@@curtismills1612 They have songs in various languages. Some are proto germanic poems. Others are based on ancient nordic scripts and runes. They also do some stuff in modern german or english.
It is right, the time periode is the celtic bronze age. I know this because I saw an interview about this song. It is worth to watch the other videos as well. I can higly recomand this to you. Many greetings from north germany.
Their music is based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Viking Age. Heilung describe their music as "amplified history from early medieval northern Europe". Their music is usually about Norse deities, jǫtnar, and valkyries. The languages used are varied, with German, English, Gothic, Old High German, Icelandic, Old English, Proto-Norse, Proto-Germanic, and Viking age Old Norse being used.
I wanted to highlight, Heilung has been invited to produce the music for Helblade 2. This is a game by Ninja Theories. Make sure you check out the trailer of the game. You will certainly recognize their music :D. ruclips.net/video/2TR0gaG01do/видео.html
Did the first time I listened to it. Enthralled is not an over statement. It's very communal. It has a quality that feels best performed with a group, and with an audience. together.
"remember that we are all siblings; all people, all animals, all trees, all rocks and wind; we are all from one great being that has always here; before people lived and named it; before the first seed sprouted"
Your heart beats at the same time as a pulsar. Your blood flows as the rivers. You breath as the Amazon gives you breath. We are part of everything and everything is part of us. We are just lucky enough to see this universe through individual insight.
It's easy to forget or not even know that white people had their tribal days as well. Northern Europeans were some of the last holdouts of the old ways before Christian Imperialism took over everywhere. An echo of a memory still exists for those who will listen.
Honestly, their language used, resembles more Finish, possibly Samí, than modern Norge, Dansk, Deutsch, Svensk, English. I have also no idea, what they are talking about. Majdan was the uprising 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Possibly Varangian Rus. Kiev Veik, Raijkiavik capitol of Iceland.
What do you mean easy to forget? In the Americas where the people that went there and let all these things behind perhaps, but at least in northern Europe people still identify themselves by tribal affiliation first. Hence federal states or their equivalents are usually based on historic tribal territories. E.g. I am a German but my cultural background, dialect, music, cuisine etc. is primary Ripuarian (Rhine Franks) heck even stuff like inheritance laws and therefore land cultivation derive themselves in every region from tribal tradition (Franks devide everything equally among legitimate sons, Saxons give all land to the first born son and some tribes in the south all to the last born son (or nowadays child). To the north of me are Saxons (Westfalen, Lower Saxony), north of them Frisians, to the south Moselle Franks, Chatti (Hessians), Swabians, Allemani and Bavarians
Bro you're not an idiot at all! The world has so many different forgotten ancient cultures (on a grand scale at least) and you were basically spot on. Solid review and I agree about traditional music around the world being powerful in a special way.
Even earlier than that, its from Pagan which is what gave birth to Viking and Germanic cultures among several others. Some of their lyrics are the actual text on the ancient Mercerberg charms.
Oldest Germanic text goes back to the Migration Period and it is merely Elder Futhark in a proto-writing form (similar to a nametag or repeating a god's rune for a blessing). Some of the oral stories might go back to the Bronze Age in some form but there is certainly no Bronze aged text when speaking of the Germanic peoples. The Merseberg charms date to the Viking age btw (at least when they were written, some elements hint at a much earlier origin).
The song's title can be found in the Mesogothic Anglo-Saxon glossary as "In-Maidjan", which means "deceptively change" or "corrupt". This makes sense since the entire story within the album consists of a peaceful village that is corrupted by having to go to war. Therefore, Proto-Germanic seems to be the language. Harigasti Teiwa Harigasti Teiwa "is a clear Germanic reference to the Negau helmet. This helmet contains several Etruscan alphabet inscriptions that include the words" Harigasti teiwa which are the first words of the song. This could be translated as Harigast (the priest) although it could also mean, the priest of Teiwaz (Tyr). "Harigast" is often (not always) seen as a personal name and that it could be made up of the words "harjaz" (army, troop, warband, war) and gastiz (stranger, guest). The forms "Hari" and "gast" is particularly found in west-germanic. As such the name could mean "war guest" or "foreign army". Tawol Athodu - I accept the invitation. Ek Erilaz - I am a runemaster. The word has been interpreted to mean magician or runemaster. The word is an ablaut variant of count and it is believed that it could be linguistically related to the name of the tribe of the Heruli or Herulos. The Heruli were a Germanic tribe from Scandinavia that was invaded by the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. So it is probably simply an old military title of Germanic provenance. Owlthuthewaz - owlthu (glorious) thewaz (servant). Means servant of the glorious Niwaremariz - Priest of the god "Ullr" / famous, renowned. From the proto-Germanic term Wulþuz (glory) wolþu- is possibly a reference to a God, surely the God Ullr. Saawilagar Hateka - My name is Sawilagaz. Harja - Army - leader of the army; commander; Warrior Wuotani Ruoperath Wuotani - Oh, Wodan! Ruoperath - famous and brilliant. This could be interpreted as the following: I, Priest Harigast. Aaccept the invitation (to battle) I am the Heruli. I am a renowned priest of Ullr. They call me Warrior. Oh, Wodan the famous and brilliant! The next chant are the names of the 24 Norse runes of the Elder Futhark. This is also known as runic song. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raidho, Kenaz, Gebo, Wunjo, Hagal, Naudhiz, Isa, Jera, Eihwaz, Perthro, Algiz, Sowelu, Tiwaz, Berkano, Ehwaz, Mannaz, Laguz, Ingwaz, Dagaz, Othala. In English: 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! I am glad that you give this extremely exceptional Nordic group a chance. I tell you a little about its history. The group, which are two boys and one girl, have Norwegian, Danish and German nationality and uses instruments such as horns of different animals, drums, human bones, rattles with human ashes, bells, stones, all to go back to the first musical compositions that They were able to interpret 1,000 years ago, in the iron age in northern Europe. All the letters are taken from carved gadgets from the era of the Nordic iron, such as arrowheads, bows, swords, rune stones and recite poems and psalms of war, peace and protection. Whereupon and for this, heilung, which means healing in German, is in close collaboration with archaeologists specializing in the field. The languages used by heilung are several. Among them are Latin, Old Danish, German and English. They were so successful with their first album that they had to release a new live album, which includes 2 new songs. Also a video of that album live and in 2019 they released their second work, futha, which is a much more feminine work. His first album, Ofnir, is much more aggressive and masculine. During the concerts some representations of how these ancient rituals of the iron age could be made. Also just finished the soundtrack of the video game Hellblade 2. I hope this review helps you to understand a bit the context of this musical group. Some curiosities. When they built the drums for the group, one of which is made from horse skin, a doctor drew blood from the three members of the group and painted the drums and some of their clothes with it. The male singer with the deep voice is a great tattoo artist and very professional. The bones the girl plays with are human bones and sometimes they have had problems in the countries of the tour to introduce them through the border from the country where the concert was held. A hug.
OH YOU"RE IN FOR A TREAT! Oh man! Take some free time for yourself and just watch the whole set at least once. Don't bother with a reaction video, just enjoy it. What a show they put on!
@@sinnergy73 I was working a night shift inside, watching monitors one time when I found the Lifa show, god damn that kept me going all morning and into the drive home. I was PUMPED!
Their shows are definitely spiritual, Pagan rituals involving everyone who attends. You may not understand all the languages, but the music speaks to your soul.
Sir, you have earned yourself a permanent sub. This group was not only incredible live, extremely down to earth and one of the greatest influences for me to starting and developing my business.
Heilung's performances are not actually performances for an audience, but instead a shamanic ritual they are leading for their family/tribe. Like shamans of the ancient past and in present day, they are taking you journeying with them...whether they are taking you into the past, to the higher or even lower worlds...you are being put in contact with your ancestors and/or the gods of your ancestors (no matter your ethnicity). So that meditative mind you instantly got from their music is entirely the point. Kai Faust and Maria Franz are even dressed in traditional ceremonial dress of shamans of Mongolia, Siberia, and the Tatar peoples. Every piece of their ceremonial dress serve a purpose for the shaman. For example, the fringed headdress Kia and Maria are wearing assist shamans in entering trance-states, (something that takes many years of practice in order to achieve) since the movement of the fringes, with practice, act as a primitive stroboscope causing a trance by optical stimulation due to the movement of the head. Maria's light colored dress signifies that she works with the upper worlds, while Kai's dark dress signifies that he works within the lower worlds (there are no "good" and "evil" dichotomies within shamanism...so "lower" doesn't mean "dark" or "hell" just as "upper" doesn't mean "light" or "heaven" just fyi). Anyway, not wanting to write a whole textbook on shamanism lol, but figured if you do anymore from Heilung...it would mean more to you to have a kind of understanding of where they are coming from. I also HIGHLY recommend you check out Wardruna if you haven't already. -much love
The name is German for "healing". It's pronounced "high-loong" with the "oo" sound from "wood". And yes, those are real bones, and they made most of the instruments themselves.
