Heilung | Anoana [Official Video]

Anoana is the first song from Heilungs 3rd studio album Drif.

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.

Drif has been mastered significantly lower in volume than most modern releases to achieve a greater dynamic range, deeper lowend, transparent transients and a wider stereo image. If you want it louder, turn up the volume on a proper sound carrier.

Credits:

Film crew:
Production Company: Helmet Films & Visual Effects //IG @helmetfilmsvfx
Director: Line Klungseth Johansen //IG @cutestlittlekittenintheworld
Director of Photography: Øystein Moe
VFX-Supervisor: Alexander Somma //IG @alexandersomma
Coordinator: Gard Svalestuen //IG @gardnicolas
1st AC, Aerial Cinematography: Stian Eriksen ///IG @morrysack
2nd AC, Aerial Cinematography, Editor: Arne Vidar Stoltenberg //IG @rayvanilla

Actors:
Hermine Rygvold Thorvaldsen
Aina Malvik
Marleen Moll
Daniella Anoana Ervik Mjønes Westre

VFX Artists:
Henrik Dahl //IG @hnrkdhl
Thomas Rønning //IG @reduxen
Markus Dahlstrøm

Scenography: Marita Kristiansen //IG @michipaou
Make-up: Magne Mattsson //IG @ettpustilivet

Colorist - Bianca Rudolph, Nordisk Film Shortcut AS
Editor Consultant: Toni Kotka

Assistant Coordinator: Kasia //IG @katsopi
BTS Photography: Aleksandra Suchkova //IG @sandramacadam

Production assistants:
Snorre Ulvåg //IG @snorreulvag
Christian Aakerhus //IG @christianaakerhus
Noah Myren //IG @noahmyren
Jakob Gunby //IG @jakobolopo
Elias Bolme //IG @elias_bolme
Hedin Leinum Parelius
Felix Lianes
Cedrik Friis
Mia Lilleby Hjulstad
Vegard Evjen

Producers:
Line Klungseth Johansen, Øystein Moe

Thanks to:
Sunniva Ervik Mjønes, Andreas Westre //IG @sunnivaervik
Myskoxcentrum i Härjedalen (att Ida) //IG @myskoxcentrum
Gjørv Gård
Leira kapell
Leif Moe
Roy Tronstad
Namsskogan Familiepark
Jenny Hilmo Teig
Prosjektor Filmproduksjon
Nina Aune
Frich's Hjerkinnhus
Eggan Nedre (att Elin)

Sitters:
Belle Juul: Luna Sitter
Luna: Belle Sitter //IG @lunathetourdog

Extras:
Tonje Årolilje Størseth Digre
Christofer Adolfsson
Jørgen Antonisen Sognnes
Ørjan Trotland
Magne Heia-Gideonsen
Ove Slgeggmann
Rasmus Saksgård
Leif Erik Solstad
Sondre Jacobsen
Thor Anders Berg
Eva Barck
Natalie Summers
Isskandar Fischer
Ina Viola Mielhe
Veronica Strand
Sølvi Mathisen
Didrik Rossbach
Geir Sagberg
Elsa Margrethe Reppen
Una Isailovic
Martin Damhaug
Per Einar Pettersen
Goran Moen Grendal
Lars Harald Nordgård
Anars Wekland

Special thanks to:
Michael Barbarian and the whole Season of Mist family for believing in this project.

This video is supported by: CNM France

Anoana is composed, written, created and performed by Kai Uwe Faust, Christopher Juul, Maria Franz and our ancestors.

The song is produced, mixed and mastered by Christopher Juul at Lava Studios Copenhagen

Guest performances by:
Vocals: Annicke Shireen, Emilie Lorentzen, Mira Ceti
Drums and Percussion: Jacob Hee Lund, Nicolas Schipper
Warrior chanting: Ruben Terlouw, Pan Bartkowiak, Marijn Sies, Gwydion Zomer, Isabella Streich, Martin Skou, Samiye van Rossum, Nadia Kalamieiets, Eadweard Boyter, Nina Cornelia Schilp, Mitchell Bosch, Gwydion Zomer and Katalin Papp

Warriors and percussion recorded at Wisseloord Studios by Fieke van den Hurk and Marie de Koning

Heilung is Amplified History from early medieval northern Europe and should not be mistaken for a modern political or religious statement of any kind.

