Can I request that you do The Diva Dance from the movie The Fifth Element? Not just analyze (I'd like that too) but PERFORM it. I'll even say pretty please! You've probably heard it before, but in case you haven't, here is the original - ruclips.net/video/a7Dh5QoXv2c/видео.html. I have seen where people say it isn't humanly possible, but there are videos of several vocalists doing so. One of my favorites is by Tolkyn Zabirova. You can hear her rendition here - ruclips.net/video/5ZNgJ7-dUmk/видео.html. If you choose to, this is the one I'd like to see analyzed. I'm no expert. I couldn't tell a soprano from a piano, so I don't even know if this is in your vocal range. I just know I like your videos and thought it would be a great challenge for you. Thanks for your time and thanks in advance for anything you decide to bestow on us. 😁😁
recently i watched the reaction of this song by, someone (curses upon me but i cant remember the channel name, something penta....). And he had a very interesting take about this clip i really liked. He said that to him, this is about "becoming". In the beginning, the little girl sort of challanged the moose, but didnt really get any response, like she wasnt a threat. And as she grew older, as she challanged the auroch(?) it accepted her as equal
Largely because European cultures are in steep decline, by design, groups like Heilung (exploring ancient proto-Germanic customs) are very popular. It is almost like one last Thing before our peoples and cultures are devoured by Globalism
As a native American (navajo) I feel like a deep, deep connection with the beat, the way she sings, everything about this song and Heilung.. like it draws out an old, old, old soul inside.. makes me feel so good. 🤗
I´m german and somewhat proud that the Band consists also of germans next to other members from all over Europe. But I also love the Indian sounds, they trigger the same emotions inside of me.
dude. I'm Scottish and know that Vikings and Celts sailed to America, long before the assholes who created religion. look at some native tribes and they look Asian, speak with similar tones, lilts etc. America was mixing races long before Columbus. people are just too stupid to understand that Europeans were in America hundreds of years before, what they are taught.
Hi: The lyrics for this piece are mainly taken from bracteates: golden, circular coins or amulets found in Northern Europe that date from the 4th to 7th centuries CE. They are often fitted with a decorated rim and loop, which indicates that they were meant to be worn and perhaps provide protection, fulfil wishes or for divination. The bracteates feature a very significant iconography influenced by Roman coinage. They were predominantly made from Roman gold, which was given to the North Germanic peoples as peace money. In Anoana, the listener has the chance to delve into a collection of likely encoded spells from the Migration Period and get a touch of magic from the Dark Ages. The intention of the piece is to playfully reconnect to an incantational language of a period where the North was richer in gold than any other region. Our forefathers presumably enjoyed a time of great prosperity and it may make us rethink how dark these ages real Above the sign on the womb of the giving birth mother is probably a painted version of Ægirs Hjelm/Aegishjalmur/Ægishjálmr ("Ægir's Helmet"), which is a symbol described in the Poetic Edda as a symbol of ultimate protection, physical, mental and spiritual referred to as protection against all kinds of fear "Ægir/Ægi" means "Sea" in both dialects of Old Norse and is also the name of the personification of the sea. "Ægir's Gate", describes the eddies that drag ships to the bottom of the sea. Ægir / Ægi has often been described as an old man with a long white beard, and to see him standing still in the water was a bad omen, as he surfaced to drag people and ships to the bottom of the ocean. Ægirs Hjelm is described in the Poetic Edda in a stanza with a shape-shifting dragon, Fafner, whose blood is poisonous. The dragon guards a treasure and, with the help of Ægirs Hjelm's spell, is invincible. In The Galdrabók, the symbol is also described as something "you wear on your forehead, between your eyebrows"). In any case, this must be taken with tweezers since it may be wrong. About the solar eclipse perhaps these images would be connected with the symbol of the black sun. For the ancients, the sun was the source of life, as it provided them with heat and energy. The lack of him was just the opposite. For the ancient peoples, it seems that the periodicity and continuity of day and night made us think not only of the existence of 1 sun, but of two suns, one bright and luminous and the other black. One represented life and the other death. This could be translated as the balance between light and dark and its connection to the world of the dead and the living. In it, the dawn of the day was interpreted as the rebirth of life and its renewal. That is why eclipses were so important for all primitive and ancient cultures: When the sun disappeared in broad daylight, they predicted that eclipses would bring about great changes, or that even in the worst case, the world could come to an end. This is the original letter: [María] Athilr Rikithir Ai Eril idi Uha Ijalh Fahd Tiade Elifi An It Athilr Rikithir Ai Landawariar Año Ana Fahd Tiade Elifi An It Aelwao Ano Ana Tuwa Tuwa Tau Liu Ano Ana Tuwa Tuwa [Kai] UL FOS LAU LAL GWUL PED UL ULD AUL LEI ELw ATH RET LAE TyS Otro REI GUI AU AU LA OA SEJS ZUL AU AL HaR HaS Ka TIL AZ Ha IR EL UNOZ LEIT Una DZ GUI UI THUL UHNG Ur OI WHUG DIT La La LIH LaL Ur USK GLa Jue LAL La La La TLG Jue TiL Ur Ur Ur Ur Gel THuL So Oth LAU IA TyL LI RAI WUI IL DAI TU Han UTH A IUr EL AL Dan An ERUI AL EIZ An RA TIU An KU AK The language is proto-norse. The language that the people living in scandinavia during the migration periode spoke in.Pre-viking era. The only words of Anoana's handwriting that are known with certainty is Landawariar (Protector of the land) About the Heilung costumes we can affirm the following: Kai Uwe Faust's tunic includes elements of the original peoples of Eurasia from the Stone Age to the end of the Iron Age; the helmet is based on a historical model from about 9000 years ago. Maria Franz's dress takes various types of Viking attire, being added by the singer several ornamental strips of the mane of a white horse. Her headdress is Siberian. Christopher Juu, meanwhile, wears historically correct Viking clothing.
I wish more of the Neo-pagans and those obsessed with Vikings would delve into our migration period. Was such a wonderful piece of our history that I find much more interesting than the Viking Age. I also enjoy the history of the Vendel Period.
I've been going through countless reactions and analyses of this song and I see your comment under every one of them, so thank you for delivering the context to everyone who is new to this song!
I've listened to this song at least a 100 times already. I don't really understand why, but still after over 100 times of listening to it, the song continues to give my chills and feel so much overwhelming emotion I'll tear up or even full on cry. They've definitely tapped into something very special.
That’s me every time. Every single day I listen to this song. I know I tear up every time at the end there’s no escaping lol they are truly awesome. Therapy for the soul.
The same for me too; I listen continuously and feel drawn into all the layers of this experience. It’s as if I’m trying to remember something, and I feel so connected to a place, time or entity beyond my conscious awareness.. incredibly powerful and magical; healing, expanding and grounding.
@@karlasanders7263 exactly!!! The connection and energy that they bring out of people is crazy! I know that there are others similar to Heilung and I’ve listened to them but something in them is very special. I can’t really put it in words but their mission in this plane is definitely working.
Exactly the same with me as if this song portrays everything i strive to be in life, a calm yet strong person. It's what the song spells to me at least.
I also recommend having a look at "Between the Sheets" with Will Friedel. He struggled with Anxiety too, and talks about how he lives and functions as an actor with it.
I too struggle with anxiety (social) and never thought about using Heilung to ease it. It might be worth a try for me. Doctors just want to throw more and more chemicals at it. 😔
If nobody else has said it, she is doing a herd call. It's called "Kulning", and is still part of some traditions in (rural) Scandinavia, mostly Sweden!
Also in Scandinavia we have many scary children's stories and lullabies. The one I can remember most from a young age is called "mors sang få hansemand". It's really common to children to be told darker, more realistic stories for us!
Also in Finland, whilst now dissapearing and quite different to Scandinavian kulning. Every rural area used to have their own calls, with significant differences. ruclips.net/video/vjAKvVl0L38/видео.html
There's no "cliff hanger" to the end. She goes out right where she came in. Watch the last minute again and then immediately watch the first minute. That gasp at the beginning is the sound of someone waking from the dead, a gasp of air in the blink of an eye as one life ends and another begins. She is born into different forms as needed under the eclipse to restore order and balance.
