I don't have a single drop of Norwegian blood in me, but hearing this kind of music makes me feel proud of a culture that's not even mine... As I read in another comment: "I feel homesick for a place I've never been to"
Sybe Search Metal Detecting No they can’t. They are children of wherever they are from - which is just as great. But they can however appreciate it anyway.
This song was played on the funeral from my 43 old husband who lost the battle against cancer last week. He loved this song and so am. It fits perfect on his funeral he was a viking warior against the cancer battle 😢❤
sorry for your loss! he's now in valhala for he was a great warrior! one day you'll meet again for death is only a passage! may the gods keep blessing you! Stay strong, you are not alone!
I was Einar's neighbor for a year a while back, we would say hello and have a chat now and then, mostly about everyday things, changing tyres. A fantastic guy, polite, kind, quite cool. I always felt a sense of calm in his presence. I felt quite starstruck when I met him. Once I told him I liked the album "Yggdrasil" very good. Then he thanked me very modestly. At the same time had started watching Vikings and Wardruna went straight to the core. I recommend everyone to listen to most of what Wardruna has released. This performance with Aurora, who is also an amazing artist, makes me cry, but it gives me an indescribable power throughout me. Goosebumps and well-being at the same time, almost as if the soul is soothed.
Aurora truly is the perfect fit, as she lives in the spiritual realm, dancing with fairies, like she said herself. A true vanir-blessed. Einar just has presence, no need to be a berserk, no need to be loud. He just IS. Loving, caring and conected to his gods. There are no 2 others I would know, they truly stand behing every note, every word, every emotion which is in that somgs and the story/tradition/spirituality behind it, valued in the right way.
I have been playing this almost non stop for the last ten days since my husband died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was a Viking and Anglo Saxon reenactor and loved Wardruna. It will play at his cremation.
What he has even more is SOUL, SPIRITUALITY and PASSION, which he pours into his singing to elevate it. His songs are prayers and articles of faith, drawn deep from within the ancient soul of his people. He's not merely an artist with talent and good technique, he's a priest to the old norse gods and they obviously blessed him with the skald's mead!
I really wish Aurora would do more Nordic style music, I love her other stuff but the Norse Pagan side of me desperately wants to hear her doing more Norse styled music
A lot of Wardruna songs do that for me. I only under stand very simple Norwegian but I think it really makes you focus on the voice and sounds, not the words specifically.
I'm Polish. I learned every fucking word in this song in Norwegian, never heard anything so beautiful before... I'm crying everytime I hear this masterpiece...
I'm Norwegian and I was in Poland this summer, Kraków, for a week and I loved it. Great old town, fantastic restaurants and had a blast at the Arcade Museum👍
@@paulfraszczynski674 It's Norwegian and Norse (old Norwegian), if you talk about the lyrics? Yea we had a great time in Kraków. We drove all the way from Oslo - Larvik (ferry to Denmark) - Hamburg - Berlin - Kraków. The traffic is horrible in Kraków but the tram is great so it's just to park the car and use public transport. Almost all restaurants had tartare on the menu, so we learned something about popular dishes in Poland as well. Zurek and pierogi is my favorite Polish dish I think. Zurek with smoked sausage 👍
I love how Aurora’s dress makes her an avatar of Freyja, with her magic cloak of White Raven Feathers, she can go anywhere, unseen, shape-shifted. She represents Freyja here in my recognition.
@@erikdevries2215 She fades it. At 2:32 for instance you can clearly hear that if she wants, she can up the volume. She just adjusts beautifully. The smoother feminine voice as support to Einar's daunting cries.
So few people understand that Hel isn’t the same as the monotheistic version of hell. Hel is the Norse version of heaven for those who do not die in battle. Those who die in battle go to Valhalla. Those who die a normal death, go to Hel. It isn’t considered a bad place. Nifleheim is the Norse version of hell.
But Christians had a nasty habit of 'procuring' Celtic, Germanic and Norse pagan beliefs, into Christian holidays/traditions, and calling them Christian ideas all along. Christmas for example, the flesh and blood figure Jesus would've been born either June or July; Ancient Christians not knowing that, took Pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice to eventually replace Pagan beliefs. They took Norse "Hel" too, to turn it into the Christian "Hell".
@@kimberlyh.1090 Quite natural that. It is difficult to change customs and culture. I don't think people here in Norway would have been willing to give up celebrating the turn of the sun. You still hear people here say they are not celebrating Christmas, they are celebrating 'Solsnu' (sunturn). There is a reason why they built the churches on the same places as the old Norse temples (Hov) used to stand.
Scandinavians seem to be the most in touch with nature and spirituality than any other European group. These unique cultures need to be preserved. I love Scandinavian music.
Nope. Every single culture before romans were like this more or less. Im from cantabria, in northern spain and here people used to eat toxic berrys instead of letting the romans slave them, and when romans burnt them alive, they sang pagan songs. They had mountains and old forests as holy places
@@weisthor0815 religions are evil...theres a difference between religion and spirituality. The first one is manipulated by men, while the second is the faith in something superior and the values (love, peace and all these things). But leaders used the spirituality to create religions and manipulate the crowd. I'm personally agnostic because I don't believe in any religion, but I'm a spiritual person. Sorry for this long message, I hope this can help someone to think about it.
i think he meant today, not in ancient times. Still kind of a strange thought, i dont think theres alot of that kind of ppl in scandinavia or in any other place in europe. Its all the same grey mass
I’m Danish, and I just found out I’m directly related to the first official king of norway (King Harald). I’ve recently grown very fond of my roots, partly thanks to music like this
Aurora is like.. a Fairy amongst Wolfes who sing in Harmony with the Wind and Moon . It is absolutely amazing and chilling.. i cant believe if just found it now!
My husband, Chad Aaron Maples, died on June 7, 2020 very unexpectedly. I saw the whole thing and am very traumatized. I'm supposed to go to the funeral home today to "make decisions". I didn't want to live today. Chad spoke to me and told me to come back to our roots. Come listen to this song again. This song has always meant a lot to us, and now it's keeping me alive. I love you babe and I miss you with everything in me. "You will be free from the bonds that bind you, You are free from the bonds that bound you!"
Really fascinating to read all these comments from people saying that they don't understand the language but still love the song. And this proves again that music doesn't just use the language of words but the language of the soul. Especially an emotional song like this. I love it.
This has been my argument for listenting to japanese music. Also its always fun when artists from Norway(my homeland) that does not sing in english gets attention outside of the homeland.
It's not a book...it's a song...it has notes and chords. Replace these minor chords with a major and it would have a completely different effect, regardless of words.
Lost my 16 year old furbaby last night 11/1 and I played this in our room as the techs helped him transition to the other world. I played this song for his journey as he was wearing a cloak of his favorite stuffed animal I made him. Thank you for being a part of a painfully beautiful time in my life! He fought cancer as a warrior and I felt it fitting he leave this plane as one. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awweee, that must be heartbreaking, but what a lovely send off. People without fur babies will never quite understand that deep connection. Best wishes to you.
I lost my wife to Cancer a little over 18 months ago, and I've struggled every day since. On Friday I saw Wardruna in Manchester and they finished with this song. I was floored by the visceral emotions it stirred in me. I held her as she died and passed on. This is something we all have to face, and mark ourselves by. Thank you Wardruna for helping me let her go.
Sorry to here that mate. I was there at the Albert Hall too and could feel alot of deep emotion in the room during this one. Glad you found some healing.
So sorry for your loss sir. To lose a loved one to such a horrible thing as cancer, I can't even imagine. I have yet to see Wardruna in concert but I found them a few years ago and have been stirred by their words and the sound. Heilung as well is worth listening to as well. Praying for you and your wife.
My daughter died 4 days ago. My hearth is broken. This song brings me peace and i will see her again on the other site again. We will play this song at her funeral. Thank you Wadruna for this song and for the peace it brings. Hail to all people who suffer loss and pain. May you find peace again.
I lost my boys to the cruel hand of another human. I will lose the mother I never had but just recently found to cancer soon. Reading all those comments about your stories and your loss makes me feel less alone. I come here for comfort and to find life again.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss. No words could hope to ease such loss, but here is a virtual hug from a friend you haven't met yet. 🤗 take care of yourself and I hope incredible music like this can help you too. Much love.
John Marston I’m a welsh pagan, you still got your haggis in your culture from years ago lol just kidding you, you have the bag pipes that frighten the enemies with the music that was played from them many years ago
I'm seeing people mention that they're from Africa, Mexico, all kinds of places loving this song. I love seeing people come together and express their love for something together. And man there is no better song to come together than this song
This is literally the only thing left on the planet that makes me feel. Update: I still breathe. This song has always been there for me. I was ready to walk the road to Hel. I had serious depression and I wanted to die. Now I look forward to living life. Hel can wait.
