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thanks for making this video of my 2 favorite bands. But, if you really want to be inspired, this song has it all. Mostly the text brings me to another world, dark and at the same time inspired me to take action. Kalandra: th-cam.com/video/Xkg3C8JDi_0/w-d-xo.html I'll hope you like this and make a podcast of it
The girl in white is AURORA , she is a guest artist on this version . She is a star in her own right and usually sings in English , some say her music is electro pop but she has many more strings to her bow , she makes you laugh , she makes you cry.
My wife passed away in late February and is the only thing that has gotten me through my grief and sorrow as well as the Healing Mountain by Wardrna I held her hand as she crossed over to Helvegen I am still crying
It is important to distinguish between Hel and Hell ... In Norse mythology, Hel is the daughter of Loki and Angerboda and ruler of the dead. She is half blue black like a corpse and half human colored. She is the sister of the Midgard Serpent and the Fenriswolf. Hel lives in Nivlheim. Everyone who dies ends up with her, however, there are ways for those who die as heroes on the battlefield, or who die as pawns. They can go to Odin's Valhall and Frøya's Folkvang (as these two divided the fallen between them), or to Gjevjon's sanctuary (Lejre). Most often, it is interpreted to mean that everyone who dies of old age or illness ends up in Hel's shadow world.
I had known most of the basics of what you explained, but not to that detail. It's funny to me as I am in the process of learning to sing, and for the last few days have been using Brothers Of Metal's "Hel" as a practice song, so I would know less if it was 3 days ago, hahaha. Norse Mythology fascinates me. We are in Atlantic Canada, the area that we now know The Vikings landed on in 1066 (I believe that date is right). I am not in the province that they first landed Newfoundland, but a bit over in New Brunswick. The more I learn about it I notice a very diluted influence that is still here.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Almost right :) 1066 is known as when William the Conqueror took England and pretty much the end of the Viking age. I personally think it lasted a bit longer. But anyhow, it was probably around the year 1000 that Leif Erikson sat fot in (maybe) L'Anse aux Meadows. Great reaction. Check out more of Kalandra, Wardruna and Aurora :)
Saw this at an island in Norway out in the sea in front of a big mountain wall acoustic facing the water with a choir of 25 men backing this act. Im Norwegian so I'm used to traditional music but that was an out of body experience
That does sound like an other worldly experience. I am pretty sure someone else mentioned that Island concert, but not with the explanation of what the venue was like. Was it an actual mountain behind them? That would sound incredible. What I am imagining is them infront of a bit wall of rock acting like an Amphitheater.
Awesome, gonna throw that one on the list. Did the RANANANANA GIF throw you off? Context: We are on the Twitch Team started by *Grant Truesdell* of *Unleash The Archers*, and it's a running gag. ALSO, Jean from Slatatio Mortis just commented on the "My Mother Told Me" reaction, I got stupid excited.
@@CaptainFaceBeard I was both entertained and confused by the gif. But I figured there was a backstory. 😂 Oooh exciting. There’s a few artists who comment on reaction vids fairly regularly. Ren is one. He’s my latest neurodivergent rabbithole I’ve gone down. 😂
@@ranahooke1907 Our HI REN reaction got a lot of views, but we haven't gotten a comment from him yet. We have gotten some awesome comments from the band members on some of the videos, pretty awesome. Also know that Ronnie Radke and Electric Callboy have seen at least 1 of our videos, and that is pretty neat.
Just subscribed. I want to not like Kalandra''s version because it's not done with traditional instruments but damn it's good and I love Katrine's voice. My first love is Aurora but that said I'm a huge Klandra fan!
We have heard one of Aurora's songs before we heard this one, I loved it. Haven't edited it yet. Was planning to now because I put 2 and 2 together editing this reaction. Welcome Aboard!!
Aurora is gem! Kalandra is nice to. Try Brave new world, Grizzley man or Slow motion. Einar Selvik from Wardruna got music with Viking vibes. Try Vikings suite made by Trevor Morris and Einar Selvik. They made all the music to Netflix series Vikings. Funfacts: Einar player drums in a black metal band named Gorgoroth before he created Wardruna.
several songs from Wardruna is used in the tv-show "Vikings". Helvegen is one of them. Wardruna has become my everyday music now. Love it. So many awsome songs
They are indeed incredible in concert. Interestingly enough, Katrine Stenbekk from Kalanda was part of the Warduna collective last year. Another song you might like is Heilung's "Anoana"
The use of Shadow in their Wardruna's live show is quite brilliant. Using a light to project the shadow of a performer during an important part, also adds a lot of mood. I put Anoana on our Reaction Queue Playlist, excited to check it out, thanks for the suggestion Henry!!
Great reaction👍 My favourite is the original version😍 They sing in Norwegian, but the acapella part is in Old Norse 👍 “Helvegen” (path/road to Hel) amongst other songs from Einar Selvik (vocalist and songwriter) and Wardruna are played in the Vikings series. You can actually see Einar standing on land singing “Helvegen” while the vikings are sailing off to England 😊 In Norse mythology, Hel is an underground realm of the dead where it was believed that most people ended up when they died. In Norse cosmology, north is the direction towards cold and death. It is therefore understandable that Hel is cold and intractable, and that the road there leads "north and down". Hel is also the name of the ruler of the underworld. She is motherly and terrifying, and her skin is part blue-black like that of a corpse and part human-colored. She is very greedy and does not easily give up the dead who end up with her. Could you please react to Aurora with: “Runaway” live at the Nobel peace prize concert 2015 She wrote the song when she was 11 years old It’s a very important song for her 😍 Fun fact: This is the song that inspired Billie Eilish to become an artist😊 It was also played in the serie “The Following” “Through the eyes of a child” live at Nidarosdomen (cathedral in Norway, the burial church of the viking King st. Olav/Olav Haraldson which christianized Norway) This is also an important song for her😍 Fun fact: The song was played in the serie “The 100”
I added those to our reaction queue, thanks for the suggestions. Now I feel foolish, I have seen quite a bit of the Vikings series, into even the 3rd season I think. So I would have seen that part.
9.47 They don't sing in old norse except for the last a capella bit by Einar. They sing in nynorsk, (new norwegian) one of the 2 official ways of Norwegian speakings and spellings, which ironically is the newest Norwegian language but sounds the oldest.
Wardruna is more music-archeological or reinvented/reimagined than traditional music. If you want to compare with something more specific traditional Norwegian music with a slightly modernized sound/soundscape you could try the band Gåte who has started making music again after a very long hiatus; Gåte - Hemnarsverdet (Official Music Video) - th-cam.com/video/DkHFJN7qBfU/w-d-xo.html The song is a traditional song from the 1800's. The title translates to "revenge-sword", the music-video contains dance base on traditional hallingdance-moves in a dramatized form to illustrate the lyrics.
This is a very powerful song. Its about Death, and following your loved one to the path to aftherlife. Gjallarbrua is the bridge that crosses from our world to the dead world..... And you help them cross the bridge and let loose.
After listening to this performance one reactor said it makes me homesick for somewhere i have never been. The video also has CC and subtitles in English. Warriors that die in battle go to Valhalla and natural deaths go to Hel ( not the Christian Hell)....kind of like Limbo...Norse Hell is sometimes referred to as Nifleheim. The beautiful voice of Aurora featured in this show is an amazing artist in her own right and deserves a listen.
Hel is my favorite of the Norse Gods. We have listened to another Aurora song, and I am going to edit it soon because of all of the comments on this video. I also have gotten so many good suggestions for more of her music, and other music that is in one way or another similar/related to the artists in this video. It also makes me homesick for somewhere I have never been.
When someone said he was the drummer for Gorgoroth, I had to pick my jaw back up and attach it to my head again. I went and checked the bands Wikipedia to make sure they weren't messing with me, though I was sure they weren't.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Einare has appeared on the show. He sang farewall to a raiding party when they left kattegat if I rememver correctly. th-cam.com/video/LPGky2ZmsWI/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Bu%C4%9Fracankeskin There he is, the handsome devil.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Gaahl who sang in Gorgoroth came out as gay years back as well. His boyfriend (dunno if they're still together) is a fashion desginer. It's just people expressing themselves.