So good. This band makes my hair stand up. The amount of people that love this band even though they’d never been into music like this, makes one think there’s a real, primal connection people feel inside. Something they can’t explain.
Exactly. I've watched several of their concert videos (full ones) and segments, and they are all quite good. But this one, I can't quite explain the feeling I get from it. It could very well be the German, Irish/Scots and American Indian blood in me responding on a whole new level.
That was absolutely true for me. I was invited to a Heilung concert by my brother. I had never heard of them so listened on RUclips before and didn’t really like it, then I went to experience them live and it touched me deep and awakened something old inside me. If you can get to a live Heilung ceremony, please go! They are incredible. Now I enjoy listening to their songs, they empower me ❤
Dark lullabies were quite common in eras with high child mortality, generally in a sort of propitiation of whatever dark spirits wanted to steal the life of your child (that they will be entertained by your song and forget about the child).
In ancient Finnish folklore, when a person sleeps, depending on the are you were from, it was believed that you died for the duration of your slumber and your soul would leave through your mouth in the form of a bee (If a person died, they would leave through the mouth as a butterfly, a white fly or as a small bird) and sometimes travel to the land of the dead, or the Beyond. When a mother or a maid servant tried to lull a baby to sleep, they often invited or wished for a little death to the baby, so as they could themselves could sleep (being a father of a child with colic, I can understand the sentiment). The lullabies often hold portents of death in them so that dreams could easily find the baby. And if the baby never woke up again, they could explain that the baby's souls was lost in the land of the dead and simply hope, that a dead relative would find the baby's soul and take care of it.
Yea for sure. Ok Kids I'm gonna tell you a story. Main points ... Don't go into the forest, you'll die. If anyone offers you gingerbread, or anything to eat really don't take it, you'll die. If you see a wolf stay away from it, if you don't you'll die. You getting the idea here kids?
I just saw Wardruna perform live in the woods the other day. I hope now to catch Heilung there some day soon. It's interesting to me, how this type of primal folk has a similar appeal as certain kinds of (particularly black) metal, and draws the same kind of crowds. In both cases it's music that isn't just heard, but felt. There's nothing wrong with a beat you can dance to, but some music speaks to something deeper and more ancient in our psyche.
Absolutely. Einar Selvik from Wardruna was himself the drummer on one of the Gorgoroth albums back in the day. This very much speaks to the same part of me that black metal does. Reverence for nature, acknowledgement of the hardship, cultivation of strength of heart. I couldn't be without this stuff
I seen Heilung at the beginning of 2020 and it was the most emotionally moving show I've been to. I have a chance to see them again in September....but I could also wait and see Wardruna in October. I don't think I can afford both. I'm so conflicted
Yeah, you're pretty right. And another curious things is, that like me, a lot of people who likes Metal and this kind of folk are historicians an people related with disciplines like archaeology, biology... I think we have more sensivity to feel the old roots. I mean, the theory of the collective unconsciousness, that is still there since our ancestors. We really share a common brain, some kind of cloud, but in human
Anoana is a masterpiece of the Genre. Every time i hear this song i feel my mind transported to another world in a way i cannot describe. All of Heilungs' music does this to me but this song especially melts away the modern world and brings me to a time and place long forgotten, where mortals and Gods walked side by side, trees could sing and animals held a kinship to humans and humans to all things in an unspoken balance and understanding. For that Heilung has my undying devotion to their music and when my time comes, i home their music is one of the last i hear before my final breath joins with my ancestors.
True. Listen to the opening ceremony of heilung. Just great. Here is what it says : Remember, that we all are brothers All people And beasts and trees And stone and wind We all descend from the one great being That was always there Before people lived and named it Before the first seed sprouted
One thing I appreciate about this channel is Elizabeth has opened me up to broadening my musical taste and wow has it been awesome to say the least.So many great and diverse musicians I would have never given a chance if it was not for this channel.Thank you Elizabeth we love ya
I don't know why but every time I'm listening to Heilung, my body bursts into tears without any explanations... As if I'm bearing the tragic loss of something, as if something marvellous and vital was coming to an end. I don't know if it is the decline of Europe as we know it, the fact that our astounding civilisations are coming to an end without any of us wishing for it at all but I feel a deep loss beyond the vibrations of music itself calling me to keep the fire burning, not letting it turning to ashes. I don't know. Something is desperately calling from within.
Its not a tragic loss I'm feeling that i become overcome with. It's a type of feeling like I'm headed out on an adventure where the destination is unknown and really unimportant. The journey itself is what I'm inspired with. I feel like my soul is syncing with the music and talking to a piece of buried so deep that most times I'm unaware of its existence.
I can't stop listening to this song! It's so gorgeous. I recognized the kulning when Maria made that sound at the end of her herding calls--"yaAH!" Like casting away the sound where she wants it to land on the landscape in the distance. Cool technique, it was so gracefully interwoven with this song! I also heard a bird calling and flying away with the "BAH-BAH-bah-bah" shortly before Anoana is about to "die." So many ancient techniques layered as one sound experience!! The lullaby too, amazing transition. As a pregnant woman, I feel such feminine and maternal energy in this song but also the masculine involvement. I almost want to call it a yin-yang dance, with Anoana as the child born of this. Such a primal energy of life. They use nature to make sound.
I soo much was waiting for your reaction to this. Can I just add som points that are important in seeing this? The most important being that the child is born under an eclipse 0:56 (seen in background several times). According to previking believs they had very special gifts: hamnskifte (= the ability to change appearance), age shift, talking to animals, and healing as in when she heals the bird. The previking time and it's religion in nordic countries is much more female directed than the religion in the later years (viking gods like Tor and Oden with all the everpresent masculinity... ) The language they use is only partially known and therefore reconstructed
Yeah! Most probably as a "cultural answer" from the shift from 'Shamanism' (which generally is, and always has been more female-oriented, or at the very least much more balanced) towards the more aggressive "masculine" 'Warrior-ethos' that was established during, or perhaps right before the Viking-age.
@@littlemouse7066 Yes they were the Disas, for example VanaDis = Freya who was the highest of these seers. Also the völva in Voluspa. But in general they had a less central role than 500 years earlier
As an Alaska Native, seeing the dress and drums, this really hits hard. Amazing vocal work, beats, all of the instruments. Even the breathing can be felt, in a good, calming way. This is one of the best things I've ever heard, and I have all of the albums they made. The video is equally as stunning. It's been over a year, and I can't wait for what they come up with for their next video.
I love Heilung. It's like whenever I listen to their music, I don’t listen with my ears, but with my heart and soul, and just feel blessed and proud to be from Northern Europe ❤️
Heilung has really helped people wake up to their tribal ancestry, and ignited curiosity in Northern Europeans, and those of Northern European descent to where they actually came from.
@@randoliof I can absolutely relate to that. When I listen to Heilung it's like I'm not just connecting to my own personal lineage, but the lineage of my people, and I feel like history suddenly comes alive.
Glad you broke this down. 'Asja' from the new album also needs a deep dive! I'm going to my second Heilung ritual this fall, and I absolutely can NOT wait. Watching a ritual live is the most cathartic experience. It really speaks to your tribal ancestry, and what life was like before modern conveniences sped up and cheapened our day to day experiences.
Congrats on your new baby. The journey into motherhood is such a transformative experience, I love that we get to watch your interpretation of this video whilst in this phase of your life, I feel that it makes it even more special. Thank you for sharing this. 💜
The concert at Red Rocks was amazing. Even when the speakers failed, and the band kept going (assuming their monitors were still working) so you could see them moving and hearing all the percussion without the vocals. The audience was right there with them and celebrating rather than getting upset that audio issues occurred. When the speakers kicked back in, the crowd went crazy.
