Wardruna and Aurora - Helvegen (Live)

Helvegen (featuring @AuroraMusic) is a song about death, dying and remembering those who have passed. About crossing over and about letting go. It is a song about searching for lost songs and old traditions.

Filmed by Broadstone Film at Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen, Norway on August 22 2018. Sound recorded by Stein David Baastad. Mixed by Iver Sandøy/Solslottet Studio.

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Helvegen

Eg songane søkte
Eg songane sende
då den djupaste brunni
gav meg dråpar så ramme
av Valfaders pant

Alt veit eg, Odin
kvar du auge løynde

Kven skal synge meg
i daudsvevna slynge meg
når eg helvegen går
og dei spora eg trår
er kalde, så kalde

Årle ell i dagars hell
enn veit ravnen om eg fell

Når du ved helgrindi står
og når du laus deg må rive
skal eg fylgje deg
yver gjallarbrui med min song

Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg
Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg

The Way to Hel

I sought the songs
I sent the songs
when the deepest well
offered drops so mighty
of Valfather’s pledge

I know it all, Odin
where you hid your eye

Who will sing me
in the death-sleep sling me
when I walk the road to Hel
and the tracks I tread
are cold, so cold

Early or in fading day
still the raven knows if I fall

When you stand by the gate of Hel
and when you must tear loose
follow you I shall
across the bridge of Gjöll with my song

You become free from the bonds that bind you
You are free from the bonds that bound you

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[scottv]

Who's idea was it to let Aurora sing with Wardruna? Who ever it was, It was a fucking brilliant idea.

[immaya]

I don't have a single drop of Norwegian blood in me, but hearing this kind of music makes me feel proud of a culture that's not even mine... As I read in another comment: "I feel homesick for a place I've never been to"

[usomjig]

This song was played on the funeral from my 43 old husband who lost the battle against cancer last week.
He loved this song and so am.
It fits perfect on his funeral he was a viking warior against the cancer battle 😢❤

[zeck]

So few people understand that Hel isn’t the same as the monotheistic version of hell. Hel is the Norse version of heaven for those who do not die in battle. Those who die in battle go to Valhalla. Those who die a normal death, go to Hel. It isn’t considered a bad place. Nifleheim is the Norse version of hell.

[deerenwick]

I have been playing this almost non stop for the last ten days since my husband died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was a Viking and Anglo Saxon reenactor and loved Wardruna. It will play at his cremation.

[viosavvy]

If Aurora was a siren we would all be doomed to drown in the sea.

[briza_md]

The whole song is amazing, but when Aurora and Einar hit some harmonies, oh my lordy lord

[heiteposten]

I was Einar's neighbor for a year a while back, we would say hello and have a chat now and then, mostly about everyday things, changing tyres. A fantastic guy, polite, kind, quite cool. I always felt a sense of calm in his presence. I felt quite starstruck when I met him. Once I told him I liked the album "Yggdrasil" very good. Then he thanked me very modestly. At the same time had started watching Vikings and Wardruna went straight to the core.

I recommend everyone to listen to most of what Wardruna has released. This performance with Aurora, who is also an amazing artist, makes me cry, but it gives me an indescribable power throughout me. Goosebumps and well-being at the same time, almost as if the soul is soothed.

[WSO]

I need an Aurora x Wardruna album.. 25 songs deep. Cmon... I need more aurora singing in Norwegian. She sounds so god damn good.

[woodcats]

This sounds how standing on a cliff looking out over a stormy sea feels.

[KathleenEvans]

My husband just passed away last Sunday, and this song brings me so much comfort. I will be playing this when we spread his ashes. Blessings to you!

[AtumRaMaat]

Waiting for that Wardruna, Aurora & Heilung collab... I would die.

[NinjaTowTow]

You know you’re a good singer if Aurora is acting as your backup singer. This man has pipes.

[desertvikng]

It took me 42 years to find my favorite song.

[honeybubblegun]

Aurora is like.. a Fairy amongst Wolfes who sing in Harmony with the Wind and Moon . It is absolutely amazing and chilling.. i cant believe if just found it now!

[treemanlee]

It has to be said...the sound guy's done a fantastic job here.

[dansemacabre]

Doesn't matter what language a song is sung in - you know it moves your very soul when it sends shivers up and down your spine every time you hear it!

[cwancyk]

I'm Polish. I learned every fucking word in this song in Norwegian, never heard anything so beautiful before... I'm crying everytime I hear this masterpiece...

[w.coyte]

I will always cry when I hear this. My father passed away the day we saw Wardruna in Athens last year. This just hit my 🖤differently.

[Galrukh]

Realyl wish Aurora would do more songs with Wardruna, they are amazing together!