This is a very spiritual song, it is about walking on the road to death and to not be afraid. Its almost like singing to a friend who recently passed, comforting him and singing him on his way. They literally sing ”Who will sing me into my death-sleep?” Norse culture has songs for everything, this is about singing someone over the bridge of Gjallar and into the realm of the goddess of death called Hel (not to be confused with the christian hell). Its a very emotional and beautiful song. edit: some spelling.
”beth roars pinned your comment” shows up with a heart and dissappears again because I was in the middle of fixing a spelling error. Sorry about that, and thank you beth! :)
Karin Heinkel The last sentences of the song; ”I shall follow you over the bridge of Gjallar with my song. You will be freed from the bonds that bind you! You are free from the bonds that bound you!” The words sung by Einar after the song are from the Havamál, a beautiful verse about how the good memory of someone never really dies. Edit: thank you for noticing so I could correct it Ivan :)
@@hfliffnerekenroth5236 This is amazing! Thank you for the information. I have decided to look into the practices of the old Nordic culture. My family is from the southern part of Scandinavia. I want to learn and also be respectful of my ancestral's lifestyle.
Saw him and the enslaved guitarist back in February ish in Islington. Beautiful show, incredible singer and musician. Gf in tears (makes her homesick for denmark). Was funny seeing most of enslaved on stage. Funnier given id seen enslaved a few months before. Einar seemed like a genuinely decent fella which is always nice. Took time to explain bits a pieces before each song, say thanks and so on. Was cool that he clearly attached great importance to the audience understanding the historyic detail of what was referenced in each song.
Here are the lyrics, and the english translation: "Hvem skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path of Death og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold Eg songane søkte---------------I sought the songs Eg songane sende--------------I sent the songs då den djupaste brunni------------when the deepest well gav meg dråper så ramme------------gave me the drops so touched av Valfaders pant---------------of Death-fathers wager Alt veit eg, Odin-----------------I know it all, Odin kvar du auge løynde------------where you hid your eye Hvem skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path of Death og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold Årle ell i dagars hell--------------early in the days end enn veit ravnen om eg fell------------still the raven knows if I fall Når du ved Helgrindi står -----------When you stand by the Gate of Death og når du laus deg må riva------------And you have to tear free skal eg fylgje deg-----------------I shall follow you over Gjallarbrua med min song-----------across the Resounding Bridge with my song Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg!---------You will be free from the bonds that bind you! Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg!----------You are free from the bonds that bound that you! Døyr fe, døyr frender---------------Cattle die, kinsmen die Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die men ordet om deg aldreg døyr----------but the word about you will never die vinn du et gjetord gjevt---------------if you win a good reputation Døyr fe, døyr frender ----------------Cattle die, kinsmen die Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die Eg veit et som aldreg døyr------------I know one that never dies dom om daudan kvar---------------the reputation of those who died"
When I walk on the path of death, should be: when I walk on the road to Hel. (Hel is the place everyone who didn't die in battle went after death.) Early in the days end, should be: early, or in the end of the days. (Meaning, early or late in life.) When you stand by the gate of death, should be: when you stand by the gate of Hel. Cause, death didn't always mean you went to Hel.
Einar has a powerful voice. He wrote some music for the TV series Vikings, has a solo career and performs A LOT. He is one of my favorite vocalist and seems like a nice guy. Wardruna are AMAZING and you should listen to more of them when you are wanting a relaxing journey. Aurora IS one of the best vocalist ever. Her vocal is ethereal. Her emotional connection to whatever she sings is very visible and I think that is what makes her stand out more than others. Good video!
I’ve fallen down a Nordic rabbit hole that started by looking for some relaxing Celtic music. It’s been 2 weeks and I haven’t listened to anything else and I have no clue what they are saying. That says ALOT about this traditional type of music it’s like it’s feeding my soul.
Amber C I think in some way the sound is embedded in our genes from being passed down through generations. Like instinct. We don’t have to learn it. We just know
@@Raijin-RyuX24 i really think it has to be. all of my family are musicians, but somehow my musical interest and talent for sound went a different direction. I sang different than everyone else, made my own instruments by imagination - it was my Gramma that noticed and said i was a throwback, even in my looks. it is only now, that i am finding singers and musicians that have been doing what i was doing (and i was being called the weirdo) - just happened that i wasn't in "my country"
Finally!!! Wardruna is one of my favorite bands and it was great seeing you react to them. perhaps you would react to "Wardruna - Rotlaust tre fell (Live in Moscow)". Or the "FMF 2015: International TV Series Gala: Vikings suite, Trevor Morris" where Einar preformed. (as well as the amazing cellist Tina Guo)
@@BethRoars More nordic folk! Einar Selvik and Ivar Bjørnson - Fehu(acoustic live)! And for truly unique female vocals check Kalandra - Helvegen cover, don't have to react to it, just listen on your own and feel the power:)
One of the most prominent virtues of Wardruna, is it's basically shamanic. There is such a chant, or cadence, although melodic, that it is very meditative. Putting the listener in a trance like state. Thank you for this reaction! Amazing!
I went from France to London just to see of their performance, that's one of my favourite band... i was crying during the show, i couldn't hold my emotions because it was way too beautiful ... i will definitly see them again soon
Wardruna is my all time favorite band. I live in the US, traveled to Toronto 2018 to see them. I will see them again this October at the Red Rocks Amphitheater that is outdoors. There music, goes deep, beyond the ears to the very being of who you are. I cannot stop listening to them. So glad you appreciate this music.