@@lmmmlful I had known that about Gaahl, I watched an interview with him talking about it. That is why I love Metal, there is a lot of love, support, and acceptance.
FYI all. Turning on CC with this video gives the lyrics in English. The spoken part at the end is Havamal, verse 77. Also, Hel in Norse mythology bears no resemblance to the christian Hell. It's just the common afterlife with Valhalla being specific to Honored warriors.
this is an ancient Norse song of "singing" those who die over to the other side ( Hel, not the Christian Hell )........Helvegen is the road to Hel.......the song reminds us everything dies and that even after dying, one's reputation and life should be honored and remembered......the male singer is Einar Selvik of Wardruna
Hel was not the Christian Hell. It was the realm of the dead, in general, the default place, if you like, not a place of punishment. The Norse heathens did not think like that.
Bugles and horns like that don't play the full range of notes. It's the same note at different octaves. Bugles mostly play C and an octaves higher would be G and so on.
You cannot play any note with the Lur (the long "horn"), you can only play notes in harmonic series/natural scale to whatever key the Lur is in. A few seconds demonstration: th-cam.com/video/geNEC9OohAI/w-d-xo.html The lur was used a lot among the herders in the mountains and this lends itself to the songs that they use too. They would have specific songs for calling for specific animals or to other people. Here is a lur with kulokk (cow-call): th-cam.com/video/q2etuK1GZ9A/w-d-xo.html (54 seconds)
@@BrimirMe There is a big chain of music stores in Canada that you can rent instruments from. I would do stupid things like rent a Tuba or Bag Pipes for the weekend. But we don't have one in this area.
Great video. I have been waiting so long for someone to do a comparison of those two great performances. Thank you, and thank you to whoever it was who asked you to do it. It is right of course to listen first to the epic Wardruna version and pay homage to Einar Selvik for all the work he has done to promote Norse culture and traditions with the group, and Aurora is her own special thing. But for me the real magic is with the Kalandra version. Katrine Stenbekk’s voice is every bit as beautiful as Aurora’s and there are some other stunning performances from that band to react to (they sing mainly in English).
I have added some of Kalandra's and other songs suggested in the comments of this video to our reaction queue. I agree, Aurora's voice is incredible, but there is something really unique as well with Katrine's voice. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Its not in old norse they sing, they actually sing in norwegian but in a western dialect (what we in writing call Ny norsk, but norwegian is only one language but is written in two ways.) Only the last poem is in norse and is from the wisdom part of Håvamål poem...
That is interesting, is it spoken in just one way, but written in 2 different ways? It also threw me off when you said "Western" because I think of Norway as being orientated South to North, but looking at the map now, that makes more sense. Also realized how much further North Norway is than where we are in Eastern Canada, and we can get down to -40c in winter. Looks like our average winter temperature is -15c, but -6.8c in Norway. Sorry, I am a bit fascinated with that area of the world, the Eastern Canadian provinces is where they first landed in North America in (pretty sure) 1066 AD. I would love to see if someone from there would notice the leftover influence if they were visiting here.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Norway hav so many dialects, the dialect most closest to Bokmål that most norwegians use as written language ia the Oslo or Eastern dialect. On the west coast there are many dialects that was collected to under what we call nynorsk or new norwegian. But this dialects see I notice it is more than one here... is closer to the original norse. What we call Bokmål are more or less danish. Written bokmål and written danish are probably 98% the same. But we all have to learn both bokmål and nynorsk at school. There are videos on youtube about norwegian dialects. But because if you look at it ... nynorsk and norse or icelandic are definitly related. I have never learned icelandic but I can still understand many words so I can with some guesswork make out sentence so I can understand what is being said
@@CaptainFaceBeard Olavinlinna is a 15th-century castle on a small rocky island in the middle of a lake in Eastern Finland. It was partially modernized a good while ago and had been the site of an annual opera festival for decades. I think the Wardruna show was last year's closing concert of the festival.
You should have had the lyrics when listening cuz it's it very powerful. It's kinda hard to describe but it's about life, death, grief, acceptence, memories, legacy, family and friendship. All at once.
In terms of Norse mythology and even more in terms of learning about the Norse way of living if we're talking about videogames Assassin Creed Valhalla gives a lot more than God of War and it's more historically accurate (for a videogame obviously) they had an expert in norse religion and history as a consultant.
Yeah, they have to take liberties with the God Of War story to insert Kratos into that world. I was having a dumb day when we recorded that hahaha. I do know a fair bit about Norse Mythology, but that day, it was all on vacation I think, haha.
It's not about going to "hell" and coming back. The theme is "who will sing for me as I walk to road to Hel". Hel is the Norse afterlife for most ordinary people. Presumably a cold and dark place "up north, and down", but not the Christian hell where sinners gets punished: Christianity appropriated the Norse word and incorporated it into its own myth. "Vegen" means road, or trail, So "Helvegen" means the road to Hel, or the way to the afterlife. The song is not "authentic" or part of Norse tradition. It was written by Einar, the Wardruna lead singer and songwriter, who is a genuine believer is bringing good old traditions back to life. So, while the song is modern, it's written based on what knowledge we have about Norse traditions and way of making music (which isn't much, honestly - mainly descriptions and some remaining cultural phenomena, such as Icelandic and song styles from the Faroe Islands). Singing for dying friends and relatives was a genuine Norse tradition. One that my young daughters honored as their mother died of cancer, at the start of this year. That was one of the most powerful moments of my life, which helped us all finding closure and accepting we will never see her again, knowing the voices in her daughter's song was the last she ever heard as she took he first steps on Helvegen.
I get this comment a lot on this video, and I kick myself every time. I know enough Norse mythology to know different, but my brain went straight to Christian Hell, I have no idea why. I remember some other people explaining that it's not actually a traditional Norse song, since we don't know what they sounded like, and I believe it was mentioned that we don't know exactly what instruments were used. That is such a beautiful send off, I am so sorry for your loss. I honestly cannot think of a better way to say goodbye to a loved one. Thank you for sharing that with me, hit me really hard, I teared up. Much love to you and your daughters. Her memory lives on even stronger now, I will think of this comment every time I hear this song.
Not going to mansplain a lot here, but this isn't really "traditional norwegian folk music". This is pretty unique, with Einar Selvik exploring his own spirituality, and creating music (using mainly nynorsk language) that he believes is a plausible representation of how viking music would sound like. We don't have any source what so ever on how viking music sounded, we only have some references to some kinds of instruments :) If you want to explore norwegian folk-music, it's mostly medieval ballads and more modern fiddle-oriented instrumental music + "Stev" and some pretty original cow-calling songs :D
I discovered Wardruna and Kalendra through this video that was a donation request, and so happy about that. We found out about Aurora in a reaction that was recorded before this one, but edited a couple of weeks after this one came out cuz people pointed her out, and I realized we had already reacted to The Seed th-cam.com/video/CpFDTh7Ny44/w-d-xo.html We also reacted to Wardruna's "Grá" but the video seems to be blocked for most people. Here is the link for that one too, hopefully you are in one of the areas that the video is visible :) th-cam.com/video/YiJZ7jcxyrs/w-d-xo.html
Wardruna's "Helvegen" was used in "Vikings" S2E8 and S3E2, and several other Wardruna songs were used in other "Vikings" episodes. "Road to Hel": "Hel" is the Norse afterlife, it is not only for the bad people like the Christian "Hell".