We have witnessed the life story of Anoana, a shaman of her people and a nature spirit. But way beyond that the metaphor is that we, the people, Anoana and her likes make these lands! The words are cryptic, nonsensical and spell-like as to be expected from any Shaman worth his/her salt. She is born into and grew up with love; her mother's and her tribe's love for her and her love for the nature, the spirits and the future. She is grown into a powerful soul, not cowering in the face of the unknown and taking death, danger and risk head-on, even unto her own ending! That is how we make these lands. Through love, care, courage, resilliance and self-sacrifice. Anoana laughs at danger as we do. She understands that death is but another part of living and she is not afraid. Such inspiring and beautiful nerrative with such rich music. I simply love love love Heilung. This is music for the darkest, must deeply buried parts of souls! I have been concerned for quite some time that Loreena McKennitt is the last true bard of our time, but Heilung proved me wrong. An altogether different tone and style but to no lesser effect! This is tribal music that is way up above cheesy percussions like a badly contrieved tourist attraction that we have endured for quite some time. You have my heart-felt gratitude Heilung! Lots of love from Turkiye!
At this video's 18:25 - the male vocals sounded to me like a heartbeat, which timed perfectly with the mother singing to the baby and Anoana giving the bird its heartbeat again.
For me it feels like the girl is the human-born spirit of nature, the way she cares about the animals and plants... I also feel like in the end when she's older her 'old friend' looks very grey and old, so maybe he's at the end of his life and she's helping him cross over... I have a feeling she will be the one standing in the end... Great reaction as always! Heilung always gets me in the feels ;-;
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Heilung in concert and all of this imagery and sound is conveyed in their live performances as well. They are the best to ever do it- the ability to transcend time and space and stir emotions in all of us that have been repressed and also bring such rich history to the masses. There isn’t enough praise in the world to commend them for their craft.
I´ve seen Heilung pop up on my recommendatios for a while now, but never got around to listen to them. Today I did for the first time, and I was mesmerized, they´re absolutely incredible... Next step, obviously, had to be visiting your channel and watch your reactions to them... you always deliver. Great video, Elizabeth! Thank you so much for sharing!
I love how you break this down whilst simultaneously nerding and gushing over it. And, as others have said before, you don't listen to Heilung with your ears; you listen with your heart.
I love that the song took you at the end. Usually when you review Heilung you stop and explain things and geek out here and there to the point that 3 minutes Heilung time takes about 10 minutes RUclips time. Not complaining, that's what I love about your channel. That last 2 minutes got to you. My wife had very visceral experiences like this after our son was born and it was amazing to watch and be with. She finally understood some of my connection to the subconscious or unspoken world that I had from war and being with her throughout that really brought us to better understand each other. This video reminded me of that. Thank you for reminding me of those days. Congratulations on becoming a mother and I love watching the transition of your reactions from Krigsgaldr to Anoana.
Heilung almost always makes me cry Not with sadness, but the confrontation of such beauty It also always makes me feel emotionally and mentally well, which isnt surprising from a band called Healing
Not only have I discovered amazing music like Heilung since finding your channel but I have also begun to have a much deeper appreciation and enjoyment of these songs after listening to your analysis. Plus it's a joy watching you get into the music, thanks for sharing this with all of us non music folks like myself.
Thank you for such an amazing, informative analysis. Anoana is a song I could listen to on repeat for hours! Their music resonates so deeply within my soul that I feel the most primitive spiritual awakening. I truly can't articulate it. Seeing them live increased my love for and connection to their music exponentially. I was awestruck. I listen to Heilung nearly every day and the feelings & energy evoked are ever-growing. I can't get enough. No other music has moved me this way. They speak (or sing and play) to my heart, mind, and soul. They force my broken body to move in ways that DO feel healing!
This song *especially*, from start to finish, just sends me. Goosebumps and tears. The audio is self explanatory, and the video is so touching and powerful, omg. The collision at the end... 🥹😮😭🙌🏻 I was wondering when you'd make your way to reacting to this gem, lovely to see. Also, motherhood looks beautiful on you! Bless 💜
No matter how many times I watch this (and it's a lot already) I still brace for impact at the end every time. In an already stunning back catalogue this might just be my favourite track yet and I don't say that lightly. In these uncertain times we all need something. Turns out that something is Heilung.
I love Heilung. This has to be my favorite song by them. The storytelling is nothing short of amazing. It gives you chills, but this song puts you at ease at the same time.
So excited!!! Edit: After watching, I can say that all that excitement paid off! Love this band and your commentary, and also wishing you and your family well after the birth of your child!
Personally, Anoana is the best Heilung song for me. I can feel it, it resonates with me and I absolutely love it! I can play it over and over and never get tired of it. ❤
I am so excited to see them live again. Im also excited for the Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga because theyre doing the soundtrack for the game and the first trailer for the game had In Madjan remixed with Senua singing along.
When Elizabeth mentioned the chanting being produced in a way that makes it sound like it's coming from inside your own head I immediately thought of Senua's Sacrifice. Some of the best sound design in a game ever
When I saw they released a new song I instantly clicked on the video. Just like you in the first seconds when she does that “inhale vocal” I stopped the video, went to the living room where I have a great hifi setup, so I could listen and FEEL the music … I felt almost compelled to join the singing, that’s how powerful their music is.
So glad you reacted to this, what a powerful song and video. As you loved Maria's "Kulning" i think you would fall in love with the artist MYRKUR her last album "Folkesange" is phenomenal.
Happy that you’re seeing this type of music! I think you would also love to hear Wardruna sometime too! The emotion of their song “Kvitravn” gets me every time 🥲
That birth scene makes me cry every time. A baby born to align with a sacred bison, run feral through the woods, heal injured animals, sleep under grand trees, intimidate the elk, drink dewdrops from the leaves in the forest. This is the birthright of every woman.
I am so glad you got to break this down and enjoy the shamanic nature of this song. I fell in love with this group after I discovered their music through recommendations. I had been listening to Skáld and Wardruna, but Maria, Chris and Kai have done a phenomenal job in drawing music from the ancient sources. The ritual dance on a lunar eclipse was a breathtaking scene that I would have loved to be a part of. So stoked for the release of this album! Also, congratulations on your baby! That child is fortunate to have such an articulate and cultured mother. Best wishes to you on the journey of motherhood.
Lyfjaberg is one that centers me. Can't speak a lick of any North German language, but something about it is so calming. Had to listen to it before conducting my first interview not to long ago
You can listen to this on repeat and it'll hit different each time. Maria et. al. said they recorded Drif at a lower frequency to give it a more meditative feel. Can't wait to hear more.
Gorgeous song by a truly fantastic group. Speaking of beautiful and primal: I'd love to hear your take on *Sólstafir - Fjara* . A band from Iceland with a very unique, hard to pin down and varied sound. The official video for that song is also beautifully done.
Me, too. My mother taught me why we have jack o' lanterns and the ways to banish evil spirits; I've always felt something so old and strong about the odd superstitions and threads of magic that have followed us down through all these ages. The song and the video call to me somehow.
Thank you for the inspiration. And for the positive vibes to all of us. Really made my day. You are a beautiful being in the most comprehensive imaginable way. I can literally feel your joy sharing this with us. Greetings from Austria.
I listen to Heilung with my eyes closed , almost in a meditate state, absolutely love they're music, evokes something within me that I can't truly put into words. Something very deep within my soul is woken and I can't explain it.
I find I get that same almost spiritual uplifting feeling with a lot of celtic and germanic/norse inspired music. Probably harkens back to some cultural memory in the genetics haha.
My favourite Heilung song yet. Playing it on repeat together with some Wardruna and A Tergo Lupi's 'Kominn Heim', mixed with 'Gwydion' by Faun featuring Eluveitie and Eluveitie's 'Aidus' for a bit of variety.
Heilung is so incredible, there's a slightly different direction of production on this song, which lends them to being able to do some interesting things with the instruments and vocals, as well as the space & atmosphere of the sounds. Looking forward to the new album for sure and would love to see them live one day!