SO much love for Wardruna! And this song is my ultimate favorite for a lot of reasons. Additionally, when my daughter was between 6m and 1y old (she's 2.5 now), we would help her sleep by playing this song and walking in time with the main beat in a dark room. Worked *every* time. She really loves drums. Thanks for this react! So awesome! :)
when she sings i can imagine i see through the eyes of a raven that flies through the mountains above fjords. Also the voice matching great. her voice is like the wide of the landscape their peacfullnes and the silentnes. While his voice describes the roughness of the culture and the life in such harsh but wonderful and mystic lands.
Im Chiricahua Apache out of Utah now living in Georgia. Im from a family with boxing and kickboxing almost as a religion, Like most Apache families i know.But music has had its hold on me from an early age. Near broke my father in two when i decided to quit my training to join the highschool band lol. Einar Selvik's music is utter magic. I love how the smallest phrases can cause goose bumps, but then have no one around to relate to the feeling. This was the first time seeing one of your videos ,and it was great to see you talk about and explain some of these musical phrases i was talking about. Keep up the great work. Oh, and i love you accent. Your newest follower. Yah ta hey!
I was attending this very concert when they performed this version of Helvegen...And I can tell you it was such an amazing experience! :D I can recommend a cover version of this song as well, from Kalandra! It is pretty interesting and I instantly fell in love with it!
This performance is filmed at Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen, Norway. A great location for this kind of music since the fortress was build in the early 1200's.
Thank you Beth. Your reaction makes many of us proud. This song is an Anthem for those of us into the old ways, it was ancient the moment it was sung. Indeed a true bardic masterpiece. Thank you again.
I am back five years to the anniversary of when you reacted to this. I appreciate it more now after watching another reactor react to today. I think I just wasn't ready last year. I wanted to hear more of Aurora and I was hearing more of the guy instead. Ha ha. Now I really appreciate his voice. There's something very soothing about it.
More funereal than war-like. If I recall correctly, this is a song of passing away to the Otherworld. Great video! Could you please react some Rosalía? Anything from her experimental (and conceptual) album "El Mal Querer" (Malamente, Bagdad, Di Mi Nombre...), or her more traditional take to Flamenco classics (Aunque Es de Noche is amazing). I would love to see your reaction to one of the few mainstream artists I follow, especially this Spanish woman we're so proud of.
Seeing wardruna live was probably the best experience I've had with live music. In all honesty it felt less like a festival when I saw them more like a spiritual experience.
What a time to be alive of Norse bands popping up left and right and existing bands finally getting the attention they deserve. Makes me really happy because I can’t get enough of it
@@BethRoars Try these albums of wardruna: Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga th-cam.com/video/RrJ0Q45F9Zs/w-d-xo.html & Runaljod - Yggdrasil th-cam.com/video/tLepqxMRu1U/w-d-xo.html
I think this sounds so bittersweet. There is so much emotion. People have mentioned that the song evokes spiritual feelings. I think it sounds like the people are mourning.
Its the fact that this music takes you back to an ancient place that you feel deep down inside of your soul. Im so happy you've found them. I have tickets to see them in October I can't wait
Awesome that you reacted to this 😀 This was from Wardruna concert in their (and Aurora) hometown, Bergen. My daughter and I was on this concert, and we had goosebumps all the time. This song was the last one, and it is about singing for someone who have died. Taking farewell.
This song is SO amazing. I can’t listen to rain without humming it. It IS rain. And aurora’s voice, god. Thank you for making these videos about it, the way you explain things is really cool :)
This whole song... there are no words to describe the haunting beauty of what they created. I loved Helvegen before Aurora joined them, but her voice really harmonises, it's so beautiful. Loved your reaction =)
rarely i like vocal coach reactions, cause all they do they pause music and talk boring stuff no one cares, but you enjoy this, few comments and just embrace music... loved it
You should call your site, Beth Overreacts. There is SOOO much going through your head so fast you struggle to get it out fast enough. Thanks, I really enjoy you.
Love the review Beth,explained very well and it brings me into the "zone",so to speak. Beautiful expression when you mentioned "A Hug Of Sound"..It's a magical feeling when this is present at a live performance. Keep up the good work !
I adore the original video. The two most interesting things I learned while watching this are 1. how the harmonies are being sung and, 2. how each instrument, including the voices, is finding its own layer. Now I know part of the reason I find the performance so piercing and moving to experience. Thank you!
