Everyone please do yourself a huge favor and watch the entire Heilung / LIFA live performance. It may just be the best thing you've heard in a long time.
@@kg6itc I would wager this ritualized music and these vocal incantations got crazy on a level we can't even imagine. Every winter, when our ice age ancestors clung to their huts, hovels and longhouses for warmth; when there was plenty of time to carve bone, wood and rock, stretch and tan animal hide and jam out under the wild-eyed supervision of the people's shaman. Back in the day, when no one complained if a track went for longer than 4 minutes... You are 100% right, though. It's in our DNA.
Just a quick one. Deer actually shed their antlers every year and you may even find them in the forest. Even as a veggie there’s no per se argument against using antlers.
In Germany using antlers as a crafting material has quite some tradition behind it as well. As a blacksmith its something really special to, for example, make a hilt out of it.
@@BrgArt Really?! Why wasn't I told about this?! Please explain more "Kaizer B", you sound like a genius and I'm really really interested in your thoughts... God I can't wait to hear all about this!!!!!
It is even Pre-Viking. And some Songs are actually Healing Rituals. I was on a concert here in berlin and the whole concert was an actual ritual. Much love for Heilung...
@wowalinbie surely this has no historical accuracy at all and is more an assumption than hard facts. And I'm sure that they also are mixing several historical ages. Nonetheless the music is totally unique in it's style. And I hope that I can visit some concert after this whole pandemic came to an end.
It is throat singing. Mongols also do it. This period is pre-christianity. And nothing to do with being a hippie. But can be enjoyed by others. It is very Ancestral / traditional / cultural / spiritual.
Throat singing comes from Tuva which is not really Mongol it is a weird little country between Mongolia and Russia. There is a movie called Tuva Blues that is about a blind man from New Orleans who found a tape from Tuva and learned how to do it very well so they brought him to Tuva to sing with the original singer. There is another aspect of tuvan throat singing not really reflected by this group. Not saying they suck or anything tho.
Regarding the antler mike stand. Deer and moose shed their antlers every winter, which means that a mic-stand like that can be made without any harm to the animal what so ever.
@@nilslauterfeld9523 Yeah, and we are part of nature, so really us killing and eating animals is no different than them killing and eating one another. In fact one might assume we do it in far less painful ways.
@@nilslauterfeld9523 a bubble is full of the same substance that makes up part of the water around it. So you are right, but not quite in the way you meant.
@@Tchernobog Starting of with an insult aye. Not all of us are uncultured swine like the people who want to destroy our ancestry because they think it's "racist".
@@ruikarkov1906 From what I've read the Mongols, Northern Scandinavians, and I think some group on the North American continent all had similar singing voices like those in the video. It kind of defines a possible artic circle civilization/vague culture. I think it's the original video of that performance where it gets explained in the comments.
OMG!!! I did not see this one coming! Some of my friends are in this band! Christopher (one of the singers) calls the genre they are playing “Amplified History”
Yeah same here! :O I also know some of the people in there! This is taken at a festival called Castlefest where I work as well :D I f***ing love this group!
So, Mikkel: tell your friends about Beth's wish to meet them. Her homepage is in the description. I bet Beth would be excited to hear from them. A nice little anecdote: Arjen Lucassen one called Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth, if he would like to sing with Ayreon (as he stated: rather shily). The answer was: "Arjen Lucassen? Of course! I have a lot of records from you!" This kinda surprises, you know?
I stumbled upon their live performance on youtube by chance and I'll never forgot the first time I listened to it. Was instantly entranced and knew I would be listening to the whole performance, felt such an intense surge of primal emotions and perhaps (memories?) run through me. Powerful stuff friend, making it an immediate goal to see them live. As I'm hearing the lead female singer's voice again while watching this video I might full on breakdown into... yup yeah I'm fucking breaking down into tears.
90% of warfare among the ancients was Psychological. As the Roman general Gaius Suetonius Paulinus: "On the shore stood the opposing army with its densest array of armed warriors. Between the ranks dashed women, attired in black like the Furies with their hair disheveled, waving burning brands. All around them were Druids lifting up their hands to heaven and pouring forth dreadful implications. Our soldiers were so petrified by the unfamiliar sight that as if their limbs were paralyzed, they stood motionless, exposed to wounds." Hence the attire and vocals. Listening to this one and Hamrer Hippyer, I can only imagine how terrifying that must have been to witness if one had never seen such a thing.
Thank you for that! Even though walking on thin Ice, but different Rune-"Poems" where really important back then, if I remember correctly ^^ was the best Live Show I ever witnessed at Wacken
@@TheMrVengeance the "ABC´s" of the ancient scandinavians were very important not only did eachhavesound stuff as well for example Fehu meaning wealth/money (value/currency?) so each rune actually had meaning, one could say it was not a name for lets say wealth it WAS wealth
for anyone curious about the song, Beth is correct when she said it was a chant. The song's title "In Maidjan" means "to change deceitfully" or "to corrupt". Which makes sense since the whole album is about a peaceful village being corrupted by having to go to war. In Maidjan uses a proto-germanic language, so a perfect translation into English is a little difficult to find. The best I could find is: *"Come, guest Tyr* *For this invocation* *I, the Rune Master, servant of Odin, call upon* *the one of the Sun to aid our army* *Ha Hu Hi He Ho He Hi Ha Hu* *Wealth, Aurochs, Thorn, Divine Breath, Travel,* *Torch,* *Gift, Joy, Hail, Need, Ice, Harvest,* *Tree, Luck, Elk, Sun, Creator, Birch tree* *Horse, Man, Water, Fertility, Day, Home* *Odin, prepare for battle!"*
They're trying to reproduce the music from way before the viking age, when Scandinavia had a lot of different shamanistic traditions. There hardly any knowledge of what pre-Germanic music actually sounded like, because when Christianity invaded the Scandinavian countries the missionaries made sure to kill off many of the people who practiced these old religions and rituals, and also since there wasn't any widespread writing culture yet(runes), very few descriptions of the music survived. This band of artists have tried to recreate it from accounts of old Roman and Celtic texts describing the "growling", rhythmic music of the pagans of the north. That long with findings of the actual instruments made of animal bones and inspiration from other, more known, tribal cultures this is what they came up with. Might be accurate, might not be.
I'm not sure you're entirely correct about the missionaries in Scandinavia. In Denmark, for example, the Danish King at around year 1000 (a bit earlier, actually) proclaimed the Danish people to be Christian, as seen on the Jelling Stones. No murders in the name of religion are mentioned, as far as I remember.
@@matthewfairbrother6348 but its more then Abc. back in the days when not everyone could write/read in many cultures written language was something very holy and magical and thats especially the case with nordic runes.
This reaction is hilarious Beth can't quite process what she's seeing and hearing. Amazing band though. Highly recommend everyone listen to or watch the entire Lifa video
@@raymondcantlay9875 i am glad you recognized the Sound, the same Sound we made when we were playing as children, to the Northern germanic Tribes of what is now Denmark and Southern Sweden, the horse was very important, people think Thesee Tribes only used boats, but in fact the Scandinavian horse was much sought after and sold All over Europe.
They're singing the Elder Futhark, the Viking alphabet :) You need to hear her Kulning. Her talent is unreal. The lyrics to Lifa if anybody wants a little understanding :) Fehu (wealth). Uruz (giant). Thurisaz (aurochs). Ansuz (god). Raido (riding). Kaunaz (ulcer/sore/wound). Gebo (gift). Wunjo (joy). Hagalaz (hail). Nauthiz (need/hardship). Isa (ice). Jera (harvest/year). Eihwaz (yew tree). Perthro (luck). Algiz (sedge). Sowulo (sun). (Teiwaz (the god Tyr). Berkana (birch twig). Ehwaz (horse). Mannaz (man). Laguz (water). Inguz (the god Ing). Dagaz (day). Othila (inherited land).