I’m so glad you reacted to this I knew you would love it especially after your other Heilung video. They are truly one of a kind and my fav! I love your breakdown and musical analysis.
Doing a little research yielded this - Heilung are famed for their spectacular live performances, captivating music that they call ‘amplified history’, and the fact that they use instruments made from human bones (yes, really). So it’s no surprise that their latest video takes us on an intriguing journey. The video was created by Helmet Films & Visual Effects and has serious Midsommar vibes, featuring breathtaking landscapes, antlers aplenty, and a mysterious birth in a cave. The band say of the video: “The lyrics for this piece are mainly taken from bracteates: golden, circular coins or amulets found in Northern Europe that date from the 4th to 7th centuries CE. They are often fitted with a decorated rim and loop, which indicates that they were meant to be worn and perhaps provide protection, fulfil wishes or for divination. “The bracteates feature a very significant iconography influenced by Roman coinage. They were predominantly made from Roman gold, which was given to the North Germanic peoples as peace money. “In Anoana, the listener has the chance to delve into a collection of likely encoded spells from the Migration Period and get a touch of magic from the Dark Ages. “The intention of the piece is to playfully reconnect to an incantational language of a period where the North was richer in gold than any other region. Our forefathers presumably enjoyed a time of great prosperity and it may make us rethink how dark these ages really were.” Source : loudersound
Sorry I just cringe every time I hear phrases like "amplified history". It just smacks too closely of "alternative facts." Draping history in false fabrics, that color the public understanding of actual events, with "dramatic recreations" and "based on true events." Love or hate their music, I really wish they didn't promote that kind of gobbledygook woo-speak. But, they seem to be genuine pagans, not just a performance, so woo-speak is to be expected. I do like most of their sound though. Reminds me a LOT of Dead Can Dance. Especially the female vocalist sounding like Lisa Gerard. Wish the guys wouldn't sing though, they kill the vibe for me that she sets up.
@@happyninja42 They're just using North Germanic and Scandinavian history as an influence for modern folk music, though. They're not claiming "this is what ancient music sounded like," or "these spells actually work," or any of that nonsense. Just using ancient writing for lyrics or lyrical inspiration and turning it into their own thing. They're pretty clear that they're just drawing on what we actually know instead of claiming to reproduce any history. They're storytellers, not alternative historians.
I saw their ritual about 2 years ago, it's a memory I'll bring to my grave. I was balling at one point, they really reaches into your soul and awaken something through their music.
This is one of my absolute favourite songs at the moment, it's just so incredibly beautiful! Wish I'd have known about them touring the US sooner so I could have gotten tickets.
I've been waiting for your commentary of this since the song was released. SO HAPPY! Your comments are so insightful and I love your passion for music. You teach me to really listen to music and voice and appreciate the artistry involved.
Fabulous analysis of an amazing song. I learn so much from listening to your commentary and you open my ears to sounds I would've missed without your guidance. Thank you.😊
I have been a fan of Heilung for many years now. This song brings out such deep hidden emotions that come from a secret space inside. I am the sort of woman that cries a few times every few years. The melody within the song, the soft whispered chant, the soul of the song calls the deeper emotions within us. I also gave birth to 2 children and both children were very difficult 2 day labours (I nearly died, the doctor advised that I don't get pregnant). When I see the scene of the new born, those feelings usually come rushing back to me, so I mostly have to look away before such emotion comes. Thank you so much for reviewing this song to the many who do not know it. I hope that they enjoy it as much as I do.
I love this band so much. All the reaction videos are terrific too, because everyone gets the same impression, 'that's better than I had expected/There's a real Energy to this', but yours are far and away the best. I love how expressive your face gets, and your enthusiasm. Watching you listen to Heilung is kind of like watching a sommelier analyze the work of a master vintner. Delightful. Congratulations on your baby, too!
I love that you appreciate and emphasize the details of their expression through culture and historical significance of the lyrics, as well as analyze the audio. You get it. Thank you and keep doing it, I found this channel because it came up as recommended when I was having my morning Heilung listening rituals but I’ll be checking out some of your other reactions. On a side note I would have cried like a baby with the happiest most magical tears if I saw them live, what a gift to have seen them at Red Rocks, so 👆 shall be 👇. How magical
Maria has such a diverse vocals. This song sounds so different that I first wondered if she actually sang or if it was another singer. She returns to her more familiar vocals in the newly released “Asja” and cannot wait for Elizabeth to review that. Both songs I have taken a great liking to their new album
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Please check out the band DEMON HUNTER. They are known for amazing vocal melodies and strong choruses
Yasmeen Olya O Habibi is a nice song.
A lullaby: jasmine by Eden’s bridge
Can I request that you do The Diva Dance from the movie The Fifth Element? Not just analyze (I'd like that too) but PERFORM it. I'll even say pretty please! You've probably heard it before, but in case you haven't, here is the original - ruclips.net/video/a7Dh5QoXv2c/видео.html.
I have seen where people say it isn't humanly possible, but there are videos of several vocalists doing so. One of my favorites is by Tolkyn Zabirova. You can hear her rendition here - ruclips.net/video/5ZNgJ7-dUmk/видео.html. If you choose to, this is the one I'd like to see analyzed.
I'm no expert. I couldn't tell a soprano from a piano, so I don't even know if this is in your vocal range. I just know I like your videos and thought it would be a great challenge for you. Thanks for your time and thanks in advance for anything you decide to bestow on us. 😁😁
recently i watched the reaction of this song by, someone (curses upon me but i cant remember the channel name, something penta....). And he had a very interesting take about this clip i really liked.
He said that to him, this is about "becoming".
In the beginning, the little girl sort of challanged the moose, but didnt really get any response, like she wasnt a threat. And as she grew older, as she challanged the auroch(?) it accepted her as equal
Largely because European cultures are in steep decline, by design, groups like Heilung (exploring ancient proto-Germanic customs) are very popular. It is almost like one last Thing before our peoples and cultures are devoured by Globalism
As a native American (navajo) I feel like a deep, deep connection with the beat, the way she sings, everything about this song and Heilung.. like it draws out an old, old, old soul inside.. makes me feel so good. 🤗
I´m german and somewhat proud that the Band consists also of germans next to other members from all over Europe. But I also love the Indian sounds, they trigger the same emotions inside of me.
dude. I'm Scottish and know that Vikings and Celts sailed to America, long before the assholes who created religion. look at some native tribes and they look Asian, speak with similar tones, lilts etc. America was mixing races long before Columbus. people are just too stupid to understand that Europeans were in America hundreds of years before, what they are taught.
As a son of syver I feel the same when I hear native drums and women and men sing they both make me cry and feel
You’ve commented this on a few videos…
Also as a native American, I agree. Actually native Americans descend from Sami/Siberians who came from Scandinavia to Greenland and Alaska.
Hi: The lyrics for this piece are mainly taken from bracteates: golden, circular coins or amulets found in Northern Europe that date from the 4th to 7th centuries CE. They are often fitted with a decorated rim and loop, which indicates that they were meant to be worn and perhaps provide protection, fulfil wishes or for divination.
The bracteates feature a very significant iconography influenced by Roman coinage. They were predominantly made from Roman gold, which was given to the North Germanic peoples as peace money.
In Anoana, the listener has the chance to delve into a collection of likely encoded spells from the Migration Period and get a touch of magic from the Dark Ages.
The intention of the piece is to playfully reconnect to an incantational language of a period where the North was richer in gold than any other region. Our forefathers presumably enjoyed a time of great prosperity and it may make us rethink how dark these ages real
Above the sign on the womb of the giving birth mother is probably a painted version of Ægirs Hjelm/Aegishjalmur/Ægishjálmr ("Ægir's Helmet"), which is a symbol described in the Poetic Edda as a symbol of ultimate protection, physical, mental and spiritual referred to as protection against all kinds of fear "Ægir/Ægi" means "Sea" in both dialects of Old Norse and is also the name of the personification of the sea. "Ægir's Gate", describes the eddies that drag ships to the bottom of the sea. Ægir / Ægi has often been described as an old man with a long white beard, and to see him standing still in the water was a bad omen, as he surfaced to drag people and ships to the bottom of the ocean. Ægirs Hjelm is described in the Poetic Edda in a stanza with a shape-shifting dragon, Fafner, whose blood is poisonous. The dragon guards a treasure and, with the help of Ægirs Hjelm's spell, is invincible. In The Galdrabók, the symbol is also described as something "you wear on your forehead, between your eyebrows"). In any case, this must be taken with tweezers since it may be wrong.
