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▐░ ▀▓████║ Fauna-Rain-Remastered_Reissue-2008-DeBT_iNT ║████▓▀ ░▌
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▄░▓███████▄▄▄░ ARTiST.... Fauna ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀ TiTLE..... Rain █████▓░
▀░████▓░░▀ ░ ▀ LABEL..... Aurora Borealis ▀ ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
░▓███▓▓░ ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... Black Metal ▄▓▄ ▀ ░▓▓███▓░
▀▀░███▓░▄▄░ RiP.DATE.. 2011-08-19 ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
▀ ▄███▀░░ STOREDATE. 2008-12-09 ░░▀███▄ ▀
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ SOURCE.... CD ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ QUALiTY... 269 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
▄ ▄███▀░░ TRACKS.... 1 / 63:18 ░░▀███▄ ▄
▄▄░███▓░▄ ░ SIZE...... 127.93 MB ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
░▓███▓▓░ ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4 ▄▓▄ ▄ ░▓▓███▓░
▄░████▓░░▄ ░ ▀ URL....... http://tinyurl.com/3lslgpb ░▓████░▄
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▄░███ NR. TRACKNAME TiME ████░▄
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░▓████▓▄ TOTAL TiME: 63:18 MIN ████▓░
░▓███████▄ TOTAL SIZE: 127.93 MB▄█████▓░
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░▓████▓░░║ ║░░▓████▓░
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Fauna are a two-piece black metal band based in ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Cascadia, the temperate rainforest belt of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Pacific Northwest which surrounds Portland and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Seattle, and Rain is a CD re-release of 2007Æs ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ self-released demo, with remastered sound by Mell ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Dettmer. Fauna, who describe their music as ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ 'apocalyptic atavism', are as shy and reclusive ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ as furry little woodland critters, shunning ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ publicity, with no MySpace page and a very ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ minimal website, and information about the band ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ is hard to come by. Nevertheless, IÆve managed to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ track down a few facts. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ The two members of Fauna go by the names Echtra ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and Vines, and they are both also members of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ acoustic folk project Fearthainne. Echtra was ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ part of the one-off funeral doom project Alethes, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ alongside Exile of Sacrificial Totem, and he ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ belongs to another band called (confusingly ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ enough) rain. (with a small 'r' and a full stop). ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Scandinavian black metal bands make endless ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ references to snow and ice, but rain is evidently ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the meteorological phenomenon of choice for ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Echtra, which is understandable, given that the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Pacific Northwest is as notoriously soggy and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ waterlogged as dear old England. Not only is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ there an album called Rain, and the band called ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Rain, but it turns out that Fearthainne is the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Irish Gaelic verb meaning æto rainÆ. Maybe Fauna ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ could do a cover of æSinginÆ In The RainÆ on ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ their next album? Fauna enjoy a considerable cult ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ following on their Cascadian home soil, partly ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ due to live performances by firelight in forest ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ clearings, which sound like a lot of fun, but are ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hard to appreciate from several thousand miles ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ away, so I'll turn my attention to the music on ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ this disc. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Rain consists of a single 63-minute track, which ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ has been done before in black metal, though not ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ very often, with other notable one-long-track ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ releases including WyrdÆs 2001 debut album ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Heathen and BergthronÆs releases Uralte Gedanken ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and Verborgen In Den Tiefen Der WΣlder. The song ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ opens, naturally enough, with several minutes of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ muffled footfalls, a seductive induction onto ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ FaunaÆs realm of sylvan mysticism. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ At five and a half minutes, the music begins, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ with a solitary strummed guitar, soon joined by ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ another guitar picking out a sinuous melody over ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the strummed chords. The sound is very close and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ intimate, suggestive of secrets being confided, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and the melody is plangent and world-weary, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ suffused with grief and nostalgia for a lost ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ oneness with nature. This guitar work becomes ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ more emphatic and rhythmic at the 13-minute mark, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ with a resumption of the folk strumming, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ gradually gaining in urgency and stridency as ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ low, clear vocals join the guitars after 15 ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ minutes. At this point, there has still been no ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ drums, nor anything which could reasonably be ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ described as black metal û this is more akin to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ dreamy psychedelic folk along the lines of In ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Gowan Ring or The Incredible String Band û but ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ FaunaÆs music unfurls its mysteries as slowly and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ relentlessly as the budding of flowers in spring, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and impatience is completely counterproductive. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ You can sense that an explosion of violence is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ coming, but it wonÆt be forced, all you can do it ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ await its inevitable coming. This eventually ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ arrives at 22Æ41ö, with a disorienting transition ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ into a massive blizzard of blastbeats and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ downtuned guitar which is both triumphal and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ devastating. The basic melody is retained, and by ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ black metal standards the production is quite ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ clear and crisp, but this is still a hugely ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ aggressive onslaught, which doesnÆt let up until ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the half-hour point is reached, when the tempo ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ downshifts into a doom-laden trudge, recalling ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the doom metal tendencies of the Alethes album ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ which was an earlier product of FaunaÆs Echtra. A ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hypnotically repeated three-note progression ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ signals the way out of this thick, sludgy morass, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ something like BurzumÆs æGebrechlichkeitÆ, and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ then thereÆs a sudden anguished outcry of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ screamed vocals, with an abrupt and total caesura ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ at 34Æ42ö. The track recommences its slow and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ tortuous threnody, with another breakdown at 42 ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ minutes, before the blastbeat surges back like a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sudden riptide into fast, raw black metal, the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ vocals surprisingly clear and intelligible at ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ this point, more like protest punk than black ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ metal: ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Shadow opens ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ NatureÆs hands enfold ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Listen: wind inside ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Wind, harbinger ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ During the 48th minute, the drums fade into the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ background as the guitars spiral into a crescendo ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ of frenzied notes, before hurtling into a very ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ fast riff for the closing section, with a final ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ extended doom metal breakdown at 53 minutes, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ æRainÆ fading out amidst a warm post-orgasmic ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ glow of guitar feedback and circuit hum, as the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ songÆs Manichean struggle between the forces of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ creation and destruction subsides. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ There are a couple of obvious touchstones for ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ comparison with Fauna, the first being Wolves In ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ The Throne Room, who come from the same ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ geographical area as Fauna, and whose deep ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ engagement with ecological themes is said to have ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ been influenced by Fauna. Wolves In The Throne ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Room have found a greater degree of commercial ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ success than Fauna, which is partly due to Wolves ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ In The Throne Room displaying a greater ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ willingness to play the music industry game and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ give interviews, go on tour, etc., and also, of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ course, Wolves In The Throne Room have two ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ official releases available, whereas this ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ re-release of Rain is FaunaÆs first foray into ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ commercial availability. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ The second band IÆd compare to Fauna is Drudkh, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the spin-off project of Ukrainian black metal ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ band Hate Forest. Admittedly, Drudkh have an ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ interest in ethnic identity and nationalism which ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ isnÆt apparent in Fauna, but apart from that the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ similarities are striking. The two bands both ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ display a studied anonymity and avoidance of ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ publicity. The music of both Fauna and Drudkh is ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ suffused with righteous anger on behalf of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ despoiled and degraded ecosphere, as well as a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ fierce, ambiguous lamentation and joy. Whilst ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ there are melancholic passages in Rain, this ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ definitely isnÆt depressive black metal like say, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Striborg, Leviathan or Xasthur. And for both ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Fauna and Drudkh, the impulse towards an ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ ego-transcending embrace of nature and a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ misanthropic rejection of human culture stems ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ from a darkly romantic conception of nature, a ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ paradigm which has deep roots in western culture. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Lord Byron expressed this attitude far better ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ than I ever could: ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ There is a rapture on the lonely shore, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ There is society, where none intrudes, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ I love not Man the less, but Nature more. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ I must confess that I donÆt find Rain as ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ compelling as Drudkh at their finest, on tracks ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ like æForests In Fire And GoldÆ , æWhen The Flame ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Turns To AshesÆ or æSunwheelÆ. The single-track ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ approach of Rain offers fewer opportunities to ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ come up with a memorable riff or great intro, and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ an hour-long piece of music is unlikely to get ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ played repeatedly, since it demands that much ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ more attention and commitment than something ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ lasting only eight or ten minutes. Having said ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ all that, Rain is still a lot more interesting ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ than 90% of the standard suburban-Satanic dreck ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ which passes for black metal these days, and it ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ handsomely repays the effort that listening to it ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ demands. ThereÆs an undeniable authenticity and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ purity of intent about Fauna which is inspiring. ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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