Thank you for finally reacting to more Aurora, I hope you will not wait as long to react to her again. If the problem is that you became an Aurora fan after your reaction to her cover of God Is A Woman and therefor have heard all her albums, may I suggest you react to more of her magnificent covers? She has one quit a lot and not all of them are as well-known as her Ariana Grande cover. I will leave a list below with all the songs Aurora has covered and links to them. Now I must suggest and beg you to react to another astonishing young Norwegian artist; Angelina Jordan. Aurora's voice is the sparkle as the sun hits the water, glinting so strong it almost blinds you and create rainbows on your retinas, while Angelina's voice is a hot wind heavily scented with spices, blowing over the dessert sand on a moonlit night. I do think you won’t believe your eyes when you see her sing, partly because of her age as she was born in 2006. I have to mark that she is not like any other young singer you have ever heard and she will not be what you expect at all. I suggest you react to her singing Summertime at the Norway’s Got Talent final in 2014, witch she won at 8 years old, beating all the adults and capturing the hart of the whole Norwegian population. Or you could react to Angelina’s cover of I Putt A Spell On You, her most watched video, filmed when she was 9 years old and in addiction to singing she also made the arrangements for the musicians. th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html Angelina Jordan Astar (8): "Summertime" by George Gershwin, Norske Talenter th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html Angelina Jordan - I Put A Spell On You These are the covers Aurora has done. I would like to note that her covers on P3 Live is especially impressive because of the circumstances. P3 Live is a radio show and the artists do an interview and get to sing one of their own song and do a cover, but they do not know in advance what song they will be covering and only get to know that when they arrive at the radio station an hour or two before they go on live. Aurora has covered Wrecking Ball, Believer and God Is A Woman on P3 Live, and you can see she has notes in front of her with the lyrics. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (P3 Live) th-cam.com/video/zNu9bJvJ_Pw/w-d-xo.html Aurora Aksnes - Wrecking Ball 3/2014 Walking In The Air - form The Snowman 1982 movie (She sang this much better at Nidarosdomen) th-cam.com/video/SYbFpR0anxw/w-d-xo.html Aurora Aksnes - Walking in the Air cover i P3morgen 12/2014 Nature Boy - Nat King Cole (She sang this in Nidarosdomen) th-cam.com/video/QcOnwLr9b50/w-d-xo.html AURORA - Nature Boy (Live Session) 5/2015 Half the World Away - Oasis th-cam.com/video/jGY-T4W-BOc/w-d-xo.html John Lewis Christmas Advert 2015 #ManOnTheMoon 11/2015 Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan th-cam.com/video/cCWANSlcnAU/w-d-xo.html AURORA - Mr. Tambourine Man (Cover) 1/2016 You're The Voice - John Farnham th-cam.com/video/U4bBW6x4W_A/w-d-xo.html AURORA - You're The Voice (John Farnham cover) 3/2016 La La La - Naughty Boy th-cam.com/video/qgTdhIkK_K4/w-d-xo.html AURORA - La La La (Naughty Boy cover) 3/2016 In the Night - The Weeknd th-cam.com/video/7L6QdAnCfE8/w-d-xo.html In The Night - Weeknd ( AURORA Cover ) 4/16 Live On Mars - David Bowie th-cam.com/video/kJ095S0MmnA/w-d-xo.html Aurora - «Life on Mars» (David Bowie) 4/2016 So Long Marianne - Leonard Cohen th-cam.com/video/i4CgyVMJiEk/w-d-xo.html AURORA - So Long Marianne - Chicago 11/11/16 Teardrop - Massive Attack th-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/w-d-xo.html AURORA covers Massive Attack 'Teardrop' for triple j's Like A Version 1/2017 Believer - Imagine Dragons (P3 Live) th-cam.com/video/ucY21wLJhOo/w-d-xo.html P3 Christine Live: AURORA "Believer" (Imagine Dragons cover) 4/2017 Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen th-cam.com/video/Oaf0gzQSiOM/w-d-xo.html Aurora - Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen-cover) 7/2017 The Partisan - Leonard Cohen th-cam.com/video/FJrudQmnnxs/w-d-xo.html Aurora sings Cohen 7/2017 Scarborough Fair - 17th century English ballad th-cam.com/video/9YuwvoiPtAI/w-d-xo.html Aurora- scarborough fair 12/2017 Det hev ei rose sprunge - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, German Christmas carol from 1599 (Sung in Norwegian) (P3 Live) th-cam.com/video/PAdniGdn2vI/w-d-xo.html P3 Live: AURORA "Det hev ei rose sprunge" 12/2017 Helvegen - Wardruna (guest staring singing it with Wardruna) th-cam.com/video/FnkTuHP9q3o/w-d-xo.html Wardruna and Aurora - Helvegen (Live) 10/18 God is a woman - Ariana Grande (P3 Live) th-cam.com/video/fn_6i7Wed-c/w-d-xo.html P3 Live: AURORA "God is a woman" (Ariana Grande cover) 10/2018 Jon Blund - from the German TV program Sandmännchen form the 1950’s, used in a Norwegian Christmas show for children in the 1970’s (Sung in Norwegian) th-cam.com/video/pajqn2BPrk8/w-d-xo.html Christines Julekonsert 2018: AURORA "Jon Blund" 12/2018 Baby Mine - Disney’s Dumbo Trailer 2019 th-cam.com/video/7NiYVoqBt-8/w-d-xo.html Dumbo Official Trailer 11/2018 Across The Universe - The Beatles th-cam.com/video/Zb4sIiGLXvc5/w-d-xo.html/2019 AURORA covers The Beatles 'Across The Universe' for Like A Version 5/2019 Frozen 2 Official Trailer th-cam.com/video/Zi4LMpSDccc/w-d-xo.html
Love the unique sound of this sort of music, and this group in particular. It’s raw, organic, archaic, though not quite primal, and very much of the earth while maintaining this slight flavour of a world beyond. It’s what I listen to when I run, workout, or even when I wish to sleep. @BethRoars, she, unlike other reviewers, really digs into the meat and potatoes of the music, not just the vocals, which makes for a much more thoroughly analytical examination than most. I don’t know very much about singing being a humble bagpiper that sings only in the shower or when having consumed copious amounts of alcohol in pubs but I do know analysis and I love that element of the channel. Wonderful work from both the artists and the reviewer.
Thank you for your reaction on this breathtaking song! You underlined some things about the feel you get from some specific vocals: very interesting and revealing!
You might want to considder visiting Castlefest, in the Netherlands. It's a festival on the first weekend of August, which is jam-packed with bands like this.