@@yawaluke3790 I knew I went wrong somewhere LOL I missed one of the words out when I wrote it, so had to edit and put the missing word in! Thank you :)
Hey man! Sorry for you having ng to wait for this long, but here is the meaning of the core characters in their performances: Maria is playing the embodiment of nature, like the forest, water and the wind The man with the aggressive headwear is the embodiment of conflict/war The man with its bone-like mask, is of course the embodiment of the creatures within the forest The guy with some black facepaint is the representation of the people.
She has an amazing voice, in all honesty she’s what’s kept me interested in this group as a whole. I came for the throat singing, I stayed for the voice of the planet. Because, please correct me if I’m wrong, it doesn’t seem like she’s trying to sing to be ‘pretty’. She sings to make you/us feel. Using ever tool in the vocal arsenal to achieve the purpose the song(?) needs. This group seems to purposely stay away from recognizable modern popular music techniques. Which is smart so it feels truly primeval, but gives this a distinct personality. So often I’m exhausted with modern female singers, “oh I gotta to the power ballad to try and top the charts” or “I gotta do the crazy high note song now”. Just, ugh.
It's overtone singing or throat singing. There's something very primal about this music and the singing, as though your ancestors are speaking to you. It's something you feel in a very deep way.
I came across this viewing Inuit throat singing, this is great. Lately there's been a grand resurgence and interest in ancestral music asks fusion... check out a tribe called red and alien weaponry
It feels as though your ancestors are speaking to you... because they are! The first time I heard this group I watched their entire Lifa concert and couldn't leave my seat. I was completely entranced!
I agree. I've been following Wardruna for a while now and know basically all of his songs Helvegen being one of my favorites. But aside from that, I love Vållat that Einar Selvik did with Maria Franz and it was a duo I waited on for a while but Einars Snake Pit Poetry is also one of the best in my opinion.
@@CharlieBrownsApocalypse They are literally calling upon Tyr, the highest god of war before before Odin's time, to aid their armies. Harigasti Teiwa Tawol Athodu Ek Erilaz Owlthuthewaz Niwaremariz Saawilagar Hateka Harja Come, guest Tyr For this invocation I, the Rune Master, servant of Odin, call upon the one of the Sun to aid our army lyricstranslate.com/en/maidjan-corrupt.html
You want to run harder, faster and further than you have before? The beat, the imagery, the simplicity; it hits that primitive part and gets the adrenaline going.
I don't know if you already have watched, but the whole gig is on RUclips. In Maidjan is impressive, but Fylgija Ear / Futhorck takes it to an other level in my opinion, that is where the ritual is complete. Watch it and witness the true sorcery, it is amazing!
@@erikkerschbaum5457 Ragnar isnt real. Hes a legend. Or at least, there is no hard evidence for the Ragnar of legend. Ive read that the legendary viking is a mix of other, real viking lords
especially the black and white video where she just come sing it and leave (it's my favorite version of Trollabundin) edit: this one ruclips.net/video/LpiFmZLICgM/видео.html
"It's terrifying" Trust me in the past many an Irish lad or lass has heard those sounds and thought exactly that. Only difference is, they had a much shorter time to be afraid.....
Necromancer is someone who deals in magic as it pertains to death. Also I think krigsgaldr would be a better song to react to by these guys, they flex more of their vocal abilities
Heilung isn’t even music. It’s an experience. And the changing portion was actually them reciting the Futhark, basically an ancient runic alphabet used to represent symbols. Maria Franz (the female lead) is insanely talented. The men were throat singing. It’s common in Bhuddist monk or Mongolian songs.
There was an explorer from Baghdad that went into Northern Europe to learn about these cultures back during the Viking age. I’m sorry I cannot remember his name. But he described their singing as rough, and beast like. My assumption would be that they would throat sing like this, or perhaps growl a lot like in some metal music.
Yeah, Europeans throat sang as well. Sardinians still do it and they're one of the most ancient genetic lineages of Europe. Tacitus also said the Germanic sounds like dogs while singing.
So the recitation of the runes in the middle part there is in one breath. That's part of the deal. It's a breathing exercise intended to induce an altered state of consciousness. Having done it. It absolutely works.
At 15:10 to 15:20 Maria starts singing like the Sami people in Scandinavia. It´s called jojk. Can be sung with words and just sounds. It´s very beautiful.
"I've got the high notes..." Not even in her dreams can she reach half the high notes Maria Franz reaches. This one thinks she's a special snowflake, how can anyone take her seriously?
@@GamingWithHasty Not everyone takes themselves seriously all the time like you, I'm pretty sure she said it as a joke. Nevertheless, your comment doesn't in any shape or form belong here. Sayonara!
@@GamingWithHasty I assume you're a big Heilung fan and that's why you're here since you know Maria Franz's name. Knowing she probably has a higher range than Beth is fine, but being an insulting dick about it isn't. Beth wasn't bragging, she was joking. You just projected a shit ton of whatever you WANTED to think she was like to give yourself an excuse to be an ass. If you want people to take you seriously, even slightly, don't be an asshole talking shit about people you don't know. That's grade school gossip type of shit.
I'm probably late, but a necromancer, TRADITIONALLY, would mean someone who divinates through means of the dead (either corpses or spirits). But with the centuries, it turned to mean any type of magic practitioner whose magic deals with death and the dead (that means conjuring ghosts, divination through the dead, reanimation of corpses, etc.). Now that I said it, I continue with the video lol.
@@ThaGreenGoloco your point ? The word used was necromancer = a person who practices necromancy; a wizard or magician Faust a lead singer is a Shaman who practices Shamanism = is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world. 2 different things. Shamanism was a art in Norse / Viking time and era , there is historical facts , and runes that Norse wrote that explains this ... so again .. wtf is your point ? Corvus is wrong , Paganism is not about "devil and evil" Christianity teaches that about Paganism
Everyone is going to recommend that particular song from that particular band. For my .02, Raido, Odal, or Voluspa are better songs, and really showcase Einar's vocals.
I found them about a week ago, and I've become obsessed with them. Every day I listen to their full live show multiple times. The music wakes something up deep inside. It's an addiction.
I was going to make this year my first Midgardsblot experience but had to drop it due to other projects claiming my budget over the summer. After I read that Heilung would be there I felt so sad :( Promise me you'll enjoy it! :D At least I saw Einar perform at the market in Midgard last summer :)
I'll hopefully see you. I was invited last year, but as Heilung didn't attend last year, I turned it down. Now that they're back, I'm coming, bringing all my viking equipment :)
@@ivans.5959 With the Covid 19 "Lockdowns" some people will be cutting their own hair with whatever tools are available @ home! I wonder if an Ax & a bowl will do the trick. (Sorry, my scissor's are broken -my Left-handed daughter broke them cause they pissed her off!) So she will be definitely getting the bowl-cut with the Ax!
@Dan no, I'm really not XD - I just find it more soothing, resonating.... than creepy or scary. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - I mean, the song _is_ called healing... I think it was the intention. :D
I just discovered this band last night, and love it. Maria Franz’ voice is absolutely mesmerizing. Their performance art, which doesn’t feel like a performance at all, more of an actual ritual, is perfection.
No one knows what music sounded like 1000 years ago, this is thoroughly modern music built on scraps of knowledge of ancient Norse music and a *ton* of modern Western musical culture, with its strong African influence. Culture is not biology, and this is not ancient culture.