About the solar eclipse perhaps these images would be connected with the symbol of the black sun. For the ancients, the sun was the source of life, as it provided them with heat and energy. The lack of him was just the opposite. For the ancient peoples, it seems that the periodicity and continuity of day and night made us think not only of the existence of 1 sun, but of two suns, one bright and luminous and the other black. One represented life and the other death. This could be translated as the balance between light and dark and its connection to the world of the dead and the living. In it, the dawn of the day was interpreted as the rebirth of life and its renewal. That is why eclipses were so important for all primitive and ancient cultures: When the sun disappeared in broad daylight, they predicted that eclipses would bring about great changes, or that even in the worst case, the world could come to an end.
This is the original letter:
[María]
Athilr Rikithir Ai Eril idi Uha Ijalh
Fahd Tiade Elifi An It
Athilr Rikithir Ai Landawariar Año Ana
Fahd Tiade Elifi An It
Aelwao Ano Ana Tuwa Tuwa
Tau Liu Ano Ana Tuwa Tuwa
[Kai]
UL FOS LAU LAL GWUL PED
UL ULD AUL LEI ELw ATH
RET LAE TyS Otro REI GUI
AU AU LA OA SEJS ZUL
AU AL HaR HaS Ka TIL
AZ Ha IR EL UNOZ LEIT
Una DZ GUI UI THUL UHNG
Ur OI WHUG DIT La La
LIH LaL Ur USK GLa Jue
LAL La La La TLG Jue
TiL Ur Ur Ur Ur Gel
THuL So Oth LAU IA TyL
LI RAI WUI IL DAI TU
Han UTH A IUr EL AL
Dan An ERUI AL EIZ
An RA TIU An KU AK
The language is proto-norse. The language that the people living in scandinavia during the migration periode spoke in.Pre-viking era. The only words of Anoana's handwriting that are known with certainty is Landawariar (Protector of the land)
About the Heilung costumes we can affirm the following: Kai Uwe Faust's tunic includes elements of the original peoples of Eurasia from the Stone Age to the end of the Iron Age; the helmet is based on a historical model from about 9000 years ago. Maria Franz's dress takes various types of Viking attire, being added by the singer several ornamental strips of the mane of a white horse. Her headdress is Siberian. Christopher Juu, meanwhile, wears historically correct Viking clothing.
In fact, Aegir's helmet... I hadn't looked properly and described the symbol as a Vegvisir... I apologize for the mistake...
I wish more of the Neo-pagans and those obsessed with Vikings would delve into our migration period. Was such a wonderful piece of our history that I find much more interesting than the Viking Age. I also enjoy the history of the Vendel Period.
Love the history in this.. thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I've been going through countless reactions and analyses of this song and I see your comment under every one of them, so thank you for delivering the context to everyone who is new to this song!
Here you are again hehe
I've listened to this song at least a 100 times already. I don't really understand why, but still after over 100 times of listening to it, the song continues to give my chills and feel so much overwhelming emotion I'll tear up or even full on cry. They've definitely tapped into something very special.
That’s me every time. Every single day I listen to this song. I know I tear up every time at the end there’s no escaping lol they are truly awesome. Therapy for the soul.
The same for me too; I listen continuously and feel drawn into all the layers of this experience. It’s as if I’m trying to remember something, and I feel so connected to a place, time or entity beyond my conscious awareness.. incredibly powerful and magical; healing, expanding and grounding.
@@karlasanders7263 exactly!!! The connection and energy that they bring out of people is crazy! I know that there are others similar to Heilung and I’ve listened to them but something in them is very special. I can’t really put it in words but their mission in this plane is definitely working.
Exactly the same with me as if this song portrays everything i strive to be in life, a calm yet strong person. It's what the song spells to me at least.
Same here. I think it speaks to my genetic memory.
I struggle with chronic anxiety and every time I listen to Heilung or Maria’s voice it’s just so relaxing and helps me to be grounded.
I also recommend having a look at "Between the Sheets" with Will Friedel. He struggled with Anxiety too, and talks about how he lives and functions as an actor with it.
This song helped me sleep during some rotten weeks in the recent past. 🥰
Same here and I just get chills. And specially this song calls something deep inside and make me cry but also Make me so happy to be alive
They ain’t called “Healing” for nuthin’!
I too struggle with anxiety (social) and never thought about using Heilung to ease it. It might be worth a try for me. Doctors just want to throw more and more chemicals at it. 😔
If nobody else has said it, she is doing a herd call. It's called "Kulning", and is still part of some traditions in (rural) Scandinavia, mostly Sweden!
Also in Scandinavia we have many scary children's stories and lullabies. The one I can remember most from a young age is called "mors sang få hansemand". It's really common to children to be told darker, more realistic stories for us!
Ha, so they do summon their kin here, that's exactly what I thought.
She did bring it up in the video.
Kulokk in Norway
Also in Finland, whilst now dissapearing and quite different to Scandinavian kulning. Every rural area used to have their own calls, with significant differences. ruclips.net/video/vjAKvVl0L38/видео.html
There's no "cliff hanger" to the end. She goes out right where she came in. Watch the last minute again and then immediately watch the first minute. That gasp at the beginning is the sound of someone waking from the dead, a gasp of air in the blink of an eye as one life ends and another begins. She is born into different forms as needed under the eclipse to restore order and balance.
So good. This band makes my hair stand up. The amount of people that love this band even though they’d never been into music like this, makes one think there’s a real, primal connection people feel inside. Something they can’t explain.
Exactly. I've watched several of their concert videos (full ones) and segments, and they are all quite good. But this one, I can't quite explain the feeling I get from it. It could very well be the German, Irish/Scots and American Indian blood in me responding on a whole new level.
Agreed! Well said!
That was absolutely true for me. I was invited to a Heilung concert by my brother. I had never heard of them so listened on RUclips before and didn’t really like it, then I went to experience them live and it touched me deep and awakened something old inside me. If you can get to a live Heilung ceremony, please go! They are incredible. Now I enjoy listening to their songs, they empower me ❤
That's because there is! And it's absolutely beautiful
@@Rad_AkaliYep!!
No other vocalist give me chills like Maria does, the music in general touches a place deep inside that most modern music doesnt even know about
Seriously, she is one of, if not the best female vocalist of modern times.
Florence Welch is also on that level in my humble opinion ❤
Grown man here and this song makes me cry it's so beautiful
María is amazing. I'm happy that more people are listening to Heilung, I'm just sad I'll miss their show in Colorado next week ):
Dark lullabies were quite common in eras with high child mortality, generally in a sort of propitiation of whatever dark spirits wanted to steal the life of your child (that they will be entertained by your song and forget about the child).
In ancient Finnish folklore, when a person sleeps, depending on the are you were from, it was believed that you died for the duration of your slumber and your soul would leave through your mouth in the form of a bee (If a person died, they would leave through the mouth as a butterfly, a white fly or as a small bird) and sometimes travel to the land of the dead, or the Beyond.
When a mother or a maid servant tried to lull a baby to sleep, they often invited or wished for a little death to the baby, so as they could themselves could sleep (being a father of a child with colic, I can understand the sentiment). The lullabies often hold portents of death in them so that dreams could easily find the baby. And if the baby never woke up again, they could explain that the baby's souls was lost in the land of the dead and simply hope, that a dead relative would find the baby's soul and take care of it.
Yea for sure. Ok Kids I'm gonna tell you a story. Main points ... Don't go into the forest, you'll die. If anyone offers you gingerbread, or anything to eat really don't take it, you'll die. If you see a wolf stay away from it, if you don't you'll die. You getting the idea here kids?