The drumming and chanting, especially of the runes is used in shamanic trance journeying. It was working on you. They were singing the runes, that's why you didn't understand.
The chanting in the middle is basically the Norse equivalent of the ABC's. They're reciting the FUTHARK runes. Thats why they're all listed with commas, they're names and they all have meaning attached to them.
Heilung is, in a way, an audio-visual embodiment of the lost culture of Northern Europe/Scandinavia/Slavic Paganism. It definitely speaks to something in me. But the something it speaks to, has been obscured through millennia of change and is almost unrecognisable.
it speaks to something in me too. I'm Norwegian and Scandinavian. I get this sense of long forgotten community I can practically feel in my bones listening to their music its very interesting
This isn't a song, it's a ritual. Old Norse/Proto-Germanic reconstructionist paganism set to music. Norupo is another beautiful track, it is the Norwegian Runic Poem transcribed into song. This group is incredible
The words you are seeing are the Runes in the Runic Language of Elder Futhark in the order they are inscribed in the Ancient Rune Stone, Old Norse Germanic Scandinavian. Each Rune has meaning and power, to recite them all an repeat has power it flows through even through vibrations of the sound and music. Pre-Viking Culture Norse Germanic Animistic. They used Younger Futhark into the Viking age. Thank you for diving into our prehistoric culture, our animistic root. It was amazing to watch you gaze on it and enjoy it. Have a great weekend! Skål
OMG she's got an AMAZING voice!! I'm so glad I watched this. My daughter loves to listen to "Viking music", as she calls it, and all tribal/indigenous music. She's on the autism spectrum, and she listens to it while she sleeps. She finds it soothing. I'll have to see if she's listened to them. Awesome reaction, thank you!
Saying "this feels cultural" is SPOT ON. They dont even consider themselves a musical band, they call themselves an extension of history. They read ancient celtic scriptures and writings and they create songs that extend those messages. THIS song is mostly just them reciting the Runic Alphabet.
@@hallyudoinfam5524 the Celts actually predate and overlap this interpretation of Norse and proto-Germanic culture. It's more father-son than brother-sister, if that makes sense. Modern people know of the Celts due to remnants of the culture in the west, specifically Ireland, but their range was incredibly extensive.
This is basically the band's take on pre-Christian Norse music/culture. Christian influence broke any cultural continuity with that period, so it's more artistic interpretation than actual verifiable history, thus why they call it "Amplified History." Think Authentic rather than Accurate. The use of throat singing in this kind of music, for example, comes almost entirely from a single source: A Muslim Spanish traveler, who was actually in what is today Germany at the time, who said, "I have not heard an uglier singing than the people of Schleswig. It is a humming coming from their throats that's worse than dogs barking." So throat singing is a reasonable interpretation, but who knows if it actually sounded anything like Heilung. Pre-Christian European history is full of problems of interpretation like this, even most of what we know of Norse mythology was written after Christianization by scholars with an agenda.
"Christian influence broke any cultural continuity with that period" That is a lot less likely than you would think, not only in that early christianity wasn't that different especially considering they adopted a lot of pagan traditions for ease of conversion, all the way back to the early Roman christianity, but the norse people already believed in Jesus long before the formal conversion of Harald Blåtand, i mean, christianity doesn't actually prohibit polytheism "You shall have no gods before me" meaning as long as i'm number 1, then it doesn't matter. We have plenty of evidence aswell that belief in the norse gods continued for much much longer than what is considered the end of the viking age (11th century) more likely that it was very gradual. Denmark is considered to have been the first to be christianized and that wasn't a reality until the 13th-14th century, areas of Norway and Sweden wasn't formally christianized until the industrial revolution, which is in the 19th century. So, logic would have it that christianity didn't actally do that much, the reason we became less warring is because there was less need to, and also that we weren't more violent or warring than any other nation or people at the time, i mean, Svend Tveskæg the son of Harald Blåtand, killed his father to take the throne and then went on to conquer England, which was solidified under his son Canut the Great - sounds very viking to me, besides Denmark was one of the biggest maritime nations until the end of the 17th century when we were finally beat by England, and because we had a king who loved women, wine and war more than anything, problem was he was losing most of the wars lol but again, sounds pretty viking to me, and considering the guy lost his eye in battle and wore an eye-patch, i mean, come on haha The idea of the broken cultural continuity is mostly based on lack of evidence, and a poor understanding of cultural continuity and how that can look.
@Shades 1.6 Do you have anything to back that up? Even if he had Jordanian heritiage (which I haven't read anywhere) he lived Al-Andalus, which is what is today Spain while it was under control of the Umayyad Caliphate, thus Muslim Spanish.
@@omega1231 This is more of a problem of the historical record than Christianity outright erasing Norse culture, to be fair. We can't really blame Christians entirely for the fact that people weren't keeping the extensive and verifiable written records historians prefer before they got to an area. Pagan culture of course influenced Christianity where ever it was introduced, I mean, look at how many Christmas traditions are pulled straight from Saturnalia. We just don't have any modern, uninterrupted tradition of what Norse pagan culture was like free from the influence of Christianity, so we have to fill in a lot of gaps with speculation. This is especially true when it comes to music. The first chunk of any Western Music History class is always focused on church music because they were the first to write anything down, and even a lot of that is incomplete because the early forms of notation assumed the reader already knew a lot about how it was supposed to sound. Any interpretation of folk music before more modern forms of notation trickled down to the common people involves a lot of speculation because we can only view it through the lens of the people who recorded it generations after the people who originally performed it.
@Shades 1.6 Ah! These are two different sources, which is cool to learn. I've been talking about Abraham ben Jacob, who was travelling through Europe a little later than Fadlan. The original source is the Book of Highways and of Kingdoms from 1067 because Jacob's original writings were lost. The word he used was the Shalshaweeq people, which refers to what is today Schleswig, which was contested territory with a mix of Danish and German people. I'm guessing most of the sources I've looked at quote him instead of Fadlan because people think of the Volga Vikings recorded by Fadlan as another step removed from Norse culture. That certainly adds another layer of validity to Norse throat singing either way.
@Shades 1.6 Yeah, they missed being contemporaries by a generation or so. Jacob was born a year after Fadlan died, the source for Jacob is only so much later because Jacob's original account was lost. I mostly just referred to Jacob as the only source because most of the articles I've read referred to it that way, which I guess is because there's less public awareness of Eastern European Vikings. The naming confusion is probably down to translation issues. It's possible the people Jacob encountered lived in the vicinity of Hedeby but referred to themselves as the Schleswig or some variation, which might be why it was renamed when the duchy was formed. In a modern context Schleswig might have referred to the "greater metropolitan area" of Hedeby or something like that.
My brother your "body feeling weird" is your ancestors calling you from within yourself. I am happy to hear that this has touched your spirit. We are all related, we are all family, with everything, every animal mineral and vegetable Blessings🙏
Amazing reaction! I'm just going to say that you need to listen to the whole LIFA (live) concert. Whether that's on your channel or on your own time (but we'd prefer it as a special video thing), you absolutely need to. That's one thing I've learned about these guys - their music is so primordial and deep, there isn't one human that couldn't relate in some way. I challenge the human who says they can't! 😂
"Let's go ahead and pull up some lyrics" Me: *chuckles in English* And when you say this is like performance art... Well sort of. This is pretty much everyone's heritage. And I mean everyone. Everyone had this type of primal point in their people's history. And the music, to me, is a harkon to those deep roots.
Awesome take! This type of music uses drum rhythms that simulate a heartbeat. Throat singing is known to stimulate the pineal gland and lymph nodes in your body forcing it to release hormones. It's very ritualist and meant to create a feeling of oneness with everyone inolved.
factually wrong on soooo many levels. i do not, and no one really considers african dances, middle eastern ancient music or native american chanting for example, as universal and global heritage. it is african, middle eastern and native american heritage, so is this is our, european heritage. people fought, people defended, people cherised their own culture for ages to make it keep it their own, not to people like you globalize it and make everyones.