The male lead is using a form of throat singing. Period from 1 AD to around 500 AD. Language old proto germanic?? It is written by the Romans of the time their singing reminded them of dogs howling. Go onto their site and you will get a much better description than I can give. Absolutely love them. I found them following Mongolian throat singing, now I am hooked.
I absolutely love Heilungs music, its sturs an ancient soul. I can't understand a word but my soul knows exactly whats being said. My heritage is Norwegian and don't speak it but its in the blood
Heilung, not something I'd expect to see on _any_ reaction channel tbh :D Still gonna wish for Iced Earth - Dracula Live (Metal Camp Open Air 2008) tho !
The notification for this popped up at work today. I couldn't wait to get home to watch!! You should react to Heilung- Krigsgaldr. Maria's voice is really showcased a lot on that song. As much as I love growls and throat singing there is just something So so so enchanting about her voice.
I agree , Krigsgaldr is also sung in proto-germanic , that's the Language most northen European Languages are based in. Scandinavian(Norwegian, Swedish,Danish, Icelandic, Faroeese, German, Dutch, English to mention but a few) . The Language closest to proto germanic still alive today is Icelandic.
Since everything is made up of energy vibrating at different frequencies and sound, it would make sense to use certain vocalizations to perform ancient rituals and magic.
TheNameless One indeed! Hindu and Buddhist mantras replicate the same principle as throat singing - using vocal chords and sound resonance (internal and external) to heal, connect, and a host of other things. The rich reverence and history for the gift of speech and the power it holds is beautiful to study within their beliefs, myths, and lore. Very primordial in its history and use. Spell work was largely done with music for MANY cultures - all various approaches, but same general conclusion.
@@coatedpolecat Some say words have power. Today, I believe a lot of language has been dulled down a little. Something about the way Heilung sings and performs makes you not only hear the words, but feel them. Some of the ancient languages are very powerful due to some of them having a spiritual connection to them. The Elder Futhak is a prime example as the runes are not just used for language, but for spell casting (rune magic).
celts and proto-germanic culture, yes. the old norse culture is more or less the branch of proto germanic culture that survived the longest, but germanic people, which includes the scandinavians of old all share the same cultural and linguistic basis.
Heilung will be playing Sunday 10 November 2019 Roundhouse, London, UK but would suggest getting tickets ordered quickly as they sold out the UK venues last time
I had the blessing of seeing these guys live last week. One of the best shows I have ever seen, so visceral and emotional, and ultimately healing. The chanters in warrior garb come back at the end, when the journey has been taken and everyone is celebrating being alive. Two of them jumped into the crowd and crowd surfed it was one of the most awesome moments in a show I've seen.
"Necro" - dead Suffix "-mancer" - practitioner of particular type of magical arts Necromancer -- Yes, could be a death wizard. Someone who uses magic to contact, control, resurrect or summon the dead.
In the original Greek, the suffix "-mancy" referred to divination. Thus, a necromancer was one who learned the future by consulting thr dead (ghosts usually). Modern English has lost this distinction. To us "-mancy" just means magic, so "necromancy" is death magic. Normally the animation of corpses. An ancient Greek might call a person who did that a necrourgist.
@@davidlfort thank you! I was hoping someone would point this out, traditionally, in early European lit, necromancer referred to magic in general. Hence why many Arthurian tales use the term even though raising of the dead doesn't happen
Great! Glad to see you do this! I really like how observant and profound thinking you are. You usually have a phrase you say that stands out to me... Such as with tool: sober "sounds like the depths of human soul" Alice in chains: Would "he doesn't sound healthy, like all that's left of him is his voice". Heilung: Lifa "this is beyond technique". Cheers from a geeky hippy in hippyland (Seattle) USA.
In Maidjan is a War Chant, and the whole LIFA concert is the story of a peaceful people forced into conflict. Kai's throat singing is a perfect counter to Maria's etherial singing, and Christopher perfectly knits both together, making Heilung very much a sum of its parts.
It is not a war chant. It is chanting of the Elder Futhark. The only bit that has anything to with war is the is the beginning. Harigastitiewa. Taken from the carving on the Negai helmet (350BC). It is interpreted as Harigast the priest of Tiewas (aka the God Tyr).
@@Necronomous Yes. The translation of Krigsgaldr is Warrior Song, or Story. The commenter here is talking about the song In Maidjan The story in Krigsgaldr is from the Eggja Stone that recalls a battle.
Ah, yes. In Maidjan not a war chant that I knew. Also I got some more information about Krigsgaldr, thank you very much for the reply. Må Oden vara med dig. May Odin be with you.
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Everyone please do yourself a huge favor and watch the entire Heilung / LIFA live performance. It may just be the best thing you've heard in a long time.
Here it is ruclips.net/video/h1BsKIP4uYM/видео.html
Have done that several times. Connects me to the ice age hunter in my bone marrow.
@@kg6itc I would wager this ritualized music and these vocal incantations got crazy on a level we can't even imagine. Every winter, when our ice age ancestors clung to their huts, hovels and longhouses for warmth; when there was plenty of time to carve bone, wood and rock, stretch and tan animal hide and jam out under the wild-eyed supervision of the people's shaman.
Back in the day, when no one complained if a track went for longer than 4 minutes... You are 100% right, though. It's in our DNA.
@@Book_Cloak Thanks for posting the link, brother wolf.
@@kg6itc lmao not in my bone
Everyone thinks they are gangster until the forest starts chanting in proto-German.
Y'all can go into the forest I'm going home 🤣
Build a wall!
They're coming from behind!
Build another wall!
When the chanting starts it's time to go......
Hahahahaha I know it’s been 2 years but… what an great comment sir!
@@yalak_sv thats cool. Im here for it! 🤣
Just a quick one. Deer actually shed their antlers every year and you may even find them in the forest. Even as a veggie there’s no per se argument against using antlers.
The ones you find in the forest are not usually still attached to the skull.
wowalinbie but you can gather shed antlers with no harm to the deer.
In Germany using antlers as a crafting material has quite some tradition behind it as well.
As a blacksmith its something really special to, for example, make a hilt out of it.
@@Stabby666 deer die naturally too you know
@@BrgArt Really?! Why wasn't I told about this?! Please explain more "Kaizer B", you sound like a genius and I'm really really interested in your thoughts... God I can't wait to hear all about this!!!!!
It is even Pre-Viking. And some Songs are actually Healing Rituals. I was on a concert here in berlin and the whole concert was an actual ritual. Much love for Heilung...
What songs are ritual
@@nikosgoutakolis3670 ruclips.net/video/22lhw8jcSc4/видео.html
Ich war auch in Berlin.🤘🏻 War gigantisch.
@wowalinbie True, at most it's an educated guess of what pre-christian music might've sounded like, but it's still really cool.
@wowalinbie surely this has no historical accuracy at all and is more an assumption than hard facts. And I'm sure that they also are mixing several historical ages. Nonetheless the music is totally unique in it's style. And I hope that I can visit some concert after this whole pandemic came to an end.
It is throat singing. Mongols also do it.
This period is pre-christianity. And nothing to do with being a hippie. But can be enjoyed by others.
It is very Ancestral / traditional / cultural / spiritual.
Very rooted in our being and our soul, almost bringing us back to our roots.
Throat singing comes from Tuva which is not really Mongol it is a weird little country between Mongolia and Russia. There is a movie called Tuva Blues that is about a blind man from New Orleans who found a tape from Tuva and learned how to do it very well so they brought him to Tuva to sing with the original singer. There is another aspect of tuvan throat singing not really reflected by this group. Not saying they suck or anything tho.
This is kind of like throat singing but a little different
ruclips.net/video/qx8hrhBZJ98/видео.html
The guy in the vid i just commented is legit from Tuva and very good at throat singing
If you liked this, you should definetely try Wardruna - Helvegen (Live version at Traenafestival 2017 with Aurora).
