Heilung Reaction - Vocal coach hears 'Krigsgaldr' LIVE for the first time!

This was my first time hearing Heilung, and it was indescribable! The sounds these musicians have mastered and their thoughtful presentation made for an incredible listening experience.

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[magusscorpiones]

An important consideration, this song is deliberately meant to be very jarring at points. Krigsgaldr means "war magic" and is part of a larger story told in other songs from Lifa. The overall story is, a village is thrust into a war they didn't want or start, but now must participate in. This performance is an actual ritual designed deliberately to induce a trance state, then break you out it just as the village was peaceful, then war-torn. This song describes the point of no return. Maria's lyrics reflect the feelings of the women who fear what is coming, while the throat singing expresses the growing aggression among the warriors as their village is drawn into war.

[andybarber]

In Maijden really shows off Maria's vocal abilities and the primal screams from the men will jar you everytime.

[jamielunsford]

VERY enjoyable reaction!!!! Highly recommend Anoana by them for your next reaction. The female vocalist is Maria Franz. Elizabeth (Charismatic Voice) did a teatime interview with her that I recommend checking out when you have time.

[Unluckysoup]

having worked at a bar at midgardsblot when they played there, the way they captured the audience was simply amazing, it was like the audience entered a trance as no one said anything while they played.

[seanmurphy]

The language is Old Norse, Proto Norse and obviously English. It is about a poor but peaceful village that is forced to take up arms and defend themselves from an attack by an enemy coming from across the sea.

Lyrics.

Krigsgaldr lyrics

Min wᴀrb nᴀseu

Wilʀ mᴀde þᴀim

I bormoþᴀ huni

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

Gotnᴀ fiskʀ oʀf

Auim suwimąde

Foki afą gąląnde

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

Min wᴀrb nᴀseu

Wilʀ mᴀde þᴀim

I bormoþᴀ huni

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

Gotnᴀ fiskʀ oʀf

Auim suwimąde

Foki afą gąląnde

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

What am I supposed to do

If I want to talk about peace and understanding

But you only understand the language of the sword

What if I want to make you understand that the path you chose leads to downfall

But you only understand the language of the sword

What if I want to tell you to leave me and my beloved ones in peace

But you only understand the language of the sword

 

I let the blade do the talking...

So my tongue shall become iron

And my words the mighty roar of war

Revealing my divine anger's arrow shall strike

 

All action for the good of all

I see my reflection in your eyes

But my new age has just begun

 

The sword is soft

In the fire of the furnace

It hungers to be hit

And wants to have a hundred sisters

In the coldest state of their existence

They may dance the maddest

In the morass of the red rain

 

Beloved brother enemy

I sing my sword song for you

The lullaby of obliteration

So I can wake up with a smile

And bliss in my heart

And bliss in my heart

And bliss in my heart

 

Coexistence, conflict, combat

Devastation, regeneration, transformation

That is the best I can do for you

 

I see a grey gloom on the horizon

That promises a powerful sun to rise

To melt away all moons

It will make the old fires of purification

Look like dying embers

Look like dying embers

Look like dying embers

 

Min wᴀrb nᴀseu

Wilʀ mᴀde þᴀim

I bormoþᴀ huni

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

Gotnᴀ fiskʀ oʀf

Auim suwimąde

Foki afą gąląnde

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

Iilir men æro þeir

Er a-mela os (x8)

 

Min wᴀrb nᴀseu

Wilʀ mᴀde þᴀim

I bormoþᴀ huni

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

 

Gotnᴀ fiskʀ oʀf

Auim suwimąde

Foki afą gąląnde

 

Hu wᴀʀ

Hu wᴀʀ ob kąm hᴀr ą hią ląt

Translation



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Translation

English, Old Norse, Proto-NorseEnglishEnglish #2FrenchFrench #2RussianRussian #2SpanishUkrainian 

 English, Old Norse, Proto-Norse (Original)

War Chant

Click to see the original lyrics (English, Old Norse, Proto-Norse)

The household wanes,

Vil threw a death wave over those

the oar locks wore out for, with the tired mast-top

 

Who brought...

Who brought the horde over to the far country?

 

The godly-fish from Firnøy’s streams

Swimming in the drift

of the land of shining meadows.

 

What am I supposed to do

If I want to talk about peace and understanding

But you only understand the language of the sword

What if I want to make you understand that the path you chose leads to downfall

But you only understand the language of the sword

What if I want to tell you to leave me and my beloved ones in peace

But you only understand the language of the sword

 

I let the blade do the talking...

So my tongue shall become iron

And my words the mighty roar of war

Revealing my divine anger´s arrow shall strike

 

All action for the good of all

I see my reflection in your eyes

But my new age has just begun

 

The sword is soft

In the fire of the furnace

It hungers to be hit

And wants to have a hundred sisters

In the coldest state of their existence

They may dance the maddest

In the morass of the red rain

 

Beloved brother enemy

I sing my sword song for you

The lullaby of obliteration

So I can wake up with a smile

And bliss in my heart

And bliss in my heart

And bliss in my heart

 

Coexistence, Conflict, combat

Devastation, regeneration, transformation

That is the best I can do for you

 

I see a grey gloom on the horizon

That promises a powerful sun to rise

To melt away all moons

It will make the old fires of purification

Look like dying embers

Look like dying embers

Look like dying embers

 

The household wanes,

Vil threw a death wave over those

the oar locks wore out for, with the tired mast-top

 

Who brought...