@@liveforever141 You missed the point entirely. Every culture and people has had a point in it's own respective time in history of being primal. Shamanistic, ritualistic. The pollution of the modern day is the inability to understand each other, despite having the same language. I'm glad you feel whatever you're feeling for whatever reason you feel it. But it has nothing to do with what I said.
Cool reaction video! I like your openness to the music. Especially for how different it is. I just discovered Heilung recently and fell in love with their sound. It is so otherworldly!
According to a recent interview with Heilung. The band's performances are actual prayer rituals adapted by their band leader. Whom is an outright, as in a Pagan Animist, traditional Norse shaman. He treats every performance as a sacred ritual.
Please, please, PLEASE do more Heilung I'm actually gonna recommend "Norupo". I don't think it's one of their biggest hits, but still great, and one of their more recent tracks.
Norupo is an excellent recommendation. Very mesmerizing. If our host here checks out the official video for the track, it may help to know they are eating mushrooms at the start, basically going into shamanistic trances.
Excellent recommendation. Listening to Norupo before I lie down at night has become a ritual. It clears my mind of all the crap of the day and allows me to fall into a deep, peaceful sleep.
The stringed instrument is a ravanahatha . it's an ancient instrument from India believed to be the first stringed instrument played with a bow. This one was strung with the Indian artisan's daughter's hair at the time of the concert.
Also I would personally recommend Krisgaldr as the next one. Some of it is in English and kind of helps to tell the story of this entire concert of a peaceful village being corrupted by war, essentially.
I was so excited to see this video. Heilung has become one of my favorite groups over the last year or so. I was really hoping you'd end up reacting to them at some point. You were pretty close in your guess on what culture this is from. Their focus is on the cultures of pre-Viking Germanic tribes throughout Northern Europe. A lot of the lyrics are drawn directly from what few writings remain from these cultures -- archaeological finds like gravestones and rune poems. The languages they use are Old English, Old Norse, Old High German, and Proto-Germanic, which is a parent language to the other three. One song has a bit of modern English in it. As for this song, the main repeating lyrics are reciting the Elder Futhark, a set of runes that essentially made up the alphabet of Old Norse. Each one is a letter, but they also each have a deep symbolic meaning and were believed to have great magical power. They were used for divination and fortune-telling and still are today by many modern pagans who follow Nordic-inspired traditions. The calm, trance-like state that this induced for you wasn't an accident; Heilung's performances are intended as healing rituals for the audience. "Heilung" is the German word for "healing." Anyway, I've rambled long enough. Great video! If you're interested in hearing more of them, I recommend their songs "Krigsgaldr" (from this same live show) and "Norupo." Those are two of my favorites.
Three things. 1. This music is supposed to induce that trance like effect, it's quite fun in fact 2. Some of the bones used in this music/chanting are real human bones 3. This music is based off of ancient runic inscriptions found carved into stones, and it predates the viking age (So it isn't "viking music") and comes from Norse Germanic roots Edit: If you do want to explore more viking age norse music, I highly suggest you check out Wardruna which is a one man project started by Einar Selvik. Einar used to be the drummer for the black metal band "Gorgoroth", but he eventually left and started a more spiritual quest into ancient Norse folk music. If you want a suggestion for Wardruna songs I suggest Helvegen or Voluspa, they have some cool and interesting menaing behind the lyrics.
You should check out their songs Alfadhirhaiti (live) and Norupo (music video). The first one's a little heavy, but not too much so. The other one is nice and softer. Also, that instrument that was sort of being played with a bow is called a Ravanahatha. It's from India, and it makes a sort of droning sound
They are bringing old Norse traditions and song back to life. The source is Ancient Scandinavian. My maternal grandmother was Danish and my paternal grandmother was Swedish. This music is just a small slice of the overall genre. Lots of the music we love today came from this base. Thanks for highlighting this performance today.
Starts off, in case you're curious in proto germanic "For this incantation (or prayer) I, the runemaster, servant of Odin Call upon the one of the sun (tyr god of the sun, war, and justice) to aide our army" It's repeated several times before a repeating chant of the elder Futhark runic alphabet.
It is used in a video game trailer for senuas saga but I listened to the whole album the entire time I played through assassins creed valhalla and it pulled me deeper into the game with full emersion
I love how focused you became!! I believe they're chanting the basic old Norse runes from one translation I found and the runes have meanings. They "sing" poems war chants etc from bronze age Germanic influence, Norse influence and Icelandic influence. And I do believe she throat sings in the end.
ahaha, this has got to be one of the best reactions to anything. I watch your reactions a lot and I've never seen you lost for words for like 5min straight ahaha. Mad cudos for doing something completely different. This was really good though, actually gonna have to listen to these guys while im doing work, super chill. FYI I grew up in Germany, so speak pretty good German. The title heilung means healing, but everything else is probably old German, norse, scandinavian or something ...
Heilung makes my Viking blood boil and I am still trying to figure out why. They have tapped into something primitive and I think there is something that anyone can identify with here, because we all share primitive ancestry. I appreciate that you gave this a try with an open mind. I hope we can all embrace our ancestry and understand our roots but also transcend tribalism that would limit us from understanding our commonalities and brotherhood.
What happened is Kai opened the doors to the higher forces/spirit/Gods.. appreciate you experiencing them. Performance art is a great way to explain it
So awesome to see you intuiting this song's purpose and source. At face value, the lyrics are an invocation of Proto-germanic gods - Tyr, Odin, the Sun, Aurochs, primal forces for a call to war. However, this song's name means "To Corrupt", and like the whole concert it came from, it's a meditation on how war corrupts the hearts of previously peaceful people. They're drawing on a lot of cultural artifacts from all over that are potentially related to the culture of the time - artistic educated guesses, based on existing instruments and singing styles that could fit what the scant historical records say. The instrument that drew your eye - it's a spin on the ravanahatha, an instrument known in India today, but things like this had a way of getting around. All this is to reach musically into a dark and obscure past and say, "War is the wound here". Lots of factoids, but really, it's a real pleasure to see you encounter music so thoughtfully!
This music appeals and pulls on the primal soul :) Heilung are as authentic as possible to the old ways with their dress instruments including the bones! and the throat singing bearded guy is an actual shaman....brought up in the shamanic tradition of northern Europe pre Viking
Old viking culture is alien and hard to place for a lot of people because christianity wiped it out centuries ago. All that's left is basically oral tradition. Very similar to the american indian.
@@robertwheeler9645 But in 2021 what pagans practice is imaginings based on interpretations of fragmented historical record. There is little to no solid data remaining on what the old Norse actually *did* in their rituals, or exactly what they believed. Only hints that we've romanticized. It's possible and very likely that early pagans, seeing modern-day pagans practice their faith, would be mystified and assume they are seeing something foreign.
@@Peatingtune sorry, I wasn't referring to old Norse paganism I was referring what paganism is today. Some things in old norse paganism would be illegal today. 😆
Welcome to the family, my friend. Quick couple of things. Heilung - [Ha:i - Loong]: German for Healing. This is old Norse, a dead and ancient language that is only spoken by the old believers. You've experienced just one of the most grounding experiences, with the Runes actively tuning the frequency. The amazing thing is, whether you worship the old ones or have completely forgotten their names, their power still resonates deeply through each of us. But hey... I just sing Siegfried for a living. Love seeing them get noticed more and more. Thanks for covering this song in particular my dude!
the main figure, who is doing the "leading" if you will, is their spiritual guide. at least of the group. this is a music project he asked / invited his fellow musician friends in heilung to embark on. connecting to the old ways / gods of their collective past. most definitely taps into a primal feeling that you are describing. dig deeper. enjoy.
I love how open you are even with our religion and traditions of Nord. Thank you and I hope you understand it good. Very nice video an keep on bro! Much love from Germany
The performer would burn on the stakes the same day. This is based on pre-christian traditions, THE exact rites which were condoned and punished as witchcraft as soon as Christianity had a foot in the door. All pagan rites, symbols, offices whatever were the main reasons to call for inquisition. It's why ravens and wolves are considered evil in christian mythology, since they were the messengers of the ancient - pre-christian - gods. It's why warlocks and whiches are evil, since they were the priests of pre-christian religion. Whenever you think of Halloween witches and druids, it's those very people for whom the whole witch-burning madness was invented in the first place. They had been before, so Christianity had to erase them with fire and sword. Because monotheism, you know....