That is breathtakingly beautiful.
Or the same song but with Eivor 😍
Marco C. YES!!!!
that was exactly the song i thought of as well when i saw that Beth did this beautiful review =D
Yaaaaa for sure! Such a gorgeous song and the live version with Aurora is astounding.
Aurora is one of a kind... she sounds good singing anything.
I love the song krigsgaldr, the female singers part was stuck in my head for days it's so beautiful and haunting.
Maria's voice is amazing on krigsgaldr
I think my favourite is Alfadhirhaiti. Such an incredible band.
Hell yeah
I was just gonna recommend that
Beth you absolutely have to listen to Krigsgaldr by Heilung, Maria's voice and the harmonies are incredible.
Regarding the antler mike stand. Deer and moose shed their antlers every winter, which means that a mic-stand like that can be made without any harm to the animal what so ever.
Thank you Caleb
I would add no harm by the human. The animal has pain and bleeds alot during it for which it will need more nutrition... Nature is scary...
@@nilslauterfeld9523 Yeah, and we are part of nature, so really us killing and eating animals is no different than them killing and eating one another. In fact one might assume we do it in far less painful ways.
@@xcritic9671 we are as much part of nature as a bubble is part of water...
@@nilslauterfeld9523 a bubble is full of the same substance that makes up part of the water around it. So you are right, but not quite in the way you meant.
I'm a simple man... I see a Heilung video I click.
wow an uncultured American is able to find real music, there is hope for humanity!
@@Tchernobog Not all of us are Coke swilling mental defectives. Some of us can hear our ancestors' gods, calling in our blood.
@@Tchernobog Starting of with an insult aye. Not all of us are uncultured swine like the people who want to destroy our ancestry because they think it's "racist".
I'm a sophisticated man. I SEARCH for Heilung videos :o)
same
Parts of the womans style of singing is called "kulning" and is a traditional scandinavian herding call.
And... it's fucking amazing:
ruclips.net/video/KvtT3UyhibQ/видео.html
It’s not mongol ?!
@@ruikarkov1906 nope it's old norse mostly, they pronaunce the norse Runes
@@tqracing I was just about give Jonna as suggestion👍
@@ruikarkov1906 From what I've read the Mongols, Northern Scandinavians, and I think some group on the North American continent all had similar singing voices like those in the video. It kind of defines a possible artic circle civilization/vague culture. I think it's the original video of that performance where it gets explained in the comments.
I remember the first time I heard her belt this out my eyes actually started to tear up, super powerful shit.
Her voice still brings tears to my eyes, I adore Heilung so, so much
I tear up also, I can feel my ancestors here.
@@pfalky2k Having a beard doesn't make you a man
When the vocal coach wants a singing lesson from you, you did everything right. Good job Maria Franz
OMG!!! I did not see this one coming!
Some of my friends are in this band!
Christopher (one of the singers) calls the genre they are playing “Amplified History”
Yeah same here! :O I also know some of the people in there! This is taken at a festival called Castlefest where I work as well :D I f***ing love this group!
So, Mikkel: tell your friends about Beth's wish to meet them. Her homepage is in the description. I bet Beth would be excited to hear from them.
A nice little anecdote: Arjen Lucassen one called Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth, if he would like to sing with Ayreon (as he stated: rather shily). The answer was: "Arjen Lucassen? Of course! I have a lot of records from you!"
This kinda surprises, you know?
Your buddy and his compadres are awesome! Keep it up.
Please tell them that they're all wonderful and deeply appreciated!! ♥
I stumbled upon their live performance on youtube by chance and I'll never forgot the first time I listened to it. Was instantly entranced and knew I would be listening to the whole performance, felt such an intense surge of primal emotions and perhaps (memories?) run through me. Powerful stuff friend, making it an immediate goal to see them live. As I'm hearing the lead female singer's voice again while watching this video I might full on breakdown into... yup yeah I'm fucking breaking down into tears.
90% of warfare among the ancients was Psychological. As the Roman general Gaius Suetonius Paulinus:
"On the shore stood the opposing army with its densest array of armed warriors. Between the ranks dashed women, attired in black like the Furies with their hair disheveled, waving burning brands. All around them were Druids lifting up their hands to heaven and pouring forth dreadful implications. Our soldiers were so petrified by the unfamiliar sight that as if their limbs were paralyzed, they stood motionless, exposed to wounds." Hence the attire and vocals. Listening to this one and Hamrer Hippyer, I can only imagine how terrifying that must have been to witness if one had never seen such a thing.
Like the Moari Haka with the threats of cannibalizing their opponents.
Nice qoute abour the Celts
@@MeanOldLady not idle threats either, mind you.
yet the Romans went on to completely slaughter them.
@@confederatejeb uhm no, get your history books
Heilung is the single best thing to ever happen to me musically speaking.
6:40 listen closely
ᚠ - f - Fehu
ᚢ - u - Ūruz
þ - þurisaz
ᚨ - a - Ansuz
ᚱ - r - Raidō
ᚲ - k - Kenaz
ᚷ - g - Gebō
ᚹ - w - Wunjō
ᚺ - h - Hagall)
ᚾ - n - Nuadiz
ᛁ - i - Isa
ᛃ - j - Jēra
ᛇ - ï/æ - īwaz / ēwaz
ᛈ - p - Perþō
ᛉ - z - Algiz
ᛊ / ᛋ - s - Sōwilō
ᛏ - t - Tiwaz
ᛒ - b - Berkanan
ᛖ - e - Ehwaz
ᛗ - m - Mannaz
ᛚ - l - Laguz
ᛜ / ᛝ - ŋ (ng) - Ingwaz
ᛞ - d - Dagaz
ᛟ - o - Ōþala
Wait, so these are a bunch of vikings singing their ABC's? 😝
That's awesome, thank you!
TheMrVengeance I’d love to see the kindergarten class that has this as their ABCs :)
Thank you for that! Even though walking on thin Ice, but different Rune-"Poems" where really important back then, if I remember correctly ^^ was the best Live Show I ever witnessed at Wacken
@@TheMrVengeance the "ABC´s" of the ancient scandinavians were very important not only did eachhavesound stuff as well for example Fehu meaning wealth/money (value/currency?) so each rune actually had meaning, one could say it was not a name for lets say wealth it WAS wealth
for anyone curious about the song, Beth is correct when she said it was a chant. The song's title "In Maidjan" means "to change deceitfully" or "to corrupt". Which makes sense since the whole album is about a peaceful village being corrupted by having to go to war.
In Maidjan uses a proto-germanic language, so a perfect translation into English is a little difficult to find. The best I could find is:
*"Come, guest Tyr*
*For this invocation*
*I, the Rune Master, servant of Odin, call upon* *the one of the Sun to aid our army*
*Ha Hu Hi He Ho He Hi Ha Hu*
*Wealth, Aurochs, Thorn, Divine Breath, Travel,* *Torch,*
*Gift, Joy, Hail, Need, Ice, Harvest,*
*Tree, Luck, Elk, Sun, Creator, Birch tree*
*Horse, Man, Water, Fertility, Day, Home*
*Odin, prepare for battle!"*
Those independent words are runes. Example: "Travel" would be the rune "Raido".
Link for Proto Germanic?
@@attilathedank4809 lyricstranslate.com/en/maidjan-corrupt.html
Honestly this is what I would expect someone who has the Foundation logo as their profile picture to know
The more I listen to Maria Franz, the better she sounds.
Her performances are almost flawless and note perfect.
I realized the same thing....