Havent watched one of your videos in a while but when this one popped up and it said Aurora and Wardruna I nearly broke my keyboard clicking on it. I am an Aurora freak and I actually discovered her from her first video singing with this band at the Traena Music Festival so this comes full circle for me. Shes kind of moved beyond this dark Nordic folky stuff with her latest albums but Im a sucker for her no matter where she goes artistically. And Wardruna is excellent as well. I would highly suggest Daichin Tana and her band HAYA if you like this.
Oh would you have loved the "Helvegen (Kalandra cover), aside being even more amazing then Aurora's voice, she twisted the way she sings the song making it even better then the original.
Im just a simple metal guy but this is by far the best reaction channel on youtube. Its easy to see that you know what you are talking about. Wish me luck on the Dream Theater concert in Oslo tomorrow in Oslo! :)
The rythm(asymetrical 3-bar) come from a dancing tratition called pols in Norway. As a fot note, the 3-bar showed up in scandinavia during the end of the medival peroid. People likely had just as mush fun with 2-bar before.
II played this for my adult daughter and she did not really get it. I asked her to listen again but imagine lying in bed and the down beat of the drum is her heartbeat while the voices are coming through an open window. When the drum stopped, she gasped and then smiled, she got it.
I never listened to this type of music ,then my world turned upside down 19month ago when i lost my beautifull little girl 12yrs old ,since then this music from wardruna gives me a way to get lost in my mind .
I would like to recommend "Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður (Icelandic hymn) in train station " on TH-cam for some A cappella/quire in traditional Scandinavian style.
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This is a very spiritual song, it is about walking on the road to death and to not be afraid. Its almost like singing to a friend who recently passed, comforting him and singing him on his way. They literally sing ”Who will sing me into my death-sleep?” Norse culture has songs for everything, this is about singing someone over the bridge of Gjallar and into the realm of the goddess of death called Hel (not to be confused with the christian hell). Its a very emotional and beautiful song. edit: some spelling.
Well said. This song is an Anthem for all of us , it was ancient the moment it was sung.
”beth roars pinned your comment” shows up with a heart and dissappears again because I was in the middle of fixing a spelling error. Sorry about that, and thank you beth! :)
Thank you for this. I love this song and always wanted to know the meaning
Karin Heinkel The last sentences of the song; ”I shall follow you over the bridge of Gjallar with my song.
You will be freed from the bonds that bind you!
You are free from the bonds that bound you!”
The words sung by Einar after the song are from the Havamál, a beautiful verse about how the good memory of someone never really dies.
Edit: thank you for noticing so I could correct it Ivan :)
@@hfliffnerekenroth5236 This is amazing! Thank you for the information. I have decided to look into the practices of the old Nordic culture. My family is from the southern part of Scandinavia. I want to learn and also be respectful of my ancestral's lifestyle.
Finally some Wardruna. Einar is also a former drummer for the black metal band Gorgoroth
Saw him and the enslaved guitarist back in February ish in Islington. Beautiful show, incredible singer and musician. Gf in tears (makes her homesick for denmark). Was funny seeing most of enslaved on stage. Funnier given id seen enslaved a few months before. Einar seemed like a genuinely decent fella which is always nice. Took time to explain bits a pieces before each song, say thanks and so on. Was cool that he clearly attached great importance to the audience understanding the historyic detail of what was referenced in each song.
matthew godding Awesome
I had no idea he was in Gorgoroth, and I call myself a fan!
Bob Fossil Gaahl also was apart of Wardruna
@@joenathan4628 Einar had the name Kvitrafn in Gorgototh(2000-2004)
Here are the lyrics, and the english translation:
"Hvem skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me
i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me
når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path of Death
og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold
Eg songane søkte---------------I sought the songs
Eg songane sende--------------I sent the songs
då den djupaste brunni------------when the deepest well
gav meg dråper så ramme------------gave me the drops so touched
av Valfaders pant---------------of Death-fathers wager
Alt veit eg, Odin-----------------I know it all, Odin
kvar du auge løynde------------where you hid your eye
Hvem skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me
i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me
når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path of Death
og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold
Årle ell i dagars hell--------------early in the days end
enn veit ravnen om eg fell------------still the raven knows if I fall
Når du ved Helgrindi står -----------When you stand by the Gate of Death
og når du laus deg må riva------------And you have to tear free
skal eg fylgje deg-----------------I shall follow you
over Gjallarbrua med min song-----------across the Resounding Bridge with my song
Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg!---------You will be free from the bonds that bind you!
Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg!----------You are free from the bonds that bound that you!
Døyr fe, døyr frender---------------Cattle die, kinsmen die
Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die
men ordet om deg aldreg døyr----------but the word about you will never die
vinn du et gjetord gjevt---------------if you win a good reputation
Døyr fe, døyr frender ----------------Cattle die, kinsmen die
Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die
Eg veit et som aldreg døyr------------I know one that never dies
dom om daudan kvar---------------the reputation of those who died"
So glad someone posted this! Thanks! :)
Not entirely correct there though.
@@Wardaddy4477 what's incorrect?
@@TrueSonOfWalhall Some of the transelations here. This is written in nynorsk and some of these words doesnt translate well into english.
When I walk on the path of death, should be: when I walk on the road to Hel. (Hel is the place everyone who didn't die in battle went after death.)
Early in the days end, should be: early, or in the end of the days. (Meaning, early or late in life.)
When you stand by the gate of death, should be: when you stand by the gate of Hel. Cause, death didn't always mean you went to Hel.
Einar has a powerful voice. He wrote some music for the TV series Vikings, has a solo career and performs A LOT. He is one of my favorite vocalist and seems like a nice guy.