These guys are so unique. I came across them last year. They are celebrating a lost European culture from ancient Gemanic and Nordic tribes from the bronze age. All the bones and instruments are 100% real.
O have been waiting for this for so long, so glad you covered it hilung (healing) is the name of this group, lifa is the album and castlefest is the festival where this is recorded. this is their first ever live performance as a band. i saw them Nov 2019 london, best ritual ive ever been to, love your brain melt btw. proto norse, they use old norse poems/saga and inscriptions on stones for lyrics, they describe themselves as amplified history :)
I recommend their song Alfadhirhaiti. It's a great song to wake up to in the morning. The beat drop is a chef's kiss. Their costumes are accurate recreations of Bronze Age Nordic clothing, so that should give you an idea of the era their music is trying to replicate.
Now I know my Old Norse AbCs, next time wont you sing with me? The chant that takes up the middle of the song are the names of the runes in the runic alphabet of the Elder Futhark. It was used throughout very early German Prehistory by several Proto germanic societies.
Yeah dude, I meditate to this all the time when doing my practices. I've heard people describe it as dark and nightmare-ish, but to me it's wild, feral, and comforting.
Just found this I am a devout Pagan this hits my soul and calls me to Mother Earth and to my drum and fight for our Mother. I love Heilung got this cd about 9 months ago just wish I could have been at the concert. These are the Norse Tribe I am from the Celtic Tribe.
I've seen them live a handfull of times in copenhagen Denmark. Their shows are trance-like and takes their audience to old times and mystical places from the past..... The sound and voices rumble deep and soar through the air like a hot knife through butter, making your whole body vibrate and feeling a release of some sorts... Audiences are allmost a part of the whole thing like the whole show becomes an engulfing thing... Very different to any of the 500 other concerts I have seen in my life so far... Its not unusual to see people cry silently with an elated expresion on their faces... :)
Without the CC you will be lost. Ancient Language from the Iron Age. In one of their videos, there is a setting that shows small footprints in a cave petrified into the rock. Mud solidified into stone. However, without CC the impact is somewhat lost. As you watch the CC you will notice glimpses of the English language. Spooky :-).
This music definitely puts me into a bit of a trance when I lay on the floor on my back, relax every muscle in my body, and just take it all in. I've taken yoga classes with music that they thought was relaxing, but I've meditated and done yoga with this music playing softly somewhere instead, and it definitely has an impact.
Awesome. I would absolutely LOVE to see more POC at these kind of events. When you get down to the tribal nature that we all have, regardless of heritage or skincolor, it's so easy to find connection and similar or even shared backgrounds. Only if we all discover that can we ever hope to drown out that small but way too vocal minority of people that use heritage to power/fuel/justify their idiotic racism. "Remember that we all are brothers", so please feel welcome, brother!
My guess is, that be same with all kinds of YT dominated music, like Rock'n Roll, Rock, Metals. Shyte man, even Blues. Saw a vid here on tube, #BBKing, #EricClapton, one more Black and White performing at #Crossroads. Not one Black to spot among the audience. Sad conditional state of State.
Tribal identity unifying towards the primal catharsis. Amazing how you can trace music through the ages from these early human tribes to gregorian chants to metal today.
@Erin-Shhmerin you don't know history then or you would realise germanicus was sent to the teutoburg and buried all the dead Romans then slaughtered majority of the Germans and captured arminius' wife and child forcing the child to be a gladiator and died as a teenager.
Also, the female vocals in the later part is called "kulning", and is used for calling to your live stock. This group takes inspo from way before the "vikings" (thousands of years before). However, looking back on it, native americans have a pretty similar culture and many of the sounds and rythms are probably "universal". We all humans, and many of the "tricks" still goes deep into our plums, and are still used today.
It is helpful to remember that ancient humans had thousands of years to figure out how to move the body and mind in powerful ways. Much of this can be found in the tropes we take for granted, but if we listen to this kind of reproduction with an open mind we get a small feeling of the way our ancestors experienced their world long before the internet, or the radio, or even books. Artists like Heilung can transport our imaginations to all kinds of crazy places we might not ever have imagined before.
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1:06 "let's go ahead and pull up some lyrics"
*laughs in proto-germanic*
Is this song proto-Germanic ?
I thought this one was pagan Norse and just stated so in a comment lol I've got my songs mixed up.
@@curtismills1612 They have songs in various languages. Some are proto germanic poems. Others are based on ancient nordic scripts and runes. They also do some stuff in modern german or english.
It is right, the time periode is the celtic bronze age. I know this because I saw an interview about this song. It is worth to watch the other videos as well. I can higly recomand this to you. Many greetings from north germany.
Oh my, let me pull up some songs in ancient Finnish!
@@curtismills1612 Norse and Germanic is the same langue family.
"I think they left me in a trance state."
Mission accomplished.
Their music is based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Viking Age. Heilung describe their music as "amplified history from early medieval northern Europe". Their music is usually about Norse deities, jǫtnar, and valkyries.
The languages used are varied, with German, English, Gothic, Old High German, Icelandic, Old English, Proto-Norse, Proto-Germanic, and Viking age Old Norse being used.
I wanted to highlight, Heilung has been invited to produce the music for Helblade 2. This is a game by Ninja Theories. Make sure you check out the trailer of the game. You will certainly recognize their music :D. ruclips.net/video/2TR0gaG01do/видео.html
thanks for the information, the whole performance was very cool and unique
There is one that explained it great
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@@MrArnomania warum weiß du nicht 😄
If your body is feeling "weird", you are doing it right! This music hits deep into your body and strikes something primal.
This shit, right here brother. :)
Did the first time I listened to it. Enthralled is not an over statement.
It's very communal. It has a quality that feels best performed with a group, and with an audience. together.
@@The_Sock_ there isn't much that helps me focusing and just stepping out of my ADHS brain, but this is definitly doing it.
That is the feeling of Odin
well it sure dose something to my Dutch, german blood I find a lot there music to be calming
Funniest thing I’ve ever seen is Maria Frantz explaining how to get human bones through airport security
LMAO YEAH 🤣
Well if they have it in the luggage and have correct papers its no problem :)
@@Gamerviking it depends on the country and state
sauce?
@@LBCSV1312 Brown Sauce please or do you mean Source?
"remember that we are all siblings; all people, all animals, all trees, all rocks and wind; we are all from one great being that has always here; before people lived and named it; before the first seed sprouted"
If only more people thought like that, this whole planet would be so much better off.
SKÄL! Exactly...the human family!
Your heart beats at the same time as a pulsar. Your blood flows as the rivers. You breath as the Amazon gives you breath. We are part of everything and everything is part of us. We are just lucky enough to see this universe through individual insight.
Skäl kinman!
My favorite part of the show.
It's easy to forget or not even know that white people had their tribal days as well. Northern Europeans were some of the last holdouts of the old ways before Christian Imperialism took over everywhere. An echo of a memory still exists for those who will listen.
Only if ignorance is an ambition.
Honestly, their language used,
resembles more Finish, possibly Samí, than modern Norge, Dansk, Deutsch, Svensk, English.
I have also no idea, what they are talking about.
Majdan was the uprising 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Possibly Varangian Rus. Kiev Veik, Raijkiavik capitol of Iceland.
@@ReimerGodt That what they sing repeatedly isn't really a language, it's just the succession of the 28 old nordic runes (the futhark).
What do you mean easy to forget? In the Americas where the people that went there and let all these things behind perhaps, but at least in northern Europe people still identify themselves by tribal affiliation first.
Hence federal states or their equivalents are usually based on historic tribal territories. E.g. I am a German but my cultural background, dialect, music, cuisine etc. is primary Ripuarian (Rhine Franks) heck even stuff like inheritance laws and therefore land cultivation derive themselves in every region from tribal tradition (Franks devide everything equally among legitimate sons, Saxons give all land to the first born son and some tribes in the south all to the last born son (or nowadays child).
To the north of me are Saxons (Westfalen, Lower Saxony), north of them Frisians, to the south Moselle Franks, Chatti (Hessians), Swabians, Allemani and Bavarians
@@ReimerGodt its proto-germanic
Bro you're not an idiot at all! The world has so many different forgotten ancient cultures (on a grand scale at least) and you were basically spot on. Solid review and I agree about traditional music around the world being powerful in a special way.
actually he was spot on :)
Definitely cultural. Heilung performs folk music based on Germanic, Bronze Age and Viking ancient text.