I got that it was not the same as Christian Hell, and when I said that I was honestly thinking of the movie Constantine, hahaha. It was only during editing that I realized I had said it in that way. Thank you SO much for the episode numbers. I am going to take a quick look through those 2 episodes cuz I want to see the scene with them leaving for England. When it was brought up in other comments I immediately could see that scene in my head, and want to see how well I remembered it.
heh.....I've never seen your channel before. I'm a big Aurora fan though....so this video popped up. But when I first looked at the thumbnail.....I thought your wife/girlfriend(?) was literally Shirley Manson, from Garbage. I thought maybe it was some interview with her that just came out. I think she even has(or recently had) that same color hair. When she spoke and it wasn't a Scottish accent, that was a little sad. But just a little. Anyway...cool video! You guys should check out more Aurora. She's.....just the best.
I just told Heather that, she loved it. We checked out another song by Aurora, just have to get it edited. Would make sense that it might be an interview, as they just came out with a new album as far as I know. They would be wicked to watch in the studio. That many world class producers working on a song they wrote together.
This is a song in the old tongue, 1000-1500 years ago. The translation is not spot on. It does not meen the road to hell, but the road to the queendom of Hel, daughter of Loke. He himself was half god, half jotun
That is something that I was wondering. If the songs are written by him in the "style of", or "inspired by", or if the lyrics are from original texts. Someone had mentioned we don't know what the actual music would have sounded like, but wasn't sure on the lyrics. Thanks for clearing that up for me :)
Not sure what made me think it would be a metal version, wasn't quite sure what kind of band Kalandra was, but I read the ABOUT on their TH-cam channel and I definitely want to hear more.
The horn is a lur, a long natural wood blowing horn without finger holes. They were first noted from the Icelandic Sagas and many have been found in Viking longships. They are thought to have been used as 'war horns' to marshal the troops, or to frighten the enemy. The originals were handmade from two pieces of willow wood, held together with resin and natural willow fibers.
Someone had left me a couple of videos about the Lur in another comment. They were really interesting to watch. The lady in the video demonstrated them, the range of notes is very impressive. She played the same note in at least 4 Octaves.
HELEVEGAN IS NOT THE HELL YOU CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN BUT WHERE EVERYBODY GOES TO THERE IS NO RETURN MY ANCESTORS ARE THE SAMI THE TRUE PEOPLE OF NORWAYJUST SO YOU KNOW
I had only a loose understanding of the meaning of Helvegen, I was thinking afterlife at the time, but said Hell for some reason, probably cuz of all the metal we listen to, hahaha. Thank you Michael, the comments on this video have been super informative, I am very interested in Norse Mythology/Culture and it's wicked to see these things explained by people who have grown up with this culture. Though I don't assume everyone commenting is from that area :)
i havn't seen any eivor-reactions yet? falling free live at the old theater in torshavn, salt, tròdlabùndin. it cannot get any better than with eivor and it cannot be more nordic
I love his music. We did check out Gra, but it seems to be blocked in a lot of countries. See if you are able to watch this: th-cam.com/video/YiJZ7jcxyrs/w-d-xo.html
I was able to remember most of the stuff about that scene, even the interesting camera angle, just couldn't remember where in the series it was to check the episode again. Thanks for pointing out which one. I think I had only finished the second season and didn't watch much if anything in the 3rd season. I have to go back and watch all of it, as well as the show Black Sails that I never finished either.
I think someone else said he is also in Episode 8 of season 2. I actually remember that scene vaguely. Now though I know I must have watched at least to that point in Vikings, I thought I had only gotten in about half way through Season 3.
Aurora is fantastic but please check out Kalandra too! They are F..CKING AMAZING! So underrated! I HIGHLY recommend you listen to their song "Borders" official video. That song is more than music, almost spiritual and just beaustiful...
"Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg, du er løyst frå banda som bant deg" = "You will be freed from the bonds that binds you, you are freed from the bonds that bound you" (They sing about what the afterlife wherever might be)
HEL, is not a place. She is the Goddesss of death. Not a place of suffering as in Christian mythology.. HEL is the goddess of death and she will guide you on your journey to the afterlife if you do not make it to Valhalla.. only valkayr will guide you to Valhalla it is not heaven but in fact the military afterlife of Norse lore to the final battle of ragnarrok
I love all three of these artists! While this is not Aurora's typical genre, she is a very magical artist and person. Her and Katrine, from Kalandra, have a couple of the best voices around. And if you love this genre, you can't get much better than Wardruna! So please, more of Aurora, Kalandra and Wardruna! 👍🤟
We have already checked out more Wardruna on our stream last night, we were pressed for time and didn't get to Aurora, or Kalandra, but they are up at the top for next week. Not to worry, we are hooked :)
There's no battle. It's the way to Hel, not to be confused with Hell. It's a song about how we're all going to die, friends, family, cattle, everything, but buy remembering the one who passed before us nothings meaningless.
@@CaptainFaceBeard it's beautiful, isn't it? I've always been on good terms with death, maybe a bit too good if you're asking my friends and family, and maybe, just maybe it's because I'm absolutely certain this is what's awaits us all. Thank you again for your reaction! 🖤
Thank you for reacting to music from my country. These are the lyrics in English: Who shall sing me, Into deathsleep sling me, When I on the path to Hel go, And this track I tread Is cold, so cold. I sought the songs, I sent the songs. Then the deepest well Gave me tears so harsh From the Slain-father's pledge. I know everything, Odin, To whom you gave your eye. Who shall sing me, Into deathsleep sling me, Whence I on the path to Hel go, And this track I tread Is cold, so cold. Early or in the day's end, The raven still knows if I fall. Once you stand at the gate to Hel And when you have to tear free, I shall follow you Over Gjallarbrú with my song. You will be free from the bonds that bind you, You are free from the bonds that bound you! "Cattle die, Friends die, So, too, must you die. Though one thing Never dies; The fair fame one has earned. Cattle die, Friends die, So, too, must you die. I know one, That never dies; Judgement of a dead man's life."
This will be played at my funeral. It's beautiful, and it hits me in a way that is indescribable. I try singing along in English, but my voice breaks every time, and tears form. Yes, this will be played when it's my turn to go down that road.
More Norse Artists for you: Aurora Aksnes, Einar Selvik (Wardruna), Angelina Jordan, Maria Franz, Sigrid Solbakk, Allan Walker, Anne Nørdsti, Astrid Smeplass, Susanne Sundfør, are just some of them. Aurora - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) th-cam.com/video/P_XguuxLo10/w-d-xo.html Wardruna - Kvitravn (White Raven) th-cam.com/video/JhiUacGzIg8/w-d-xo.html Wardruna and Aurora - Helvegen (Live) th-cam.com/video/FnkTuHP9q3oA/w-d-xo.htmlnother Maria Franz - Songleikr: Ulvetime th-cam.com/video/FF9mtpw365c/w-d-xo.html Maria is also the lead singer in Heilung..... th-cam.com/video/h1BsKIP4uYM/w-d-xo.html AURORA - Live in Nidarosdomen [Full concert] th-cam.com/video/XXVwFvkNTEg/w-d-xo.html
SCHWEET!! I added any of those I didn't have to our Reaction Queue, even made another playlist for the concerts, which I am stupid excited about. Thanks so much again :)
A translation of us, or the lyrics of the song? For the song, these are the translated lyrics: Who will sing me Into the death-sleep sling me When I walk the road to Hel And the tracks I tread Are cold, so cold 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 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 will be free from the bonds that bind you You are free from the bonds that bound you [Håvamål - The High Ones' Speech, Poetic Edda] Cattle die, kinsmen die You yourself will also die But the word about you will never die If you win a good reputation Cattle die, kinsmen die You yourself will also die I know one thing that never dies The reputation of those who died
If you haven't done Wardruna, you're in for a treat. "Lyfjaberg" (Healing-mountain), "Kvitravn" (White Raven), "Grá", the list goes on. ••• Kalandra's "Brave New World" is very potent. It has an undertone of urgency and forboding you'll like.