@@kristoferjonsen2081 my ancestry is Norwegian as well. I only spent a week there in Bergen but it was a beautiful country. I'd love to live there one day.
I notice that certain area of the world is reaching back into their ancient roots, they are connecting to something that studios dont know how to produce yet
here the question, is it 100% swedish? i mean the words they are using, just want to know if its modern language or they use ancient one for singing :)
@@siamakp1207 No it’s Norwegian but the languages is similar. But I do not know if it’s a modern or old dialect. It could be some old Norse dialect/language.
@@Sweed87 I know that Norway has two mainstream dialects 'bokmål' and 'Nynorsk.' But the language that is closest to old-norse (the language of the vikings) is icelandic and the language of the Faroe Islands.
I play this for my brother who lost his life 2 days ago. Now he is feasting and drinking in a great hall. So I must not greive his death, but celebrate his life. And I will see him again when that day comes.
Bro I know how it feels....last December I lost my childhood friend at the age of 24...he was an apprentice journalist and was manefesting in Tirana against our government. The police shot him dead on his back and then pretended he menaced them with a gun. He was the elder brother I never had as our mums are bffs since when they were 6yo and we grew up together between the docks of the harbor of Durres 😢 he used to love this kind of music and now it's all that remained me of him 😢 may he rest in peace wherever he is
These songs are raw and strong. As if earth is singing them. That's why we all feel we belong to this culture. In fact, we belong to earth and nothing represents it as much as these songs
VERY TRUE ☺️ !!! When you can feel the Earth and celebrate together like this, it's such a beautiful, connecting feeling ! We ALL have a little of the Old gods and the witches deep down in our souls !
You can feel your forebears calling you to walk the noble & warrior’s path with this. You can feel it dancing in your blood 🩸 Sköl, my fellows, kin and folk!
I think that the lyrics is wroten by these singers, but the músic is original of the Voluspa, wich is a long song about the scandinavian mithology and begins explaining that many generacions of men are pasing between the creation of the world and the viking armagedon day; Ragnarok.
I remember being in such a bad place mentally. One day instead of waking up for work I just left my shitty appartement with headphones inside a backpack and walked. Walked not knowing where I was going, I wanted to go far away. I walked as far as I could, walked roads that turned into paths that slowly disappeared as I was just getting lost in the forest. I walked and walked, through trees, cutting rocks and steep hills, my mind rumbling with dark thoughts, so loud that soon I could notice something weird. Where I stopped, in a ravine with a gentle stream was flowing, was complete silence. So I sat. I tried as hard as possible to hear what sound the silence made. And for some reason, like a howl far far away brought by the wind I heard this song. Plugged my headphones, and started to play the album. In my bag I had a small notebook and a pen. During the whole album I just wrote what I was feeling, even if it didn't make any sense. I wrote endlessly crying like a baby, and finally coming to the end of this song, Helvegen, the end of the album as well, I was done. I ripped the pages and buried the under a tree by the water stream. I don't know how but Wardruna made me feel so many emotions at once. Anger, passion, fear, love, ambition, sadness, nostalgia and hope. I let it all out on those poor pages and by doing so, feeling much better. Wardruna probably saved me this day. I have nothing of a scandinavian in me, but it was beyond ethnicity. Thank you Wardruna, you'll always hold a special place in my heart, thank you
@@jennyburger7865 You'd be amazed how much a good laugh clears the mental ducts and plumbing of crap. Not some demented 'laughter therapy' class. Just stick on your favourite comedy show, or stand-up routine, and let rip. I speak from experience, as one who was inches away from closing my account permanently.
It just came to me recently that it's curious how man is the most willing to die when he's the most fulfilled. When there's resentment, hate, and disappointment in you, you cling to life, yet when you experience something truly elevating, you feel "I can die now and not a moment of my life would have been wasted". We can only hope to meet our own and in such a state of mind.
Quite! It's really transcendent, no matter what culture, or religion is our background. We go triumphant to the gates of death itself knowing that we've left something of value behind... but it's not all I guess. You're reputation can be of lower sort, than you'd spend eternity knowing that the immortal part of you isn't to be proud of. I see it as the lyrical speaker is triumphant, proud, but he gives the listeners an a advise, or even a warning
I wish I was Norwegian to be a part of this amazing culture. What more does anyone need? Beautiful country,good food, good economy and most of all, a very rich culture. Love Norway.
@@kristophertibbets5986 I wish... I was forced to be a Christian, how would Odin even look upon me? How could I even be a part of all this when I am not even living in Norway? Maybe in a different life...
To be honest, most norwegians are very americanized, eating pizza, watching netflix, living busy & secular lives live most of the west. Few have a deeper appreciation/awareness of the older cultural values
Considering how many of many or I ancestors where enslaved by both the Roman and the countries and city states of the middle ages. Many try to seek out their past. To reconnect with their ancestors but they are told to stop by those who are still connected. Why is that?
Brown southeast Asian Metalhead here. Damn it Aurora can sing. Her pipes are so clean and loud. Perfect control and harmonic. This performance should be in the CD on the space ship to nowhere. Aliens would love it.
My father died suddenly last saturday. He was best man I known in my life. I played him this version of this song two weeks earlier. Thank You for this song. It warms up my heart, and calms my soul, and will always remind me of him.
As a Nordic guy this makes me very proud of my heritage . Greetings from Sweden Edit : Sending lots of love to everyone who replied , wherever you guys come from we love you :)
I saw them recently in Athens at Herodes Atticus ancient theatre, with the Acropolis on one side and them on the other and I have to tell you it was something to live for.
By far the best version. Einar's deep voice accompanied by this elvish mystical voice of Aurora. She just adds so much to this song. Strong powerful beautiful voice. Just magical and I'm obsessed. I've watched this like hundreds of time. Letting it replay for 3-4 times isn't uncommon at this point.
I'm African so I can't even understand the song,but it makes me feel so grounded and at peace. I love this!! New fan here!!!!! ❤️💖 (Thank you for all your kind words.......yes I believe music transcends culture and race)
Agreed, she harmonizes perfectly - her vocals only add to the performance but don't compete, thus making this version even more enchanting and powerful
“It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns. This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death! I shall not enter Odin’s hall with fear. There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. The Aesir will welcome me! My death comes without apology! And I welcome the valkyries to summon me home!” -Ragnarr Loðbrók
"Farewell my Brother. It gladdens me to know that Odin makes ready the benches for a feast. Soon you will be drinking ale from curved horns. The Valkyries summon you home."
Lyrics translated: "Kven skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path to Hel (Not hell - but the realm of the dead) og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold Eg songane søkte---------------I sought the songs Eg songane sende--------------I sent the songs då den djupaste brunni------------when the deepest well gav meg dråper så ramme------------gave me the drops so bitter av Valfaders pant---------------of Death-fathers wager Alt veit eg, Odin-----------------I know it all, Odin kvar du auge løynde------------where you hid your eye Hvem skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path to Hel og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold Årle ell i dagars hell--------------early in the days end enn veit ravnen om eg fell------------still the raven knows if I fall Når du ved Helgrindi står -----------When you stand by the Gate of Hel og når du laus deg må riva------------And you have to tear free skal eg fylgje deg-----------------I shall follow you over Gjallarbrua med min song-----------across the Resounding Bridge with my song Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg!---------You will be free from the bonds that bind you! Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg!----------You are free from the bonds that bound that you! Døyr fe, døyr frender---------------Cattle die, kinsmen die Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die men ordet om deg aldreg døyr----------but the word about you will never die vinn du et gjetord gjevt---------------if you win a good reputation Døyr fe, døyr frender ----------------Cattle die, kinsmen die Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die Eg veit et som aldreg døyr------------I know one that never dies dom om daudan kvar---------------the reputation of those who died
Wardruna great but Aurora lit my heart. This girl is fantastic. For that reason Einar gave her only the first verse. She gave this song a different dimension.
Aurora Aksness is fantastic!! Wardruna is fantastic!! Wish they collaborated more, but since these are about the only two artist I listen to I'm good so long as they both keep doing their own things
Aurora seemed to be the lilting, lightfelt beginning verse - the wistful sadness of loss, and what it means for individuals in the longterm - as if the pain of loss now promises healing, which it eventually does. But then, after her sweetly lilting solo, the *CRACK* of Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir, and the thunder hits. Odin the Allfather’s Ravens caw, and the deep, DEEP percussion of the dirge kicks in... And now it’s time to sing about death, with the deeper and fiercer voice of Wardruna. And eventually, Aurora will join back in to sing in unison with it all coming full circle. I love how they played out these vocal dimensions. It’s so dynamic and almost makes ya feel ALL the emotions that the concept of death brings to people; loss, mystery, a bit of fear/awe maybe, and healing. They did a FANTASTIC job with the stagecraft here.