Hail Heilung
@@patrickwalsh8191 *Hailar Wotanaz*
Iron Age.
Even earlier than that, its from Pagan which is what gave birth to Viking and Germanic cultures among several others. Some of their lyrics are the actual text on the ancient Mercerberg charms.
Oldest Germanic text goes back to the Migration Period and it is merely Elder Futhark in a proto-writing form (similar to a nametag or repeating a god's rune for a blessing). Some of the oral stories might go back to the Bronze Age in some form but there is certainly no Bronze aged text when speaking of the Germanic peoples. The Merseberg charms date to the Viking age btw (at least when they were written, some elements hint at a much earlier origin).
The song's title can be found in the Mesogothic Anglo-Saxon glossary as "In-Maidjan", which means "deceptively change" or "corrupt". This makes sense since the entire story within the album consists of a peaceful village that is corrupted by having to go to war. Therefore, Proto-Germanic seems to be the language.
Harigasti Teiwa Harigasti Teiwa "is a clear Germanic reference to the Negau helmet. This helmet contains several Etruscan alphabet inscriptions that include the words" Harigasti teiwa which are the first words of the song. This could be translated as Harigast (the priest) although it could also mean, the priest of Teiwaz (Tyr). "Harigast" is often (not always) seen as a personal name and that it could be made up of the words "harjaz" (army, troop, warband, war) and gastiz (stranger, guest). The forms "Hari" and "gast" is particularly found in west-germanic. As such the name could mean "war guest" or "foreign army".
Tawol Athodu - I accept the invitation.
Ek Erilaz - I am a runemaster. The word has been interpreted to mean magician or runemaster. The word is an ablaut variant of count and it is believed that it could be linguistically related to the name of the tribe of the Heruli or Herulos. The Heruli were a Germanic tribe from Scandinavia that was invaded by the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. So it is probably simply an old military title of Germanic provenance.
Owlthuthewaz - owlthu (glorious) thewaz (servant). Means servant of the glorious
Niwaremariz - Priest of the god "Ullr" / famous, renowned. From the proto-Germanic term Wulþuz (glory) wolþu- is possibly a reference to a God, surely the God Ullr.
Saawilagar Hateka - My name is Sawilagaz.
Harja - Army - leader of the army; commander; Warrior
Wuotani Ruoperath Wuotani - Oh, Wodan! Ruoperath - famous and brilliant.
This could be interpreted as the following:
I, Priest Harigast.
Aaccept the invitation (to battle)
I am the Heruli.
I am a renowned priest of Ullr.
They call me Warrior.
Oh, Wodan the famous and brilliant!
The next chant are the names of the 24 Norse runes of the Elder Futhark. This is also known as runic song.
Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz,
Raidho, Kenaz, Gebo, Wunjo,
Hagal, Naudhiz, Isa, Jera,
Eihwaz, Perthro, Algiz, Sowelu,
Tiwaz, Berkano, Ehwaz, Mannaz,
Laguz, Ingwaz, Dagaz, Othala.
In English:
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!
I am glad that you give this extremely exceptional Nordic group a chance. I tell you a little about its history. The group, which are two boys and one girl, have Norwegian, Danish and German nationality and uses instruments such as horns of different animals, drums, human bones, rattles with human ashes, bells, stones, all to go back to the first musical compositions that They were able to interpret 1,000 years ago, in the iron age in northern Europe. All the letters are taken from carved gadgets from the era of the Nordic iron, such as arrowheads, bows, swords, rune stones and recite poems and psalms of war, peace and protection. Whereupon and for this, heilung, which means healing in German, is in close collaboration with archaeologists specializing in the field. The languages used by heilung are several. Among them are Latin, Old Danish, German and English. They were so successful with their first album that they had to release a new live album, which includes 2 new songs. Also a video of that album live and in 2019 they released their second work, futha, which is a much more feminine work. His first album, Ofnir, is much more aggressive and masculine. During the concerts some representations of how these ancient rituals of the iron age could be made. Also just finished the soundtrack of the video game Hellblade 2. I hope this review helps you to understand a bit the context of this musical group.
Some curiosities. When they built the drums for the group, one of which is made from horse skin, a doctor drew blood from the three members of the group and painted the drums and some of their clothes with it. The male singer with the deep voice is a great tattoo artist and very professional. The bones the girl plays with are human bones and sometimes they have had problems in the countries of the tour to introduce them through the border from the country where the concert was held.
A hug.
Awesome deep dive thank you for posting I love this band
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A pleasure
Thanks for these insights.
That was a nice look at them. Thank you.
That’s the best comment I’ve ever read regarding this group. It’s great to see someone so well versed. Thank you for sharing.
OH YOU"RE IN FOR A TREAT! Oh man! Take some free time for yourself and just watch the whole set at least once. Don't bother with a reaction video, just enjoy it. What a show they put on!
One of the only times I've watched a video of a live show and felt genuinely moved by the music
Lifa at Castle Fest. The entire show hooked me.
@@sinnergy73 I was working a night shift inside, watching monitors one time when I found the Lifa show, god damn that kept me going all morning and into the drive home. I was PUMPED!
Their shows are definitely spiritual, Pagan rituals involving everyone who attends. You may not understand all the languages, but the music speaks to your soul.
Life changing
"Wardruna ft. Aurora - Helvegen" - you would love it
My fave!!!
I’ve been waiting for him to get to this song.
@@Ruin_Us I had to leave and listening to it now the live version with Aroura🙌
@@Jennifer_615 its definitely a journey more than a song.
I second that
Sir, you have earned yourself a permanent sub. This group was not only incredible live, extremely down to earth and one of the greatest influences for me to starting and developing my business.
heey, i order from you all the time. asgard is by far my favorite.
@@sethkeown5965 Seth! My man! I got some new goodies coming soon. Keep an eye out 😉 They may even beat out Asgard 🍻
Heilung's performances are not actually performances for an audience, but instead a shamanic ritual they are leading for their family/tribe. Like shamans of the ancient past and in present day, they are taking you journeying with them...whether they are taking you into the past, to the higher or even lower worlds...you are being put in contact with your ancestors and/or the gods of your ancestors (no matter your ethnicity). So that meditative mind you instantly got from their music is entirely the point. Kai Faust and Maria Franz are even dressed in traditional ceremonial dress of shamans of Mongolia, Siberia, and the Tatar peoples. Every piece of their ceremonial dress serve a purpose for the shaman. For example, the fringed headdress Kia and Maria are wearing assist shamans in entering trance-states, (something that takes many years of practice in order to achieve) since the movement of the fringes, with practice, act as a primitive stroboscope causing a trance by optical stimulation due to the movement of the head. Maria's light colored dress signifies that she works with the upper worlds, while Kai's dark dress signifies that he works within the lower worlds (there are no "good" and "evil" dichotomies within shamanism...so "lower" doesn't mean "dark" or "hell" just as "upper" doesn't mean "light" or "heaven" just fyi).
Anyway, not wanting to write a whole textbook on shamanism lol, but figured if you do anymore from Heilung...it would mean more to you to have a kind of understanding of where they are coming from. I also HIGHLY recommend you check out Wardruna if you haven't already.
-much love
Danke das hast du schön geschrieben. Grüß Kai von uns!
Much appreciated
Hippy.
google them before you start talking about a band.
@@nodiggity9472 yeah
The name is German for "healing". It's pronounced "high-loong" with the "oo" sound from "wood". And yes, those are real bones, and they made most of the instruments themselves.
Maria taking about airport security is funny af
More accurate is "Cure".
"Heilend" is healing.
But yes. It does feel like it.
@@NilasJunkyard So Maria is Robert Smith?
@@Nerdsammich Touché ;D
...and each person made a blood sacrifice to each of their personal instrument(s)
I love it when a reactor gets to the point where they listen to Heilung and Wardruna.
On a related note, PLEASE REACT TO WARDRUNA!
WITH AURORA!!!
Helvegen...the funeral song.
The drumming and chanting, especially of the runes is used in shamanic trance journeying. It was working on you. They were singing the runes, that's why you didn't understand.
i tranced out when i saw them, gone for a good 20 mins lol
@@johickey3158 Thats what the drumming is for.
