My mother-in-law requested that this was played at her funeral. I can't really describe it, but it somehow managed to soothe and yet amplify the grief of the mourners simultaneously. I'll always think of that wonderful woman when I listen to this song
I am considering the same request. Its absolutely a power house of a tune and big respect to your mother in law. Or maybe grótti intimate version by SKÁLD
I too have requested this and My Name is Night by Amorphis for my death (not having a funeral). I love this version and Sabina put into words what I could not. Those two songs on repeat helped me deal with my dad’s death from Covid and everything that happened to me during that time. So powerful!
You are not the only one. I have seen this video many times and it still hits me in the gut and soul to where it makes me want to cry, especially after knowing the translation of the lyrics and the powerful message. It really takes you into a time in history in the viking era of sorts and you feel immersed in the tribal community of that time... and I am not even from that part of the world. Beautiful reaction Sabina.
I'm mostly of English and German descent, but I think ancient sounding music of any area hits us in this inner primitive part locked away in our brains.
@@Brendo2386 it must, I got shivers when I first heard it and broke down crying, felt like it triggered some kind of dormant, ancient memory/connection in me
Reason you wanna cry while listing to this song is because is a last wish song about death and who will carry you to the after life even if you can't understand the language he dose a very good job at projecting the feeling
This is the best reaction video so far, without interrupting the music, so I like it when more is said at the end and subtitles are displayed during the song. Well done!
Most people equate silence to "non-reactive", which is weird. I like it when people actually listen and don't have a need to stop all the time, it irritates me to Hel and back.
I also cried the first time I heard this. All the same words you used; powerful, primal, yearning, hypnotic, crystal for Aurora…ancestral. For those open to it, it reaches a very ancient part of our soul… it feels like actually hearing the past, and sharing a message from those of long ago. Those sounds must be in our DNA. It comes as no surprise to know that this is a funeral chant. That is exactly what it feels like I want to have this played at my memorial
We had very similar reactions to this song.. it absolutely moved me, “I feel like a part of my soul is finding home” I could not have put that better myself .. beautiful.
You can always trust that Wardruna does a song about Norse mythology spot on. This song is focused on a very important aspect of Norse mythology and that is how anyone is remembered after death. On the road to Hel (Helvegen), who will sing about me? In old old times one of the only ways to be remembered was to be told stories about at the fireplace. Often in the form of a song. There is songs for the heroes and songs for the one we don't like (nidviser). After the drumbeats stops (he mimics the last heartbeats of a person), Einar sings two verses from Håvamål (verse 76+77) that is exactly about being remembered. Only people with a good reputation will be remembered. Also as a side note, Hel has nothing to do with Hell. Hel is not a place of punishment. Hel is a place for gathering of the dead, ruled by the queen Hel. Some of the dead will be selected for special parts of Hel. They are brave warriors and maidens. First Freya will chose half to join her in Folkvangr and Odin takes the rest to join him in Valhalla. In Valhalla they prepare for the big battle to come, Ragnarok. If you die during training in Valhalla it is of no consequence as you are revived every day to join the daily party before continuing training the next day.
The only question now is what kind of Norse the mean Helvegen translates into.Nynorsk, bokmål eller gammelnorsk.For a while I was looking for what the word actually means, and the road to hell somehow didn't make sense to me. I would compare it to something like a whole journey or a journey through life. It's just about how a person can actually interpret the meaning of these two words combined.
Thank you for this! I would recommend you watch it again with subtitles. The lyrics are so beautiful and powerful. It moved me even more today than usual, I just found out my grandad doesn't have long left. I'm not a religious person, but it somewhat comforts me thinking there's life after death (even though I don't believe in such).
My pleasure. Thanks for sharing, sorry about your granddad. ❤️ and I get what you mean.. this also made me feel something special and made me get in contact with something else - that's the best way I can explain it. powerful.
Hello from Germany! I love how emotional you are! I feel the same way every time I hear this song! I also chose this song for my funeral, and my friends promised me that it would be played then! I've had two heart attacks and two strokes. And has been resuscitated three times. I hope this song lasts a long time before it rings out across the graveyard! I play it daily for all those pointless letting you live in this current damn war! I like your reactions, they are always great! Keep it up! Greetings Nephilim
Hello, Sabina. This hit me the exact same way as it did for you. Very primal, raw and beautiful at the same time. And this stuff reminds us of your and my heritage, being Nordics. Much love from Norway ♥♥♥
@@MjosvaturThe song isn't about the past, but about here and now. Einar has explained this :) It's about who will be there when you die - how you live your life until that day. Hel isn't really hell, but it is NOT paradise - it is a very bad place to end up.
Bruh embrace the emotion, and cry the tears of your ancestors. I really loved the genuine reaction though, this is such a powerful song. Love from Scotland.
Norwegian here. This song always brings me to a place where I shed tears. Not tears of sadness, but something else. Like a deep remembrance of something pure and primal. I think you did as well and It was most joyful to watch. Thank you.
