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This was their first live performance ever. Not bad eh😜

Her name is Maria Franz. Mohawk Guy is her partner, Christopher Juul. They have another band or two together as well. Kai is the Shaman and lead male vocalist. They are from Norway, Denmark, and Germany respectively.

Maria Franz has been around for ten years.  It's funny how she's only getting noticed now.  A case for having a first-rate agent.  She's got so much talent it takes three bands to express it all.

You might enjoy their “Krigsgaldr” even more

Every six months or so, I go down this rabbit hole of people experiencing Heilung for the first time. It's because there's this cool visceral change in everyone's demeanor, energy, and body language, almost like their leftover Upper Paleolithic DNA is activating for the first time.

I am glad that you give this extremely exceptional Nordic group a chance. I tell you a little about its history. The group, which are two boys and one girl, have Norwegian, Danish and German nationality and uses instruments such as horns of different animals, drums, human bones, rattles with human ashes, bells, stones, all to go back to the first musical compositions that They were able to interpret 1,000 years ago, in the iron age in northern Europe. All the letters are taken from carved gadgets from the era of the Nordic iron, such as arrowheads, bows, swords, rune stones and recite poems and psalms of war, peace and protection. Whereupon and for this, heilung, which means healing in German, is in close collaboration with archaeologists specializing in the field. The languages ​​used by heilung are several. Among them are Latin, Old Danish, German and English. They were so successful with their first album that they had to release a new live album, which includes 2 new songs. Also a video of that album live and this year they released their second work, futha, which is a much more feminine work. His first album, Ofnir, is much more aggressive and masculine. During the concerts some representations of how these ancient rituals of the iron age could be made. Also just finished the soundtrack of the video game Hellblade 2. I hope this review helps you to understand a bit the context of this musical group.
    Some curiosities. When they built the drums for the group, one of which is made from horse skin, a doctor drew blood from the three members of the group and painted the drums and some of their clothes with it. The male singer with the deep voice is a great tattoo artist and very professional. The bones the girl plays with are human bones and sometimes they have had problems in the countries of the tour to introduce them through the border from the country where the concert was held.

The song's title can be found in the Mesogothic Anglo-Saxon glossary as "In-Maidjan", which means "deceptively change" or "corrupt". This makes sense since the entire story within the album consists of a peaceful village that is corrupted by having to go to war. Therefore, Proto-Germanic seems to be the language.

"Harigasti Teiwa" is a clear Germanic reference to the Negau helmet. This helmet contains several inscriptions including the words "harigasti teiwa which are the first words of the song. This could be translated as • Tyr, be Guest of our army", since this line was trying to invoke a God for war.

The next chant are the names of the 24 Norse runes of the Elder Futhark. This is also known as runic song. Come, guest Tyr For this invocation I, the Rune Master, servant of Odin, call upon the one of the Sun to aid our army

Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz,
Raidho, Kenaz, Gebo, Wunjo,
Hagal, Naudhiz, Isa, Jera,
Eihwaz, Perthro, Algiz, Sowelu,
Tiwaz, Berkano, Ehwaz, Mannaz,
Laguz, Ingwaz, Dagaz, Othala.

In English:

Wealth, Aurochs, Thorn, Divine Breath,
Travel, Torch, Gift, Joy,
Hail, Need, Ice, Harvest,
Tree, Luck, Elk, Sun,
Creator, Birch tree, Horse,
Man, Water, Fertility, Day, Home.

Odin, prepare for battle!

I just love surfing around on YouTube seeing people react to this performance. Vocal coaches and others are always blown away when Maria Franz does her thing.

I found Heilung about a year ago. They really hit you in a way that is different then most modern music. Thanks for the video

Theres as many layers to the lyrics of this performance as there are layers to the actual singing/music. The opening line is inviting one of the proto norse gods to listen to them, then an incantation to help in their time of need, then the rune chant where theyre all in harmony, then the aftermath where its not words just impressionistic singing. The unspoken story could be (implied) a pre viking Scandinavian tribe being pulled into war, asking for the Gods blessings, and the battle happening during the rune chant. Where maria screams could be a tragedy happening, maybe the tribe lost, or suffered heavy casualties. The last bit being the aftermath, the survivors not wanting to talk about what happened. I think without knowing the meanings of the words most people can get some interpretation of whats happening (the rune chant doesnt really have a translation anyway, in the culture it comes from it is kind of like singing the ABCs but also a prayer or spell)

the whole concert is pretty much a shamanistic ritual

Maria Franz,our Banshee Norwegian Goddess !

Bronze and Iron Age amplified historical metal performance.Can’t wait for October Red Rock and just hoping it holds up

I love watching the  joy that comes into peoples faces while listening to Heilung for the first time

7:20 The Banshee :D
Excellent reaction, the full LIFA show is a masterpiece. Follow the suggestions by the other commentors for more reactions to Heilung. You will be amazed for sure.

The best ABC song out there. I always struggle with memorising something, but this song allowed me to finally get that futhark right.

I know their music very well so I was only thinking “oh you will be surprised”

Maria really is the Siren Queen, so sweet but so ominous.

Funny you say they remind you of Senuas Sacrifice as they are involved in the music for the upcomming second installment Senuas Saga. This very song is featured in the first trailer for Senuas Saga!

Dude, their song "Alfadhirhaiti" (if I've butchered the spelling forgive me) is just as enchanting as this one.