Remember, that we all are brothers
All people, beasts, 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

[snowlothar]

My wife and I would spend hours watching your performances together. She passed away 3 months ago, but I feel her sharing this new wonder with me. Thank You.

[envios]

My little boy is autistic. Sometimes its difficult and hard to communicate with him, but since I once played this song to him and sang trying to replicate the chorus, every time I play it, he looks at me with a big smile waiting for me to sing or singing it by himself. He doesn´t need to tell me anything then, I just have to look him in the eye because words are not necessary. Thank you.

[NicolasPine]

You don't listen to Heilung with your ears. You listen to Heilung with your heart.

[josteinbergseth]

2:20 For those wondering where this is. it is on an island in the northern part of Norway, the island is called Andøya. And the exact spot this was filmed on is called Høyvika, just below Måtind. One of many hidden gems up north. I live on the island and i had no idea that Heilung has been here shooting for there music video. Awesome! =)

[morganbarnes]

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.

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.

[omarra]

Anybody else put this on loop and completely immerse yourself in the absolute beauty of the song?

[vynnelson]

As a native American; Navajo, I feel a connection with the drum and the chant entirely. I had this song on repeat all day and I love it. It triggers something inside that makes me wanna dance to it. Can't get enough of it. 🤘

[lawbringer]

I'm just a normal 53-year-old family man, sitting here in front of the monitor and crying. THIS touches me so deeply in my soul. For a short time, I felt my pure self. All my worries and fears are gone. I've bought tickets for the concert in Cologne this year. I MUST experience it live.

[katoruxiii]

I grow up in a very little village, was the most time outside in the nature, in the woods. I loved it to run throw it, i imitated the sound of the birds in the sky. We were poor, but this was the happiest time of my life. Now living in big city, i feel lost. Heilung gives me something of that back, that my inner self misses so much.

[KardavoxAcademy]

Heilung always gets me into such a meditative state. Love this.

[sdswood]

Heilung and Wardruna are sometimes the only things that keep me going in these autumn years of our world.

[TheWorkBench]

At around 2:41 when the young girl closes her eyes and then the woman appears, the woman has such powerful facial features and brings such a big emotion I can't describe what emotion it is but its timless and magical.

[dragonwake]

After listening and watching atleast 100 times since this dropped yesterday I can confidently say this absolutely breathtaking. As you can see from your comments section Heilung means the world to a lot of us. There is so much power in what you are doing. As we are forced into this technocratic, modern age it is so important that we never forget where we came from.

[miguelpena]

My father has just passed away and today we start his services. I have listen to this non stop since it came out. It is bringing out the emotions I need to but also helping me be the strong pillar that my family needs. I’m broken apart but this is what’s helping me hold things together and start to put things back into place. This video is just a beautiful piece.

[pablopicasso]

WOW!!! Just incredible, what an epic track! Maria’s voice sounds so strong and confident, but an interesting change is how fragile and delicate Kai’s vocal track is. And Chris per usual delivers a banging track that is clean, crisp and hugely dynamic. Top notch work from a band whose top end is virtually limitless!

[Hyumanity]

Oh my, I'm not sure why I'm tearing up... I'm Asian... but I think and feel it's because I know our roots go deeper than our appearance...

[hisdudeness]

This is a lot more melodic and modern sounding than i was expecting, at least on a production level, but this has to be one of the best examples of what Maria's voice can do. Got literal goosebumps listening to this. Beautiful.

[JC-lsfg]

this isn't just music. This is the old rhythms and sounds of ourselves we have ignored for too long. We are returning home, to hear the heartbeat, experience our senses and loves and fears, the majesty of humans and other animals and landscapes and plants here on this earth. We love this because it tells about who we really are

[obnoxiouscreationz]

My wife insisted on listening to this during her labor on loop. We now have our 4 day old son Leif. Life is good. Keep up the amazing work

[Sagramore]

I am a teacher (german language) and we once had the topic "Interpretation"
One of my pupils showed us that video and said right before that she doesn't understand a single word but tried to interpret only based on the video

"A Child is born with the purpose of beeing the god of nature.
That god had the flaw of being way to human.
She did something a god shouldn't do. She gave back a live that was taken, like the birds one.
The bovine had knowledge about it and said, that nature has it ways, no matter how cruel. She as the god of nature should have know it the most.
BUT...If you gave that bird a second chance, I want that chance, too.
...And if you don't grant my wish, I'll fight for it and take what's mine"