Wardruna are AMAZING and you should listen to more of them when you are wanting a relaxing journey.
Aurora IS one of the best vocalist ever. Her vocal is ethereal. Her emotional connection to whatever she sings is very visible and I think that is what makes her stand out more than others.
Good video!
Hey! Check out my reaction to Einar here: th-cam.com/video/uc8ceijaTz4/w-d-xo.html
And he will also create the soundtrack of the new AC game 🤠
I’ve fallen down a Nordic rabbit hole that started by looking for some relaxing Celtic music. It’s been 2 weeks and I haven’t listened to anything else and I have no clue what they are saying. That says ALOT about this traditional type of music it’s like it’s feeding my soul.
Amber C I think in some way the sound is embedded in our genes from being passed down through generations. Like instinct. We don’t have to learn it. We just know
@@Raijin-RyuX24 i really think it has to be. all of my family are musicians, but somehow my musical interest and talent for sound went a different direction. I sang different than everyone else, made my own instruments by imagination - it was my Gramma that noticed and said i was a throwback, even in my looks. it is only now, that i am finding singers and musicians that have been doing what i was doing (and i was being called the weirdo) - just happened that i wasn't in "my country"
"It sounds like the norwegian landscape" on aurora's voice.. i like that analogy.. seems accurate to me
At this point i think Beth is reacting to my playlist
This reaction made me a big surprise! I love Wardruna so much and this song makes me have goosebumps every single time I hear it.. thank you Beth ❤️
i have said it since i found this song. this is for at my burial. gives me chills from front to back. i love wardruna.
Wonderful.....thank you! I listening to Wardruna for 2 years now, and they are never boring!
Finally!!! Wardruna is one of my favorite bands and it was great seeing you react to them. perhaps you would react to "Wardruna - Rotlaust tre fell (Live in Moscow)". Or the "FMF 2015: International TV Series Gala: Vikings suite, Trevor Morris" where Einar preformed. (as well as the amazing cellist Tina Guo)
Hey! Check out my reaction to Einar here: th-cam.com/video/uc8ceijaTz4/w-d-xo.html
Please react to Einar Selvik's "Voluspa"! Would love to know what exactly he is doing.
Hey! Check out my reaction to Einar here: th-cam.com/video/uc8ceijaTz4/w-d-xo.html
@@BethRoars More nordic folk! Einar Selvik and Ivar Bjørnson - Fehu(acoustic live)! And for truly unique female vocals check Kalandra - Helvegen cover, don't have to react to it, just listen on your own and feel the power:)
Ugh I love voluspa!!
So happy you finally reviewed this one. Wardruna makes some of the most compelling music I’ve ever heard.
One of the most prominent virtues of Wardruna, is it's basically shamanic. There is such a chant, or cadence, although melodic, that it is very meditative. Putting the listener in a trance like state. Thank you for this reaction! Amazing!
I went from France to London just to see of their performance, that's one of my favourite band... i was crying during the show, i couldn't hold my emotions because it was way too beautiful ... i will definitly see them again soon
It is a delight to listen to someone so informative.
I'm so glad you reacted to this, one of my favorite performances with Aurora. She's truly incredible.
I get goosebumps every time I listen to this.
Awesome that you've done a reaction.
Heill Ódinn.
Skál
Heill Ódinn
Skål, brother.
Wardruna is my all time favorite band. I live in the US, traveled to Toronto 2018 to see them. I will see them again this October at the Red Rocks Amphitheater that is outdoors. There music, goes deep, beyond the ears to the very being of who you are. I cannot stop listening to them. So glad you appreciate this music.
SO much love for Wardruna! And this song is my ultimate favorite for a lot of reasons. Additionally, when my daughter was between 6m and 1y old (she's 2.5 now), we would help her sleep by playing this song and walking in time with the main beat in a dark room. Worked *every* time. She really loves drums. Thanks for this react! So awesome! :)
So you are raising a future viking lol
I am pretty sure she will have a beard when she will be 10
this never falls to give me massive tingles from head to toe, it awakens something ancestral in my soul
when she sings i can imagine i see through the eyes of a raven that flies through the mountains above fjords. Also the voice matching great. her voice is like the wide of the landscape their peacfullnes and the silentnes. While his voice describes the roughness of the culture and the life in such harsh but wonderful and mystic lands.
man, this music just stirs something in the soul. it's so beautiful, i can't listen without getting chills.
Amazing! He performed this song with Eivør Pálsdóttir as well
Pleasantly surprised to finally see Wardruna be given a spot :)
Im Chiricahua Apache out of Utah now living in Georgia. Im from a family with boxing and kickboxing almost as a religion, Like most Apache families i know.But music has had its hold on me from an early age. Near broke my father in two when i decided to quit my training to join the highschool band lol. Einar Selvik's music is utter magic. I love how the smallest phrases can cause goose bumps, but then have no one around to relate to the feeling. This was the first time seeing one of your videos ,and it was great to see you talk about and explain some of these musical phrases i was talking about. Keep up the great work. Oh, and i love you accent. Your newest follower.
Yah ta hey!
I was attending this very concert when they performed this version of Helvegen...And I can tell you it was such an amazing experience! :D I can recommend a cover version of this song as well, from Kalandra! It is
pretty interesting and I instantly fell in love with it!
Limitedtimestruggle I second that recommendation! In fact I heard the Kalandra cover first and it sent me on the journey to discover this.
Anita Ferguson That is just awesome :D Happy you like it!