I have absolutely no Scandinavian in me, but this song brought me to tears and that isn't something that happens very often... This is more than just a song it's centuries of culture, and thinking about it sent chills through my spine... How this piece of song survived centuries and now, in today's world, in an extremely different culture, I can somehow feel this song, like it's calling to me. It's the most beautiful thing I've heard
I feel exactly the same. As far as I know, I have no Scandinavian in me, but this music, their culture, it draws me in like nothing ever has before. I absolutely ball to this, it’s the only music that makes me feel this way. I don’t know what it is.
I feel you. I've always loved everything related to Vikings even though I don't think I have any Scandinavian in me as my family on my mom's side still has aboriginal Canadian blood and apparently my dad has a German % but this song literally makes me cry and sends shivers down my spine too... I love everything about their culture and wish I was born in said environment...
Took me a while to work it out but aurora did the kulning in frozen 2 (the call Elsa hears) more kids love her than she gets recognition for!! Love the rora and the beard thing 😂
I think the reason this song resonates so much is that we are all fighting our own personal battles, we are all the underdog in our own story, and this song yearns for the need to fight back.
Fighting demons in my head (that caused me to physically damage my head). This song makes me want to fight them harder and win, rather succumb and lose the battle
Thank you for saying this! She's a brilliant artist, and it takes enormous skill to back up not outshine the lead vocals. A lot of serious restrain and heaps more talent :)🙏💕
@@sanjuro66 Yes, She was doing support with her own band, together with Kalandra, at the recent concert of Wardruna here in Belgium. Amazing concert. Amazing bands, all three.
This song is so spine chilling.. its ethereal and makes you long for something you've never known... but when you listen to the words it is hauntingly beautiful and fills you with strength
I am Luiseno Digueno American Indian and was raised my whole life drumming, singing and dancing in our tribes way. Makes me feel the same emotions when I hear this music. Goes to prove that we are all primal and in touch with what is real at one time.
Some Nordic tribes made it as far as Newfoundland and even settled there. And there was contact between the peoples.Making it possible to share/copy culture.
My father passed away today. I will remember him through this beautiful song. To my Viking brothers across the vast oceans, grant me the honor of raising your horns full of ale and rejoice the life my father had. Skål!
Skål Brother !... you shall meet you father in Oden's hall... and we will gather rejoice and chant... our horns replenished with ale... and hearts refreshed... never doubt about it ! Regards brother... a great hug from costa rica !
Your words are beautiful. Coming from a humbling place as a Native American that didn’t know there are more like us. May we all meet one day dance and sing the pleasure of our devotion, our love, our fight and what we take with us to contribute, not just what we leave behind.
The native spirit of European and Middle Eastern peoples was erased by civilization. Since Scandanavia was the last place of Europe to be Christianized/civilized with Europe, there's a shred of it that's held on. It lives on through this music.
@ No, you have me confused. Its the other guy with that one; I am the over-the-top one that likes to give old ladies joy rides, but I removed the staples so I could finally get a wife. 200 yrs without p@$$y is just too long. And now that I finally got laid I have no idea where that sword is or what the hell it is for. Oh crap, the wife comes, I must hide my immortal a$$, I am supposed to be doing the dishes....
Between Heilung and Warduna, I never felt goosebumps so powerful from music. I long for a time I've never existed in and to be in places I've never been where I know deep in my spirit are home. I hope one day to find those places and at least allow them hold a piece of my soul just as I hold a piece of theirs deep in my heart.
“I know it all, Odin. Where you hid your eye.” A prayer, speaking directly to the Allfather himself; as if speaking to his own father. This piece is just way too chilling to be of this world.
@Solve Everything odinism is a real religion, there are those of us that still put our faith in the old gods, the real gods, we are still very much in tune with the earth and our spirituality and the old ways
@Dan Arterer. if you feel the gods call to you then embrace them, my family are Scandinavian and Scottish, the norse religion is still very much around
I needed this today. I awoke with a start, my body aching, my thoughts a maelstrom of anxiety and self-hatred. I have a lot of work to do so I can bring myself up. This song helps me heal. Thank you.
The last sung lyrics are actually a magical spell: "You will be free from the bonds that bind you! You are free from the bonds that bound that you!" The lines are identical, but the first is future-tense, and the second is past/present, implying something occurring between the lines (this is not unlike a priest committing an action by "pronouncing you man and wife"). The song itself -- the promise of immortality in song, to the worthy hearer -- is attempting to purge from the listener their fear of death; their "bonds" which prevent them from great and heroic action. The previous stanza is the boast (the promise), and the last two lines are the spell.
A magical spell? I would rather say an incantation within a prayer. Some Christians(and others) will probably get somehow upset, but many official prayers are actually incantations or including incantations...
This song and all the Wardruna songs gave me power to live and get up from bed after my husband's stroke 5 years ago. This music and voices were for me like a mixture of grief and power, exactly what I felt and what I needed. Thank you Einar Selvik, Aurora, Wardruna! I still listen your beautiful music and voices, especially this song, and I do it everyday. And everytime the song touches my soul.
I don't know what happened. One minute, I was Puerto Rican, the next minute, I'm a Viking, ready to dine with the Gods in Valhalla! All seriousness though, I been fascinated with the cultures and definitely inlove with the music. Amazing!
I prefer Heilung the most, but I have collected the albums of Both these band's (well the entire discography avail on bandcamp for both bands and I have added Danheim to my wishlist...) Check out the Nordvis label on BandcampCOM if you like any of the before mentioned bands............
Who's idea was it to let Aurora sing with Wardruna? Who ever it was, It was a fucking brilliant idea.
Makes perfect sense my dude. They are both Norwegian, it's their heritage.
Both Einar's and Aurora's voice meld so well together, it really brings out the feeling of the song.
That's why I stated it was a great idea.
Want her to be in Vikings as a character
Aurora and Einar are from the same area in Norway - Bergen. They probably knew each other before.
I don't have a single drop of Norwegian blood in me, but hearing this kind of music makes me feel proud of a culture that's not even mine... As I read in another comment: "I feel homesick for a place I've never been to"
Music can awaken a part of your soul you never knew existed. Im sure we all have lived many lives
I couldn't agree more
@Sybe Search Metal Detecting even us who have been born in Turkey?
Sybe Search Metal Detecting No they can’t. They are children of wherever they are from - which is just as great. But they can however appreciate it anyway.
I agree I don't know if I have any but I am learning and I have taken to the religion and I am learning the language as well
This song was played on the funeral from my 43 old husband who lost the battle against cancer last week.
He loved this song and so am.
It fits perfect on his funeral he was a viking warior against the cancer battle 😢❤
sorry for your loss! he's now in valhala for he was a great warrior! one day you'll meet again for death is only a passage! may the gods keep blessing you! Stay strong, you are not alone!
@@gabrielboller2446 Valhalla isn't for those who die of sickness. People who die of sickness go to Hel to be with their ancestors.
@@williamnewman7632I think you missed the point here, my brother! But I thank you for sharing the knowledge!
@@gabrielboller2446 thanks 🙏
@@williamnewman7632 people who died from a deadly disease fight a batlle bigger than you will ever understand.
So sad you don t understand
I was Einar's neighbor for a year a while back, we would say hello and have a chat now and then, mostly about everyday things, changing tyres. A fantastic guy, polite, kind, quite cool. I always felt a sense of calm in his presence. I felt quite starstruck when I met him. Once I told him I liked the album "Yggdrasil" very good. Then he thanked me very modestly. At the same time had started watching Vikings and Wardruna went straight to the core.
I recommend everyone to listen to most of what Wardruna has released. This performance with Aurora, who is also an amazing artist, makes me cry, but it gives me an indescribable power throughout me. Goosebumps and well-being at the same time, almost as if the soul is soothed.
Ты счастливчик😊
The thing about power couldn't be more right.
It feels like something deep down is being brought back to life
Aurora truly is the perfect fit, as she lives in the spiritual realm, dancing with fairies, like she said herself. A true vanir-blessed. Einar just has presence, no need to be a berserk, no need to be loud. He just IS. Loving, caring and conected to his gods. There are no 2 others I would know, they truly stand behing every note, every word, every emotion which is in that somgs and the story/tradition/spirituality behind it, valued in the right way.
Jamen tror du at vi de gamle vikinger er kolde mennesker
Didn’t you ever asked him about his Gorgoroth days. If what you said is true I’d definitely ask him about his Gorgoroth days
I need an Aurora x Wardruna album.. 25 songs deep. Cmon... I need more aurora singing in Norwegian. She sounds so god damn good.
