Pioneers of Cascadian Black Metal, Fauna's goal is to create all-encompassing transcendent experiences, tearing back the veil of modernity to reveal the roots of human cyclical consciousness.Their performances consist of lengthy sections of ritual performance, usually including invocations, candles, incense, audience interaction, and shamanic practices. Coupled with hypnotic black metal sonics and their obsessive attention to detail, which seeks to use every aspect of the performance environment toward their singular goal, the result is a journey to another world that has almost no resemblance to this disassociated age in which we dwell: atime out of time.For this tour, Fauna will be performing their 2012 release "Avifauna" in its entirety, roughly 70 minutes of work exploring the intimate connection between birds and the human spiritual path. Through folklore and folly, summoning and song, the story of the human yearning for liberation is physically marked upon the fabric of the eternal present.Toward this end, candles, incense and lighting are employed, and the group needs ample space to perform their workings, as well as a preparation area to assume their shamanic roles. Depending on the space, curtains and/or banners may be necessary to remove distracting visual cues that could compromise the spell of otherness that is sought.