This performance is filmed at Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen, Norway. A great location for this kind of music since the fortress was build in the early 1200's.
Was there. Was great. 😁
Thank you Beth. Your reaction makes many of us proud. This song is an Anthem for those of us into the old ways, it was ancient the moment it was sung. Indeed a true bardic masterpiece. Thank you again.
I’ve seen Wardruna in the UK 3 times now. Best live band I’ve ever seen, hands down.
I am back five years to the anniversary of when you reacted to this. I appreciate it more now after watching another reactor react to today. I think I just wasn't ready last year. I wanted to hear more of Aurora and I was hearing more of the guy instead. Ha ha. Now I really appreciate his voice. There's something very soothing about it.
Hypnotic and all-encompassing!! ...and fun trivia on accent origins!
I love Wardruna, and Aurora as well, I think togheter they sound amazing! greetings from Argentina, your videos are very enjoyable❤
Thank you for reviewing this in detail. Respect and good wishes.
I really like this type of musical genre, in particular I move to another time and experience viquinga.I love it !!!!
More funereal than war-like. If I recall correctly, this is a song of passing away to the Otherworld.
Great video!
Could you please react some Rosalía? Anything from her experimental (and conceptual) album "El Mal Querer" (Malamente, Bagdad, Di Mi Nombre...), or her more traditional take to Flamenco classics (Aunque Es de Noche is amazing). I would love to see your reaction to one of the few mainstream artists I follow, especially this Spanish woman we're so proud of.
Seeing wardruna live was probably the best experience I've had with live music. In all honesty it felt less like a festival when I saw them more like a spiritual experience.
What a time to be alive of Norse bands popping up left and right and existing bands finally getting the attention they deserve. Makes me really happy because I can’t get enough of it
Another MORE AURORA comment!!! You said you also like her, so why not react to her even more? :)
I was about to suggest this hahahaha
Here is my reaction to Aurora God is a Woman: th-cam.com/video/e3zVLbQ7l_s/w-d-xo.html
Totally aware of that reaction, but there's still a toooon more Aurora to explore
@@BethRoars **whispers** we want more
@@BethRoars Try these albums of wardruna: Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga th-cam.com/video/RrJ0Q45F9Zs/w-d-xo.html & Runaljod - Yggdrasil th-cam.com/video/tLepqxMRu1U/w-d-xo.html
I think this sounds so bittersweet. There is so much emotion. People have mentioned that the song evokes spiritual feelings. I think it sounds like the people are mourning.
Great video - thanks for all your hard work
Its the fact that this music takes you back to an ancient place that you feel deep down inside of your soul. Im so happy you've found them. I have tickets to see them in October I can't wait
Awesome that you reacted to this 😀 This was from Wardruna concert in their (and Aurora) hometown, Bergen. My daughter and I was on this concert, and we had goosebumps all the time. This song was the last one, and it is about singing for someone who have died. Taking farewell.
To me, this song is like something I've always known, I feel like listening to a past life music, it moves me so much! Thanks for your reaction!
This song is SO amazing. I can’t listen to rain without humming it. It IS rain. And aurora’s voice, god. Thank you for making these videos about it, the way you explain things is really cool :)
This whole song... there are no words to describe the haunting beauty of what they created.
I loved Helvegen before Aurora joined them, but her voice really harmonises, it's so beautiful.
Loved your reaction =)
Great video! I love the technical breakdown, of this deeply moving and spiritual song. I hope you do more like this! Subscribed!
MORE AURORAAAAA 🥰😭
rarely i like vocal coach reactions, cause all they do they pause music and talk boring stuff no one cares, but you enjoy this, few comments and just embrace music... loved it
Yes i was just going to say that and she really informs us rather than doing weird faces like all of the vocal coaches on TH-cam.
You should call your site, Beth Overreacts. There is SOOO much going through your head so fast you struggle to get it out fast enough. Thanks, I really enjoy you.
Einar Selvik is an outstanding artist! One of my absolute favorite musicians to listen to. Do more of his work please
Hey! Check out my reaction to Einar here: th-cam.com/video/uc8ceijaTz4/w-d-xo.html
Your impression of Aurora's cover of Famous Blue Raincoat would be quite cool.
Love the review Beth,explained very well and it brings me into the "zone",so to speak. Beautiful expression when you mentioned "A Hug Of Sound"..It's a magical feeling when this is present at a live performance. Keep up the good work !
I adore the original video. The two most interesting things I learned while watching this are 1. how the harmonies are being sung and, 2. how each instrument, including the voices, is finding its own layer. Now I know part of the reason I find the performance so piercing and moving to experience. Thank you!
This react got you a new sub! I love your insights!
More Wardruna please!
OMG YES! will you also do Dead Can Dance?
Waiting for months now to see Beth reacting to my all time Goddess Lisa with SANVEAN,HOST OF THE SERAPHIM or THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY !!!!
Ingo von der Lühe omg I didn’t ad any of the songs because I can’t choose 😭
There's certainly no lack of material for her to choose from!
Makes me smile at the way this music reaches you!
"It sounds like the Norwegian landscape."
Love this.
okay that is a stunning due. Auroras voice with Wardruna can only come from outa space
I'm not familiar with the band but I love Aurora !! She sings with such emotion.
Listen to Wardruna Helvegen when they playing it by their self, it's awesome!
They have it on Spotify 👌
I'am so pleased that our campaign to get this song played succeed! 👌
Thank you Beth! 👏👍
Oh I’m so happy you know about them now!! I love them.
This is one of the best live performances ever. Wardruna is amazing and I wish they would make Aurora a permanent member.