Both of these bands are Ear Candy for me, so I am going to add ALL of that to our list. Thanks so much for the suggestions. This is the first and only time I have heard either band. It did suck a bit scrolling through Instagram and seeing there posts, but not being able to turn the sound on, hahaha.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Personally I really like 'Rún' and 'Elverhøy'. But I also really like their covers for 'Seven Nation Army' or 'Du Hasst' N.B. Kill your volume BEFORE visiting their channel page to avoid spoilers!
@@elricthebald870 Haha, not to worry, that has become one of my skills. I usually just search and add them to the playlist like that. Those covers have my attention, those song choices are exciting.
We have checked out one of her songs before, going to edit that video soon seeing as to how many people have told us about her in the comments. I have some other stuff in our Queue for her now too :)
You should that the Norse journey to HEL is a journey with the goddesss of death. Not the place of Christian suffering of punishment. HEL. Is the goddess of death it is not a place of Christianity of suffering or punishment.. it is the path of walking to the afterlife with the goddess of death HEL is the goddess of death in Norse lore. It is not being sent to hell a Christian place of suffering for sins committed HEL is the goddesss of death and she guides you on your way to your afterlife if you did not make it to VAHALLA which is not heaven it is a military encampment of valkary of the most courageous brave of Viking warriors who will fight in the final battle of Ragnarok
Helvegen Song by Wardruna Kven skal synge meg? I daudsvevna slynge meg Når eg på helvegen går Og dei spora eg trår Er kalde så kalde 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 på 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 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 "Deyr fé, Deyja frændr, Deyr sjalfr it sama, En orðstírr Deyr aldregi, Hveim er sér góðan getr. Deyr fé, Deyja frændr, Deyr sjalfr it sama, Ek veit einn, At aldrei deyr: Dómr um dauðan hvern Norse English translation Who will sing me Into the death-sleep sling me When I walk the road to Hel And the tracks I tread Are cold, so cold 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 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 will be free from the bonds that bind you You are free from the bonds that bound you Cattle die, kinsmen die You yourself will also die But the word about you will never die If you win a good reputation Cattle die, kinsmen die You yourself will also die I know one thing that never dies The reputation of those who died
The wardruna singer and composer is Einor Selvik. I recommend his song Kvervandi, with Ivar Bjornson, not the accoustic version. It is powerful as are many of other of Einor's songs.
That would be incredible. Where we live in Canada, there are almost never any live shows worth going to. We are hoping to go to a Metal Festive in 2024 in Wisconsin, gonna be wicked.
This song was in several episodes of Vikings. Wardruna's music is heavily featured in the series. Einar Selvik, the lead singer, has appeared in several episodes.
I had watched a couple seasons of Vikings, I really should start it over. Once someone mentioned he sang this song while they were departing for England, and was in that scene, I remembered seeing him in it. That is a fantastic series, the entire cast is great, but Gustaf Skarsgård steals every scene he is in, in my opinion.
Someone else had mentioned that as well. It was in the first season, I remember it vaguely, and I remember thinking the actor on the shore was more than just an extra, but didn't know who he was. It's going to be interesting to re-watch it now that I know that.
Hi from germany, this is a song about nordic germanic history, Odin and his Raven watching and knowing evrything because he gave his eye to be all knowing and it tells you how to get to Helheim ( Hel ) the place of the daughter of Loki, you have to cross the bridge over Gjöll ( the river of the dead ) which is the border river from the human world Midgard to the underworld of Helheim it is guarded by the giant Móðguðr, she belongs to the Jötun. If you reach the entry to Helheim the door is guarded by the hellhound Garm, which lets pass all who didnt die in battle, all who are convicted of murder, cheating or to bear false witness are going to the part of Helheim which is called Náströnd, It all is part of the Edda (nordic, germanic saga)
I love Norse Mythology. Thank you for the information. I had read Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, and he did speak in the preface about the Edda, saying there was both Prose, and Poetic. I would love to read a translation of the Poetic Edda.
This song is in the series Vikings, you were right about that. It is performed by the lead singer alone. Wardruna did a lot of the music for that series
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thanks for making this video of my 2 favorite bands. But, if you really want to be inspired, this song has it all. Mostly the text brings me to another world, dark and at the same time inspired me to take action. Kalandra: th-cam.com/video/Xkg3C8JDi_0/w-d-xo.html I'll hope you like this and make a podcast of it
More AURORA please, she is a literal 100% Genius!
We have actually checked one out before, still has to be edited, going to get that one up in the next week or 2.
Er ikke hun som gjør denne låta men ok ,sikkert fantastisk dame og høre på !
Yes. This song was used in the Vikings TV show
Hi from Denmark 😊
Hello from Canada :)
The girl in white is AURORA , she is a guest artist on this version . She is a star in her own right and usually sings in English , some say her music is electro pop but she has many more strings to her bow , she makes you laugh , she makes you cry.
We have checked out one of her songs before, I just have to edit it. She is amazing.
Yeah, and in this version she lost her InEar early in
She does this song justice
Its not a battle song. Its a song you sing to your loved ones when they pass away.
I had gotten it was that type of song, those drums though just have that kind of motivation to them. Also, your TH-cam name is fantastic!!
@@CaptainFaceBeard thanks and ditto 😁
My wife passed away in late February and is the only thing that has gotten me through my grief and sorrow as well as the Healing Mountain by Wardrna I held her hand as she crossed over to Helvegen I am still crying
Einar Selvik, the man singing, actually made/sang most of the music for the show Vikings. Pretty awesome!
Gammel metall vokalist
It is important to distinguish between Hel and Hell ... In Norse mythology, Hel is the daughter of Loki and Angerboda and ruler of the dead. She is half blue black like a corpse and half human colored. She is the sister of the Midgard Serpent and the Fenriswolf.
Hel lives in Nivlheim.
Everyone who dies ends up with her, however, there are ways for those who die as heroes on the battlefield, or who die as pawns. They can go to Odin's Valhall and Frøya's Folkvang (as these two divided the fallen between them), or to Gjevjon's sanctuary (Lejre). Most often, it is interpreted to mean that everyone who dies of old age or illness ends up in Hel's shadow world.
I had known most of the basics of what you explained, but not to that detail. It's funny to me as I am in the process of learning to sing, and for the last few days have been using Brothers Of Metal's "Hel" as a practice song, so I would know less if it was 3 days ago, hahaha. Norse Mythology fascinates me. We are in Atlantic Canada, the area that we now know The Vikings landed on in 1066 (I believe that date is right). I am not in the province that they first landed Newfoundland, but a bit over in New Brunswick. The more I learn about it I notice a very diluted influence that is still here.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Almost right :) 1066 is known as when William the Conqueror took England and pretty much the end of the Viking age. I personally think it lasted a bit longer. But anyhow, it was probably around the year 1000 that Leif Erikson sat fot in (maybe) L'Anse aux Meadows. Great reaction. Check out more of Kalandra, Wardruna and Aurora :)
this is absolutely fascinating and beautifully dark folklore I truly enjoyed reading. Thank you for educating us! :)
Saw this at an island in Norway out in the sea in front of a big mountain wall acoustic facing the water with a choir of 25 men backing this act. Im Norwegian so I'm used to traditional music but that was an out of body experience
That does sound like an other worldly experience. I am pretty sure someone else mentioned that Island concert, but not with the explanation of what the venue was like. Was it an actual mountain behind them? That would sound incredible. What I am imagining is them infront of a bit wall of rock acting like an Amphitheater.
@@CaptainFaceBeard the video of this show is on youtube !
There's a symphonic version of it - The Symphonic Viking Voyage - 16 Helvegen - Einar Selvik and Eivor Palsdottir
I personally love this version the best, a huuuuge fan of both Einar and Eivør
This will be song number 1 at my funeral.
Borders would be a great next song by Kalandra :)
Awesome, gonna throw that one on the list. Did the RANANANANA GIF throw you off? Context: We are on the Twitch Team started by *Grant Truesdell* of *Unleash The Archers*, and it's a running gag. ALSO, Jean from Slatatio Mortis just commented on the "My Mother Told Me" reaction, I got stupid excited.