They're trying to reproduce the music from way before the viking age, when Scandinavia had a lot of different shamanistic traditions. There hardly any knowledge of what pre-Germanic music actually sounded like, because when Christianity invaded the Scandinavian countries the missionaries made sure to kill off many of the people who practiced these old religions and rituals, and also since there wasn't any widespread writing culture yet(runes), very few descriptions of the music survived. This band of artists have tried to recreate it from accounts of old Roman and Celtic texts describing the "growling", rhythmic music of the pagans of the north. That long with findings of the actual instruments made of animal bones and inspiration from other, more known, tribal cultures this is what they came up with. Might be accurate, might not be.
more on the "might not be" side, like everything we dig up the ground and read from biased historicians from way back then
I think you have it reversed, the Nordic people became Christian, and their religions fell away.
Iron Age kinda is viking age
@@Zatsumaster Not at all. Just....go on and read the time period of the viking age.....
I'm not sure you're entirely correct about the missionaries in Scandinavia. In Denmark, for example, the Danish King at around year 1000 (a bit earlier, actually) proclaimed the Danish people to be Christian, as seen on the Jelling Stones. No murders in the name of religion are mentioned, as far as I remember.
This is what the Forsworn do in Skyrim when you're not watching.
I ship that rothfl
My thought haha xD
XD hahaha so true
I would say... this type of singing is where the idea of the Greybeards came from.
i get this is a joke but heilung is about healing, and the forsworn are about the corruption and defiling of nature
The chanted portion is a recitation of the names of the Runes of the Elder Futhark.
Came here to say this.
I would still be singing the ABCs if it was like this
@Mathew Fairbrother I think I saw you on another video saying the same thing
@@ozarkfive2519 probably, i usually go to the comment section with something i feel like saying and some other bugger beat me to it
@@matthewfairbrother6348 but its more then Abc. back in the days when not everyone could write/read in many cultures written language was something very holy and magical and thats especially the case with nordic runes.
Relaxing for you, I want to sack a castle.
ALL THE CASTLES
I have already Packed my stuff for my next trip to lindesfarn
Join me in Mordhau, my friend. We need allies like you.
Rothchild's Castle needs to be sacked !!!!!!
@@Sedgwickmusic I'll join you in mordhau, I have a class called Viking Rus, how about we play some?
More Heilung reactions around RUclips always makes me happy :)
Listened to this with my pet Gecko he is now a Dragon
lol
Marty Mc
Listened to this with my Dad. He’s Bigfoot now.
Lindwurm you mean.
HA! Awesome!
Listened to this in my Workshop. My Hammer is now Mjölnir
This reaction is hilarious Beth can't quite process what she's seeing and hearing. Amazing band though. Highly recommend everyone listen to or watch the entire Lifa video
Completly agree. She actually looked sick to her stomach at one point in the beginning when she was trying to process it.
yeah, I stumbled upon Heilung by accident (after binging on Wardruna) and I did a double take but now they're one of my favorite groups to listen to
I did like Beth's face at 14:00, when Maria "Whinnied like a horse".
Respects 👍🍻🍻🍻
Beth even said it was "a goat" ??
@@raymondcantlay9875 i am glad you recognized the Sound, the same Sound we made when we were playing as children, to the Northern germanic Tribes of what is now Denmark and Southern Sweden, the horse was very important, people think Thesee Tribes only used boats, but in fact the Scandinavian horse was much sought after and sold All over Europe.
They're singing the Elder Futhark, the Viking alphabet :)
You need to hear her Kulning. Her talent is unreal.
The lyrics to Lifa if anybody wants a little understanding :)
Fehu (wealth). Uruz (giant). Thurisaz (aurochs). Ansuz (god). Raido (riding). Kaunaz (ulcer/sore/wound). Gebo (gift). Wunjo (joy). Hagalaz (hail). Nauthiz (need/hardship). Isa (ice). Jera (harvest/year). Eihwaz (yew tree). Perthro (luck). Algiz (sedge). Sowulo (sun). (Teiwaz (the god Tyr). Berkana (birch twig). Ehwaz (horse). Mannaz (man). Laguz (water). Inguz (the god Ing). Dagaz (day). Othila (inherited land).
Thurisaz (Thurs) means Gigant. Auerochs (Ur) is Uruz
@@yawaluke3790 I knew I went wrong somewhere LOL I missed one of the words out when I wrote it, so had to edit and put the missing word in!
Thank you :)
No Problem :)
Futhark, not Elder Futhark.
@@Sick_Sara technically its Young Futhark, simplified Elder Futhark used by Vikings.
Great art starts with "I don't know what's going on." Ends with "How do I join?" :)
I'm just some rando, but I actually needed to hear this today. Thanks.
I love how this goes from a prayer to either Tyr, Odin, or Sol (depending on the translation) to essentially the Vikings’ ABCs
If our beautiful Earth had a voice, it would sound like Maria Franz.
Hey man!
Sorry for you having ng to wait for this long, but here is the meaning of the core characters in their performances:
Maria is playing the embodiment of nature, like the forest, water and the wind
The man with the aggressive headwear is the embodiment of conflict/war
The man with its bone-like mask, is of course the embodiment of the creatures within the forest
The guy with some black facepaint is the representation of the people.
@@greentitan0262 now it all make sense, thanks!!!!!
She has an amazing voice, in all honesty she’s what’s kept me interested in this group as a whole. I came for the throat singing, I stayed for the voice of the planet.
Because, please correct me if I’m wrong, it doesn’t seem like she’s trying to sing to be ‘pretty’. She sings to make you/us feel. Using ever tool in the vocal arsenal to achieve the purpose the song(?) needs. This group seems to purposely stay away from recognizable modern popular music techniques. Which is smart so it feels truly primeval, but gives this a distinct personality.
So often I’m exhausted with modern female singers, “oh I gotta to the power ballad to try and top the charts” or “I gotta do the crazy high note song now”. Just, ugh.
@@roefane2258 She is the leading voice in the band 'Euzen'
LOL "if"
It's overtone singing or throat singing.
There's something very primal about this music and the singing, as though your ancestors are speaking to you.
It's something you feel in a very deep way.
I came across this viewing Inuit throat singing, this is great. Lately there's been a grand resurgence and interest in ancestral music asks fusion... check out a tribe called red and alien weaponry
thought so as well, it's got that mongolian vibe to it
It remind me a lot of Innu throat singing ( Arctic native people living north up here in Canada ). Same rythmic and spirit talking vibe.
It's throat singing. Overtone is a part of it but just overtone is different than throat singing
It feels as though your ancestors are speaking to you... because they are! The first time I heard this group I watched their entire Lifa concert and couldn't leave my seat. I was completely entranced!
You should totally react to Wardrunas Helvegen performance with Aurora ... it's hauntingly beautiful!
yeah i heard that. sounded like aurora was mostly drowned out in the mix
I would love to see that. That video is saved to my list. It's beautiful.
or Voluspa's Vikings version.
oh my god yes!
I agree. I've been following Wardruna for a while now and know basically all of his songs Helvegen being one of my favorites. But aside from that, I love Vållat that Einar Selvik did with Maria Franz and it was a duo I waited on for a while but Einars Snake Pit Poetry is also one of the best in my opinion.
The "chant" is saying the names of the runes.Letters of the past.Letters of my life.
"There's something so relaxing about this." She says, to the war chant.
But you just can't help it. The chanting is super calming even on the more aggressive sounding songs.
Not a war chant. It’s the elder futharc
Heilung is meant to make spiritually calming music, but nothing can be full without a bit of tension.
@@CharlieBrownsApocalypse They are literally calling upon Tyr, the highest god of war before before Odin's time, to aid their armies.