The chanting in the middle is basically the Norse equivalent of the ABC's. They're reciting the FUTHARK runes. Thats why they're all listed with commas, they're names and they all have meaning attached to them.
We should get people to recite the alphabet like this!!!
Heilung is, in a way, an audio-visual embodiment of the lost culture of Northern Europe/Scandinavia/Slavic Paganism. It definitely speaks to something in me. But the something it speaks to, has been obscured through millennia of change and is almost unrecognisable.
it speaks to something in me too. I'm Norwegian and Scandinavian. I get this sense of long forgotten community I can practically feel in my bones listening to their music its very interesting
You absolutely need to listen to Krigsgaldr as well.
Yep, and there happens to be a live version uploaded WITH english translated lyrics just for this purpose. ruclips.net/video/laBmsMykexQ/видео.html
A MUST
Should have been the 1st song for him to listen to
Yeah for sure should have been number one. Hoping he does Krigsgaldr and more!
yes!
This isn't a song, it's a ritual. Old Norse/Proto-Germanic reconstructionist paganism set to music. Norupo is another beautiful track, it is the Norwegian Runic Poem transcribed into song. This group is incredible
Hail Heilung!!!!! We are all brothers!!!
The words you are seeing are the Runes in the Runic Language of Elder Futhark in the order they are inscribed in the Ancient Rune Stone, Old Norse Germanic Scandinavian. Each Rune has meaning and power, to recite them all an repeat has power it flows through even through vibrations of the sound and music. Pre-Viking Culture Norse Germanic Animistic. They used Younger Futhark into the Viking age. Thank you for diving into our prehistoric culture, our animistic root. It was amazing to watch you gaze on it and enjoy it. Have a great weekend! Skål
OMG she's got an AMAZING voice!! I'm so glad I watched this. My daughter loves to listen to "Viking music", as she calls it, and all tribal/indigenous music. She's on the autism spectrum, and she listens to it while she sleeps. She finds it soothing. I'll have to see if she's listened to them. Awesome reaction, thank you!
Look up a band called SKÁLD for some more Viking-style chant music
Saying "this feels cultural" is SPOT ON. They dont even consider themselves a musical band, they call themselves an extension of history. They read ancient celtic scriptures and writings and they create songs that extend those messages. THIS song is mostly just them reciting the Runic Alphabet.
Celtic is a separate culture, though a neighboring one at least in the west of Eurasia.
@@hallyudoinfam5524 the Celts actually predate and overlap this interpretation of Norse and proto-Germanic culture. It's more father-son than brother-sister, if that makes sense. Modern people know of the Celts due to remnants of the culture in the west, specifically Ireland, but their range was incredibly extensive.
They are chanting the names of the 24 sacred Nordic Runes.
This is basically the band's take on pre-Christian Norse music/culture. Christian influence broke any cultural continuity with that period, so it's more artistic interpretation than actual verifiable history, thus why they call it "Amplified History." Think Authentic rather than Accurate. The use of throat singing in this kind of music, for example, comes almost entirely from a single source: A Muslim Spanish traveler, who was actually in what is today Germany at the time, who said, "I have not heard an uglier singing than the people of Schleswig. It is a humming coming from their throats that's worse than dogs barking." So throat singing is a reasonable interpretation, but who knows if it actually sounded anything like Heilung. Pre-Christian European history is full of problems of interpretation like this, even most of what we know of Norse mythology was written after Christianization by scholars with an agenda.
"Christian influence broke any cultural continuity with that period"
That is a lot less likely than you would think, not only in that early christianity wasn't that different especially considering they adopted a lot of pagan traditions for ease of conversion, all the way back to the early Roman christianity, but the norse people already believed in Jesus long before the formal conversion of Harald Blåtand, i mean, christianity doesn't actually prohibit polytheism "You shall have no gods before me" meaning as long as i'm number 1, then it doesn't matter.
We have plenty of evidence aswell that belief in the norse gods continued for much much longer than what is considered the end of the viking age (11th century) more likely that it was very gradual. Denmark is considered to have been the first to be christianized and that wasn't a reality until the 13th-14th century, areas of Norway and Sweden wasn't formally christianized until the industrial revolution, which is in the 19th century. So, logic would have it that christianity didn't actally do that much, the reason we became less warring is because there was less need to, and also that we weren't more violent or warring than any other nation or people at the time, i mean, Svend Tveskæg the son of Harald Blåtand, killed his father to take the throne and then went on to conquer England, which was solidified under his son Canut the Great - sounds very viking to me, besides Denmark was one of the biggest maritime nations until the end of the 17th century when we were finally beat by England, and because we had a king who loved women, wine and war more than anything, problem was he was losing most of the wars lol but again, sounds pretty viking to me, and considering the guy lost his eye in battle and wore an eye-patch, i mean, come on haha
The idea of the broken cultural continuity is mostly based on lack of evidence, and a poor understanding of cultural continuity and how that can look.
@Shades 1.6 Do you have anything to back that up? Even if he had Jordanian heritiage (which I haven't read anywhere) he lived Al-Andalus, which is what is today Spain while it was under control of the Umayyad Caliphate, thus Muslim Spanish.
@@omega1231 This is more of a problem of the historical record than Christianity outright erasing Norse culture, to be fair. We can't really blame Christians entirely for the fact that people weren't keeping the extensive and verifiable written records historians prefer before they got to an area. Pagan culture of course influenced Christianity where ever it was introduced, I mean, look at how many Christmas traditions are pulled straight from Saturnalia. We just don't have any modern, uninterrupted tradition of what Norse pagan culture was like free from the influence of Christianity, so we have to fill in a lot of gaps with speculation. This is especially true when it comes to music. The first chunk of any Western Music History class is always focused on church music because they were the first to write anything down, and even a lot of that is incomplete because the early forms of notation assumed the reader already knew a lot about how it was supposed to sound. Any interpretation of folk music before more modern forms of notation trickled down to the common people involves a lot of speculation because we can only view it through the lens of the people who recorded it generations after the people who originally performed it.
@Shades 1.6 Ah! These are two different sources, which is cool to learn. I've been talking about Abraham ben Jacob, who was travelling through Europe a little later than Fadlan. The original source is the Book of Highways and of Kingdoms from 1067 because Jacob's original writings were lost. The word he used was the Shalshaweeq people, which refers to what is today Schleswig, which was contested territory with a mix of Danish and German people. I'm guessing most of the sources I've looked at quote him instead of Fadlan because people think of the Volga Vikings recorded by Fadlan as another step removed from Norse culture. That certainly adds another layer of validity to Norse throat singing either way.
@Shades 1.6 Yeah, they missed being contemporaries by a generation or so. Jacob was born a year after Fadlan died, the source for Jacob is only so much later because Jacob's original account was lost. I mostly just referred to Jacob as the only source because most of the articles I've read referred to it that way, which I guess is because there's less public awareness of Eastern European Vikings.
The naming confusion is probably down to translation issues. It's possible the people Jacob encountered lived in the vicinity of Hedeby but referred to themselves as the Schleswig or some variation, which might be why it was renamed when the duchy was formed. In a modern context Schleswig might have referred to the "greater metropolitan area" of Hedeby or something like that.
My brother your "body feeling weird" is your ancestors calling you from within yourself. I am happy to hear that this has touched your spirit.
We are all related, we are all family, with everything, every animal mineral and vegetable
Blessings🙏
Heilung calls its music "amplified history"
And true Healing…
🤘🤘🤘
Já. They throw lightning bolts. Solid.
Amazing reaction! I'm just going to say that you need to listen to the whole LIFA (live) concert. Whether that's on your channel or on your own time (but we'd prefer it as a special video thing), you absolutely need to. That's one thing I've learned about these guys - their music is so primordial and deep, there isn't one human that couldn't relate in some way. I challenge the human who says they can't! 😂
Nothing like a little "Viking Witchcraft" performed on stage. These folk are amazing live.
The chanted portion is the names of the runes of the elder futhark, btw.
"Let's go ahead and pull up some lyrics"
Me: *chuckles in English*
And when you say this is like performance art... Well sort of. This is pretty much everyone's heritage. And I mean everyone. Everyone had this type of primal point in their people's history. And the music, to me, is a harkon to those deep roots.