@@CaptainFaceBeard I was both entertained and confused by the gif. But I figured there was a backstory. 😂
Oooh exciting. There’s a few artists who comment on reaction vids fairly regularly. Ren is one. He’s my latest neurodivergent rabbithole I’ve gone down. 😂
@@ranahooke1907 Our HI REN reaction got a lot of views, but we haven't gotten a comment from him yet. We have gotten some awesome comments from the band members on some of the videos, pretty awesome. Also know that Ronnie Radke and Electric Callboy have seen at least 1 of our videos, and that is pretty neat.
Just subscribed. I want to not like Kalandra''s version because it's not done with traditional instruments but damn it's good and I love Katrine's voice. My first love is Aurora but that said I'm a huge Klandra fan!
We have heard one of Aurora's songs before we heard this one, I loved it. Haven't edited it yet. Was planning to now because I put 2 and 2 together editing this reaction. Welcome Aboard!!
Aurora is gem! Kalandra is nice to. Try Brave new world, Grizzley man or Slow motion. Einar Selvik from Wardruna got music with Viking vibes. Try Vikings suite made by Trevor Morris and Einar Selvik. They made all the music to Netflix series Vikings. Funfacts: Einar player drums in a black metal band named Gorgoroth before he created Wardruna.
Okay, I thought he looked familiar, but I never would have made that connection. That is fantastic.
Dude, the female is Aurora, the one I made you listen to on stream once! Love this performance. The translation for this is haunting and beautiful
this, on the first song
@@TriScorp Yes, thanks, I wrote that before I realized there was another version, lol, so GOOD!
I had noticed that while editing it. Going to get that Aurora video done soon too. :)
@@CaptainFaceBeard Sweet!
Hel. The place you go if you didn't die in battle. Hel is also a child of Loki.
Thanks for doing this reaction for me! Glad you loved it. ❤
Thank youuu for recommending this!
It was so good.
Check out some moore Kalandra,please🙌😄
Last chorus where Aurora did her vocal much more powerful get me chills omg
Katrine and Kalandra are so underrated! Love their version as much as Wardruna's with Aurora 🖤🖤🤘🏻
React to Kalandra- borders is amazing and the lyrics 🔥
several songs from Wardruna is used in the tv-show "Vikings". Helvegen is one of them. Wardruna has become my everyday music now. Love it. So many awsome songs
They are indeed incredible in concert. Interestingly enough, Katrine Stenbekk from Kalanda was part of the Warduna collective last year. Another song you might like is Heilung's "Anoana"
The use of Shadow in their Wardruna's live show is quite brilliant. Using a light to project the shadow of a performer during an important part, also adds a lot of mood. I put Anoana on our Reaction Queue Playlist, excited to check it out, thanks for the suggestion Henry!!
Great reaction👍
My favourite is the original version😍
They sing in Norwegian, but the acapella part is in Old Norse 👍
“Helvegen” (path/road to Hel) amongst other songs from Einar Selvik (vocalist and songwriter) and Wardruna are played in the Vikings series. You can actually see Einar standing on land singing “Helvegen” while the vikings are sailing off to England 😊
In Norse mythology, Hel is an underground realm of the dead where it was believed that most people ended up when they died. In Norse cosmology, north is the direction towards cold and death. It is therefore understandable that Hel is cold and intractable, and that the road there leads "north and down".
Hel is also the name of the ruler of the underworld. She is motherly and terrifying, and her skin is part blue-black like that of a corpse and part human-colored. She is very greedy and does not easily give up the dead who end up with her.
Could you please react to Aurora with:
“Runaway” live at the Nobel peace prize concert 2015
She wrote the song when she was 11 years old
It’s a very important song for her 😍
Fun fact: This is the song that inspired Billie Eilish to become an artist😊
It was also played in the serie “The Following”
“Through the eyes of a child” live at Nidarosdomen (cathedral in Norway, the burial church of the viking King st. Olav/Olav Haraldson which christianized Norway)
This is also an important song for her😍
Fun fact: The song was played in the serie “The 100”
I added those to our reaction queue, thanks for the suggestions. Now I feel foolish, I have seen quite a bit of the Vikings series, into even the 3rd season I think. So I would have seen that part.
@@CaptainFaceBeard
Don’t feel foolish, I noticed it when I saw Vikings for the second time lol👍
Thanks for putting those performances in your queue 🙏🥰
9.47 They don't sing in old norse except for the last a capella bit by Einar. They sing in nynorsk, (new norwegian) one of the 2 official ways of Norwegian speakings and spellings, which ironically is the newest Norwegian language but sounds the oldest.
This is about singing someone into death.
Aurora is maybe the best in the world at what she does. check her out.
Wardruna is more music-archeological or reinvented/reimagined than traditional music. If you want to compare with something more specific traditional Norwegian music with a slightly modernized sound/soundscape you could try the band Gåte who has started making music again after a very long hiatus; Gåte - Hemnarsverdet (Official Music Video) - th-cam.com/video/DkHFJN7qBfU/w-d-xo.html The song is a traditional song from the 1800's. The title translates to "revenge-sword", the music-video contains dance base on traditional hallingdance-moves in a dramatized form to illustrate the lyrics.
I am going to check that out, thank you again. :)
This is a very powerful song. Its about Death, and following your loved one to the path to aftherlife. Gjallarbrua is the bridge that crosses from our world to the dead world..... And you help them cross the bridge and let loose.
Not Hell, Hel, big difference!
After listening to this performance one reactor said it makes me homesick for somewhere i have never been. The video also has CC and subtitles in English. Warriors that die in battle go to Valhalla and natural deaths go to Hel ( not the Christian Hell)....kind of like Limbo...Norse Hell is sometimes referred to as Nifleheim. The beautiful voice of Aurora featured in this show is an amazing artist in her own right and deserves a listen.
Hel is my favorite of the Norse Gods. We have listened to another Aurora song, and I am going to edit it soon because of all of the comments on this video. I also have gotten so many good suggestions for more of her music, and other music that is in one way or another similar/related to the artists in this video. It also makes me homesick for somewhere I have never been.
And yes Einar did write a lot of music for Vikings, and performed a lot of the songs in Assassin's Creed Valhalla as well
When someone said he was the drummer for Gorgoroth, I had to pick my jaw back up and attach it to my head again. I went and checked the bands Wikipedia to make sure they weren't messing with me, though I was sure they weren't.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Einare has appeared on the show. He sang farewall to a raiding party when they left kattegat if I rememver correctly.
th-cam.com/video/LPGky2ZmsWI/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Bu%C4%9Fracankeskin
There he is, the handsome devil.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Gaahl who sang in Gorgoroth came out as gay years back as well. His boyfriend (dunno if they're still together) is a fashion desginer. It's just people expressing themselves.
@@lmmmlful I had known that about Gaahl, I watched an interview with him talking about it. That is why I love Metal, there is a lot of love, support, and acceptance.
FYI all. Turning on CC with this video gives the lyrics in English.
The spoken part at the end is Havamal, verse 77.
Also, Hel in Norse mythology bears no resemblance to the christian Hell. It's just the common afterlife with Valhalla being specific to Honored warriors.
Look up Gorgoroth, Einar is the former drummer of this blakckmetalband..
this is an ancient Norse song of "singing" those who die over to the other side ( Hel, not the Christian Hell )........Helvegen is the road to Hel.......the song reminds us everything dies and that even after dying, one's reputation and life should be honored and remembered......the male singer is Einar Selvik of Wardruna
Hel was not the Christian Hell. It was the realm of the dead, in general, the default place, if you like, not a place of punishment. The Norse heathens did not think like that.
LOL, me too, but the song isn't about that kind of Hell. Norse Hel is very different.
Bugles and horns like that don't play the full range of notes. It's the same note at different octaves. Bugles mostly play C and an octaves higher would be G and so on.