Harigasti Teiwa
Tawol Athodu
Ek Erilaz Owlthuthewaz Niwaremariz Saawilagar Hateka Harja
Come, guest Tyr
For this invocation
I, the Rune Master, servant of Odin, call upon the one of the Sun to aid our army
lyricstranslate.com/en/maidjan-corrupt.html
Because it's not a war chant, it's the Futhark runes in order. It's kinda like singing the ancient ABC's.
The most interesting music created today.
Pagan neo-folk ambience.
more like experimental
folk music
Michael X neo-folk is literally defined as experimental folk music
@@--SHEPHERD-OF-MOTHER-EARTH-- skal brother or sister.
@@gunsodin5299 Skål*
Proto-Germanic not Pagan ..
You want to run harder, faster and further than you have before? The beat, the imagery, the simplicity; it hits that primitive part and gets the adrenaline going.
Okay, this is true. Use it to train with running and you will absolutely boost your performance.
Healing my running performance yesterday lol!
I listen to them in the gym and it does get me pumped. Pantera is still my number 1 gym soundtrack though.
You should listen “The Hu” Mongolian throat singing if you didn’t do this yet. ))) They have few videos on RUclips
She did!🔥👌
Saw them live in Boston last year. One of the best shows I've ever been too. ^_^
I don't know if you already have watched, but the whole gig is on RUclips. In Maidjan is impressive, but Fylgija Ear / Futhorck takes it to an other level in my opinion, that is where the ritual is complete. Watch it and witness the true sorcery, it is amazing!
Probably even better on shrooms but I don't think I'd dare.
The whole gig on youtube is THEIR SECOND GIG. Amazing debut
@@whssy Yeah... shrooms + Alfadhirhaiti = flip shit primal berserk mode lol. Would probably be a great spiritual experience though.
16:51 The funniest part is that the person going "Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay!" isn't even in the band, that's just an audience member.
I love how throughout the concert you can hear that person, they actually add a really cool ambience x)
😂😅😅😅😅
One of the people who actually got it
Great vid. They're speaking/singing Old Norse. The language of our pagan ancestors. That's why it speaks to your soul.
"Heilung" means "healing".
I'm actually Viking by my family's 4500 year ancestry starting with Ragnar Lothbrok
Erik Kerschbaum they were about 3000 years early
well, it is not old norse, but proto-germanic, one of the oldest chants (spells) written and repeated in many languages before and after.
@@erikkerschbaum5457 Ragnar isnt real. Hes a legend. Or at least, there is no hard evidence for the Ragnar of legend. Ive read that the legendary viking is a mix of other, real viking lords
Proto-Germanic not old norse .. also not pagan because there were actually religions around back than ...
The Elder Futhark rune alphabet chant @6:40 in this video:
ᚠ - f - Fehu
ᚢ - u - Ūruz
þ - þurisaz
ᚨ - a - Ansuz
ᚱ - r - Raidō
ᚲ - k - Kenaz or Kauną
ᚷ - g - Gebō
ᚹ - w - Wunjō
ᚺ - h - Hagall (Old Norse*in the chant) Hag(a)laz (reconstructed Proto-Germanic)
ᚾ - n - Nuadiz
ᛁ - i - Isa (Old Norse*in the chant) Isaz (Proto-Germanic)
ᛃ - j - Jēra
ᛇ - ï/æ - īwaz / ēwaz
ᛈ - p - Perþō
ᛉ - z - Algiz
ᛊ / ᛋ - s - Sōwilō
ᛏ - t - Tiwaz
ᛒ - b - Berkanan (Berkano*in the chant)
ᛖ - e - Ehwaz
ᛗ - m - Mannaz
ᛚ - l - Laguz
ᛜ / ᛝ - ŋ (ng) - Ingwaz
ᛞ - d - Dagaz
ᛟ - o - Ōþala
Throat singing is traditional in most places actually, including Northern Europe.
Some theories even claim that it originated among the indo- europeans and then spread across asia from there
It also has traces in greece. It was a style that was everywhere.
Yes, also check out Wardruna. And Eivor (especially Trollabundin).
I love Wardruna.
Paleowolf is awesome too
especially the black and white video where she just come sing it and leave (it's my favorite version of Trollabundin)
edit: this one
ruclips.net/video/LpiFmZLICgM/видео.html
@@KaosKrusher This is my favorite version - so much passion: ruclips.net/video/fz3ZWE91E4A/видео.html
Eivor's soundtracks from last kingdom is lit
And so is trollabundin
Once again, I’m discovering a completely new genre of music I never knew existed
Check out wardruna, you wont be disappointed
Here is my reaction to Wardruna: ruclips.net/video/NTEtMOqZQV8/видео.html
This band is the shit! Super primitive and gets you in touch with nature and the vibes of the earth
Beth Roars thank you. I will check it out right after I rewatch this one.
GhostDrummer
This genre existed long before many others. It's ancient, stretching back to some of your earliest ancestors.
Maria Franz's vocals on Futhorck stills gives me goosebumps to this day. Great track, great album, great band.
Whoah. Heilung!
When I see Heilung, I press like.
Krigsgaldr is probably my favorite song by them
@@GodlyMullet I think Hamyer Hippyer is mine. Cant wait to see them live in november!
Hamrer Hippyer and Hakkerskaldyr have to be my favorites, then followed by In Maidjan.
One of my favorite groups....if not my very favorite
I binge/listen to their tracks while i'm at work. Makes me focused.
Go for a run in a forest while listening to Heilung. That is all.
Cold river in end of september... with your best warrior buddy in Northen Québec does pretty well too!!
I’ve done it before, actually. Very very cool experience. I felt quite connected to the earth
I'd feel like ripping out a stag's throat with my teeth!
Great way to roll your ankle.
Just did this. Listened to repeat. Ran 5 miles before i got to tired. The next 5 days are going to be so painful.
KRIGSGALDR and HAMRER HIPPYER .. mind blowing vocals and drums !! HEILUNG are gods .. Maria Franz is my goddess x
Hakkerskaldyr and Alfadhirhaiti get the blood goin to. 😲😃
@@W.Isarnorix.D absolutely !
too* Lol.
Just to inform you all.
Hamrer hippyer means hammering hippies in Danish. Yes, it does!
So Heilung is not without a sense of humor I guess
Agreed!!
"It's terrifying"
Trust me in the past many an Irish lad or lass has heard those sounds and thought exactly that. Only difference is, they had a much shorter time to be afraid.....
I laughed way too hard at this comment 😂😂
lol quite
I'd say I'm sorry we raided you so much, but.. not really lol
Sorry we raided you so much, lad. But, hey, now you're even more Badass.
Necromancer is someone who deals in magic as it pertains to death. Also I think krigsgaldr would be a better song to react to by these guys, they flex more of their vocal abilities
I am surprised Krigsgaldr wasn't used... that's the one to listen to. Huge range.
100% agree
Absolutely
Yeah, krigsgaldr or alfadhirhaiti would be a bit better
@@TheKarabanera Necro means death, dude.
Heilung isn’t even music. It’s an experience. And the changing portion was actually them reciting the Futhark, basically an ancient runic alphabet used to represent symbols. Maria Franz (the female lead) is insanely talented. The men were throat singing. It’s common in Bhuddist monk or Mongolian songs.
There was an explorer from Baghdad that went into Northern Europe to learn about these cultures back during the Viking age. I’m sorry I cannot remember his name. But he described their singing as rough, and beast like. My assumption would be that they would throat sing like this, or perhaps growl a lot like in some metal music.
@@mickkeker1990 that was Ahmad Ibn Fadlan.
Yeah, Europeans throat sang as well. Sardinians still do it and they're one of the most ancient genetic lineages of Europe.
Tacitus also said the Germanic sounds like dogs while singing.