Thanks for reacting to this amazing colab - it obviously hit you the same way it did me- instant chills. While im glad you did a first reaction without the subs to distract you, i'd suggest listening to it yourself with them on at least once- it adds another layer to future listens, knowing its about travelling to the afterlife etc. p.s When you see mention of Hel - (1 L) that is NOT the bad christian place- Hel just is the norse word for the afterlife - that contains the other realms like valhalla. Its obvious that christianity nabbed the word for the viking afterlife for their own 'evil' place sinners go to tho..
I think the overall meaning of this song and its lyrics, together with the verses from the Hávamál (the part Einar sings with no music at the end) make it a perfect funeral song. I sure would love to have people listen to it while they send me off. I'm Italian, this has nothing to do with my culture and land, but I'm sure it would resonate with people, probably in a different way than how it did with me, for different reasons...but it still would. P.S. While Hel isn't necessarily a bad place, it IS different from Valhalla. One is not part of the other, they're two separate reigns in the Norse cosmology 😉
This song, and especially that Aurora participation version does still have this very effect on me every time I listen to it. Can I say a special thank you for delivering such content, not interrupting the song and instead writing, and at the end you say what you have to say. I mean, it's the best format I have seen up to now for video reaction. It's so respectful. I'm subscribing to your channel right now!
Great reaction! I had a similar experience the first time i heard it; touched me to the core. Also, I can relate that you appreciate those instrumental moments for their significance, power and beauty. Aurora's voice in Helvegan makes me tear up every time.
The lyrics are so important in this song. I highly recommend you watch with the lyric video. The heart and soul of this collab is the Aurora and Wardruna are Norse pagan religious believers and this song expresses their core beliefs about dying and death and passing over to the other side: that songs follow our dying loved ones and in singing we accompany them on their journey with our love and deep respect.
I love listening to music like this (especially where the lyrics are in a language that I don't understand) as I can just let it inhabit me. It is particularly powerful while doing yoga practice, but that might be just me. I feel as though I am travelling back in time towards our roots. There seems to be a lot of good music coming out of Norway recently (or I have just noticed it recently).
Lovely you to do an reaction to Wardruna and Aurora. I already know from start it would be a homerun. Love her voice as usual but here she also shows her vibes for the song. She immediately goes into a kind of trance which is lovely to watch. She is so genuine. Hope we get a Aurora reaction from you soon. I think you would like (love) Aurora - A potion for love - Live vevo. This is a emotional rollercoaster in so many ways. Ha nu ett fint avslut på helgen. ❤💯❤
Kalandra made a great live studio cover of this song. More intimate, less trance. You probably don't want to react to the same song twice, so just a suggestion for your own time.
Have been waiting for you to react to this for three years. Understand how much it would connect you with your ancestry. It does for me anyway. The way to Hel (not the way to Hell, Hel is a goddess) is the way to the death realm for people dying not I battle. The walk (!) to Hel is cold, not warm which would be good. This can be sung at the prelude to igniting the boat which is the funeral vessel. The last sentence of the first part (“du är löyst fra banda som bat dig”) is when the boat takes fire. The last sentences is requiem… Tack snälla!
As soon as i saw you were doing this one, i though "ey up, there will be tears". Such a powerfull song, i reccomend searching for the other live version of this set in a Nordic coast outside, truley powerful :)
How nice that you are also making a reaction video to "Helvegen" 👍 I really like your thoughts on this 🙂 I actually feel it every time I listen to this song. Admiration and awe are also included. The translation of the lyrics are just beautiful and makes it even more powerful and mystical ❤
Holy hell. You didn't listen to this. You felt it - all of it, deep inside. Exactly how I felt the first time hearing this. Rewatch and turn on captions for the translation. Its about singing beloved ones to the other side.
I had the same reaction to this colab, tears running down my cheeks! It had such an effect on me that I spent the entire night with it playing round-and-round in my head. This video is in my go-to TH-cam playlist that I play practically every day. Stunning performance from both Wardruna and Aurora. Another Wardruna video you should watch is Kvitravn, and the track Solringen is amazing too! ♥I love your reactions, by the way, very honest and real x
Daaamn! I hoped im not the only one hearing their music and just sob or cry really hard ( happens to me. But not at this song alone) i always thought it would be strange to just cry. But yeah it touches deep inside. Greetings to my german folk❤ ( and of course everyone else ❤❤❤)
@Sabina In the ancient days of my ancestors….you were sung into this world when you were born, and you were sung out of this world when you died (death-sleep). The reason of this was for celebration of life and remembrance at death. In the ancient days, there was a high infant mortality rate, and the vitality of adults was short. So each day (dag) and each breath (Ós) was a celebration of life. The struggles and achievements throughout each season, and during your lifetime, not only developed your character and integrity as a human being, but inspired others to face their challenges in every day life. This is no more true, than in the last verse of Helvegen: “Døyr fe, døyr frender Døyr sjølv det sama men ordet om deg aldreg døyr vinn du et gjetord gjevt” “Cattle die, Kinsman die, and so the self must die. But the one thing that never dies, is the reputation of each man.” These are the spoken words of Odin…the Allfather, as written in the Hávamál (76, 77) In our old Norse culture with the teachings of the old ones, we understand there are three things during your lifetime that are certain; Life, Death, and Change itself. You cannot stop it. When we die, we must cross the Bridge of Gjöll (old Norse “Gjallarbrú”) to enter the underworld of Hel (not the same as the Christian “Hell”), and be reunited with our ancestors. It is described in the Gylfaginning as a covered bridge "thatched with glittering gold". Though we will one day leave the suffering and binds of Midgard (earth), the reputation of how we lived our life will be forever remembered in the memory of our children, families, friends, communities, and other loved ones. We honor our ancestors by living our best possible life, and telling the stories of their great deeds and accomplishments. So we hope that each day we honor our ancestors and our family, we face every challenge that is laid before us with a full heart and courage, and accept that when that day comes that we enter the death-sleep….we will have no fear, and that someone will sing us across the Bridge of Gjöll.