Her voice is like an angel
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Wardruna or Aurora if you’re seeing this PLEASE!!!!!! Consider this!!! I will literally burst from happiness
Its old icelandic, as close as You can come to old norse tounge. Its amazing neverless. I am swedish
I have been playing this almost non stop for the last ten days since my husband died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was a Viking and Anglo Saxon reenactor and loved Wardruna. It will play at his cremation.
Oh I am so so so sorry for your loss.
God Bless you and give you strength❤
goosebumps .....
you'll meet him in the afterlife again and he will thank you
dee renwick ❤️
You know you’re a good singer if Aurora is acting as your backup singer. This man has pipes.
Fax. Bro
Yeah
What he has even more is SOUL, SPIRITUALITY and PASSION, which he pours into his singing to elevate it. His songs are prayers and articles of faith, drawn deep from within the ancient soul of his people. He's not merely an artist with talent and good technique, he's a priest to the old norse gods and they obviously blessed him with the skald's mead!
true haha we almot can't hear her voice
@Whizper2me L YY
If this isn’t played at my funeral, I’m not going
LOL, I was just relistening to it after putting it on the requested playlist for my funeral 😅
Me too lol
omg right??!!
If Aurora was a siren we would all be doomed to drown in the sea.
This is possibly the best description of Aurora that I have ever seen.
Indeed
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
She is a siren, you're just never near the sea
She is Valkyrie
I really wish Aurora would do more Nordic style music, I love her other stuff but the Norse Pagan side of me desperately wants to hear her doing more Norse styled music
Right
same
Some of her songs sound quite pagan to me: Under the Water, Warrior, Animal, Churchyard. Give them a try if you dont know them already ;)
@@corneliuanca6244 pagan sure but not viking age folkish vibes haha
@@Boudicaisback best I could do :D
Doesn't matter what language a song is sung in - you know it moves your very soul when it sends shivers up and down your spine every time you hear it!
FUCK YES !
A lot of Wardruna songs do that for me. I only under stand very simple Norwegian but I think it really makes you focus on the voice and sounds, not the words specifically.
They way these two sing together is haunting and I can't get enough of them.
Couldn’t agree more. I understand not one word but I love it none the less.
it's nordic language
I'm Polish. I learned every fucking word in this song in Norwegian, never heard anything so beautiful before... I'm crying everytime I hear this masterpiece...
I'm Norwegian and I was in Poland this summer, Kraków, for a week and I loved it. Great old town, fantastic restaurants and had a blast at the Arcade Museum👍
Ah! I wish I saw this sooner! I liver here and I know exactly where you were! I hope you had the best time!
Just to be sure, it's not actually Norwegian though, right? So did you translate it as best as you could? I'm also learning. :)
@@paulfraszczynski674 It's Norwegian and Norse (old Norwegian), if you talk about the lyrics? Yea we had a great time in Kraków. We drove all the way from Oslo - Larvik (ferry to Denmark) - Hamburg - Berlin - Kraków. The traffic is horrible in Kraków but the tram is great so it's just to park the car and use public transport. Almost all restaurants had tartare on the menu, so we learned something about popular dishes in Poland as well. Zurek and pierogi is my favorite Polish dish I think. Zurek with smoked sausage 👍
Jealous @@28salihaksoy28
Waiting for that Wardruna, Aurora & Heilung collab... I would die.
Yes fucking please
Yap
They'll be waiting for you in the great feast hall in Valhalla, because that would be entirely out of this world!
Yesss
Yes please I'd cry
I love how Aurora’s dress makes her an avatar of Freyja, with her magic cloak of White Raven Feathers, she can go anywhere, unseen, shape-shifted. She represents Freyja here in my recognition.
Is it not falcon feathers, friend? But she absolutely embodied Freyja here for me too 💖
@@DefenderOfAvalon yeah Freyja wears a cloak of falcon feathers, shes presented herself to me as a falcon too
Wow!!!!👍👌👌👍👍👌❤❤
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
Friday is yrs
It has to be said...the sound guy's done a fantastic job here.
Definitely!
Lets not forget the lighting technician!
@@erikdevries2215 She fades it. At 2:32 for instance you can clearly hear that if she wants, she can up the volume. She just adjusts beautifully. The smoother feminine voice as support to Einar's daunting cries.
@@TheStraightestWhitest who is erik?
@@davidhagberg6118 My bad, Einar.
Soul-healing music, literally
❤
Damn right, I am so baked right now 😂
Danna! Que sorpresa xd
😇✌🧘♀
Danna! Qué bonita sorpresa. Ando pasando por lo mismo que tú estos meses, y sí, esta canción ayuda bastante.
This sounds how standing on a cliff looking out over a stormy sea feels.
Or on the cold grassy plains whilst longing for your warship..
periodt 😌
Check out Black Naza featuring Heimta Thurs. Very haunting music to the churning of the waves.
Well said. Or standing on the bridge of a ship in the midst of a Norwegian Sea storm watching a mountainous wave bearing down on your ship.
You should see the video of aurora and wardruna literally sang this in a cliff pit cave in seafront. With choir. Goosebumps all around
So few people understand that Hel isn’t the same as the monotheistic version of hell. Hel is the Norse version of heaven for those who do not die in battle. Those who die in battle go to Valhalla. Those who die a normal death, go to Hel. It isn’t considered a bad place. Nifleheim is the Norse version of hell.
thank you for the info!
ƷʒϮHEAVEN IS OVERRATEDƷʒϮ
But Christians had a nasty habit of 'procuring' Celtic, Germanic and Norse pagan beliefs, into Christian holidays/traditions, and calling them Christian ideas all along. Christmas for example, the flesh and blood figure Jesus would've been born either June or July; Ancient Christians not knowing that, took Pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice to eventually replace Pagan beliefs. They took Norse "Hel" too, to turn it into the Christian "Hell".
@@kimberlyh.1090 Quite natural that. It is difficult to change customs and culture. I don't think people here in Norway would have been willing to give up celebrating the turn of the sun. You still hear people here say they are not celebrating Christmas, they are celebrating 'Solsnu' (sunturn). There is a reason why they built the churches on the same places as the old Norse temples (Hov) used to stand.
But Hel is in Niflheim. Truth is we have no idea what the Old Norse thought of Hel. All sources describing it are from centuries later.
Scandinavians seem to be the most in touch with nature and spirituality than any other European group. These unique cultures need to be preserved. I love Scandinavian music.
Nope. Every single culture before romans were like this more or less. Im from cantabria, in northern spain and here people used to eat toxic berrys instead of letting the romans slave them, and when romans burnt them alive, they sang pagan songs. They had mountains and old forests as holy places
@@weisthor0815 religions are evil...theres a difference between religion and spirituality. The first one is manipulated by men, while the second is the faith in something superior and the values (love, peace and all these things). But leaders used the spirituality to create religions and manipulate the crowd. I'm personally agnostic because I don't believe in any religion, but I'm a spiritual person. Sorry for this long message, I hope this can help someone to think about it.
@@claudiov3993 don't forget proto Slavic folk bands too
i think he meant today, not in ancient times. Still kind of a strange thought, i dont think theres alot of that kind of ppl in scandinavia or in any other place in europe. Its all the same grey mass
I’m Danish, and I just found out I’m directly related to the first official king of norway (King Harald). I’ve recently grown very fond of my roots, partly thanks to music like this
Aurora is like.. a Fairy amongst Wolfes who sing in Harmony with the Wind and Moon . It is absolutely amazing and chilling.. i cant believe if just found it now!
❤❤❤
what the hell is even that
The whole song is amazing, but when Aurora and Einar hit some harmonies, oh my lordy lord
Lordy Lord all right ❤
Lord this is not for Christians it is them who have destroyed our heritage
It nearly brings me to my knees.... holding back tears
Einar takes off and flys with the gods
Aurora bless her
My husband, Chad Aaron Maples, died on June 7, 2020 very unexpectedly. I saw the whole thing and am very traumatized. I'm supposed to go to the funeral home today to "make decisions". I didn't want to live today. Chad spoke to me and told me to come back to our roots. Come listen to this song again. This song has always meant a lot to us, and now it's keeping me alive. I love you babe and I miss you with everything in me.
"You will be free from the bonds that bind you,
You are free from the bonds that bound you!"
I’m so sorry 💔
June 7 is my 65 birthday
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💙
Im sorry for your loss I wish you the best and hope you are alright .
I'm so sorry for loss 💔
I wish you the best and I really hope you're alright.
I'm terribly sorry for your loss. A lot of strenght and courage to you. Take care.