Don't Sami throat sing too?
So the recitation of the runes in the middle part there is in one breath. That's part of the deal. It's a breathing exercise intended to induce an altered state of consciousness. Having done it. It absolutely works.
I'll try it 😅
Please point me to a tutorial - It is galdr, yes ?
Makes sense. After about 30 seconds of continual droning while exhaling (overtone singing) I do get quite the buzz.
E me tami to ho kami: Japanese recite at same meter as the rune chant. Lots of fun. Go faster eme tami toho kami.
At 15:10 to 15:20 Maria starts singing like the Sami people in Scandinavia. It´s called jojk. Can be sung with words and just sounds. It´s very beautiful.
"I've got the high notes...
I just don't have the goat noises."
~ Beth 2019
"I've got the high notes..."
Not even in her dreams can she reach half the high notes Maria Franz reaches. This one thinks she's a special snowflake, how can anyone take her seriously?
@@GamingWithHasty Not everyone takes themselves seriously all the time like you, I'm pretty sure she said it as a joke. Nevertheless, your comment doesn't in any shape or form belong here. Sayonara!
@@GamingWithHasty what the hell is up with your bitchy judgemental attitude?
Nontheless will still remain here
@@GamingWithHasty I assume you're a big Heilung fan and that's why you're here since you know Maria Franz's name. Knowing she probably has a higher range than Beth is fine, but being an insulting dick about it isn't.
Beth wasn't bragging, she was joking. You just projected a shit ton of whatever you WANTED to think she was like to give yourself an excuse to be an ass.
If you want people to take you seriously, even slightly, don't be an asshole talking shit about people you don't know. That's grade school gossip type of shit.
I’m literally smiling so hard at this girl getting her life changed that my eyes are watering
I'm probably late, but a necromancer, TRADITIONALLY, would mean someone who divinates through means of the dead (either corpses or spirits). But with the centuries, it turned to mean any type of magic practitioner whose magic deals with death and the dead (that means conjuring ghosts, divination through the dead, reanimation of corpses, etc.).
Now that I said it, I continue with the video lol.
Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Beth Roars, it's necrophilia that's the one you thought you should be worried about. Lol.
You are also wrong , its Shamanism . Necromancer is dealing with occult - magician - wizard
@Follow the howl easy .. historians .. religion .. you obviously know nothing about shamanism or seidr or volva
@@mjp5318 "necro" literally means death.
@@ThaGreenGoloco your point ? The word used was necromancer = a person who practices necromancy; a wizard or magician Faust a lead singer is a Shaman who practices Shamanism = is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world. 2 different things. Shamanism was a art in Norse / Viking time and era , there is historical facts , and runes that Norse wrote that explains this ... so again .. wtf is your point ? Corvus is wrong , Paganism is not about "devil and evil" Christianity teaches that about Paganism
Is a person that can make those noises with their mouth called a "didgeri-dude"? ;)
Boooooo....
Lmfaatwo
Yep.
Yes, also, boooooooo.
I won’t pretend I wasn’t cackling when I read that. 🤣
Lol, I've earned every boo!
Oh no my secret band is out
Imagine a village hearing this coming from the horizon.
Skip Richardson no, imagine a Roman squadron making their way through the forest to the village…and then they hear this *from the village.*
@@catshepherd3102 Battle of Teutoberg at night with no moon!
@@catshepherd3102 Except this was before even that. This was proto-germanic
If you're a celt, it's written in your bones lol
This is such deep deep stuff.... this energy was used by the druids as well ...that energy stay with you throughout all of your lifetimes
React to Helvegen by Wardruna feat. Aurora. i think you'll enjoy that.
Everyone is going to recommend that particular song from that particular band. For my .02, Raido, Odal, or Voluspa are better songs, and really showcase Einar's vocals.
Rotlaust Tre Fell has some powerful Einar vocals too, that's one of my favourites
I agree. It's hard to narrow down. Was trying to minimize Gaahl's possible lyrical involvement. Not that it's bad, just that Einar's voice is so good.
Yes please!
YES!
Varus: Let's go that way
Centurion: Really?
Germans: Do, please... We've got the music started.
Don't you mean Arminius?
Then Schlammschlacht by Heilung is the track you're looking for.
That may explain why the Roman's named us "Waldgeister" back these days. 😎
I found them about a week ago, and I've become obsessed with them. Every day I listen to their full live show multiple times. The music wakes something up deep inside. It's an addiction.
dathorus1 you should go to one of their shows! THAT is truly addicting!
Going to Norway and seeing these headline Midgardsblot in August! Super excited
Me too :) Well, I am not going to Norway, as I live only 35 km away from the place they will play.
@@KenJohansen I'm travelling from the UK for my first Blot! Some great bands playing so far
I was going to make this year my first Midgardsblot experience but had to drop it due to other projects claiming my budget over the summer. After I read that Heilung would be there I felt so sad :( Promise me you'll enjoy it! :D At least I saw Einar perform at the market in Midgard last summer :)
I'll hopefully see you. I was invited last year, but as Heilung didn't attend last year, I turned it down. Now that they're back, I'm coming, bringing all my viking equipment :)
See you there!
I listened to this with my dog. He's a wolf now and I'm foaming at the mouth for the blood of the nights hunt. And I'm a vegan.
I listened to this, and now I speak old Norse and I use an axe to cut my hair
@@ivans.5959 you CUT your HAIR?!
@@ivans.5959 With the Covid 19 "Lockdowns" some people will be cutting their own hair with whatever tools are available @ home! I wonder if an Ax & a bowl will do the trick. (Sorry, my scissor's are broken -my Left-handed daughter broke them cause they pissed her off!) So she will be definitely getting the bowl-cut with the Ax!
Warning, the Hellblade fans are incoming =)
so they finally made a squeal eh?
That warning is way to late. They've been here for a while.
@@psx1577 It's in early production but yes, it will be on the next gen xbox and PC
Trust me. Hellblade fans been here since the first Hellblade, requesting they use this particular band for their OST for a sequel if there was one.
Pitty they aren't making the sequel for ps4🙁
Hi, you really need to ear Krigsgaldr, it´s amazing too
Was checking the comments for recommendations. So thank you!
"It's like ancient church music". Yes. That's exactly what it is. Now you get it.
Except that it is not Christian in origin - it is pagan.
Haha only time this would be sang near a church is if it was burning down. XD
@@loco4halo1 Can't wait
@@Jon-mh9lk ill grab some drums and the torches.
garrus the snake you got your chance now
meditating? I feel like I can lift a mountain listening to this
Everyone: It's so creepy and terrifying
Me: aahhhh so comfortable and pleasant ^^
yes, relaxing, agreed
@Dan no, I'm really not XD - I just find it more soothing, resonating.... than creepy or scary. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- I mean, the song _is_ called healing... I think it was the intention. :D
@@VerrisinClose! The band is called healing in German! This song name 'In Maidjan' translation: to corrupt.
@@AgentBSmith omg, of course XDXD - Me be a bit dum dum...
Same!! I fall asleep to this sometimes😂
Check out The Hu they are releasing a new album very soon. They are a Mongolian folk metal band. Lots of fun!
Or 'The Tengger Cavalry'
Finally some normal music!
That's an odd choice of a profile pic for someone that calls this normal music.
David Tilling you followed the rules
I was addicted to Heilung!. It is so interesting, well produced, takes your mind to different places.
I just discovered this band last night, and love it. Maria Franz’ voice is absolutely mesmerizing. Their performance art, which doesn’t feel like a performance at all, more of an actual ritual, is perfection.
Please react to Krigsgaldr from the same live show. Their best song IMO.