May I advice you to see Eivør cover "Verd Mín" by Jaroslav Bajarunas & Darja Janvarina? I got a miracle by seeing and listening to them... Ah, thanks for not interrupting the music in your reacts!
You can view this as a Norse pagan version of a Requiem. You sing for the ones who have passed and helping them ascross Gjöll. Aurora is dressed as a white Raven, Odins Raven maybe? Before it saw the evil souls of men and turned black. It should be viewed as a religious act. "Road to Hel" Edit: to be totally clear for anyone wondering. The Raven part is an add on on the sagas. So not really a part of true mythology but "mythology built on mythology". So I don't teach someone a false statement.
Please please please PLEASE react to the original music video to Anoana from Heilung! It's by far the most primal, esoteric tear jerking experience I've ever had the privilege of witnessing
Ps, it’s nice to see your comments along the bottom of the screen instead stopping and starting all the time. I feel with other channel first reactions that the full effect of the performance gets interrupted so often and therefore isn’t a true feeling for the song. Plus often times they stop at a point when the song is leading up to the crucial part so effect is ruined. I understand why they do it obviously as it’s a first reaction video but how many of us are at home shouting, ‘No, don’t stop there.. it’s building to the best part’ . Just saying, I like this way better!
I agree…this song would make a fabulous film score. The theme and mood of the song conjures up the celebration of one’s passing to the afterlife..Valhalla perhaps. Without doubt, this song has a beautiful tone, a pure remembrance of a departed life. This is truly a class performance and one of the most moving sounds I have heard. Sabina…your reaction..pure beauty.🙏
@@sabina1118 No problem. also that Havamal stanza i was talking about was "Cattle dies, kinsmen die and even you yourself will die. But the only thing that never dies is name and good reputation"
By far my favourite reaction video of them all! Thank you Sabina, you have made me love this song even more, it gets to me quite the same way. And hey 10k of the 76k views are MINE🌞😎♥️♥️♥️
Thank you, Sabina, for your reaction video to Aurora and Wardruna performing 'Helvegen' on 22 August 2018 in Bergen, Norway. I completely agree with your feelings that it brings a primal inner return to 'who we are'. Did you know that there are English subtitles on the original video - specifically good for the spoken part at the end? Also, there is another superb YT video of them doing this song again outdoors during the day on a rock outcropping way in the north of the country - Nordland. It was with a large choir, a year earlier on 8 July 2017. Here is the YT title search: Wardruna, Aurora and Oslo Fagottkor: "HELVEGEN"
Wow!!! This is deeply moving and powerful and very beautiful. I didn't know what I was in for when I thought to myself 'hey, let's try this video...' (I wasn't familiar with these musicians beforehand). Thank you so much for broadening my horizon!
Yes, it's powerful. I always have the same reaction. You wrote at one point that it makes you calm in all the chaos around you. This is exactly what I feel with most Wardruna songs. This song will be played at my funeral. There is another version also with Aurora with a larger choir out in the open in front of a large rock. This is great as well. The front man, Einar Selvik, has this deep understanding of expressing the feeling of connecting with the ancient past via music. When you read the comments to all those videos, people all around the world feel the same thing, as if this music unites all mankind.
They couldn't have picked a better person to do a Collab with. Aurora makes everything magical. You're right about how it makes you feel. It's so intense.
It's also one of the songs from the soundtrack to the series "Vikings", which also takes place in Kattegat, it's more your neighborhood... Best regards, Sabina. More Aurora, more Eivør Pálsdóttir. They're so great btw. Aurora's live performance at Nidarosdomen is simply perfect. You just need to stock up on more tear wipes 😅😅 😍
In Vikings, Kattegat is a made up place on the Norwegian west coast. The filming location was in Ireland, and they put pics from Hellesylt Norway in the background so it would look Norwegian😊 In real life Kattegat is a sea area between Sweden and Denmark There were a lot of things that wasn’t historically accurate in Vikings, and even worse in Vikings Valhalla
There's something very raw and primal about this performance. I believe part of it is the arrangement is so stripped down. It feels very honest like they aren't trying to distract you with production. For me, the feeling it evoked is difficult to describe, but certainly part of it was if something ancient lying dormant inside me was being woken up. I'm glad you enjoyed it, Sabina, and your reaction was lovely and appropriate, if I can say that.
Probably one of my most spiritual and emotional moments of my life listening to this for the first time, it just got to my soul for a reason I cannot comprehend, I have listened to it numerous times now and it just floors me. It takes your spirit and puts you back into a life you had before this one. Stunning!