Stay strong stranger
Really fascinating to read all these comments from people saying that they don't understand the language but still love the song. And this proves again that music doesn't just use the language of words but the language of the soul. Especially an emotional song like this. I love it.
This has been my argument for listenting to japanese music. Also its always fun when artists from Norway(my homeland) that does not sing in english gets attention outside of the homeland.
@@cactuscornette You must mean QI YI Nong "Late Autumn" :)
You feel this kind of music tru yore bones.. This to!! It is making you human
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
It's not a book...it's a song...it has notes and chords. Replace these minor chords with a major and it would have a completely different effect, regardless of words.
Lost my 16 year old furbaby last night 11/1 and I played this in our room as the techs helped him transition to the other world.
I played this song for his journey as he was wearing a cloak of his favorite stuffed animal I made him.
Thank you for being a part of a painfully beautiful time in my life! He fought cancer as a warrior and I felt it fitting he leave this plane as one. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awweee, that must be heartbreaking, but what a lovely send off. People without fur babies will never quite understand that deep connection. Best wishes to you.
@ thank you so much for the kind and understanding words that I can feel! Means so much! Take care and many blessings to you and your loved ones
Realyl wish Aurora would do more songs with Wardruna, they are amazing together!
realyl though
They toured together a few years ago. I saw them in Portland. Best show ever.
@@feet300 oregon? Thats incredible
Yeah? i dunno, Eivar pretty much drowns her voice out...
Cosmic Gaming that’s because she’s singing back up and harmonies. he’s supposed to drown her out, unless she’s harmonizing like at 3:17 or 4:02
I lost my wife to Cancer a little over 18 months ago, and I've struggled every day since. On Friday I saw Wardruna in Manchester and they finished with this song. I was floored by the visceral emotions it stirred in me. I held her as she died and passed on. This is something we all have to face, and mark ourselves by. Thank you Wardruna for helping me let her go.
Sorry to here that mate. I was there at the Albert Hall too and could feel alot of deep emotion in the room during this one. Glad you found some healing.
Sorry to hear that mate. Was at the same gig. Very spiritual. Xx
So sorry for your loss sir. To lose a loved one to such a horrible thing as cancer, I can't even imagine. I have yet to see Wardruna in concert but I found them a few years ago and have been stirred by their words and the sound. Heilung as well is worth listening to as well. Praying for you and your wife.
You were strong so she could hold on to you and for that you are a warrior. I wish you a wonderful life in memory of her. Take care brother
🖤🌹
My daughter died 4 days ago. My hearth is broken. This song brings me peace and i will see her again on the other site again. We will play this song at her funeral. Thank you Wadruna for this song and for the peace it brings. Hail to all people who suffer loss and pain. May you find peace again.
💚💚
Oh mo god, so sorry
Lo siento mucho... So sorry...
So sorry to hear that. If it means something i'll pray for You and your daughter. Stay strong.
😪Heartbreaking💔🖤
From the deepest of my 💚 all the best for you & all your loved ones. Best Wishes from Germany 🍀🍀🍀
I lost my boys to the cruel hand of another human. I will lose the mother I never had but just recently found to cancer soon. Reading all those comments about your stories and your loss makes me feel less alone. I come here for comfort and to find life again.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss. No words could hope to ease such loss, but here is a virtual hug from a friend you haven't met yet. 🤗 take care of yourself and I hope incredible music like this can help you too. Much love.
It's good to see that many Norwegians are seeking their true cultural identity :) their culture is so beautiful
The Danes too
Good on yous. As a Scottish pagan I can confirm Scotland has lost some of its culture sadly.
John Marston I’m a welsh pagan, you still got your haggis in your culture from years ago lol just kidding you, you have the bag pipes that frighten the enemies with the music that was played from them many years ago
@@johnmarston4012 Paganism is modern made-up BS
@@glagolivedi2306 if you count 10,000bc as modern
I'm seeing people mention that they're from Africa, Mexico, all kinds of places loving this song.
I love seeing people come together and express their love for something together.
And man there is no better song to come together than this song
"music the great communicator" - RHCP
@Elric BB Thats it, when out times come we will sing our death song like a warrior returning home
You are right!
@@sgtbaker2072 y4
Don Woods, your words brought me to tears.
This is literally the only thing left on the planet that makes me feel.
Update: I still breathe. This song has always been there for me. I was ready to walk the road to Hel. I had serious depression and I wanted to die. Now I look forward to living life. Hel can wait.
You havent heard Loreena Mckennit sing "Highwayman" or Heilung "Krisgaldur". This is the tip of the iceberg for people as lost as we are.
@@jakejohnson6229 thanks for the suggestion , looking it up after this.
I’m with you on that don’t mind the profile pic lol. Mine I mean
Hail Loki! vision2020. Odin and Thor are dead! #DDrJmr101
Not all who wonder are lost
I will always cry when I hear this. My father passed away the day we saw Wardruna in Athens last year. This just hit my 🖤differently.
Oh no! So sorry for your loss. Hope you still like this song in spite of the memories. It's a loaded song now.
I was at that show. Unbelievable performance. I went all the way from Texas to Norway just to see them and will do it again next year.
Awesome that you did! I love Wardruna and Aurora is a good fit :)
Where can you buy tickets from?
@canadian aussie I went in August of 2018.
@@lukejbonner I went to their website and it directed me to a link.
@@kristoferjonsen2081 my ancestry is Norwegian as well. I only spent a week there in Bergen but it was a beautiful country. I'd love to live there one day.
Anyone else think this live version is even better than the already awesome studio version?
Randy Rowe Not better, same
Both are beautiful in their own way.
How about this one: ua-cam.com/video/cg0TQyjdHJ0/v-deo.html It sent me right over the edge.
@@MealeaYing Ahhhh, the best of the best... of the best!!! I couldn't stop listening it :D
I notice that certain area of the world is reaching back into their ancient roots, they are connecting to something that studios dont know how to produce yet
Aurora fits so well with Wardruna.
There are only true artists on this stage ^^
And it's crazy to know that she is only 22!!! I still can't believe it!!
Aurora is good but I prefer Eivør
Yes Nathan.
No she doesn't. She looks like a gangrel creature like Gollum and her voice is just not fitting, imo.
Your comment is harsh, really. But yes, Aurora is more like a pop-girly but she did great at Helvegen in Kirkhelleren på Sanna.
Aurora's heavenly voice blends perfectly with the epic music of Wardruna!
I’m Swedish and this song makes me miss the old ways and the old gods that celebrated life, death and everything between!
I sense your feel of loss about this brother. Regards from the Netherlands.
here the question, is it 100% swedish? i mean the words they are using, just want to know if its modern language or they use ancient one for singing :)
@@siamakp1207 No it’s Norwegian but the languages is similar. But I do not know if it’s a modern or old dialect. It could be some old Norse dialect/language.
@@Sweed87 I know that Norway has two mainstream dialects 'bokmål' and 'Nynorsk.' But the language that is closest to old-norse (the language of the vikings) is icelandic and the language of the Faroe Islands.
You still can live that way, it only depends on you.
I play this for my brother who lost his life 2 days ago.
Now he is feasting and drinking in a great hall. So I must not greive his death, but celebrate his life.
And I will see him again when that day comes.
Skål! Celebrate your brother, -you will meet again! Best regards from Norway 🇧🇻
God bless your brother man. I hope that he is in heaven.
U will see him again ! Skal
Bro I know how it feels....last December I lost my childhood friend at the age of 24...he was an apprentice journalist and was manefesting in Tirana against our government. The police shot him dead on his back and then pretended he menaced them with a gun. He was the elder brother I never had as our mums are bffs since when they were 6yo and we grew up together between the docks of the harbor of Durres 😢 he used to love this kind of music and now it's all that remained me of him 😢 may he rest in peace wherever he is
May he forever be remembered, since the reputation of a man never dies, skål!
These songs are raw and strong. As if earth is singing them. That's why we all feel we belong to this culture. In fact, we belong to earth and nothing represents it as much as these songs
VERY TRUE ☺️ !!! When you can feel the Earth and celebrate together like this, it's such a beautiful, connecting feeling ! We ALL have a little of the Old gods and the witches deep down in our souls !
You can feel your forebears calling you to walk the noble & warrior’s path with this. You can feel it dancing in your blood 🩸
Sköl, my fellows, kin and folk!
@@gayleeidson6724 I think we have MUCH MORE than you assume! 😉
@@Doomedmandy77 You all are culture vultures
I think that the lyrics is wroten by these singers, but the músic is original of the Voluspa, wich is a long song about the scandinavian mithology and begins explaining that many generacions of men are pasing between the creation of the world and the viking armagedon day; Ragnarok.