Thank you for finally reacting to more Aurora, I hope you will not wait as long to react to her again. If the problem is that you became an Aurora fan after your reaction to her cover of God Is A Woman and therefor have heard all her albums, may I suggest you react to more of her magnificent covers? She has one quit a lot and not all of them are as well-known as her Ariana Grande cover. I will leave a list below with all the songs Aurora has covered and links to them.
Now I must suggest and beg you to react to another astonishing young Norwegian artist; Angelina Jordan. Aurora's voice is the sparkle as the sun hits the water, glinting so strong it almost blinds you and create rainbows on your retinas, while Angelina's voice is a hot wind heavily scented with spices, blowing over the dessert sand on a moonlit night.
I do think you won’t believe your eyes when you see her sing, partly because of her age as she was born in 2006. I have to mark that she is not like any other young singer you have ever heard and she will not be what you expect at all. I suggest you react to her singing Summertime at the Norway’s Got Talent final in 2014, witch she won at 8 years old, beating all the adults and capturing the hart of the whole Norwegian population. Or you could react to Angelina’s cover of I Putt A Spell On You, her most watched video, filmed when she was 9 years old and in addiction to singing she also made the arrangements for the musicians.
th-cam.com/video/443pBSpx5B4/w-d-xo.html Angelina Jordan Astar (8): "Summertime" by George Gershwin, Norske Talenter
th-cam.com/video/nwFloCPXzCs/w-d-xo.html Angelina Jordan - I Put A Spell On You
These are the covers Aurora has done.
I would like to note that her covers on P3 Live is especially impressive because of the circumstances. P3 Live is a radio show and the artists do an interview and get to sing one of their own song and do a cover, but they do not know in advance what song they will be covering and only get to know that when they arrive at the radio station an hour or two before they go on live. Aurora has covered Wrecking Ball, Believer and God Is A Woman on P3 Live, and you can see she has notes in front of her with the lyrics.
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (P3 Live)
th-cam.com/video/zNu9bJvJ_Pw/w-d-xo.html Aurora Aksnes - Wrecking Ball 3/2014
Walking In The Air - form The Snowman 1982 movie (She sang this much better at Nidarosdomen)
th-cam.com/video/SYbFpR0anxw/w-d-xo.html Aurora Aksnes - Walking in the Air cover i P3morgen 12/2014
Nature Boy - Nat King Cole (She sang this in Nidarosdomen)
th-cam.com/video/QcOnwLr9b50/w-d-xo.html AURORA - Nature Boy (Live Session) 5/2015
Half the World Away - Oasis
th-cam.com/video/jGY-T4W-BOc/w-d-xo.html John Lewis Christmas Advert 2015 #ManOnTheMoon 11/2015
Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
th-cam.com/video/cCWANSlcnAU/w-d-xo.html AURORA - Mr. Tambourine Man (Cover) 1/2016
You're The Voice - John Farnham
th-cam.com/video/U4bBW6x4W_A/w-d-xo.html AURORA - You're The Voice (John Farnham cover) 3/2016
La La La - Naughty Boy
th-cam.com/video/qgTdhIkK_K4/w-d-xo.html AURORA - La La La (Naughty Boy cover) 3/2016
In the Night - The Weeknd
th-cam.com/video/7L6QdAnCfE8/w-d-xo.html In The Night - Weeknd ( AURORA Cover ) 4/16
Live On Mars - David Bowie
th-cam.com/video/kJ095S0MmnA/w-d-xo.html Aurora - «Life on Mars» (David Bowie) 4/2016
So Long Marianne - Leonard Cohen
th-cam.com/video/i4CgyVMJiEk/w-d-xo.html AURORA - So Long Marianne - Chicago 11/11/16
Teardrop - Massive Attack
th-cam.com/video/GPTY6l_PX5k/w-d-xo.html AURORA covers Massive Attack 'Teardrop' for triple j's Like A Version 1/2017
Believer - Imagine Dragons (P3 Live)
th-cam.com/video/ucY21wLJhOo/w-d-xo.html P3 Christine Live: AURORA "Believer" (Imagine Dragons cover) 4/2017
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
th-cam.com/video/Oaf0gzQSiOM/w-d-xo.html Aurora - Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen-cover) 7/2017
The Partisan - Leonard Cohen
th-cam.com/video/FJrudQmnnxs/w-d-xo.html Aurora sings Cohen 7/2017
Scarborough Fair - 17th century English ballad
th-cam.com/video/9YuwvoiPtAI/w-d-xo.html Aurora- scarborough fair 12/2017
Det hev ei rose sprunge - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, German Christmas carol from 1599 (Sung in Norwegian) (P3 Live)
th-cam.com/video/PAdniGdn2vI/w-d-xo.html P3 Live: AURORA "Det hev ei rose sprunge" 12/2017
Helvegen - Wardruna (guest staring singing it with Wardruna)
th-cam.com/video/FnkTuHP9q3o/w-d-xo.html Wardruna and Aurora - Helvegen (Live) 10/18
God is a woman - Ariana Grande (P3 Live)
th-cam.com/video/fn_6i7Wed-c/w-d-xo.html P3 Live: AURORA "God is a woman" (Ariana Grande cover) 10/2018
Jon Blund - from the German TV program Sandmännchen form the 1950’s, used in a Norwegian Christmas show for children in the 1970’s (Sung in Norwegian)
th-cam.com/video/pajqn2BPrk8/w-d-xo.html Christines Julekonsert 2018: AURORA "Jon Blund" 12/2018
Baby Mine - Disney’s Dumbo Trailer 2019
th-cam.com/video/7NiYVoqBt-8/w-d-xo.html Dumbo Official Trailer 11/2018
Across The Universe - The Beatles
th-cam.com/video/Zb4sIiGLXvc5/w-d-xo.html/2019 AURORA covers The Beatles 'Across The Universe' for Like A Version 5/2019
Frozen 2 Official Trailer
th-cam.com/video/Zi4LMpSDccc/w-d-xo.html
Hey! Check out my reaction to Massive Attack - 'Teardrop' here: th-cam.com/video/Mk-L-JlhJGM/w-d-xo.html
Love the unique sound of this sort of music, and this group in particular. It’s raw, organic, archaic, though not quite primal, and very much of the earth while maintaining this slight flavour of a world beyond. It’s what I listen to when I run, workout, or even when I wish to sleep. @BethRoars, she, unlike other reviewers, really digs into the meat and potatoes of the music, not just the vocals, which makes for a much more thoroughly analytical examination than most. I don’t know very much about singing being a humble bagpiper that sings only in the shower or when having consumed copious amounts of alcohol in pubs but I do know analysis and I love that element of the channel. Wonderful work from both the artists and the reviewer.