Awesome take! This type of music uses drum rhythms that simulate a heartbeat. Throat singing is known to stimulate the pineal gland and lymph nodes in your body forcing it to release hormones. It's very ritualist and meant to create a feeling of oneness with everyone inolved.
factually wrong on soooo many levels. i do not, and no one really considers african dances, middle eastern ancient music or native american chanting for example, as universal and global heritage. it is african, middle eastern and native american heritage, so is this is our, european heritage. people fought, people defended, people cherised their own culture for ages to make it keep it their own, not to people like you globalize it and make everyones.
@@liveforever141 You missed the point entirely. Every culture and people has had a point in it's own respective time in history of being primal. Shamanistic, ritualistic. The pollution of the modern day is the inability to understand each other, despite having the same language.
I'm glad you feel whatever you're feeling for whatever reason you feel it. But it has nothing to do with what I said.
@@liveforever141 yeah that point went fucking clear over your head
Cool reaction video! I like your openness to the music. Especially for how different it is. I just discovered Heilung recently and fell in love with their sound. It is so otherworldly!
According to a recent interview with Heilung. The band's performances are actual prayer rituals adapted by their band leader. Whom is an outright, as in a Pagan Animist, traditional Norse shaman. He treats every performance as a sacred ritual.
Please, please, PLEASE do more Heilung
I'm actually gonna recommend "Norupo". I don't think it's one of their biggest hits, but still great, and one of their more recent tracks.
Norupo is an excellent recommendation. Very mesmerizing. If our host here checks out the official video for the track, it may help to know they are eating mushrooms at the start, basically going into shamanistic trances.
Excellent recommendation. Listening to Norupo before I lie down at night has become a ritual. It clears my mind of all the crap of the day and allows me to fall into a deep, peaceful sleep.
Norupo is one of my absolute favorites by them!
The stringed instrument is a ravanahatha . it's an ancient instrument from India believed to be the first stringed instrument played with a bow. This one was strung with the Indian artisan's daughter's hair at the time of the concert.
I’m going to their show in October at Red Rocks in Colorado
what!?
It’s the ONLY North American date. I got excited when I saw this comment and immediately disappointed.
Also I would personally recommend Krisgaldr as the next one. Some of it is in English and kind of helps to tell the story of this entire concert of a peaceful village being corrupted by war, essentially.
I was so excited to see this video. Heilung has become one of my favorite groups over the last year or so. I was really hoping you'd end up reacting to them at some point.
You were pretty close in your guess on what culture this is from. Their focus is on the cultures of pre-Viking Germanic tribes throughout Northern Europe. A lot of the lyrics are drawn directly from what few writings remain from these cultures -- archaeological finds like gravestones and rune poems. The languages they use are Old English, Old Norse, Old High German, and Proto-Germanic, which is a parent language to the other three. One song has a bit of modern English in it.
As for this song, the main repeating lyrics are reciting the Elder Futhark, a set of runes that essentially made up the alphabet of Old Norse. Each one is a letter, but they also each have a deep symbolic meaning and were believed to have great magical power. They were used for divination and fortune-telling and still are today by many modern pagans who follow Nordic-inspired traditions.
The calm, trance-like state that this induced for you wasn't an accident; Heilung's performances are intended as healing rituals for the audience. "Heilung" is the German word for "healing."
Anyway, I've rambled long enough. Great video! If you're interested in hearing more of them, I recommend their songs "Krigsgaldr" (from this same live show) and "Norupo." Those are two of my favorites.
Three things.
1. This music is supposed to induce that trance like effect, it's quite fun in fact
2. Some of the bones used in this music/chanting are real human bones
3. This music is based off of ancient runic inscriptions found carved into stones, and it predates the viking age (So it isn't "viking music") and comes from Norse Germanic roots
Edit: If you do want to explore more viking age norse music, I highly suggest you check out Wardruna which is a one man project started by Einar Selvik. Einar used to be the drummer for the black metal band "Gorgoroth", but he eventually left and started a more spiritual quest into ancient Norse folk music. If you want a suggestion for Wardruna songs I suggest Helvegen or Voluspa, they have some cool and interesting menaing behind the lyrics.
You should check out their songs Alfadhirhaiti (live) and Norupo (music video). The first one's a little heavy, but not too much so. The other one is nice and softer. Also, that instrument that was sort of being played with a bow is called a Ravanahatha. It's from India, and it makes a sort of droning sound
I love how you felt the rune chant and yes, you got it right. It's norse.
Get chills everytime I listen to there music absolutely love there music!!
They are bringing old Norse traditions and song back to life. The source is Ancient Scandinavian. My maternal grandmother was Danish and my paternal grandmother was Swedish. This music is just a small slice of the overall genre. Lots of the music we love today came from this base. Thanks for highlighting this performance today.
Starts off, in case you're curious in proto germanic
"For this incantation (or prayer)
I, the runemaster, servant of Odin
Call upon the one of the sun (tyr god of the sun, war, and justice) to aide our army"
It's repeated several times before a repeating chant of the elder Futhark runic alphabet.
This is traditional style music from Germany and Scandinavia. The songs are typically about norse folklore.
Germanic not germany
@@_-Naz-_ well the germanic tribes did inhabit the area of modern day Germany or as it was called Germania.
@@corytucker6668 also parts of my country so thats why i clarified
Nope.
Remember the Celts of Bavaria.
European Union is Germany, it's Powerhorse.
Anglo-Saxon-English World's Tongue.
It is used in a video game trailer for senuas saga but I listened to the whole album the entire time I played through assassins creed valhalla and it pulled me deeper into the game with full emersion
Her voice is so incredibly beautiful and her range is insane
I love how focused you became!! I believe they're chanting the basic old Norse runes from one translation I found and the runes have meanings. They "sing" poems war chants etc from bronze age Germanic influence, Norse influence and Icelandic influence. And I do believe she throat sings in the end.
ahaha, this has got to be one of the best reactions to anything. I watch your reactions a lot and I've never seen you lost for words for like 5min straight ahaha. Mad cudos for doing something completely different. This was really good though, actually gonna have to listen to these guys while im doing work, super chill. FYI I grew up in Germany, so speak pretty good German. The title heilung means healing, but everything else is probably old German, norse, scandinavian or something ...
Heilung makes my Viking blood boil and I am still trying to figure out why. They have tapped into something primitive and I think there is something that anyone can identify with here, because we all share primitive ancestry. I appreciate that you gave this a try with an open mind. I hope we can all embrace our ancestry and understand our roots but also transcend tribalism that would limit us from understanding our commonalities and brotherhood.
this one brings me back to one of my favourite games of all time, Hellblade
The feeling you get from Heilung can best be described as primal.
The feeling i get is grounding and healing.
@@mangalover0149 @Coldun yes, you may feel that way too.
What happened is Kai opened the doors to the higher forces/spirit/Gods.. appreciate you experiencing them. Performance art is a great way to explain it
I love this - pure voice for Europeans who understand & embrace their ancient pre-Christian history!! And you have a new subscriber!!
So awesome to see you intuiting this song's purpose and source. At face value, the lyrics are an invocation of Proto-germanic gods - Tyr, Odin, the Sun, Aurochs, primal forces for a call to war. However, this song's name means "To Corrupt", and like the whole concert it came from, it's a meditation on how war corrupts the hearts of previously peaceful people. They're drawing on a lot of cultural artifacts from all over that are potentially related to the culture of the time - artistic educated guesses, based on existing instruments and singing styles that could fit what the scant historical records say. The instrument that drew your eye - it's a spin on the ravanahatha, an instrument known in India today, but things like this had a way of getting around. All this is to reach musically into a dark and obscure past and say, "War is the wound here".
Lots of factoids, but really, it's a real pleasure to see you encounter music so thoughtfully!
This music appeals and pulls on the primal soul :) Heilung are as authentic as possible to the old ways with their dress instruments including the bones! and the throat singing bearded guy is an actual shaman....brought up in the shamanic tradition of northern Europe pre Viking
Old viking culture is alien and hard to place for a lot of people because christianity wiped it out centuries ago. All that's left is basically oral tradition. Very similar to the american indian.
actually you would be wrong its not gone. pagans are alive and well
@@robertwheeler9645 But in 2021 what pagans practice is imaginings based on interpretations of fragmented historical record. There is little to no solid data remaining on what the old Norse actually *did* in their rituals, or exactly what they believed. Only hints that we've romanticized. It's possible and very likely that early pagans, seeing modern-day pagans practice their faith, would be mystified and assume they are seeing something foreign.
@@Peatingtune sorry, I wasn't referring to old Norse paganism I was referring what paganism is today. Some things in old norse paganism would be illegal today. 😆
It's not "viking" culture lol.