My son In law passed away unexpectedly two weeks before his baby girl was born...and this is his sleep song. May Odin, Freya and Floki be honored.
I remember being in such a bad place mentally. One day instead of waking up for work I just left my shitty appartement with headphones inside a backpack and walked. Walked not knowing where I was going, I wanted to go far away. I walked as far as I could, walked roads that turned into paths that slowly disappeared as I was just getting lost in the forest. I walked and walked, through trees, cutting rocks and steep hills, my mind rumbling with dark thoughts, so loud that soon I could notice something weird.
Where I stopped, in a ravine with a gentle stream was flowing, was complete silence. So I sat. I tried as hard as possible to hear what sound the silence made. And for some reason, like a howl far far away brought by the wind I heard this song. Plugged my headphones, and started to play the album.
In my bag I had a small notebook and a pen. During the whole album I just wrote what I was feeling, even if it didn't make any sense. I wrote endlessly crying like a baby, and finally coming to the end of this song, Helvegen, the end of the album as well, I was done. I ripped the pages and buried the under a tree by the water stream.
I don't know how but Wardruna made me feel so many emotions at once. Anger, passion, fear, love, ambition, sadness, nostalgia and hope. I let it all out on those poor pages and by doing so, feeling much better. Wardruna probably saved me this day. I have nothing of a scandinavian in me, but it was beyond ethnicity. Thank you Wardruna, you'll always hold a special place in my heart, thank you
Great story. Thanks for sharing it with us
Feel the same today, so much pain and sorrow.....
@@jennyburger7865 hang in there, it's difficult but it goes away eventually
Gary I am holding on....
@@jennyburger7865 You'd be amazed how much a good laugh clears the mental ducts and plumbing of crap. Not some demented 'laughter therapy' class. Just stick on your favourite comedy show, or stand-up routine, and let rip. I speak from experience, as one who was inches away from closing my account permanently.
This song is like a triumphant blast of the human experience leaving its mark on existence before vanishing into the wind.
It just came to me recently that it's curious how man is the most willing to die when he's the most fulfilled. When there's resentment, hate, and disappointment in you, you cling to life, yet when you experience something truly elevating, you feel "I can die now and not a moment of my life would have been wasted". We can only hope to meet our own and in such a state of mind.
@Fire from within gods care about deeds not bloodlines
Good comment dude
Quite! It's really transcendent, no matter what culture, or religion is our background. We go triumphant to the gates of death itself knowing that we've left something of value behind... but it's not all I guess. You're reputation can be of lower sort, than you'd spend eternity knowing that the immortal part of you isn't to be proud of. I see it as the lyrical speaker is triumphant, proud, but he gives the listeners an a advise, or even a warning
this could be the most vivid a moving statement about a song ever. *applauds
I was present at this concert, absolutely breathtaking
Lucky bastard lol
I'm am very jealous. Also love how silent the crowd was, must of been an experience.
Goddamn! This concert is all I need in my life
I could not be more jealous. 😍❤️
I’m jealous! This gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it
I wish I was Norwegian to be a part of this amazing culture. What more does anyone need? Beautiful country,good food, good economy and most of all, a very rich culture. Love Norway.
You’re in luck. Odin is the allfather, not the some father.
@@kristophertibbets5986 I wish... I was forced to be a Christian, how would Odin even look upon me? How could I even be a part of all this when I am not even living in Norway?
Maybe in a different life...
To be honest, most norwegians are very americanized, eating pizza, watching netflix, living busy & secular lives live most of the west.
Few have a deeper appreciation/awareness of the older cultural values
Something ancient stirs in my soul whenever I hear this!
@Christian Trevisan What bothers you so much about someone saying that?
@@rev1ction cuz hes name is christian
Considering how many of many or I ancestors where enslaved by both the Roman and the countries and city states of the middle ages. Many try to seek out their past. To reconnect with their ancestors but they are told to stop by those who are still connected. Why is that?
Arni Seizoivć it’s ironic because many Scandinavians renounced their Nordic faith and become Christian...
Brit & Patrick & Son Haven & Mullen & Mullen cheers to everything you said my friend! 🍺
Crying like a little kid... This is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.
Same, as a 47 years young male, moved me to tears.
I can't listen to it without just balling my eye's out! The ancestral spirits are so strong!
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
Me too. this music is out of world
Welcome to The North of Europe. The land of the Wikings
Brown southeast Asian Metalhead here.
Damn it Aurora can sing. Her pipes are so clean and loud. Perfect control and harmonic. This performance should be in the CD on the space ship to nowhere. Aliens would love it.
Musk put it on the Tesla floating to no where.
@@blueblur6447 for real?
Nah not for real.. We could hope he had good taste though. He did put a car off in space though :)
@@blueblur6447 IDK if that's good taste or madness. Mad genius of course.
IDK how many times I've listened and watched this. Thousands, easily.
I literally cry whenever I listen to this song even if i don't understand the language. These type of music is just beyond the physical and words.
Same to me, I also cry and I don't understand what he says
He talks about death. And as he walks the path of death, he will let go of everything and only his name and reputation will live forever.
My father died suddenly last saturday. He was best man I known in my life.
I played him this version of this song two weeks earlier.
Thank You for this song. It warms up my heart, and calms my soul, and will always remind me of him.
❤
Have peace on the way to your next life, old man. T__T
Your message hit me right in the feels, I wish you the best. Your dad will always be with you.
Beautiful way to remember your father
Your message brought tears to my eyes.
As a Nordic guy this makes me very proud of my heritage . Greetings from Sweden
Edit : Sending lots of love to everyone who replied , wherever you guys come from we love you :)
Skål broder!
skål!
Unfortunately I'm not a Nordic😔
@@baddiebi4186 skål ändå! (Cheers anyways!)
@@nilsolofleif8886 skål !!😂
Disney couldn’t have found a better “voice of the unknown” aurora is a siren calling from beyond.
How did disney use this ?
Pablo Escobar Aurora is “the voice” in frozen 2. She is so danged talented.
@@minkeymagik oh really ? I watched that in the cinema and didnt notice
Pablo Escobar yes, she is the siren. Our Norwegian little elf-angel siren 😉
Disney es muy turbio =$
I saw them recently in Athens at Herodes Atticus ancient theatre, with the Acropolis on one side and them on the other and I have to tell you it was something to live for.
I can feel it in your words and the place you heard it.
Death is a gift
To live is a privilege
To feel is grace
To let go is Valhalla
Jesus loves you
@@harbingersev-oh-wohne Please keep your genocidal religion out of this thread
@@kdubs9111Jesus is the only God... U false god worshiper!
@@unknownvibe6729 Jesus, Odín, Allah, no matter what the fuck you believe, the main porpuse of religion should be a good person
@@BleachMind95 This is beautiful
As a Native American, love this, beautiful
Which nation or tribe do you belong to?
Yeh same with as a Filipino🇵🇭✨ but/and she's (AURORA) Norwegian🇳🇴✨ btw
Is it odd that some of the note choices in this remind me a bit of some native american music I've heard?
Первый раз вижу настоящих индейцев.
same here bub
rolling through the hood with this on blast getting some strange looks from the homies
Lol
This is "hood Shi* " ..( 1042 AD )
@Gaelic Snake Charmer glad I could be of service my friend ✨👌😎
You are free to like what you like, music transcends race.
Jealousy 😂
Aurora's voice is the lullaby to my soul.
By far the best version. Einar's deep voice accompanied by this elvish mystical voice of Aurora.
She just adds so much to this song. Strong powerful beautiful voice. Just magical and I'm obsessed. I've watched this like hundreds of time. Letting it replay for 3-4 times isn't uncommon at this point.
Indeed, it is just beautiful. I have it on repeat most times, a shame this isn't available on any music streaming services.
I feel like Aurora’s mystical voice represents the supernatural and/or otherworldly whilst Einar’s deep voice represents humanity and/or Earth
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
I like this one more.
There's something off with the other song.
You should hear the version with Eivør. She sang it with Einar before aurora did
Please release a single or something of this with Aurora, she really lifts the song into a whole new dimension
Excellent idea!!!!! I absolutely agree with you!!
Record in the cave of Treana festival full hd remaster is what we need yass please!
Totally disagree. Aurora just add some freshness, but this song is whole new dimension by itself and without her voice
Jasmin I totally agree!
Yes please ! =D
I'm African so I can't even understand the song,but it makes me feel so grounded and at peace. I love this!! New fan here!!!!! ❤️💖
(Thank you for all your kind words.......yes I believe music transcends culture and race)
It's like a ritual song to help the spirits pass through to the spiritual world I think
Wellcome to Norway my friends
Type helvegen - translation, i'm not sure but i think they're all
Some of ''eivor'' and ''Danheim '' are translated ,such as ''i tokuni '' i riden sa '' and trollabundin also ''herr mannelig''
Same!