I just saw Wardruna perform live in the woods the other day. I hope now to catch Heilung there some day soon.
It's interesting to me, how this type of primal folk has a similar appeal as certain kinds of (particularly black) metal, and draws the same kind of crowds. In both cases it's music that isn't just heard, but felt. There's nothing wrong with a beat you can dance to, but some music speaks to something deeper and more ancient in our psyche.
Absolutely. Einar Selvik from Wardruna was himself the drummer on one of the Gorgoroth albums back in the day. This very much speaks to the same part of me that black metal does. Reverence for nature, acknowledgement of the hardship, cultivation of strength of heart. I couldn't be without this stuff
I seen Heilung at the beginning of 2020 and it was the most emotionally moving show I've been to.
I have a chance to see them again in September....but I could also wait and see Wardruna in October. I don't think I can afford both. I'm so conflicted
Fucking WHERE
i just saw wardeuna on castle devin, really excited to catch heilung in budapest in december
Yeah, you're pretty right. And another curious things is, that like me, a lot of people who likes Metal and this kind of folk are historicians an people related with disciplines like archaeology, biology... I think we have more sensivity to feel the old roots. I mean, the theory of the collective unconsciousness, that is still there since our ancestors. We really share a common brain, some kind of cloud, but in human
I love Heilung. They do something truly unique and inspired by ancient history. Thoroughly looking forward to this.
Anoana is a masterpiece of the Genre. Every time i hear this song i feel my mind transported to another world in a way i cannot describe. All of Heilungs' music does this to me but this song especially melts away the modern world and brings me to a time and place long forgotten, where mortals and Gods walked side by side, trees could sing and animals held a kinship to humans and humans to all things in an unspoken balance and understanding. For that Heilung has my undying devotion to their music and when my time comes, i home their music is one of the last i hear before my final breath joins with my ancestors.
I never noticed before that the baby already has the little stubs of antlers! It gets cooler every time I watch it.
I believe this style captures something deep within us all, no matter our origins. We are all from some sort of distant tribal ancestry.
True. Listen to the opening ceremony of heilung. Just great.
Here is what it says :
Remember, that we all are brothers
All people
And beasts and trees
And stone and wind
We all descend from the one great being
That was always there
Before people lived and named it
Before the first seed sprouted
One thing I appreciate about this channel is Elizabeth has opened me up to broadening my musical taste and wow has it been awesome to say the least.So many great and diverse musicians I would have never given a chance if it was not for this channel.Thank you Elizabeth we love ya
I don't know why but every time I'm listening to Heilung, my body bursts into tears without any explanations... As if I'm bearing the tragic loss of something, as if something marvellous and vital was coming to an end.
I don't know if it is the decline of Europe as we know it, the fact that our astounding civilisations are coming to an end without any of us wishing for it at all but I feel a deep loss beyond the vibrations of music itself calling me to keep the fire burning, not letting it turning to ashes.
I don't know.
Something is desperately calling from within.
Is good to know I'm not the only one that experiences that when listening to Heilung
Its not a tragic loss I'm feeling that i become overcome with. It's a type of feeling like I'm headed out on an adventure where the destination is unknown and really unimportant. The journey itself is what I'm inspired with. I feel like my soul is syncing with the music and talking to a piece of buried so deep that most times I'm unaware of its existence.
I'm just going to reply to that statement about "the decline of Europe" with Heilung's own opening ceremony: "Remember that we all are brothers..."
@@nidungr3496 everywhere is declining. It's not just Europe.
Answer the call.
I'm obsessed with the song. I've been listening to it nonstop and I LOVE the art of the video. They are incredible.
I can't stop listening to this song! It's so gorgeous. I recognized the kulning when Maria made that sound at the end of her herding calls--"yaAH!" Like casting away the sound where she wants it to land on the landscape in the distance. Cool technique, it was so gracefully interwoven with this song! I also heard a bird calling and flying away with the "BAH-BAH-bah-bah" shortly before Anoana is about to "die." So many ancient techniques layered as one sound experience!! The lullaby too, amazing transition. As a pregnant woman, I feel such feminine and maternal energy in this song but also the masculine involvement. I almost want to call it a yin-yang dance, with Anoana as the child born of this. Such a primal energy of life. They use nature to make sound.
I soo much was waiting for your reaction to this. Can I just add som points that are important in seeing this? The most important being that the child is born under an eclipse 0:56 (seen in background several times). According to previking believs they had very special gifts: hamnskifte (= the ability to change appearance), age shift, talking to animals, and healing as in when she heals the bird. The previking time and it's religion in nordic countries is much more female directed than the religion in the later years (viking gods like Tor and Oden with all the everpresent masculinity... ) The language they use is only partially known and therefore reconstructed
I absolutely love this song by itself but the video makes it very personal for me since my youngest child was born during a solar eclipse.
@@bazgab2738 Your are to be congratulated, it will be a very special child, but there will be challenges .. 🙂
Yeah! Most probably as a "cultural answer" from the shift from 'Shamanism' (which generally is, and always has been more female-oriented, or at the very least much more balanced) towards the more aggressive "masculine" 'Warrior-ethos' that was established during, or perhaps right before the Viking-age.
there were female seers during the so called viking age too so women had still great importance in their spiritual world.
@@littlemouse7066 Yes they were the Disas, for example VanaDis = Freya who was the highest of these seers. Also the völva in Voluspa. But in general they had a less central role than 500 years earlier
As an Alaska Native, seeing the dress and drums, this really hits hard. Amazing vocal work, beats, all of the instruments. Even the breathing can be felt, in a good, calming way. This is one of the best things I've ever heard, and I have all of the albums they made. The video is equally as stunning. It's been over a year, and I can't wait for what they come up with for their next video.
Muskox is such a beautiful animal!!!!!
Im happy that this video is coming out. Now Elizabeth will not have to hold off on hearing it and can have this song on repeat like so many of us do.
In Sweden the herd calling is called Kulning. A tradition documented around the middle ages. Quite a poetic way for calling in the animals.
I just researched this. It is beautiful!
I love Heilung. It's like whenever I listen to their music, I don’t listen with my ears, but with my heart and soul, and just feel blessed and proud to be from Northern Europe ❤️
Heilung has really helped people wake up to their tribal ancestry, and ignited curiosity in Northern Europeans, and those of Northern European descent to where they actually came from.
@@randoliof I can absolutely relate to that. When I listen to Heilung it's like I'm not just connecting to my own personal lineage, but the lineage of my people, and I feel like history suddenly comes alive.
It's almost like one doesn't listen so much as feel their music.
@@VosperCDN Definitely! And sometimes it's almost like one is on the brink of a trance-like state.
I cried through this whole song. Don't even know why. Love how you share your emotions it is so refreshing.
Glad you broke this down. 'Asja' from the new album also needs a deep dive!
I'm going to my second Heilung ritual this fall, and I absolutely can NOT wait. Watching a ritual live is the most cathartic experience. It really speaks to your tribal ancestry, and what life was like before modern conveniences sped up and cheapened our day to day experiences.
Congrats on your new baby. The journey into motherhood is such a transformative experience, I love that we get to watch your interpretation of this video whilst in this phase of your life, I feel that it makes it even more special. Thank you for sharing this. 💜
The concert at Red Rocks was amazing. Even when the speakers failed, and the band kept going (assuming their monitors were still working) so you could see them moving and hearing all the percussion without the vocals. The audience was right there with them and celebrating rather than getting upset that audio issues occurred. When the speakers kicked back in, the crowd went crazy.