You cannot play any note with the Lur (the long "horn"), you can only play notes in harmonic series/natural scale to whatever key the Lur is in. A few seconds demonstration: th-cam.com/video/geNEC9OohAI/w-d-xo.html
The lur was used a lot among the herders in the mountains and this lends itself to the songs that they use too. They would have specific songs for calling for specific animals or to other people. Here is a lur with kulokk (cow-call): th-cam.com/video/q2etuK1GZ9A/w-d-xo.html (54 seconds)
Thank you so much. I love this stuff. I just keep seeing instruments going "I need to get one of those", no idea how to play it, hahaha.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Haha, make sure you don't live near a place that sell rare instruments. I have a few more instruments than I can play, too.
@@BrimirMe There is a big chain of music stores in Canada that you can rent instruments from. I would do stupid things like rent a Tuba or Bag Pipes for the weekend. But we don't have one in this area.
Journey into Hel and back out? Why would you want to come back out. Hel is the afterlife (for those who didn't die in battle)
Great video. I have been waiting so long for someone to do a comparison of those two great performances. Thank you, and thank you to whoever it was who asked you to do it.
It is right of course to listen first to the epic Wardruna version and pay homage to Einar Selvik for all the work he has done to promote Norse culture and traditions with the group, and Aurora is her own special thing. But for me the real magic is with the Kalandra version. Katrine Stenbekk’s voice is every bit as beautiful as Aurora’s and there are some other stunning performances from that band to react to (they sing mainly in English).
I have added some of Kalandra's and other songs suggested in the comments of this video to our reaction queue. I agree, Aurora's voice is incredible, but there is something really unique as well with Katrine's voice. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@SteveR that would be me. It’s my tricky way of getting people to listen to Kalandra.. using Wardruna as a gateway. 😂😂
@@ranahooke1907 Hahaha Gateway Music. "Ya know, if you like Kelly Clarkson, you should give Lorna Shore a try."
Love kalandras version of this song! The last part is beautiful! ❤
Aurora is absolutely stunning!
Its not in old norse they sing, they actually sing in norwegian but in a western dialect (what we in writing call Ny norsk, but norwegian is only one language but is written in two ways.) Only the last poem is in norse and is from the wisdom part of Håvamål poem...
That is interesting, is it spoken in just one way, but written in 2 different ways? It also threw me off when you said "Western" because I think of Norway as being orientated South to North, but looking at the map now, that makes more sense. Also realized how much further North Norway is than where we are in Eastern Canada, and we can get down to -40c in winter. Looks like our average winter temperature is -15c, but -6.8c in Norway. Sorry, I am a bit fascinated with that area of the world, the Eastern Canadian provinces is where they first landed in North America in (pretty sure) 1066 AD. I would love to see if someone from there would notice the leftover influence if they were visiting here.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Norway hav so many dialects, the dialect most closest to Bokmål that most norwegians use as written language ia the Oslo or Eastern dialect. On the west coast there are many dialects that was collected to under what we call nynorsk or new norwegian. But this dialects see I notice it is more than one here... is closer to the original norse. What we call Bokmål are more or less danish. Written bokmål and written danish are probably 98% the same. But we all have to learn both bokmål and nynorsk at school. There are videos on youtube about norwegian dialects. But because if you look at it ... nynorsk and norse or icelandic are definitly related. I have never learned icelandic but I can still understand many words so I can with some guesswork make out sentence so I can understand what is being said
The Wardruna/Aurora interpretation is the more visceral. The Kelandra version is a thing of beauty.
Thought I don't understand the language, I did get that. The Kalandra version sounded more Ethereal.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Subtitles man. Just click the CC.
See Helvegen (Wardruna,Aurora and Oslo fagottkor) live consert
If you listen to the words, they say the name three times.
The poem at the end: Cattle die, and kinsmen die, And so one dies one's self; One thing now, that never dies, The fame of a dead man's deeds.
the norse version of hel is nothing like christanity version
I saw them (Wardruna, sadly without Aurora) last summer, at Olavinlinna in Finland. It was beyond epic, experiencing this music in a medieval castle.
OH WOW, the venue was a Castle? That would have been incredible. Just seeing them in a theatre would be a magical experience.
@@CaptainFaceBeard Olavinlinna is a 15th-century castle on a small rocky island in the middle of a lake in Eastern Finland. It was partially modernized a good while ago and had been the site of an annual opera festival for decades. I think the Wardruna show was last year's closing concert of the festival.
You should have had the lyrics when listening cuz it's it very powerful.
It's kinda hard to describe but it's about life, death, grief, acceptence, memories, legacy, family and friendship. All at once.
I had read them later on, it is beautiful, and is difficult to describe. It's like a Memento Mori and a Eulogy at the same time.
The Horn is called a «Lur», and yes they did write music for the Vikings series
Another commenter had left me a couple of links for videos of the Lur, It was really interesting.
In terms of Norse mythology and even more in terms of learning about the Norse way of living if we're talking about videogames Assassin Creed Valhalla gives a lot more than God of War and it's more historically accurate (for a videogame obviously) they had an expert in norse religion and history as a consultant.
Yeah, they have to take liberties with the God Of War story to insert Kratos into that world. I was having a dumb day when we recorded that hahaha. I do know a fair bit about Norse Mythology, but that day, it was all on vacation I think, haha.
It's not about going to "hell" and coming back. The theme is "who will sing for me as I walk to road to Hel". Hel is the Norse afterlife for most ordinary people. Presumably a cold and dark place "up north, and down", but not the Christian hell where sinners gets punished: Christianity appropriated the Norse word and incorporated it into its own myth. "Vegen" means road, or trail, So "Helvegen" means the road to Hel, or the way to the afterlife.
The song is not "authentic" or part of Norse tradition. It was written by Einar, the Wardruna lead singer and songwriter, who is a genuine believer is bringing good old traditions back to life. So, while the song is modern, it's written based on what knowledge we have about Norse traditions and way of making music (which isn't much, honestly - mainly descriptions and some remaining cultural phenomena, such as Icelandic and song styles from the Faroe Islands).
Singing for dying friends and relatives was a genuine Norse tradition. One that my young daughters honored as their mother died of cancer, at the start of this year. That was one of the most powerful moments of my life, which helped us all finding closure and accepting we will never see her again, knowing the voices in her daughter's song was the last she ever heard as she took he first steps on Helvegen.
I get this comment a lot on this video, and I kick myself every time. I know enough Norse mythology to know different, but my brain went straight to Christian Hell, I have no idea why. I remember some other people explaining that it's not actually a traditional Norse song, since we don't know what they sounded like, and I believe it was mentioned that we don't know exactly what instruments were used.
That is such a beautiful send off, I am so sorry for your loss. I honestly cannot think of a better way to say goodbye to a loved one. Thank you for sharing that with me, hit me really hard, I teared up. Much love to you and your daughters. Her memory lives on even stronger now, I will think of this comment every time I hear this song.
Not going to mansplain a lot here, but this isn't really "traditional norwegian folk music". This is pretty unique, with Einar Selvik exploring his own spirituality, and creating music (using mainly nynorsk language) that he believes is a plausible representation of how viking music would sound like. We don't have any source what so ever on how viking music sounded, we only have some references to some kinds of instruments :) If you want to explore norwegian folk-music, it's mostly medieval ballads and more modern fiddle-oriented instrumental music + "Stev" and some pretty original cow-calling songs :D
I discovered Aurora through Wardruna, then Kalendra through Aurora fans. All fantastic, imo. Those Norwegians - wah!
I discovered Wardruna and Kalendra through this video that was a donation request, and so happy about that. We found out about Aurora in a reaction that was recorded before this one, but edited a couple of weeks after this one came out cuz people pointed her out, and I realized we had already reacted to The Seed th-cam.com/video/CpFDTh7Ny44/w-d-xo.html
We also reacted to Wardruna's "Grá" but the video seems to be blocked for most people. Here is the link for that one too, hopefully you are in one of the areas that the video is visible :)
th-cam.com/video/YiJZ7jcxyrs/w-d-xo.html
Wardruna's "Helvegen" was used in "Vikings" S2E8 and S3E2, and several other Wardruna songs were used in other "Vikings" episodes.