Tusen takk for at du delte opplevelsen din med alle oss andre. Det vistes tydelig at den traff deg rett i hjertet. En av de beste react-videoene jeg har sett på veldig lenge. Much love from Norway 🇳🇴❤️🇩🇰
The road to hell. The Norse Hel and the Christian Hell are two very different things. It is very interesting how Christians adopted the word and then made it an absolute evil when it was never that.
The Norse hell is the underworld where common people went to when they passed away . Warriors, when killed in battle, went to Valhala, common people went to Hell. Just another underworld, not good nor bad.
Great reaction. The collab is out of this world. You should check out the skaldic version of Andvevarljod by Einar (Wardruna), it's gorgeous. Title of the video is "Andvevarljod - Song of the Spirit-weavers (Skaldic version)"
There is an amazing video of them singing this on mountainside in Norway and someone has generously added English subtitles. To say my heart was in my throat is an understatement. As a Heathen this is definitely my funeral song.
What you’re feeling is your ancestors calling you. To remember who you are and where you came from. The Germanic tribes of north Western Europe. The ancient sound of our people.
actually the germanics are just another one of the bronze age baltic scandinavian tribes, just like the franks, the lombards, the allemagnes and so on. Its not like the germanics spawned the others but rather they all spawned from the same root.
Greetings from Norway. Aurora is is incredrible talented, the language is old norwegian. The language the viking spoke, the language is very close to the language they have on Iceland.
I've thankfully seen both Aurora and Wardruna live (separately) over the years, and honestly they are memorializing to say the least. What a lovely pair to bring together for this track.
I've found my new favorite reaction person! I love how genuine your reactions are and even better that you allow them in real-time and add captions later to describe your thoughts. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that!
My mother-in-law requested that this was played at her funeral. I can't really describe it, but it somehow managed to soothe and yet amplify the grief of the mourners simultaneously. I'll always think of that wonderful woman when I listen to this song
I am considering the same request. Its absolutely a power house of a tune and big respect to your mother in law.
Or maybe grótti intimate version by SKÁLD
Well, I just want to give my condolences. Losing a loved one is hard. But she picked the best song to be sent off to! Hope you’re all doing better
I have also requested this at my funeral as the main song (I don't want a long funeral so there aren't many).
I too have requested this and My Name is Night by Amorphis for my death (not having a funeral). I love this version and Sabina put into words what I could not. Those two songs on repeat helped me deal with my dad’s death from Covid and everything that happened to me during that time. So powerful!
I am going to make the same request for myself,
But only if I do something worthy of song.
You are not the only one. I have seen this video many times and it still hits me in the gut and soul to where it makes me want to cry, especially after knowing the translation of the lyrics and the powerful message. It really takes you into a time in history in the viking era of sorts and you feel immersed in the tribal community of that time... and I am not even from that part of the world.
Beautiful reaction Sabina.
Love this. thank you for sharing and thanks for saying that ❤️🙏🏻
I'm mostly of English and German descent, but I think ancient sounding music of any area hits us in this inner primitive part locked away in our brains.
@@Brendo2386 it must, I got shivers when I first heard it and broke
down crying, felt like it triggered some kind of dormant, ancient memory/connection in me
Ja-ja, dyr dør. Venner dør. Og dø selv skal vi... hvad er det nye?
Reason you wanna cry while listing to this song is because is a last wish song about death and who will carry you to the after life even if you can't understand the language he dose a very good job at projecting the feeling
This is the best reaction video so far, without interrupting the music, so I like it when more is said at the end and subtitles are displayed during the song. Well done!
Thank you! ❤️
Most people equate silence to "non-reactive", which is weird.
I like it when people actually listen and don't have a need to stop all the time, it irritates me to Hel and back.
I also cried the first time I heard this. All the same words you used; powerful, primal, yearning, hypnotic, crystal for Aurora…ancestral. For those open to it, it reaches a very ancient part of our soul… it feels like actually hearing the past, and sharing a message from those of long ago. Those sounds must be in our DNA.
It comes as no surprise to know that this is a funeral chant. That is exactly what it feels like
I want to have this played at my memorial
So Well Said!!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets emotional about this song. A totally supernatural experience!
Nice that im not only thinking that im depressed abd overreacting
It gets me every single time
We had very similar reactions to this song.. it absolutely moved me, “I feel like a part of my soul is finding home” I could not have put that better myself .. beautiful.
You can always trust that Wardruna does a song about Norse mythology spot on. This song is focused on a very important aspect of Norse mythology and that is how anyone is remembered after death. On the road to Hel (Helvegen), who will sing about me? In old old times one of the only ways to be remembered was to be told stories about at the fireplace. Often in the form of a song. There is songs for the heroes and songs for the one we don't like (nidviser).
After the drumbeats stops (he mimics the last heartbeats of a person), Einar sings two verses from Håvamål (verse 76+77) that is exactly about being remembered. Only people with a good reputation will be remembered.
Also as a side note, Hel has nothing to do with Hell. Hel is not a place of punishment. Hel is a place for gathering of the dead, ruled by the queen Hel. Some of the dead will be selected for special parts of Hel. They are brave warriors and maidens. First Freya will chose half to join her in Folkvangr and Odin takes the rest to join him in Valhalla. In Valhalla they prepare for the big battle to come, Ragnarok. If you die during training in Valhalla it is of no consequence as you are revived every day to join the daily party before continuing training the next day.