I keep coming back to this, this is liquid gold to my ears. It awakens something deep inside me. Please put this on Spotify
My husband just passed away last Sunday, and this song brings me so much comfort. I will be playing this when we spread his ashes. Blessings to you!
May Odin watch you both.
@@chrismanley9767 Thank you so much! I am completely and utterly lost at the moment.
May the Valkyries Welcome him into odins great halls. He will soon be drinking ale from curved horns.
How are you now?
I'm so sorry. You will meet again my dear❤
This song was incredible to begin with, but Aurora's harmonies have brought it to another level. Wicked goosebumps!
Gets me right in the feels every time.
Agreed, she harmonizes perfectly - her vocals only add to the performance but don't compete, thus making this version even more enchanting and powerful
Hard nipples everytime.
@@Kiki-Buttons this demonstrates how weak her projection is compared to einar, and he started as a drummer
“It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns. This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death! I shall not enter Odin’s hall with fear. There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. The Aesir will welcome me! My death comes without apology! And I welcome the valkyries to summon me home!”
-Ragnarr Loðbrók
U mean actor travis fimmil
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
"Farewell my Brother. It gladdens me to know that Odin makes ready the benches for a feast. Soon you will be drinking ale from curved horns. The Valkyries summon you home."
Chills every time. Best speech in tv history, hands down, bar none.
Thanks for the memory!
SKÅL! 🍻
This literally make me cry like a baby but not bcz of sadness but because of joy, i felt like it was like a caress to my soul, this song is beautiful
Lyrics translated:
"Kven skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me
i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me
når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path to Hel (Not hell - but the realm of the dead)
og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold
Eg songane søkte---------------I sought the songs
Eg songane sende--------------I sent the songs
då den djupaste brunni------------when the deepest well
gav meg dråper så ramme------------gave me the drops so bitter
av Valfaders pant---------------of Death-fathers wager
Alt veit eg, Odin-----------------I know it all, Odin
kvar du auge løynde------------where you hid your eye
Hvem skal synge meg-------------Who shall sing me
i daudsvevna slynge meg------------into the death-sleep sling me
når eg på Helvegen går------------When I walk on the Path to Hel
og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda-------and the tracks I tread are cold, so cold
Årle ell i dagars hell--------------early in the days end
enn veit ravnen om eg fell------------still the raven knows if I fall
Når du ved Helgrindi står -----------When you stand by the Gate of Hel
og når du laus deg må riva------------And you have to tear free
skal eg fylgje deg-----------------I shall follow you
over Gjallarbrua med min song-----------across the Resounding Bridge with my song
Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg!---------You will be free from the bonds that bind you!
Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg!----------You are free from the bonds that bound that you!
Døyr fe, døyr frender---------------Cattle die, kinsmen die
Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die
men ordet om deg aldreg døyr----------but the word about you will never die
vinn du et gjetord gjevt---------------if you win a good reputation
Døyr fe, døyr frender ----------------Cattle die, kinsmen die
Døyr sjølv det sama----------------You yourself will also die
Eg veit et som aldreg døyr------------I know one that never dies
dom om daudan kvar---------------the reputation of those who died
Kven*
Edit: all "hvem" should be kven, it's basic nynorsk.
Thank you!! I've been trying to learn how to sing this, but it's not in my mother tongue. The translations help so much!
Ty dude
Who’s meg
Thank you.
Wardruna great but Aurora lit my heart. This girl is fantastic. For that reason Einar gave her only the first verse. She gave this song a different dimension.
Aurora Aksness is fantastic!! Wardruna is fantastic!! Wish they collaborated more, but since these are about the only two artist I listen to I'm good so long as they both keep doing their own things
Aurora seemed to be the lilting, lightfelt beginning verse - the wistful sadness of loss, and what it means for individuals in the longterm - as if the pain of loss now promises healing, which it eventually does. But then, after her sweetly lilting solo, the *CRACK* of Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir, and the thunder hits. Odin the Allfather’s Ravens caw, and the deep, DEEP percussion of the dirge kicks in... And now it’s time to sing about death, with the deeper and fiercer voice of Wardruna. And eventually, Aurora will join back in to sing in unison with it all coming full circle. I love how they played out these vocal dimensions. It’s so dynamic and almost makes ya feel ALL the emotions that the concept of death brings to people; loss, mystery, a bit of fear/awe maybe, and healing. They did a FANTASTIC job with the stagecraft here.
Adam kowalski It amazes me how strong her voice is. I can hear her clearly when she sings with them.
@@tdmj2812 - Exactly! I am completely blown away.
Now go listen to Kalandras version
I have absolutely no Scandinavian in me, but this song brought me to tears and that isn't something that happens very often... This is more than just a song it's centuries of culture, and thinking about it sent chills through my spine... How this piece of song survived centuries and now, in today's world, in an extremely different culture, I can somehow feel this song, like it's calling to me. It's the most beautiful thing I've heard
Hail Oden!
I feel exactly the same. As far as I know, I have no Scandinavian in me, but this music, their culture, it draws me in like nothing ever has before. I absolutely ball to this, it’s the only music that makes me feel this way. I don’t know what it is.
I feel you. I've always loved everything related to Vikings even though I don't think I have any Scandinavian in me as my family on my mom's side still has aboriginal Canadian blood and apparently my dad has a German % but this song literally makes me cry and sends shivers down my spine too... I love everything about their culture and wish I was born in said environment...
@@filipsjodin7437 I hope you sad Oden in joke :)) or is that corect and not Odin ?
@@lagaboiegaming2476 In swedish it's spelled Oden. It depends on the dialect you speak too but it's the simplest way to explain it.
this is absolutely enchanting. i wish aurora did more norse music.
I saw them with my 9yr old son last month. I told my child this is not a concert it is a ceremony and I must say indeed it was
You are a great Mother May Freja look over you
@@mrvinyl-mrchili9583 indeed she does and always has thank you
@@mrvinyl-mrchili9583 I looked at your UA-cam channel what language are you speaking? I wish I understood it LOL
@@macloviapadilla7870 its danish
Iam from denmark
As a Norwegian i can tell you this is oldstyle Norwegian language. Når eg på helvegen går....
"When I, on the road to Hel, walk" Its like Shakespeare in norsk.
@@brodieknight772 ooo cool
So this is Nynorsk? Greetings from Germany
@@Santeria78 Yes it's nynorsk, but the prayer like part at very end is a quote from Håvamål and in Norse.
Thanks for the insight. It's very cool. I keep coming back to this and the festival version that's on the UA-cam.
This is my 2 year olds favorite song!! We listen to "rora and beard" at least 3 times a day! Proud mama right here
That’s great parenting right there! Kudos to you ma’am.
That’s adorable!❤️
@@hammerofgod85 agreed
Took me a while to work it out but aurora did the kulning in frozen 2 (the call Elsa hears) more kids love her than she gets recognition for!! Love the rora and the beard thing 😂
"Rora and beard" That's so wholesome!
This is the blood that courses through my veins. I’m born and raised in Norway and this makes my souls sing.
Loads of random british people confused to why they feel the same, ancestors getting embarrassed
Makes my soul sing and I'm from New Mexico, maybe my past life
@@dimitriofthedon3917 I am British, predominantly lowland Scottish and this song brings me to tears :D
@@dimitriofthedon3917 Most Brits actually have some Scandinavian genes. All the vikings pillaging and all. ;)
@@m1nayondaime that was my point
This track with WARDRUNA, the whole band, and AURORA, deserves to be one of the greatest tracks in the history of UA-cam
UA-cam have nothing to do with musical history😂
@@iHelps4u Ok, let’s make it easy for you to understand, the greatest track viewed, played in the history of the UA-cam platform.
@@kpeecee sounds better now 😂🤘
@@iHelps4u So glad for your approval
If only they had a Nobel Prize for best musical collaboration, this would be the only contender.
I think the reason this song resonates so much is that we are all fighting our own personal battles, we are all the underdog in our own story, and this song yearns for the need to fight back.
Fighting demons in my head (that caused me to physically damage my head). This song makes me want to fight them harder and win, rather succumb and lose the battle
Finally I found the English version of Wardruna - Völuspá. :D
ua-cam.com/video/MijvxixJaqM/v-deo.html
Well written!
@@hunsuconab9538 why would you want the English version?
Its about dying actually.
Please don't forget the other female singer in the dark behind Aurora... She brillantly did her job too !!! 2:50 , 3:17 , 4:10 ...
Lindy Fay Hella. She has major parts in Wardruna's more recent songs. :)
@@sanjuro66 She's literally the voice of goddess.