It's so cool to see you commenting on this... Wardruna is amazing... I'm a percussionist and love drumming along with them...
That is simply beautiful.
This is one of those songs where I have no idea what they are saying but I still love it, first time I heard it I had goosebumps.
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I love this song. Had not heard this rendition. I like living in a time where I can experience amazing bands with such ease.
The theory about accents being related to the weather was very cool, subscribed!
Wardruna + Aurora and Heilung with Maria. Two perfect combos.
I’m going to be travelling to Finland to see Wardruna play at Savonlinna castle, this will be the second time I’ve seen them. I’m so excited
Thank you for your reaction on this breathtaking song! You underlined some things about the feel you get from some specific vocals: very interesting and revealing!
You might want to considder visiting Castlefest, in the Netherlands. It's a festival on the first weekend of August, which is jam-packed with bands like this.
If you ever have a chance to hear them live it's absolutely amazing and dare I say better than recordings!
As a swedish viking and fully belives in asatru. I saw wardruna 2016 in gothenburg! and i can just say that the gods we're present and i was in tears
I realy Love this reaction!!!! More Aurora Please!!!!
Wardruna are fantastic live. Glad you finally reviewed them.
Great video about one of my favorite songs and styles of music!
Havent watched one of your videos in a while but when this one popped up and it said Aurora and Wardruna I nearly broke my keyboard clicking on it. I am an Aurora freak and I actually discovered her from her first video singing with this band at the Traena Music Festival so this comes full circle for me. Shes kind of moved beyond this dark Nordic folky stuff with her latest albums but Im a sucker for her no matter where she goes artistically. And Wardruna is excellent as well. I would highly suggest Daichin Tana and her band HAYA if you like this.
By the way, this is a pretty rare experience as Aurora rarely sings in her native language. She says she finds it too personal and informal.
For the love of all things holy, PLEASE DO MORE AURORA!!!
😩😩😩🥺
Thank you thank you thank you I love Wardruna and Aurora together they are fit to sing in the hall of Valhalla
I saw this live and it was pure magic... stood directly in frond of Einar and it just gave me goose bumps
Hey! Check out my reaction to Einar here: th-cam.com/video/uc8ceijaTz4/w-d-xo.html
I have been waiting for this so badly!
Oh would you have loved the "Helvegen (Kalandra cover), aside being even more amazing then Aurora's voice, she twisted the way she sings the song making it even better then the original.
I wouldn’t say better, but definitely different in a very beautiful way!
"It sounds like ice. It sounds like the norweigan landscape" Nailed it with how Aurora sounds on those soft notes!
You'll have to go to the scene in Vikings that this song was played during, they were getting ready to find Athelstan. Such a haunting song.
I love this kind of songs, please react to Anathema - Untouchable
Instant like because I just love this performance.
1. Love the intro. 2. This song is soooo amazing!
Im just a simple metal guy but this is by far the best reaction channel on youtube. Its easy to see that you know what you are talking about. Wish me luck on the Dream Theater concert in Oslo tomorrow in Oslo! :)
You should do yourself a favor and watch AURORAs concert at Nidarosdomen; you can find it on TH-cam. It's breathtaking.
the horn is a late iron age lure, originally a bronze age instrument that was used in Scandinavia up until the mid to late medieval age
The rythm(asymetrical 3-bar) come from a dancing tratition called pols in Norway. As a fot note, the 3-bar showed up in scandinavia during the end of the medival peroid. People likely had just as mush fun with 2-bar before.
II played this for my adult daughter and she did not really get it. I asked her to listen again but imagine lying in bed and the down beat of the drum is her heartbeat while the voices are coming through an open window. When the drum stopped, she gasped and then smiled, she got it.
I never listened to this type of music ,then my world turned upside down 19month ago when i lost my beautifull little girl 12yrs old ,since then this music from wardruna gives me a way to get lost in my mind .
Very educational, thank you! This music take me to another time.
This song almost makes me cry every time I hear it..you can just feel it
thanks for that little harmony lesson :) really appreciate that!
Never clicked on a video so fast! Love you and Wardruna
I’ve been waiting for Wardruna for sooo long
I would like to recommend "Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður (Icelandic hymn) in train station
" on TH-cam for some A cappella/quire in traditional Scandinavian style.
I love Eivør's version of that song too