familiar to be found." The album also received a mixed review from Pat Long of Uncut, who summarized the album as "Red-eyed ambient metal droning" and questioned the relationship between its themes of surveillance and the nature of the mostly instrumental music itself, despite concluding that "those with long attention spans will find [this album] utterly rewarding." Mike Diver of Drowned in Sound was unequivocal in his assessment, stating: "[t]hat this is the metal record of the year is indisputable". Decibel went on to rank Panopticon as the 33rd best album of the decade, while Sputnikmusic ranked it the 74th best, the latter's Channing Freeman writing that the album "was free of the gimmicks that plague the genre, and even though countless other bands would beat their formula to death, Panopticon'' still stands head and shoulders above other albums of its kind." Track listing Personnel Band members Jeff Caxide – bass guitar Aaron Harris – drums Michael Gallagher – guitar Bryant Clifford Meyer – electronics and guitar Aaron Turner – vocals, guitar, photography and design Other personnel Matt Bayles – audio engineering, audio mixing and production Justin Chancellor – additional sounds and bass guitar on "Altered Course" Bill Dooley – mastering Greg Moss – live sound References External links Panopticon at Bandcamp (streamed copy where licensed) Concept albums 2004 albums Isis (band) albums Ipecac Recordings albums Albums produced by Matt Bayles Albums with cover art by Aaron Turner