Vocal Strength Coach Reacts to HEILUNG - Krigsgaldr | FIRST TIME
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I had never heard of Heilung before this reaction, and somehow, even with absolutely no expectations, this was STILL not what I expected.
“Krigsgaldr” felt less like watching a live performance and more like being transported somewhere else entirely. Within minutes, it felt like I had been dropped a thousand years into the past. The rhythms, the vocal textures, the chanting, and the way they continuously layered new sounds into the performance created this almost hypnotic effect. At certain points, I genuinely felt like I was in a trance.
It was terrifying, fascinating, and completely captivating.
What really struck me was how completely committed everything was to creating that atmosphere. Looking at the stage, I couldn’t even identify what I would consider a conventional modern instrument. Everything seemed designed to pull you further into this other world.
This was my first experience with Heilung, so I know essentially NOTHING about them yet. That means I need the Heilung community to educate me. Who are these people? What instruments are they using? What’s the history behind the music? And most importantly, what should I hear next?
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The concept/live album "Lifa" that this song is from is a tale of a peaceful village being subjected to war and violence and the consequences that follow. This song is about being left no other option but getting ready for war, because they only want to "talk about peace and understanding, but you only understand the language of the sword". Now they will instead speak with tongues of steel.
The members of Heilung hail from Germany, Norway and Denmark. They are:
Kai Uwe Faust – vocals (2014–present)
Christopher Juul – music, production (2014–present)
Maria Franz – vocals (2015–present)
They record and tour with large ensembles of supporting musicians.
Their concept is to re-create bronze-age music as it might have sounded, based on evidence from archaeological digs and bits of pre-Christian musical tradition still found in parts of Europe. They play bones, animal-hide drums, gongs, horns (yes, that’s a rams’ horn), and modern instruments. They sing in Proto-Germanic and Proto-Norse (languages reconstructed by linguistics experts from modern languages, as well as in Old Norse, German, and English.
A lot of their songs are about our ties to nature and the world we live in. We know that most pre-industrial societies worshipped nature and the universe in one way or another. Many cultures today still have a personal relationship with the natural world. Some Westerners laugh at that sort of thing, calling it “primitive”, but it looks like the joke may be on us.
This song is an invocation meant to protect a village from imminent invasion by a hostile tribe.
it is quite an experience...
Yes, bones, animal and human, which can make customs a challenge. And other items that might have been available in the Iron Age.
Since you mentioned a pregnant woman (you'll see why when you get to it), check out the video for "Anoana", it's the song I'm most familiar with.
I highly recommend the song In maidjan for Maria's amazing vocals.
Nothing will top that..
Vocal Strength Coach Reacts to HEILUNG - Krigsgaldr | FIRST TIME
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26,667 views
I had never heard of Heilung before this reaction, and somehow, even with absolutely no expectations, this was STILL not what I expected.
“Krigsgaldr” felt less like watching a live performance and more like being transported somewhere else entirely. Within minutes, it felt like I had been dropped a thousand years into the past. The rhythms, the vocal textures, the chanting, and the way they continuously layered new sounds into the performance created this almost hypnotic effect. At certain points, I genuinely felt like I was in a trance.
It was terrifying, fascinating, and completely captivating.
What really struck me was how completely committed everything was to creating that atmosphere. Looking at the stage, I couldn’t even identify what I would consider a conventional modern instrument. Everything seemed designed to pull you further into this other world.
This was my first experience with Heilung, so I know essentially NOTHING about them yet. That means I need the Heilung community to educate me. Who are these people? What instruments are they using? What’s the history behind the music? And most importantly, what should I hear next?
#Heilung #Krigsgaldr #Reaction
What exactly did I just experience? What are the instruments they’re using? How much of what they’re doing is based on actual historical sources? And is the whole “I’ve just been teleported 1,000 years into the past” feeling basically the point?
Most importantly: where do I go next with Heilung? Give me the next performance I absolutely have to see.