"Road to Hel": "Hel" is the Norse afterlife, it is not only for the bad people like the Christian "Hell".
I got that it was not the same as Christian Hell, and when I said that I was honestly thinking of the movie Constantine, hahaha. It was only during editing that I realized I had said it in that way. Thank you SO much for the episode numbers. I am going to take a quick look through those 2 episodes cuz I want to see the scene with them leaving for England. When it was brought up in other comments I immediately could see that scene in my head, and want to see how well I remembered it.
heh.....I've never seen your channel before. I'm a big Aurora fan though....so this video popped up.
But when I first looked at the thumbnail.....I thought your wife/girlfriend(?) was literally Shirley Manson, from Garbage.
I thought maybe it was some interview with her that just came out.
I think she even has(or recently had) that same color hair. When she spoke and it wasn't a Scottish accent, that was a little sad. But just a little.
Anyway...cool video! You guys should check out more Aurora. She's.....just the best.
I just told Heather that, she loved it. We checked out another song by Aurora, just have to get it edited. Would make sense that it might be an interview, as they just came out with a new album as far as I know. They would be wicked to watch in the studio. That many world class producers working on a song they wrote together.
This is a song in the old tongue, 1000-1500 years ago. The translation is not spot on. It does not meen the road to hell, but the road to the queendom of Hel, daughter of Loke. He himself was half god, half jotun
That is something that I was wondering. If the songs are written by him in the "style of", or "inspired by", or if the lyrics are from original texts. Someone had mentioned we don't know what the actual music would have sounded like, but wasn't sure on the lyrics. Thanks for clearing that up for me :)
New to your channel. Have you listened to anything from Heilung? I think you'd thoroughly enjoy the music.
Have not as of yet, but I have them on our playlist for our next reaction stream on Twitch.
I’m not sure why you thought Kalandra would be a metal version.. hahah. But that didn’t stop you feeling it. ❤
Not sure what made me think it would be a metal version, wasn't quite sure what kind of band Kalandra was, but I read the ABOUT on their TH-cam channel and I definitely want to hear more.
Hi Rana 😂😂😂
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@@meggsy82 Hi!! Fancy meeting you here ;)
Hört sich Nordmännisch an,es leben die alten Nordmänner hoch 😂👍
The horn is a lur, a long natural wood blowing horn without finger holes. They were first noted from the Icelandic Sagas and many have been found in Viking longships. They are thought to have been used as 'war horns' to marshal the troops, or to frighten the enemy. The originals were handmade from two pieces of willow wood, held together with resin and natural willow fibers.
Someone had left me a couple of videos about the Lur in another comment. They were really interesting to watch. The lady in the video demonstrated them, the range of notes is very impressive. She played the same note in at least 4 Octaves.
HELEVEGAN IS NOT THE HELL YOU CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN BUT WHERE EVERYBODY GOES TO THERE IS NO RETURN MY ANCESTORS ARE THE SAMI THE TRUE PEOPLE OF NORWAYJUST SO YOU KNOW
I laugh all the time with these comments, cuz I know the difference, but my brain kicked back into Christian indoctrination mode and I got all dumb.
English HELL and Helvegen are not the same thing, better translationa is "road to afterlife"....
I had only a loose understanding of the meaning of Helvegen, I was thinking afterlife at the time, but said Hell for some reason, probably cuz of all the metal we listen to, hahaha. Thank you Michael, the comments on this video have been super informative, I am very interested in Norse Mythology/Culture and it's wicked to see these things explained by people who have grown up with this culture. Though I don't assume everyone commenting is from that area :)
i havn't seen any eivor-reactions yet? falling free live at the old theater in torshavn, salt, tròdlabùndin. it cannot get any better than with eivor and it cannot be more nordic
I love his music. We did check out Gra, but it seems to be blocked in a lot of countries. See if you are able to watch this: th-cam.com/video/YiJZ7jcxyrs/w-d-xo.html
Watch the Vikings scene Season 2 Episode 8 with this song it hits hard when the Vikings are preparing for war getting ready to ship.
I was able to remember most of the stuff about that scene, even the interesting camera angle, just couldn't remember where in the series it was to check the episode again. Thanks for pointing out which one. I think I had only finished the second season and didn't watch much if anything in the 3rd season. I have to go back and watch all of it, as well as the show Black Sails that I never finished either.
I believe the long horn here is a reproduction of an ancient "Lur" horn........
It is, some other commenters even posted a video or 2 about them for me. It's an interesting instrument.
the horn they play is a flugelhorn
Vikings - Season 4 - Episode 6
Einar Selvik sings as Ragnar and crew depart for a raid.
I think someone else said he is also in Episode 8 of season 2. I actually remember that scene vaguely. Now though I know I must have watched at least to that point in Vikings, I thought I had only gotten in about half way through Season 3.
Aurora is fantastic but please check out Kalandra too!
They are F..CKING AMAZING!
So underrated!
I HIGHLY recommend you listen to their song "Borders" official video.
That song is more than music, almost spiritual and just beaustiful...
Not to worry, totally going to check one of their songs out on our Reaction Stream this evening on Twitch :)
I honestly would live you two to react to Kvitravyn by Wardruna
I have that one on our reaction queue list. Going to check it out soon :)
"Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg, du er løyst frå banda som bant deg" = "You will be freed from the bonds that binds you, you are freed from the bonds that bound you"
(They sing about what the afterlife wherever might be)
HEL, is not a place. She is the Goddesss of death. Not a place of suffering as in Christian mythology.. HEL is the goddess of death and she will guide you on your journey to the afterlife if you do not make it to Valhalla.. only valkayr will guide you to Valhalla it is not heaven but in fact the military afterlife of Norse lore to the final battle of ragnarrok
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shit, I was never going to say that. Kalandra is better than the original from Wardruna... kill me fot it.
I love all three of these artists! While this is not Aurora's typical genre, she is a very magical artist and person. Her and Katrine, from Kalandra, have a couple of the best voices around. And if you love this genre, you can't get much better than Wardruna!
So please, more of Aurora, Kalandra and Wardruna! 👍🤟
We have already checked out more Wardruna on our stream last night, we were pressed for time and didn't get to Aurora, or Kalandra, but they are up at the top for next week. Not to worry, we are hooked :)
There's no battle. It's the way to Hel, not to be confused with Hell. It's a song about how we're all going to die, friends, family, cattle, everything, but buy remembering the one who passed before us nothings meaningless.
I had looked at the lyrics and the poem at the end after the video came out and understand a lot more of what it was about now.
@@CaptainFaceBeard it's beautiful, isn't it? I've always been on good terms with death, maybe a bit too good if you're asking my friends and family, and maybe, just maybe it's because I'm absolutely certain this is what's awaits us all.
Thank you again for your reaction! 🖤
You should go and check the band „Heilung“ out
I had added some Heilung to our playlist for the next stream as well :)
Thank you for reacting to music from my country. These are the lyrics in English:
Who shall sing me,
Into deathsleep sling me,
When I on the path to Hel go,
And this track I tread
Is cold, so cold.
I sought the songs,
I sent the songs.
Then the deepest well
Gave me tears so harsh
From the Slain-father's pledge.
I know everything, Odin,
To whom you gave your eye.
Who shall sing me,
Into deathsleep sling me,
Whence I on the path to Hel go,
And this track I tread
Is cold, so cold.
Early or in the day's end,
The raven still knows if I fall.
Once you stand at the gate to Hel
And when you have to tear free,
I shall follow you
Over Gjallarbrú with my song.
You will be free from the bonds that bind you,
You are free from the bonds that bound you!