The only question now is what kind of Norse the mean Helvegen translates into.Nynorsk, bokmål eller gammelnorsk.For a while I was looking for what the word actually means, and the road to hell somehow didn't make sense to me. I would compare it to something like a whole journey or a journey through life. It's just about how a person can actually interpret the meaning of these two words combined.
Thank you for this! I would recommend you watch it again with subtitles. The lyrics are so beautiful and powerful. It moved me even more today than usual, I just found out my grandad doesn't have long left. I'm not a religious person, but it somewhat comforts me thinking there's life after death (even though I don't believe in such).
My pleasure. Thanks for sharing, sorry about your granddad. ❤️ and I get what you mean.. this also made me feel something special and made me get in contact with something else - that's the best way I can explain it. powerful.
This song is definitely going to be in a movie in the future
I hope!!
Already has, at least in a series, multiple times in Vikings.
@@jp16k92 to be more specific, Season 3 Episode 2, th-cam.com/video/hBY7b-cz5co/w-d-xo.html
@@Andy_from_de yes, and not just there. The music, without the lyrics appears other times as background music.
Hello from Germany! I love how emotional you are! I feel the same way every time I hear this song! I also chose this song for my funeral, and my friends promised me that it would be played then! I've had two heart attacks and two strokes. And has been resuscitated three times. I hope this song lasts a long time before it rings out across the graveyard! I play it daily for all those pointless letting you live in this current damn war! I like your reactions, they are always great! Keep it up! Greetings Nephilim
Hello, Sabina. This hit me the exact same way as it did for you. Very primal, raw and beautiful at the same time. And this stuff reminds us of your and my heritage, being Nordics.
Much love from Norway ♥♥♥
There’s another Norwegian singer that did a cover of this, “Kalandra” I think she also did amazing and may be worth a watch!
@@MjosvaturThe song isn't about the past, but about here and now. Einar has explained this :) It's about who will be there when you die - how you live your life until that day. Hel isn't really hell, but it is NOT paradise - it is a very bad place to end up.
Bruh embrace the emotion, and cry the tears of your ancestors. I really loved the genuine reaction though, this is such a powerful song. Love from Scotland.
Thanks!
Norwegian here. This song always brings me to a place where I shed tears. Not tears of sadness, but something else. Like a deep remembrance of something pure and primal. I think you did as well and It was most joyful to watch.
Thank you.
This is the music of our people, our ancestors.
Vi trenger mer av dette og mindre av det kunstige.
Not Norwegian here but I feel the same
Thanks for reacting to this amazing colab - it obviously hit you the same way it did me- instant chills.
While im glad you did a first reaction without the subs to distract you, i'd suggest listening to it yourself with them on at least once- it adds another layer to future listens, knowing its about travelling to the afterlife etc.
p.s When you see mention of Hel - (1 L) that is NOT the bad christian place- Hel just is the norse word for the afterlife - that contains the other realms like valhalla.
Its obvious that christianity nabbed the word for the viking afterlife for their own 'evil' place sinners go to tho..
My pleasure!! Wow that's what it's about!! I felt that without knowing. amazing!!!
I think the overall meaning of this song and its lyrics, together with the verses from the Hávamál (the part Einar sings with no music at the end) make it a perfect funeral song. I sure would love to have people listen to it while they send me off. I'm Italian, this has nothing to do with my culture and land, but I'm sure it would resonate with people, probably in a different way than how it did with me, for different reasons...but it still would.
P.S. While Hel isn't necessarily a bad place, it IS different from Valhalla. One is not part of the other, they're two separate reigns in the Norse cosmology 😉
It takes your breath away, doesn't it. It's powerful and you can feel the heartbeat...
Thank you for the reaction!
Saludos desde Valencia España ✌️
My pleasure,. It sure does 😍
One of the absolute best concerts I've ever been to.
Lucky you!!!
This song, and especially that Aurora participation version does still have this very effect on me every time I listen to it. Can I say a special thank you for delivering such content, not interrupting the song and instead writing, and at the end you say what you have to say. I mean, it's the best format I have seen up to now for video reaction. It's so respectful. I'm subscribing to your channel right now!
@sabina1118 can you look at the following replies. Someone is trying to impersonate you I think
You are so awesome and beautiful. Aurora is a weirdo but I like her in this song.🙂
Thanks! ❤️ haha, she is such a peal imo 😁💥
It is your Viking blood that, makes you feel this strong. Greetings from a Norwegian Viking
Takk bróðir mín……..frá Norðurland eystra
Noregsmen allar bestur ók hetjur í heimin.
I buried my son to this track a year ago. It seems im not the only one it touched
Aurora seems to be vibrating with divine power, teetering on the brink of madness as she channels the gods.
Great reaction! I had a similar experience the first time i heard it; touched me to the core. Also, I can relate that you appreciate those instrumental moments for their significance, power and beauty. Aurora's voice in Helvegan makes me tear up every time.
