it back in; however, the structure of the game made it unpalatable to change the number of levels, so it was combined with the optional level "May the Pfharce Be With You" for version 1.2[[/note]], thus engendering a name change. It should perhaps be noted that ''Eternal'' has a subtly anarchist message underneath the [[WorldOfSymbolism many layers of symbolism]] in its plot; the usage of a song title from an anarchist band was very much deliberate.

* ReferencedBy: The level "Killing the Giants as They Sleep" in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' GameMod ''Eternal'' is named for one of Panopticon's songs. Note that this title only appears in version 1.2 of the game (and, more specifically, was actually introduced ''after'' beta 5); it's a composite of two levels from previous versions of the game[[note]]one of the levels, "Forever My Greatest and Only Love", had been removed from version 1.1 of the game due to a plot rewrite, but the creators liked it enough to want to bring it back in; however, the structure of the game made it unpalatable to change the number of levels, so it was combined with the optional level "May the Pfharce Be With You" for version 1.2[[/note]], thus engendering a name change.

* NamesTheSame: The engineer of the first two albums, a different person from the sole member of the band, is also named Austin Lunn. The two went by pseudonyms at this point (the engineer going by Skallhammeren and the musician going by the Nordic form of his last name, Lundr) to avoid confusion. Both also perform in Agnosis; as a result, Panopticon's Lunn uses the Nordic form of his name for Agnosis as well.

* NamesTheSame: The engineer of the first two albums, a different person from the sole member of the band, is also named Austin Lunn. The two went by pseudonyms at this point (the engineer going by Skallhammeren and the musician going by the Nordic form of his last name, Lundr) to avoid confusion.

* CreatorBacklash: While not dissatisfied with the music itself, Lunn has expressed regret for the production of the original versions of ''Social Disservices'' and, to a lesser extent, ''...On the Subject of Mortality'', which he attributes to not having known much about music production when he recorded them. They were remixed and remastered by Colin Marston and Spenser Morris; Lunn is much more satisfied with the ''Revisions of the Past'' versions.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: ''Panopticon'' is also an album by Music/{{Isis}}.

* CreatorBacklash: While not dissatisfied with the music itself, Lunn has expressed regret for the production of the original versions of ''Social Disservices'' and, to a lesser extent, ''...On the Subject of Mortality''. They were remixed and remastered by Colin Marston and Spenser Morris; Lunn is much more satisfied with the ''Revisions of the Past'' versions.

* CreatorBacklash: While not dissatisfied with the music itself, Lunn has expressed regret for the production of ''Social Disservices''. It is being remastered by the engineer of ''Roads to the North''.

* NewbieBoom: ''Kentucky'' widened the band's audience substantially, most likely because it was previously unheard of for a band to mix bluegrass and BlackMetal as thoroughly as Panopticon did on that album. It was also a very good album.