"Cattle die,
Friends die,
So, too, must you die.
Though one thing
Never dies;
The fair fame one has earned.
Cattle die,
Friends die,
So, too, must you die.
I know one,
That never dies;
Judgement of a dead man's life."
It was our pleasure, and thank you for the lyrics :)
thank you
This will be played at my funeral. It's beautiful, and it hits me in a way that is indescribable. I try singing along in English, but my voice breaks every time, and tears form.
Yes, this will be played when it's my turn to go down that road.
More kalandra!!!!!!🎉
More Norse Artists for you: Aurora Aksnes, Einar Selvik (Wardruna), Angelina Jordan, Maria Franz, Sigrid Solbakk, Allan Walker, Anne Nørdsti, Astrid Smeplass, Susanne Sundfør, are just some of them.
Aurora - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
th-cam.com/video/P_XguuxLo10/w-d-xo.html
Wardruna - Kvitravn (White Raven)
th-cam.com/video/JhiUacGzIg8/w-d-xo.html
Wardruna and Aurora - Helvegen (Live)
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Maria Franz - Songleikr: Ulvetime
th-cam.com/video/FF9mtpw365c/w-d-xo.html
Maria is also the lead singer in Heilung.....
th-cam.com/video/h1BsKIP4uYM/w-d-xo.html
AURORA - Live in Nidarosdomen [Full concert]
th-cam.com/video/XXVwFvkNTEg/w-d-xo.html
SCHWEET!! I added any of those I didn't have to our Reaction Queue, even made another playlist for the concerts, which I am stupid excited about. Thanks so much again :)
"I wouldn't be surprised if this music appeared in the Vikings show"... haha. He wrote most of it in the first few seasons!
This does have a version with translation.
A translation of us, or the lyrics of the song?
For the song, these are the translated lyrics:
Who will sing me
Into the death-sleep sling me
When I walk the road to Hel
And the tracks I tread
Are cold, so cold
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
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 will be free from the bonds that bind you
You are free from the bonds that bound you
[Håvamål - The High Ones' Speech, Poetic Edda]
Cattle die, kinsmen die
You yourself will also die
But the word about you will never die
If you win a good reputation
Cattle die, kinsmen die
You yourself will also die
I know one thing that never dies
The reputation of those who died
If you haven't done Wardruna, you're in for a treat. "Lyfjaberg" (Healing-mountain), "Kvitravn" (White Raven), "Grá", the list goes on. ••• Kalandra's "Brave New World" is very potent. It has an undertone of urgency and forboding you'll like.
Both of these bands are Ear Candy for me, so I am going to add ALL of that to our list. Thanks so much for the suggestions. This is the first and only time I have heard either band. It did suck a bit scrolling through Instagram and seeing there posts, but not being able to turn the sound on, hahaha.
You want norse folk music??? Check out the Icelandic group SKALD. You'll love them for sure.
I certainly will. I have heard of SKALD before, but never heard them. Any song suggestions?
@@CaptainFaceBeard Personally I really like 'Rún' and 'Elverhøy'. But I also really like their covers for 'Seven Nation Army' or 'Du Hasst'
N.B. Kill your volume BEFORE visiting their channel page to avoid spoilers!
@@elricthebald870 Haha, not to worry, that has become one of my skills. I usually just search and add them to the playlist like that. Those covers have my attention, those song choices are exciting.
Wardruna and AURORA perform this live in a cave! This is also on TH-cam
😊👍
You want Viking music fused with metal listen to Pan and Fuan for got which faun song but one of them but Pan is all about it
Aurora is a great artist, Phenomenal. But on this stage, Einar Daddy.
Calandra is also very cool. Catherine has an incredible voice.
I’ve always thought of the drum beat at the end sounding like a heart beat going into cardiac arrest then stopping.
Aurora, like it says in the title of the clip.......
We have checked out one of her songs before, going to edit that video soon seeing as to how many people have told us about her in the comments. I have some other stuff in our Queue for her now too :)
@@CaptainFaceBeard she's amazing. There is a cover from live on mars. One of the best things ever
Damn two of my favorites Aurora and Kalandra 🤟🤟🔥🔥
You should that the Norse journey to HEL is a journey with the goddesss of death. Not the place of Christian suffering of punishment. HEL. Is the goddess of death it is not a place of Christianity of suffering or punishment.. it is the path of walking to the afterlife with the goddess of death
HEL is the goddess of death in Norse lore. It is not being sent to hell a Christian place of suffering for sins committed
HEL is the goddesss of death and she guides you on your way to your afterlife if you did not make it to VAHALLA which is not heaven it is a military encampment of valkary of the most courageous brave of Viking warriors who will fight in the final battle of Ragnarok
Helvegen
Song by
Wardruna
Kven skal synge meg?
I daudsvevna slynge meg
Når eg på helvegen går
Og dei spora eg trår
Er kalde så kalde
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 på 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 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
"Deyr fé,
Deyja frændr,
Deyr sjalfr it sama,
En orðstírr
Deyr aldregi,
Hveim er sér góðan getr.
Deyr fé,
Deyja frændr,
Deyr sjalfr it sama,
Ek veit einn,
At aldrei deyr:
Dómr um dauðan hvern
Norse
English translation
Who will sing me
Into the death-sleep sling me
When I walk the road to Hel
And the tracks I tread
Are cold, so cold
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
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 will be free from the bonds that bind you
You are free from the bonds that bound you
Cattle die, kinsmen die
You yourself will also die
But the word about you will never die
If you win a good reputation
Cattle die, kinsmen die
You yourself will also die
I know one thing that never dies
The reputation of those who died
The wardruna singer and composer is Einor Selvik. I recommend his song Kvervandi, with Ivar Bjornson, not the accoustic version. It is powerful as are many of other of Einor's songs.
Thanks for the suggestion Martha. I added that to our queue can't wait to check it out. Made sure I got the version with Ivar :)
I have seen Wardruna live back in October in Durham, NC and let me tell you it was Fking MAGICAL!
That would be incredible. Where we live in Canada, there are almost never any live shows worth going to. We are hoping to go to a Metal Festive in 2024 in Wisconsin, gonna be wicked.
This song was in several episodes of Vikings. Wardruna's music is heavily featured in the series. Einar Selvik, the lead singer, has appeared in several episodes.
I had watched a couple seasons of Vikings, I really should start it over. Once someone mentioned he sang this song while they were departing for England, and was in that scene, I remembered seeing him in it. That is a fantastic series, the entire cast is great, but Gustaf Skarsgård steals every scene he is in, in my opinion.
@@CaptainFaceBeard I've watched the series 4 or 5 times now. Floki is awesome.
This song was in the first or second Vikings season if I remember correctly. Right when they sail out for Brittania a second time
Someone else had mentioned that as well. It was in the first season, I remember it vaguely, and I remember thinking the actor on the shore was more than just an extra, but didn't know who he was. It's going to be interesting to re-watch it now that I know that.
Hi from germany, this is a song about nordic germanic history, Odin and his Raven watching and knowing evrything because he gave his eye to be all knowing and it tells you how to get to Helheim ( Hel ) the place of the daughter of Loki, you have to cross the bridge over Gjöll ( the river of the dead ) which is the border river from the human world Midgard to the underworld of Helheim it is guarded by the giant Móðguðr, she belongs to the Jötun. If you reach the entry to Helheim the door is guarded by the hellhound Garm, which lets pass all who didnt die in battle, all who are convicted of murder, cheating or to bear false witness are going to the part of Helheim which is called Náströnd, It all is part of the Edda (nordic, germanic saga)
I love Norse Mythology. Thank you for the information. I had read Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, and he did speak in the preface about the Edda, saying there was both Prose, and Poetic. I would love to read a translation of the Poetic Edda.
This song is in the series Vikings, you were right about that. It is performed by the lead singer alone. Wardruna did a lot of the music for that series
I have to start it over again. I had only gotten a couple seasons in, maybe half way through season 2.