Thanks for sharing this! ❤️
The lyrics are so important in this song. I highly recommend you watch with the lyric video. The heart and soul of this collab is the Aurora and Wardruna are Norse pagan religious believers and this song expresses their core beliefs about dying and death and passing over to the other side: that songs follow our dying loved ones and in singing we accompany them on their journey with our love and deep respect.
She's Danish. She should be able to understand the lyrics natively.
I love listening to music like this (especially where the lyrics are in a language that I don't understand) as I can just let it inhabit me. It is particularly powerful while doing yoga practice, but that might be just me. I feel as though I am travelling back in time towards our roots.
There seems to be a lot of good music coming out of Norway recently (or I have just noticed it recently).
This music awakens the deep forgotten primal feelings within us - amazing!
Lovely you to do an reaction to Wardruna and Aurora. I already know from start it would be a homerun. Love her voice as usual but here she also shows her vibes for the song. She immediately goes into a kind of trance which is lovely to watch. She is so genuine. Hope we get a Aurora reaction from you soon. I think you would like (love) Aurora - A potion for love - Live vevo. This is a emotional rollercoaster in so many ways. Ha nu ett fint avslut på helgen. ❤💯❤
She did!! Well Said 😍 and Noted :)
Just crying.... deep emotions.... an echo from our history here in Scandinavia
Absolutly gorgeous ! I love the emotion from these two incredibles voices...👍
Kalandra made a great live studio cover of this song. More intimate, less trance. You probably don't want to react to the same song twice, so just a suggestion for your own time.
Wardruna is absolutely amazing. Please do more of them, I recommend you Raido, Isa, Kvitravn and Rotlaust tre fell ^^ Greeting from France !
Noted, Thanks 😍
Dagr is my favourite but you can really so no wrong them
1st time watching you loved the subtitles instead of pausing all the time
Have been waiting for you to react to this for three years. Understand how much it would connect you with your ancestry. It does for me anyway.
The way to Hel (not the way to Hell, Hel is a goddess) is the way to the death realm for people dying not I battle. The walk (!) to Hel is cold, not warm which would be good. This can be sung at the prelude to igniting the boat which is the funeral vessel. The last sentence of the first part (“du är löyst fra banda som bat dig”) is when the boat takes fire. The last sentences is requiem…
Tack snälla!
The last part is from Havamal
Definitely a powerful performance. Aurora's white outfit brings to mind The White Raven. I would also recommend the version with the Translation.
As soon as i saw you were doing this one, i though "ey up, there will be tears".
Such a powerfull song, i reccomend searching for the other live version of this set in a Nordic coast outside, truley powerful :)
You know me too well!!
How nice that you are also making a reaction video to "Helvegen" 👍 I really like your thoughts on this 🙂 I actually feel it every time I listen to this song. Admiration and awe are also included. The translation of the lyrics are just beautiful and makes it even more powerful and mystical ❤
Thank you!! ❤️🙏🏻
Try too thake moshrooms and see it on a powerful stereo!! Just pure Magic 🤩🇧🇻
Holy hell. You didn't listen to this. You felt it - all of it, deep inside. Exactly how I felt the first time hearing this. Rewatch and turn on captions for the translation. Its about singing beloved ones to the other side.
Well Said, i did. I Will, Thanks!! 🙏🏻
I had the same reaction to this colab, tears running down my cheeks! It had such an effect on me that I spent the entire night with it playing round-and-round in my head. This video is in my go-to TH-cam playlist that I play practically every day. Stunning performance from both Wardruna and Aurora. Another Wardruna video you should watch is Kvitravn, and the track Solringen is amazing too! ♥I love your reactions, by the way, very honest and real x
Thanks for sharing this and thank you for your kind words ❤️🥰
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Daaamn! I hoped im not the only one hearing their music and just sob or cry really hard ( happens to me. But not at this song alone) i always thought it would be strange to just cry. But yeah it touches deep inside. Greetings to my german folk❤ ( and of course everyone else ❤❤❤)
PLEASE REACT TO SOLRINGEN by Wardruna. Please Please please.
@Sabina
In the ancient days of my ancestors….you were sung into this world when you were born, and you were sung out of this world when you died (death-sleep). The reason of this was for celebration of life and remembrance at death. In the ancient days, there was a high infant mortality rate, and the vitality of adults was short. So each day (dag) and each breath (Ós) was a celebration of life. The struggles and achievements throughout each season, and during your lifetime, not only developed your character and integrity as a human being, but inspired others to face their challenges in every day life. This is no more true, than in the last verse of Helvegen:
“Døyr fe, døyr frender Døyr sjølv det sama men ordet om deg aldreg døyr vinn du et gjetord gjevt”
“Cattle die, Kinsman die, and so the self must die. But the one thing that never dies, is the reputation of each man.”
These are the spoken words of Odin…the Allfather, as written in the Hávamál (76, 77)
In our old Norse culture with the teachings of the old ones, we understand there are three things during your lifetime that are certain; Life, Death, and Change itself. You cannot stop it.
When we die, we must cross the Bridge of Gjöll (old Norse “Gjallarbrú”) to enter the underworld of Hel (not the same as the Christian “Hell”), and be reunited with our ancestors. It is described in the Gylfaginning as a covered bridge "thatched with glittering gold".