Ochhh! Redrocks?! Gonna see them 5Nov23 at
Mission in Denver
We have witnessed the life story of Anoana, a shaman of her people and a nature spirit. But way beyond that the metaphor is that we, the people, Anoana and her likes make these lands! The words are cryptic, nonsensical and spell-like as to be expected from any Shaman worth his/her salt. She is born into and grew up with love; her mother's and her tribe's love for her and her love for the nature, the spirits and the future. She is grown into a powerful soul, not cowering in the face of the unknown and taking death, danger and risk head-on, even unto her own ending! That is how we make these lands. Through love, care, courage, resilliance and self-sacrifice. Anoana laughs at danger as we do. She understands that death is but another part of living and she is not afraid. Such inspiring and beautiful nerrative with such rich music. I simply love love love Heilung. This is music for the darkest, must deeply buried parts of souls! I have been concerned for quite some time that Loreena McKennitt is the last true bard of our time, but Heilung proved me wrong. An altogether different tone and style but to no lesser effect! This is tribal music that is way up above cheesy percussions like a badly contrieved tourist attraction that we have endured for quite some time. You have my heart-felt gratitude Heilung! Lots of love from Turkiye!
This song brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it, it's so beautiful and comforting
I'll be seeing them live in August and I'm super excited. I haven't been to a concert in like 20 years, but I'll be there for Heilung!
At this video's 18:25 - the male vocals sounded to me like a heartbeat, which timed perfectly with the mother singing to the baby and Anoana giving the bird its heartbeat again.
This entire song gives me goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.
For me it feels like the girl is the human-born spirit of nature, the way she cares about the animals and plants... I also feel like in the end when she's older her 'old friend' looks very grey and old, so maybe he's at the end of his life and she's helping him cross over... I have a feeling she will be the one standing in the end... Great reaction as always! Heilung always gets me in the feels ;-;
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Heilung in concert and all of this imagery and sound is conveyed in their live performances as well. They are the best to ever do it- the ability to transcend time and space and stir emotions in all of us that have been repressed and also bring such rich history to the masses. There isn’t enough praise in the world to commend them for their craft.
This brings not only tears to my eyes but also my soul. As if I'm being called home but can't quite get there yet.
I´ve seen Heilung pop up on my recommendatios for a while now, but never got around to listen to them. Today I did for the first time, and I was mesmerized, they´re absolutely incredible...
Next step, obviously, had to be visiting your channel and watch your reactions to them... you always deliver. Great video, Elizabeth! Thank you so much for sharing!
I love how you break this down whilst simultaneously nerding and gushing over it. And, as others have said before, you don't listen to Heilung with your ears; you listen with your heart.
I love that the song took you at the end. Usually when you review Heilung you stop and explain things and geek out here and there to the point that 3 minutes Heilung time takes about 10 minutes RUclips time. Not complaining, that's what I love about your channel. That last 2 minutes got to you. My wife had very visceral experiences like this after our son was born and it was amazing to watch and be with. She finally understood some of my connection to the subconscious or unspoken world that I had from war and being with her throughout that really brought us to better understand each other. This video reminded me of that. Thank you for reminding me of those days. Congratulations on becoming a mother and I love watching the transition of your reactions from Krigsgaldr to Anoana.
The baby's middle name is Anoana :) her mother was chatting in the Heilung subreddit!
Magical music. Great reaction, as always 💜
Yes. They added the middle name after shooting the video.
This song was the first Heilung song I heard, and I was floored. I'm a huge fan.
Heilung almost always makes me cry
Not with sadness, but the confrontation of such beauty
It also always makes me feel emotionally and mentally well, which isnt surprising from a band called Healing
Not only have I discovered amazing music like Heilung since finding your channel but I have also begun to have a much deeper appreciation and enjoyment of these songs after listening to your analysis. Plus it's a joy watching you get into the music, thanks for sharing this with all of us non music folks like myself.
What a beautiful song! Thank you for bringing a great diversity of music to your viewers, and helping us understand why the sounds are so interesting.
Thank you for such an amazing, informative analysis. Anoana is a song I could listen to on repeat for hours! Their music resonates so deeply within my soul that I feel the most primitive spiritual awakening. I truly can't articulate it. Seeing them live increased my love for and connection to their music exponentially. I was awestruck. I listen to Heilung nearly every day and the feelings & energy evoked are ever-growing. I can't get enough. No other music has moved me this way. They speak (or sing and play) to my heart, mind, and soul. They force my broken body to move in ways that DO feel healing!
This song *especially*, from start to finish, just sends me. Goosebumps and tears. The audio is self explanatory, and the video is so touching and powerful, omg. The collision at the end... 🥹😮😭🙌🏻
I was wondering when you'd make your way to reacting to this gem, lovely to see. Also, motherhood looks beautiful on you! Bless 💜
No matter how many times I watch this (and it's a lot already) I still brace for impact at the end every time. In an already stunning back catalogue this might just be my favourite track yet and I don't say that lightly. In these uncertain times we all need something. Turns out that something is Heilung.
I love Heilung. This has to be my favorite song by them. The storytelling is nothing short of amazing. It gives you chills, but this song puts you at ease at the same time.
I love watching you listen to beautiful music, you light up. Its beautiful.
Your daughter is blessed to have a mother with such heart and soul and a beautiful, refined appreciation of sublime beauty.
I love how they came out with this around midsommar, absolutely amazing seeing them celebrate the summer solstice!
So excited!!!
Edit: After watching, I can say that all that excitement paid off! Love this band and your commentary, and also wishing you and your family well after the birth of your child!
Couldn't wait for you to do this video...Song is amazing!!!
Personally, Anoana is the best Heilung song for me. I can feel it, it resonates with me and I absolutely love it! I can play it over and over and never get tired of it. ❤
I’ve been waiting for this. Work can wait.
I am so excited to see them live again. Im also excited for the Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga because theyre doing the soundtrack for the game and the first trailer for the game had In Madjan remixed with Senua singing along.
Hellblade 2 can't arrive soon enough. The first one was brilliant.
That trailer was how I discovered Heilung... Its completely transformed my life and I'm so excited for the game
When Elizabeth mentioned the chanting being produced in a way that makes it sound like it's coming from inside your own head I immediately thought of Senua's Sacrifice. Some of the best sound design in a game ever
When I saw they released a new song I instantly clicked on the video. Just like you in the first seconds when she does that “inhale vocal” I stopped the video, went to the living room where I have a great hifi setup, so I could listen and FEEL the music … I felt almost compelled to join the singing, that’s how powerful their music is.
So glad you reacted to this, what a powerful song and video.
As you loved Maria's "Kulning" i think you would fall in love with the artist MYRKUR her last album "Folkesange" is phenomenal.
I've heard this song about 40 times now and it always brings tears to my eyes.. it's so beautiful, thank you for taking a look at it!
Happy that you’re seeing this type of music! I think you would also love to hear Wardruna sometime too! The emotion of their song “Kvitravn” gets me every time 🥲
She’s got at least one video of them, going over their song Helvegen (the live one featuring Aurora).
That birth scene makes me cry every time. A baby born to align with a sacred bison, run feral through the woods, heal injured animals, sleep under grand trees, intimidate the elk, drink dewdrops from the leaves in the forest. This is the birthright of every woman.
I am so glad you got to break this down and enjoy the shamanic nature of this song. I fell in love with this group after I discovered their music through recommendations. I had been listening to Skáld and Wardruna, but Maria, Chris and Kai have done a phenomenal job in drawing music from the ancient sources. The ritual dance on a lunar eclipse was a breathtaking scene that I would have loved to be a part of. So stoked for the release of this album!
Also, congratulations on your baby! That child is fortunate to have such an articulate and cultured mother. Best wishes to you on the journey of motherhood.
Thanks!
I first heard Heilung about 4 years ago and this was a superb representation of what they do. Love your analysis and the video is gorgeous.
I would love to see more Wardruna reactions from you! "Lyfjaberg" would be a great one.
Lyfjaberg is one that centers me. Can't speak a lick of any North German language, but something about it is so calming. Had to listen to it before conducting my first interview not to long ago
You can listen to this on repeat and it'll hit different each time.
Maria et. al. said they recorded Drif at a lower frequency to give it a more meditative feel. Can't wait to hear more.
There is already a second single out, ruclips.net/video/q4DvaaWeN5o/видео.html
@Koulnis It basically means they didn't brickwall the sound, so you actually have loud and quiet parts instead of everything being uniformly loud.