Thank you for saying this! She's a brilliant artist, and it takes enormous skill to back up not outshine the lead vocals. A lot of serious restrain and heaps more talent :)🙏💕
@@sanjuro66 Yes, She was doing support with her own band, together with Kalandra, at the recent concert of Wardruna here in Belgium. Amazing concert. Amazing bands, all three.
What is her name ?
This song is so spine chilling.. its ethereal and makes you long for something you've never known... but when you listen to the words it is hauntingly beautiful and fills you with strength
My mom past away last week after battling cancer for 4 years. This song gives me a strange comfort and I'm playing it on repeat.
my condolences are with you. 🙏
I’m so sorry for your loss 🌺
I'm so very sorry for your loss. Stay strong sister.
Hugs ♥️
I am so sorry for your loss ❤
I am Luiseno Digueno American Indian and was raised my whole life drumming, singing and dancing in our tribes way. Makes me feel the same emotions when I hear this music. Goes to prove that we are all primal and in touch with what is real at one time.
Love the Indian wolf dance.. And Musik.
i stumbled upon this music and now i feel ime connected to some past life i cant remember,it affects your soul this music.
Some Nordic tribes made it as far as Newfoundland and even settled there.
And there was contact between the peoples.Making it possible to share/copy culture.
To be fair we all come from the same ancestors. Some things touch us all.
@@karlfessey9731 Wolf dance yes me too. I really do love the Hoop dance.
My father passed away today. I will remember him through this beautiful song. To my Viking brothers across the vast oceans, grant me the honor of raising your horns full of ale and rejoice the life my father had. Skål!
Skål my friend!
I feel your pain my bro, skal and till Valhöll my friend you shall see him again till then 🍻🥁🥃⚔️🛡️⚜️♾️
We fight for òdin, we fight for our families, see you in valhöll my viking brother. For ragnarök ⚔️ Skål!
Skål brother!
Skål Brother !... you shall meet you father in Oden's hall... and we will gather rejoice and chant... our horns replenished with ale... and hearts refreshed... never doubt about it ! Regards brother... a great hug from costa rica !
This is the best music I've ever heard.
Precies.
It took me 42 years to find my favorite song.
56😊
Your words are beautiful. Coming from a humbling place as a Native American that didn’t know there are more like us. May we all meet one day dance and sing the pleasure of our devotion, our love, our fight and what we take with us to contribute, not just what we leave behind.
There are thousands of us. We just have to meet. Just say when and where.
@@uniosil7478 I like the name what does it mean?
The native spirit of European and Middle Eastern peoples was erased by civilization. Since Scandanavia was the last place of Europe to be Christianized/civilized with Europe, there's a shred of it that's held on. It lives on through this music.
@@Zhohan- well balto-slavic peoples as well, and finno-ugric peoples also
@@uniosil7478 in Valhalla
Possibly the most powerful song ever sung by mortal man.
Have more powerful songs been sung by immortal man?
@@scottk1525 I am not much of a singer myself, but when I speak the world trembles. I do not think you want me singing.
@@TimothyEdgin huh?
do you own a katana Timothy?
@ No, you have me confused. Its the other guy with that one; I am the over-the-top one that likes to give old ladies joy rides, but I removed the staples so I could finally get a wife. 200 yrs without p@$$y is just too long. And now that I finally got laid I have no idea where that sword is or what the hell it is for. Oh crap, the wife comes, I must hide my immortal a$$, I am supposed to be doing the dishes....
Between Heilung and Warduna, I never felt goosebumps so powerful from music. I long for a time I've never existed in and to be in places I've never been where I know deep in my spirit are home. I hope one day to find those places and at least allow them hold a piece of my soul just as I hold a piece of theirs deep in my heart.
Put this version on Spotify pleeeaaasssseeee!!!!!
I'm waiting for this as well..
YES!!
Pleaseee
this version is the best version for me plz be on spotify plz
And Amazon Music!
“I know it all, Odin. Where you hid your eye.” A prayer, speaking directly to the Allfather himself; as if speaking to his own father. This piece is just way too chilling to be of this world.
I am totaly certain Einar is Ødin's gift to Midgard.
@Solve Everything it is a real religion lol
@Solve Everything it is, though.
@Solve Everything odinism is a real religion, there are those of us that still put our faith in the old gods, the real gods, we are still very much in tune with the earth and our spirituality and the old ways
@Dan Arterer. if you feel the gods call to you then embrace them, my family are Scandinavian and Scottish, the norse religion is still very much around
I'm Mexican,I don't have a single drop of Scandinavian blood, but I love this song.
It's just hard to describe what makes me feel in words.
I understand the feeling comrad!
igualmente amigo, se sienten demasiadas cosas, incluso sin entender el lenguaje que usan
@@juanpablovallejosflorez6687 me di a la tarea de buscar traducción y quisiera que la pusieran en mi funeral,es simplemente sublime
Jau paola
Que idioma es
I needed this today. I awoke with a start, my body aching, my thoughts a maelstrom of anxiety and self-hatred. I have a lot of work to do so I can bring myself up. This song helps me heal. Thank you.
My norseman forefathers are calling me home. This song is a journey of the soul.
Yes. Just yes
Same. Doesn't seem to bother them I'm 100% polish 😅
Helvegen means the way to hell💀
@@kmk4014 no it's not it's way to hel ( hel is the realm of the dead according to norse religion ) different from hell
@@GamezHubz I literally think you can gather what I was saying from an extra L....
2022 and we need this masterpiece more than ever.
exactly!!
I hope that all of us who are deeply moved by this music can be together one day.
💪🏻❤️👊🏻
The Spirit of us already together!!!
til Valhalla
Yes
Red Rocks 🖤
We will meet in Valhalla my brother!
-Greetings from a hungarian viking
Norwegian music really touches part of my soul in a way that no other music can
The last sung lyrics are actually a magical spell:
"You will be free from the bonds that bind you!
You are free from the bonds that bound that you!"
The lines are identical, but the first is future-tense, and the second is past/present, implying something occurring between the lines (this is not unlike a priest committing an action by "pronouncing you man and wife"). The song itself -- the promise of immortality in song, to the worthy hearer -- is attempting to purge from the listener their fear of death; their "bonds" which prevent them from great and heroic action. The previous stanza is the boast (the promise), and the last two lines are the spell.
Very interesting! Thank you! Did this song exist in the past or it's been invented recently?
@@zeedo666 as far as I know, Einar Selvik wrote the song (sans the Havamal quote at the end)
@@zeedo666 Einar made the song s a song that can be song in mourning, or to and with the people who are dying and who u love.
A magical spell? I would rather say an incantation within a prayer. Some Christians(and others) will probably get somehow upset, but many official prayers are actually incantations or including incantations...
@@FanAPFEvasion different words, same thing 👌
I'm African, yet I'm reminded of a place I've never been.
Me too brother!
We are all tribal.
the world has gotten so complicated and divided and it is such simple music that brings people together - norse, african, whaterver...
@@tomaszwegnerski9095 that's beautiful
The drums, bro.
Einar and Auroras voice complement each other so perfectly
This song and all the Wardruna songs gave me power to live and get up from bed after my husband's stroke 5 years ago. This music and voices were for me like a mixture of grief and power, exactly what I felt and what I needed. Thank you Einar Selvik, Aurora, Wardruna! I still listen your beautiful music and voices, especially this song, and I do it everyday. And everytime the song touches my soul.
I don't know what happened. One minute, I was Puerto Rican, the next minute, I'm a Viking, ready to dine with the Gods in Valhalla!
All seriousness though, I been fascinated with the cultures and definitely inlove with the music. Amazing!
Igualll!!🇵🇷
Estoy las mismas!
This made me laugh so hard! Cheers, and love from Norway :)
Come visit us in Norway when Corona is over
Yes!! I see my people on here much love! And Hell yeah, visiting Norway been on my bucket list! I know I would love it out there.
Their voices blend so well :O Especially at 4:43
I got shivers up and down my spine when they started singing like that
At 1:24 as well
3:15 sounds cool
It's almost like desperation when they harmonise like that! It gives me chills
5:08 gives a shockwave with sound in the body
Wardruna, you have no competition. You are the best. Magic.
Kazio Kuntz Heilung are pretty amazing.
Gryphon0468
Wardruna, Heilung, and Danheim in one concert....idc where they played, I'd be there
I prefer Heilung the most, but I have collected the albums of Both these band's (well the entire discography avail on bandcamp for both bands and I have added Danheim to my wishlist...) Check out the Nordvis label on BandcampCOM if you like any of the before mentioned bands............
and i like Heilung the most cuz i think they were the first I heard.........
Forndom is also pretty amazing.
as an old man this did indeed make me cry, such beauty...