Though we will one day leave the suffering and binds of Midgard (earth), the reputation of how we lived our life will be forever remembered in the memory of our children, families, friends, communities, and other loved ones. We honor our ancestors by living our best possible life, and telling the stories of their great deeds and accomplishments.
So we hope that each day we honor our ancestors and our family, we face every challenge that is laid before us with a full heart and courage, and accept that when that day comes that we enter the death-sleep….we will have no fear, and that someone will sing us across the Bridge of Gjöll.
Se hva vi «Fjellaber» kan Sabina 😂 🇳🇴
Pleease react AURORA Exhale Inhale live VEVO studio, a emotion in performance, the lyrics
There is something so solid and stoic about this. This really shows how diverse Aroura's art is, from pop to this epic performance.
May I advice you to see Eivør cover "Verd Mín" by Jaroslav Bajarunas & Darja Janvarina? I got a miracle by seeing and listening to them...
Ah, thanks for not interrupting the music in your reacts!
You can view this as a Norse pagan version of a Requiem. You sing for the ones who have passed and helping them ascross Gjöll. Aurora is dressed as a white Raven, Odins Raven maybe? Before it saw the evil souls of men and turned black. It should be viewed as a religious act. "Road to Hel"
Edit: to be totally clear for anyone wondering. The Raven part is an add on on the sagas. So not really a part of true mythology but "mythology built on mythology". So I don't teach someone a false statement.
Please please please PLEASE react to the original music video to Anoana from Heilung! It's by far the most primal, esoteric tear jerking experience I've ever had the privilege of witnessing
Ps, it’s nice to see your comments along the bottom of the screen instead stopping and starting all the time. I feel with other channel first reactions that the full effect of the performance gets interrupted so often and therefore isn’t a true feeling for the song. Plus often times they stop at a point when the song is leading up to the crucial part so effect is ruined. I understand why they do it obviously as it’s a first reaction video but how many of us are at home shouting, ‘No, don’t stop there.. it’s building to the best part’ . Just saying, I like this way better!
Some thing evil wrog with LATE GREAT PLANTET EARTH TO DAY BATTALL OF ARMAGEDON Have a anice day boo
Try this one "Andvevarljod" from Wardrunas's latest album It will bring tears to your eyes again. th-cam.com/video/x0rfdg2LJAA/w-d-xo.html
Sabina, do yourself a favor and have a look at Wardruna, Aurora and Oslo fagottkor Helvegen. It's an amazing version outside.
🎉🎉🎉yess yess, elsker denne ❤
I agree…this song would make a fabulous film score. The theme and mood of the song conjures up the celebration of one’s passing to the afterlife..Valhalla perhaps. Without doubt, this song has a beautiful tone, a pure remembrance of a departed life. This is truly a class performance and one of the most moving sounds I have heard. Sabina…your reaction..pure beauty.🙏
Wardruna's music was used a lot in the show "Vikings", including this one.
Thank you so much, Chris ❤️❤️🥰
There is also a version of this done with Einar Selvik (I hope that's spelled right) and Eivor Palsdottir that's excellent.
If u liked this u really need to listen to Ekaterina Shelehova "Earth Melodies" in Got Talent
You probably know this but this song is somewhat of a funeral prayer in a way...
If i am not wrong that spoken part at the end is a Havamal stanza.
Did not know, Thank you!!
@@sabina1118 No problem.
also that Havamal stanza i was talking about was "Cattle dies, kinsmen die and even you yourself will die.
But the only thing that never dies is name and good reputation"
By far my favourite reaction video of them all! Thank you Sabina, you have made me love this song even more, it gets to me quite the same way. And hey 10k of the 76k views are MINE🌞😎♥️♥️♥️
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Ur reaction is so pure...me also got tears in my eyes every time hearing this song
Thank you, Sabina, for your reaction video to Aurora and Wardruna performing 'Helvegen' on 22 August 2018 in Bergen, Norway. I completely agree with your feelings that it brings a primal inner return to 'who we are'. Did you know that there are English subtitles on the original video - specifically good for the spoken part at the end? Also, there is another superb YT video of them doing this song again outdoors during the day on a rock outcropping way in the north of the country - Nordland. It was with a large choir, a year earlier on 8 July 2017. Here is the YT title search: Wardruna, Aurora and Oslo Fagottkor: "HELVEGEN"
This blows me away ❤❤❤
Wow!!! This is deeply moving and powerful and very beautiful. I didn't know what I was in for when I thought to myself 'hey, let's try this video...' (I wasn't familiar with these musicians beforehand). Thank you so much for broadening my horizon!
Yes, it's powerful. I always have the same reaction. You wrote at one point that it makes you calm in all the chaos around you. This is exactly what I feel with most Wardruna songs. This song will be played at my funeral. There is another version also with Aurora with a larger choir out in the open in front of a large rock. This is great as well. The front man, Einar Selvik, has this deep understanding of expressing the feeling of connecting with the ancient past via music. When you read the comments to all those videos, people all around the world feel the same thing, as if this music unites all mankind.
Aurora is like a snow sprite in this video, floating down to touch your soul and then disappearing.
This was a beautiful reaction Sabina. You feel it because it is your ancestors talking to you. What a great performance.