The sounds of our ancestors hidden away for a 1000 years. You connect for it's written in our dna.
HAIL
its anglo saxon/ anglo Scottish, which if you knew anything, IS Germanic, you fool
The word anything refers to your knowledge.
Or should anybody first take a DNA test before he could say he's attracted to this kind of ancient music?
Culture is not biology.
No one knows what music sounded like 1000 years ago, this is thoroughly modern music built on scraps of knowledge of ancient Norse music and a *ton* of modern Western musical culture, with its strong African influence. Culture is not biology, and this is not ancient culture.
The male lead is using a form of throat singing. Period from 1 AD to around 500 AD. Language old proto germanic?? It is written by the Romans of the time their singing reminded them of dogs howling. Go onto their site and you will get a much better description than I can give.
Absolutely love them. I found them following Mongolian throat singing, now I am hooked.
I absolutely love Heilungs music, its sturs an ancient soul. I can't understand a word but my soul knows exactly whats being said. My heritage is Norwegian and don't speak it but its in the blood
Heilung, not something I'd expect to see on _any_ reaction channel tbh :D
Still gonna wish for Iced Earth - Dracula Live (Metal Camp Open Air 2008) tho !
The notification for this popped up at work today. I couldn't wait to get home to watch!!
You should react to Heilung- Krigsgaldr. Maria's voice is really showcased a lot on that song. As much as I love growls and throat singing there is just something So so so enchanting about her voice.
Agreed, Krigsgaldr from the same gig is amazing!
I third that!
I agree , Krigsgaldr is also sung in proto-germanic , that's the Language most northen European Languages are based in. Scandinavian(Norwegian, Swedish,Danish, Icelandic, Faroeese, German, Dutch, English to mention but a few) . The Language closest to proto germanic still alive today is Icelandic.
I was thinking the same thing! She should have listened to Krigsgaldr
Both the ancient celts and the Norse have history that point to them throat singing as a way to communicate with nature.
Since everything is made up of energy vibrating at different frequencies and sound, it would make sense to use certain vocalizations to perform ancient rituals and magic.
TheNameless One indeed! Hindu and Buddhist mantras replicate the same principle as throat singing - using vocal chords and sound resonance (internal and external) to heal, connect, and a host of other things. The rich reverence and history for the gift of speech and the power it holds is beautiful to study within their beliefs, myths, and lore.
Very primordial in its history and use. Spell work was largely done with music for MANY cultures - all various approaches, but same general conclusion.
@@coatedpolecat Some say words have power. Today, I believe a lot of language has been dulled down a little. Something about the way Heilung sings and performs makes you not only hear the words, but feel them. Some of the ancient languages are very powerful due to some of them having a spiritual connection to them. The Elder Futhak is a prime example as the runes are not just used for language, but for spell casting (rune magic).
celts and proto-germanic culture, yes. the old norse culture is more or less the branch of proto germanic culture that survived the longest, but germanic people, which includes the scandinavians of old all share the same cultural and linguistic basis.
ichbinjasokreativ many Indo-European cultures use throat singing too. It’s wonderful.
7:24 they are chanting the runic alphabet, you are feeling their power ;)
Great video! I love to see people new to genres and bands get astonished (and being open-minded).
I'm getting to really, really love this channel!
Heilung will be playing Sunday 10 November 2019
Roundhouse, London, UK but would suggest getting tickets ordered quickly as they sold out the UK venues last time
They're doing a show in London Roundhouse on 10 November this year. Probably as good a chance as any to ask them for an interview :)
I had the blessing of seeing these guys live last week. One of the best shows I have ever seen, so visceral and emotional, and ultimately healing. The chanters in warrior garb come back at the end, when the journey has been taken and everyone is celebrating being alive. Two of them jumped into the crowd and crowd surfed it was one of the most awesome moments in a show I've seen.
Wooohoo, I saw Heilung in London in November. So glad see you covering this band :D x
I flew over from Dublin for that show. Worth it!
"Necro" - dead
Suffix "-mancer" - practitioner of particular type of magical arts
Necromancer -- Yes, could be a death wizard. Someone who uses magic to contact, control, resurrect or summon the dead.
In the original Greek, the suffix "-mancy" referred to divination. Thus, a necromancer was one who learned the future by consulting thr dead (ghosts usually).
Modern English has lost this distinction. To us "-mancy" just means magic, so "necromancy" is death magic. Normally the animation of corpses.
An ancient Greek might call a person who did that a necrourgist.
@@davidlfort I think necrotheurgist is closer...
@@davidlfort thank you! I was hoping someone would point this out, traditionally, in early European lit, necromancer referred to magic in general. Hence why many Arthurian tales use the term even though raising of the dead doesn't happen
Now do Wardruna feat aurora with Helvegen
Yes, yes, yes!
YES YES YES
Yes yes yes yeeeessssssah!
Of course
Here is my reaction to Wardruna: ruclips.net/video/NTEtMOqZQV8/видео.html
RE: The deer antlers: Deer naturally shed their antlers every year. They may have acquired those without actually killing the animals.
That's interesting.
Great! Glad to see you do this! I really like how observant and profound thinking you are. You usually have a phrase you say that stands out to me... Such as with tool: sober "sounds like the depths of human soul" Alice in chains: Would "he doesn't sound healthy, like all that's left of him is his voice". Heilung: Lifa "this is beyond technique". Cheers from a geeky hippy in hippyland (Seattle) USA.
Do something by Wardruna. Same sort of genre, different sound, but Einar Selvik has a hell of a voice.
Wardruna more Melodic, while this is more in the tribal spirit of the Pagan culture.
Here is my reaction to Wardruna: ruclips.net/video/NTEtMOqZQV8/видео.html
Haha, your reaction when the throat singing started 😂
I'd previously suggested you look at krigsgalder from the same show. So cool.
Holy hell, I'm a death metal singer, and even I want to know how to do these voices!
If you want to get into polyphonic overtone singing, try this:
ruclips.net/video/HP0iotICL7k/видео.html
Can highly recommend checking out Heilung - Krigsgaldr
Alfadhirhaiti is probably my favorite. Love the entire LIFA album though.
Yass, some great choices! Thank you! If you enjoy this, you'll definitely enjoy Eivor - Trollabundin, angelic voice + throat singing, delicious!
I totally agree!!
Yes! Please!
After that you just need to do Myrkur - Ulvinde, it is also pretty ancient, but it's singing, not shamanic chanting:)
YES PLEASE!!!
I love your videos, I'm glad your still making them!
In Maidjan is a War Chant, and the whole LIFA concert is the story of a peaceful people forced into conflict. Kai's throat singing is a perfect counter to Maria's etherial singing, and Christopher perfectly knits both together, making Heilung very much a sum of its parts.
It is not a war chant. It is chanting of the Elder Futhark. The only bit that has anything to with war is the is the beginning. Harigastitiewa. Taken from the carving on the Negai helmet (350BC). It is interpreted as Harigast the priest of Tiewas (aka the God Tyr).
@@odinseye268 Hmm, thought Krigsgaldr was a war chant or something.
@@Necronomous Yes. The translation of Krigsgaldr is Warrior Song, or Story. The commenter here is talking about the song In Maidjan
The story in Krigsgaldr is from the Eggja Stone that recalls a battle.
Ah, yes. In Maidjan not a war chant that I knew.
Also I got some more information about Krigsgaldr, thank you very much for the reply.
Må Oden vara med dig. May Odin be with you.
So glad someone got around to Heilung. Just such amazingly different music.
React to Eviør-Trøllabundin!
I agree! Good artist, good song!
YES!
This, this and this.
The live mixing for the performance is phenomenal. Discovered this group literally today. Guess I got a lot to jump into. Thanks!