@Koulnis only repeating what Heilung mentioned on their official channels so "well actually" with them not me. 🙄
You have to do the live version. Her notes are ungodly in it . Perfection at it's finest.
Gorgeous song by a truly fantastic group. Speaking of beautiful and primal: I'd love to hear your take on *Sólstafir - Fjara* . A band from Iceland with a very unique, hard to pin down and varied sound. The official video for that song is also beautifully done.
I've been waiting for you to see this one!
I'm kind of addicted to this song and video ever since it came out. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think.
Same. I’ve had it on loop for a while
@@FlickFreaks The end of the video gives me "the quickening" vibes if you've ever seen Highlander.
@@TheBrugdor “There can be only one…”
Me, too. My mother taught me why we have jack o' lanterns and the ways to banish evil spirits; I've always felt something so old and strong about the odd superstitions and threads of magic that have followed us down through all these ages. The song and the video call to me somehow.
Thank you for the inspiration. And for the positive vibes to all of us. Really made my day. You are a beautiful being in the most comprehensive imaginable way. I can literally feel your joy sharing this with us. Greetings from Austria.
I listen to Heilung with my eyes closed , almost in a meditate state, absolutely love they're music, evokes something within me that I can't truly put into words. Something very deep within my soul is woken and I can't explain it.
I find I get that same almost spiritual uplifting feeling with a lot of celtic and germanic/norse inspired music. Probably harkens back to some cultural memory in the genetics haha.
Yeah, that last part of the video took my breath away, too. It made me gasp. So gorgeous!!!!
My favourite Heilung song yet. Playing it on repeat together with some Wardruna and A Tergo Lupi's 'Kominn Heim', mixed with 'Gwydion' by Faun featuring Eluveitie and Eluveitie's 'Aidus' for a bit of variety.
I am checking out 'Kominn Heim' right now, since you are obviously a person of excellent taste.
@@epiendless1128 Hope you enjoyed it! I follow them since quite a while, and they keep getting better and better!
I've been looking forward to this reaction, such a great song and video!
Heilung is so incredible, there's a slightly different direction of production on this song, which lends them to being able to do some interesting things with the instruments and vocals, as well as the space & atmosphere of the sounds. Looking forward to the new album for sure and would love to see them live one day!
I’m so glad you reacted to this I knew you would love it especially after your other Heilung video. They are truly one of a kind and my fav! I love your breakdown and musical analysis.
Doing a little research yielded this -
Heilung are famed for their spectacular live performances, captivating music that they call ‘amplified history’, and the fact that they use instruments made from human bones (yes, really). So it’s no surprise that their latest video takes us on an intriguing journey.
The video was created by Helmet Films & Visual Effects and has serious Midsommar vibes, featuring breathtaking landscapes, antlers aplenty, and a mysterious birth in a cave.
The band say of the video:
“The lyrics for this piece are mainly taken from bracteates: golden, circular coins or amulets found in Northern Europe that date from the 4th to 7th centuries CE. They are often fitted with a decorated rim and loop, which indicates that they were meant to be worn and perhaps provide protection, fulfil wishes or for divination.
“The bracteates feature a very significant iconography influenced by Roman coinage. They were predominantly made from Roman gold, which was given to the North Germanic peoples as peace money.
“In Anoana, the listener has the chance to delve into a collection of likely encoded spells from the Migration Period and get a touch of magic from the Dark Ages.
“The intention of the piece is to playfully reconnect to an incantational language of a period where the North was richer in gold than any other region. Our forefathers presumably enjoyed a time of great prosperity and it may make us rethink how dark these ages really were.”
Source : loudersound
Sorry I just cringe every time I hear phrases like "amplified history". It just smacks too closely of "alternative facts." Draping history in false fabrics, that color the public understanding of actual events, with "dramatic recreations" and "based on true events." Love or hate their music, I really wish they didn't promote that kind of gobbledygook woo-speak. But, they seem to be genuine pagans, not just a performance, so woo-speak is to be expected.
I do like most of their sound though. Reminds me a LOT of Dead Can Dance. Especially the female vocalist sounding like Lisa Gerard. Wish the guys wouldn't sing though, they kill the vibe for me that she sets up.
Do you know which of the instruments are made from bones and what they are called?
Posting long quotes from your internet search is trolling.
@@BanjoSick No it's not Benji. Kirk even thanked me.
@@happyninja42 They're just using North Germanic and Scandinavian history as an influence for modern folk music, though. They're not claiming "this is what ancient music sounded like," or "these spells actually work," or any of that nonsense. Just using ancient writing for lyrics or lyrical inspiration and turning it into their own thing. They're pretty clear that they're just drawing on what we actually know instead of claiming to reproduce any history. They're storytellers, not alternative historians.
i blast this song in the shower, in the car and love singing along it feels like its healing me.
That image of the gathering around the fire with the moon eclipse will become my wallpaper right now! It`s sooo beautiful and touching.
I saw their ritual about 2 years ago, it's a memory I'll bring to my grave. I was balling at one point, they really reaches into your soul and awaken something through their music.
This is simply extroundairy Heilung. Maria is special but everything about this piece of art is stunning. Absolutely Incredible!
What a beautiful soul you are! Love everything about this show. Thank you for sharing your light!
When I first saw this video, I said that if music videos were up for a cinematography award, this would win it, hands down.
This video is beautiful
This is one of my absolute favourite songs at the moment, it's just so incredibly beautiful! Wish I'd have known about them touring the US sooner so I could have gotten tickets.
The scene of the bonfire eclipse dancing is just stunning. I got very emotional watching this video for the first time.
I am so happy to find someone who is effected by this song as much as I am
I've been waiting for your commentary of this since the song was released. SO HAPPY! Your comments are so insightful and I love your passion for music. You teach me to really listen to music and voice and appreciate the artistry involved.
I love, LOVE, Heilung. I could listen to Maria Franz all day long. Such a beautiful voice.
Fabulous analysis of an amazing song. I learn so much from listening to your commentary and you open my ears to sounds I would've missed without your guidance. Thank you.😊
I don't know why, but this song makes me feel so much joy.
You just close your eyes....and your mind goes on a marvelous journey
I have been a fan of Heilung for many years now. This song brings out such deep hidden emotions that come from a secret space inside. I am the sort of woman that cries a few times every few years. The melody within the song, the soft whispered chant, the soul of the song calls the deeper emotions within us. I also gave birth to 2 children and both children were very difficult 2 day labours (I nearly died, the doctor advised that I don't get pregnant). When I see the scene of the new born, those feelings usually come rushing back to me, so I mostly have to look away before such emotion comes. Thank you so much for reviewing this song to the many who do not know it. I hope that they enjoy it as much as I do.
Smart doctor. When something almost kills you, his advice is, “don’t do that.” 😁
I love this band so much. All the reaction videos are terrific too, because everyone gets the same impression, 'that's better than I had expected/There's a real Energy to this', but yours are far and away the best. I love how expressive your face gets, and your enthusiasm. Watching you listen to Heilung is kind of like watching a sommelier analyze the work of a master vintner. Delightful. Congratulations on your baby, too!
Maria is the only vocalist who has ever been capable of dang near bringing me to tears using only her voice
I think Florence Welch has a similar effect at least on me and her early music had some traditional british/celtic music vibe
I love that you appreciate and emphasize the details of their expression through culture and historical significance of the lyrics, as well as analyze the audio. You get it. Thank you and keep doing it, I found this channel because it came up as recommended when I was having my morning Heilung listening rituals but I’ll be checking out some of your other reactions. On a side note I would have cried like a baby with the happiest most magical tears if I saw them live, what a gift to have seen them at Red Rocks, so 👆 shall be 👇. How magical
Maria has such a diverse vocals. This song sounds so different that I first wondered if she actually sang or if it was another singer. She returns to her more familiar vocals in the newly released “Asja” and cannot wait for Elizabeth to review that. Both songs I have taken a great liking to their new album