YOUR NAME IS SABRENA IAM IN OSHKOSH WISCONSIN IAM BOUND IN CHAINS CANT GO ANY PLA CE NO HELP NO MONEY NO HOPE CAN YOU HELP😊
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Seen it a few times and it never fails to get to me. Like an out of body experience. Amazing.
Yes Well Said!!
They couldn't have picked a better person to do a Collab with. Aurora makes everything magical. You're right about how it makes you feel. It's so intense.
in faroya islands this will always echo
the last part is the speech of odin!
It's also one of the songs from the soundtrack to the series "Vikings", which also takes place in Kattegat, it's more your neighborhood...
Best regards, Sabina.
More Aurora, more Eivør Pálsdóttir. They're so great
btw. Aurora's live performance at Nidarosdomen is simply perfect. You just need to stock up on more tear wipes 😅😅 😍
In Vikings, Kattegat is a made up place on the Norwegian west coast. The filming location was in Ireland, and they put pics from Hellesylt Norway in the background so it would look Norwegian😊
In real life Kattegat is a sea area between Sweden and Denmark
There were a lot of things that wasn’t historically accurate in Vikings, and even worse in Vikings Valhalla
There's something very raw and primal about this performance. I believe part of it is the arrangement is so stripped down. It feels very honest like they aren't trying to distract you with production.
For me, the feeling it evoked is difficult to describe, but certainly part of it was if something ancient lying dormant inside me was being woken up.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Sabina, and your reaction was lovely and appropriate, if I can say that.
The best and only reaction one can ask for. Not much words. But speaks volumes
New subscriber here, wondering if you have reacted to Eivor, Falling Free Torshavn? Would love to see that please 🙏🏻
Welcome! ❤️ I have not yet!
What a beautiful review. No stopping and pausing over this masterpiece
Probably one of my most spiritual and emotional moments of my life listening to this for the first time, it just got to my soul for a reason I cannot comprehend, I have listened to it numerous times now and it just floors me. It takes your spirit and puts you back into a life you had before this one. Stunning!
i got goosebumps everytime
Tusen takk for at du delte opplevelsen din med alle oss andre. Det vistes tydelig at den traff deg rett i hjertet. En av de beste react-videoene jeg har sett på veldig lenge. Much love from Norway 🇳🇴❤️🇩🇰
Love your reaction! This hit me hard.
Thanks ❤️
If this does not get your inner viking out .... nothing will !!! 🙂
arcticblue248: Valhalla calling?
Got watery eyes at the same point as you, every time :-)
Along with Heilung, these artists take my soul home
Your transformation was obvious’. Best, most profound review ever! Thank you
Thank you ❤️
The road to hell. The Norse Hel and the Christian Hell are two very different things. It is very interesting how Christians adopted the word and then made it an absolute evil when it was never that.
The Norse hell is the underworld where common people went to when they passed away . Warriors, when killed in battle, went to Valhala, common people went to Hell.
Just another underworld, not good nor bad.
For me this is simply why Aurora is a Genius of an artist,simply the essence of what the art of music is all about.❤️
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Best reaction video-concept i've seen. Subbed
Thank you so much, and welcome!
❤😂❤😂😂😂❤🎉🎉IAM STEVEN😊
Great reaction.
The collab is out of this world.
You should check out the skaldic version of Andvevarljod by Einar (Wardruna), it's gorgeous.
Title of the video is "Andvevarljod - Song of the Spirit-weavers (Skaldic version)"
2:52 :o !
3:20 😢
There is an amazing video of them singing this on mountainside in Norway and someone has generously added English subtitles. To say my heart was in my throat is an understatement.
As a Heathen this is definitely my funeral song.
What you’re feeling is your ancestors calling you. To remember who you are and where you came from.
The Germanic tribes of north Western Europe.
The ancient sound of our people.
actually the germanics are just another one of the bronze age baltic scandinavian tribes, just like the franks, the lombards, the allemagnes and so on. Its not like the germanics spawned the others but rather they all spawned from the same root.
@@wildchild3862 Saxons Angles, vikings all Germanic peoples.
Wardruna is amazing. Check Lyfjaberga, Raido, Kvitravn, Skygge, Gra.. So much absolutely amazing songs.
Greetings from Norway. Aurora is is incredrible talented, the language is old norwegian. The language the viking spoke, the language is very close to the language they have on Iceland.
Whenever I listen to this song, it feels like something is calling me. My soul finds so much peace in this sound
Aurora does a wonderful collaboration with Wardruna in this song. But my heart with with Lindy-Fay Hella’s vocals.
I've thankfully seen both Aurora and Wardruna live (separately) over the years, and honestly they are memorializing to say the least. What a lovely pair to bring together for this track.
Great choice of song to react to! :)
Thank you! 🤗
Damn girl,i was crying with you also! What a feeling....huhhh...BEUTIFUL
I'd strongly, strongly, strongly recommend Heilung's Anoana.
I've found my new favorite reaction person! I love how genuine your reactions are and even better that you allow them in real-time and add captions later to describe your thoughts. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that!
Thank you so much!
Absolutely gr8! Thx for sharing...subsrcribed 🙂