Fauna - Ochre & Ash - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Originators of Cascadian Black Metal, Fauna have made an incredibly deep imprint on the American metal scene. Utilizing both unrelenting black metal alongside periodic acoustic meditations, they stand as a truly unique force, impacting fellow artists Agalloch and directly influencing the development of Wolves in the Throne Room. But while these artists have thrived in the public spotlight, Fauna chose to stay in the shadows, and to remain quietly in the damp, wild forests of the Pacific Northwest. In 2012 InchAvifaunaInch emerged as the latest album released by Fauna. The album explores the connections between bird flight and the human spiritual quest, centering around a dialogue between numinous Others and ourselves in a dance of interwoven meanings. With so much of the sound Fauna fans have loved from the previous two efforts, InchAvifaunaInch is distinctly unique. Being released so late after InchThe HuntInch in 2007, many fans were eager to see the band's direction, and the album did not disappoint. InchFauna's third LP definitely proves itself to have been worth the wait and should definitely establish the band as one of the true heavyweights in American black metal.Inch (Sputnik Music) The album opens with delicate bird songs, chirping and ushering you into soft, acoustic melodies both eerie and deeply melancholic. This enchanting invitation gives way to raw black metal fury. The album is written in such a way that it's oscillations between heaviness and melody jar and disorient the listener, all while building a deep relationship with Fauna's musical journey. While still incorporating the band's trademark soundscapes, InchAvifaunaInch is much more melodic and less sound heavy than the previous , InchThe HuntInch. Album Tracks 1. Soaring Into Earth 2. The Golden Circle 3. Syrinx 4. Womb of the Earth 5. The Harpy

Back with their fourth album Heresiarch, THE Ritual Aura is firing on all cylinders with 11 new songs of brilliant progressive technical death metal. The 56-minute album takes you on an epic trek from delicate clean passages to furious blast beats and face-melting string ferocity, highlighted especially in the 15-minute album closer, InchDenouement Knell.Inch This album is a must for any fan of technical or progressive death metal. Album Tracks 1. 1. Light's Hope 2. 2. Ailing Catharsis 3. 3. Heresiarch I Bruma Aeterna 4. 4. Heresiarch II Enduring Prophecy 5. 5. Heresiarch III Devouring Sun 6. 6. Soulrending Materiae 7. 7. in the Warmth of It's Glow We Thrived 8. 8. the New Plague 9. 9. Unholy Nadir 10. 10. the Watershed Misnomer 11. 11. Denouement Knell

In 2004, the drive to explore shamanism and atavism (the reemergence of traits thought to be lost from the human biology and culture) birthed itself in the creation of Olympia black metal fury, Fauna. Originators of the scene we now know as Cascadian Black Metal, Fauna aims at finding antidotes to the woes of the modern age, and a cathartic expression of the contemporary soul longing for the old ways. On InchThe HuntInch (2007), which is their second album, Fauna particularly took the chance to explore another facet of the human experience - delving into the themes of initiation, hunter and the hunted, life and death, and the need to engage with unseen forces to sustain one's people with life-giving bounty. InchThe HuntInch is a collection of soundscapes, blistering black metal, and haunting space. Using carefully crafted sounds recorded from the forest, human movement and other natural elements, Fauna weaves a story that will leave the listener both longing for a prior existence and enthralled by pure, unabashed black metal. Album Tracks 1. The Door 2. Hunger 3. Setting Out 4. Tracking 5. Nocturne 6. Sighting 7. The Kill/Fulfillment