@@ReclasTube part of it is, as the Vikings were Norse, just a very specific group
Welcome to the family, my friend.
Quick couple of things.
Heilung - [Ha:i - Loong]: German for Healing.
This is old Norse, a dead and ancient language that is only spoken by the old believers.
You've experienced just one of the most grounding experiences, with the Runes actively tuning the frequency.
The amazing thing is, whether you worship the old ones or have completely forgotten their names, their power still resonates deeply through each of us.
But hey... I just sing Siegfried for a living.
Love seeing them get noticed more and more.
Thanks for covering this song in particular my dude!
I discovered this a couple of years ago, and can confirm it sounds AWESOME on a home theater system.
A real band with real albums, but they do put on quite the show!
the main figure, who is doing the "leading" if you will, is their spiritual guide. at least of the group. this is a music project he asked / invited his fellow musician friends in heilung to embark on. connecting to the old ways / gods of their collective past. most definitely taps into a primal feeling that you are describing. dig deeper. enjoy.
I love how open you are even with our religion and traditions of Nord. Thank you and I hope you understand it good. Very nice video an keep on bro! Much love from Germany
Serafino ?
A Langobard from occupied South Tyrol ?
Or some Sicilly Mobster Pizza-Baker ?
Just teasing. :-)
@@ReimerGodt a mobster pizza backer with roots from danemark and an South italian father living in Germany ;)
Imagine something like this being performed 500+ years ago at a medieval banquet? I imagine it would be pretty mind blowing
The performer would burn on the stakes the same day. This is based on pre-christian traditions, THE exact rites which were condoned and punished as witchcraft as soon as Christianity had a foot in the door. All pagan rites, symbols, offices whatever were the main reasons to call for inquisition. It's why ravens and wolves are considered evil in christian mythology, since they were the messengers of the ancient - pre-christian - gods. It's why warlocks and whiches are evil, since they were the priests of pre-christian religion. Whenever you think of Halloween witches and druids, it's those very people for whom the whole witch-burning madness was invented in the first place. They had been before, so Christianity had to erase them with fire and sword. Because monotheism, you know....
'It left me in a trance like state..' That means it's working as intended. Embrace and enjoy.
These guys are so unique. I came across them last year. They are celebrating a lost European culture from ancient Gemanic and Nordic tribes from the bronze age. All the bones and instruments are 100% real.
Duuuude mad props for recognizing the Norse symbols in the background! Subscribed
O have been waiting for this for so long, so glad you covered it hilung (healing) is the name of this group, lifa is the album and castlefest is the festival where this is recorded. this is their first ever live performance as a band. i saw them Nov 2019 london, best ritual ive ever been to, love your brain melt btw. proto norse, they use old norse poems/saga and inscriptions on stones for lyrics, they describe themselves as amplified history :)
I recommend their song Alfadhirhaiti. It's a great song to wake up to in the morning. The beat drop is a chef's kiss.
Their costumes are accurate recreations of Bronze Age Nordic clothing, so that should give you an idea of the era their music is trying to replicate.
Ive never seen you look so confused and yet so intrigued, lol. I love Heilung and Maria Franz is a goddess.
Your patience with this one was admirable sir! Most of the comments are correct as well as how you interpreted this. Love your channel ❤
Now I know my Old Norse AbCs, next time wont you sing with me? The chant that takes up the middle of the song are the names of the runes in the runic alphabet of the Elder Futhark. It was used throughout very early German Prehistory by several Proto germanic societies.
Yeah dude, I meditate to this all the time when doing my practices. I've heard people describe it as dark and nightmare-ish, but to me it's wild, feral, and comforting.
When he says I’ve never even seen this instruments before. And I’m here like yeah cause they’re bones 🦴!
Just found this I am a devout Pagan this hits my soul and calls me to Mother Earth and to my drum and fight for our Mother. I love Heilung got this cd about 9 months ago just wish I could have been at the concert. These are the Norse Tribe I am from the Celtic Tribe.
Don't know how to donate but would absolutely love to see your take Fylgija Ear. Maria's voice is like glass in that one.
Man, can you imagine experiencing all this kind of stuff when it was the current time, wild.
This is the kind of music that speaks to the most primitive aspects of our souls.
I've seen them live a handfull of times in copenhagen Denmark. Their shows are trance-like and takes their audience to old times and mystical places from the past..... The sound and voices rumble deep and soar through the air like a hot knife through butter, making your whole body vibrate and feeling a release of some sorts... Audiences are allmost a part of the whole thing like the whole show becomes an engulfing thing...
Very different to any of the 500 other concerts I have seen in my life so far... Its not unusual to see people cry silently with an elated expresion on their faces... :)
Heilung is not music, its meditation.
I’ve seen Heilung. Life changing show. I’m seeing Wardruna in November.
Without the CC you will be lost. Ancient Language from the Iron Age. In one of their videos, there is a setting that shows small footprints in a cave petrified into the rock. Mud solidified into stone. However, without CC the impact is somewhat lost. As you watch the CC you will notice glimpses of the English language. Spooky :-).
This music definitely puts me into a bit of a trance when I lay on the floor on my back, relax every muscle in my body, and just take it all in. I've taken yoga classes with music that they thought was relaxing, but I've meditated and done yoga with this music playing softly somewhere instead, and it definitely has an impact.
Pagan, way before 2000 AD,
Love that these are becoming back again.!
Saw them in SF at the beginning of 2020. Pretty surreal and spiritual experience. I was one of maybe four black folk there lol.
Awesome. I would absolutely LOVE to see more POC at these kind of events. When you get down to the tribal nature that we all have, regardless of heritage or skincolor, it's so easy to find connection and similar or even shared backgrounds. Only if we all discover that can we ever hope to drown out that small but way too vocal minority of people that use heritage to power/fuel/justify their idiotic racism. "Remember that we all are brothers", so please feel welcome, brother!
My guess is, that be same with
all kinds of YT dominated music,
like Rock'n Roll, Rock, Metals.
Shyte man, even Blues.
Saw a vid here on tube, #BBKing,
#EricClapton, one more Black and White performing at #Crossroads.
Not one Black to spot among the audience.
Sad conditional state of State.
If you wanna know more about them, look up "Heilung" the album is LIFA...
Thanks for checking out my favourite band! I reccomend Alfadhirhaiti or Othan from the same show!
If you dig this, then try Wardruna.
Also love what you did here as this randomly fell into my feed. Had to subscribe. Good stuff.
Tribal identity unifying towards the primal catharsis. Amazing how you can trace music through the ages from these early human tribes to gregorian chants to metal today.
This sounds like the soundtrack for Varus's legions being lured to their deaths in the Teutoburg Forest
It is, Vikings TV show also used their music.
@@Ildjarnn Wow really? Great choice!
@Erin-Shhmerin you don't know history then or you would realise germanicus was sent to the teutoburg and buried all the dead Romans then slaughtered majority of the Germans and captured arminius' wife and child forcing the child to be a gladiator and died as a teenager.
@Erin-Shhmerin I was teaching you.
Anyone else just want to hug this guy briefly and hang out for a beer or two. I wish i had 1/10 his calm demeanor.
Also, the female vocals in the later part is called "kulning", and is used for calling to your live stock. This group takes inspo from way before the "vikings" (thousands of years before). However, looking back on it, native americans have a pretty similar culture and many of the sounds and rythms are probably "universal".
We all humans, and many of the "tricks" still goes deep into our plums, and are still used today.
It is helpful to remember that ancient humans had thousands of years to figure out how to move the body and mind in powerful ways. Much of this can be found in the tropes we take for granted, but if we listen to this kind of reproduction with an open mind we get a small feeling of the way our ancestors experienced their world long before the internet, or the radio, or even books. Artists like Heilung can transport our imaginations to all kinds of crazy places we might not ever have imagined before.
Heilung is one of a few bands that have a shield wall as an instrument.
Listen to heilung Krigsgaldr! It is epic!
The chant you refer to is actually them reciting the Elder Futhark (pre-viking) runic alphabet.
MrLboyd, I like your reactions because they are intelligent. Thanks for explaining RATM
Wardruna - Helvegen (Live). Great performance, настоятельно рекомендую.
I love them
This music makes me nostalgic for a time long before I was born
I love this group. I think this is what a bunch of drunk dwarves in Middle Earth would listen to These is a magic journey. Just listen and enjoy.