Who brought the horde over to the far country?

 

The godly-fish from Firnøy’s streams

Swimming in the drift

of the land of shining meadows.

 

Who brought...

Who brought the horde over to the far country?

 

Ylir Men Aero Their

Era Mela Os1

[Arkryal]

Yeah, these guys came out of nowhere a few years back and dominated Castlefest as a virtually unknown act. That alone is insanely impressive. Steal the show at a metal festival without actually playing Metal, lol. Granted Metalheads have eclectic tastes, but that's still virtually unheard of. They got some backlash for using a human femur as a drum stick in their early shows. But it's a very unique style, very theatrical.

[johnterry]

I find it interesting that at my old age (68) I have fallen in love with this music. Thanks for the reaction

[suziestubebrown]

Been a follower of this band for several years now, and every time I hear it, am amazed....am a native american, and the beat makes me want to dance!

[diekje]

The lady and the throat singer with dreadlocks are a couple. The guy with the antlers (a tattoo artist) asked if he could record some of his poems in exchange of a free tattoo for the first guy. They ended up making this band. This was also their first live performance, so everyone else (including the falsetto guy) are guest artists. Some are now regulars, but some did not permanently join, such as the singer with the falsetto. Also, the tattoo was never executed because after this performance they were like “wow this worked?” and they now tour the world. They now have a few female back-up singers, one of which is the sister of the falsetto guy and has an amazing voice (just like basically everyone involved with them)

[mikeconway]

Great reaction, Bethany! You looked absolutely mesmerized. Heilung is a unique musical experience.

[jeffafa]

I was at this live performance at Castlefest in The Netherlands, I literally felt like this performance brought me in a trance. It was by far the best performance I've ever seen, and apparently it was their first live performance as well...

[shodopandan]

I love that your response basically mirrors everyone's first time seeing this video; just pure enchantment and an inability to stop watching. It's such a primal piece of music. Hypnotizing and beautiful.

[martinmatte]

Your face while the build up is priceless...haha. I love this performance so much - it´s raw, it´s almost ancient, it´s unique. Greetings from Germany and thumbs up!

[rnowak]

Enjoyed your reaction. Heilung (healing in German) is an experimental folk music band who draws inspiration for their music from texts, runic inscriptions and other artifacts from Iron Age Northern Germanic people and the Viking Age. They call their music amplified history and their goal is to connect modern society with the beginnings of humanity through music. They call their shows Rituals and having been to one it is a very apt description. It is a very spiritual experience. The show starts with all the performers coming on stage and a blessing given by one of the male singers (Kai I believe) acting as Shaman. They then recite their collective prayer.


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"

The rest of the ritual takes you on an amazing journey of healing and reconnection with something ancient and eternal.


Highly recommend the song Anoana for it's amazing story and Maria's fantastic vocals. I think you would especially enjoy where she uses the traditional Swedish Kulning technique in the song. Very powerful and soul stirring.

[kamikazecdn]

I can't entirely remember if you've reacted to them before but if not I think you'd enjoy Wardruna. Specifically their song "Helvegen" which they have a great live version that features Aurora.

[keng]

Heilung's non-live studio recording video of "Anoana" is going to blow your mind.

[nikolah.]

Nice you found Heilung. I would highly recommend seeing Wadruna feat. Aurora "Helvegen". One of the best live performances i ever saw from her and Wadruna. Also recommended with english subtitles on, because its sung in norse. It drives me to tears every time i hear it.

[MaltGambit]

In Heilung's music Kai routinely sings cleanly but also uses a form of Kargyraa with varying degrees of distortion, and then does straight up black metal screams. Kargyraa transitions into screams VERY easily and thus you usually get a blend of both going on within a song, just gotta drop primary cord phonation, increase compression and play with mouth shaping.

[AlexPanther]

There is no "Celtic" throat singing.
Kai occasionally uses a Mongolian type of throat singing (undertone singing) called "kargyraa".
The gutteral vocals in this song are more akin to metal vocals.
All false folds, no vocal folds.
Kai inspired me to learn Kargyraa myself and I'm familiar with metal vocalisations, so I notice the differences pretty clearly.
Another band that uses Kargyraa in a very beautiful and nordic inspired way is Nytt Land. I highly recommend.

[seanmurphy]

I am so happy that you delved into this incredible group. Watching you experience this for the first time has been such a pleasure.
It is so hard to recommend a first song for someone to listen to because it is just so different, and there are so many songs that are also so different from each other. This song definitely has a massive impact on the first-time listener, so it is a good choice. My suggestion for a song, that shows off Maria's massive vocal talent, I suggest the song "In Maidjan." From this same performance at Castlefest.
Thanks for this reaction. It will probably be the reaction highlight of my week.