As Christmas is right around the corner, here is our version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!" We really hope you enjoy it:) We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas season!
Small criticism - when these lyrics were first composed 400 - 500 yrs ago, the English pronunciation of the word 'wind' (as in the weather) was wind (as in wind a clock). That's why the line: "In tempest, storm and wind" no longer rhymes with 'find' because we no longer pronounce the word as it sounded all those years ago. I for one am determined to wind the clock back and sing it as it was meant to be sung!
True that. I'm still waiting for someone to do "O come o come Emmanuel" in the style of a war song. The closest I've heard was Theocracy's metal version of it. But still, the "hero arriving on the battlefield" sound should be in a lot more christmas songs.
Here's a family-oriented comment: This is music for making merry during the advent of our Lord. Be merry, ladies and gents. Festivities abound at the coming of our Hope.
@@CantusTropus I'd bet good money that, at least in this song, the treble voice is a boy. They may have a sister that sings in some parts of other songs, but the timbre of this voice just sounds like a treble boy.
The higher voice is most likely a boy. I don’t have much of a background in music, but I know in traditional choirs, the sopranos and altos are young boys (especially in England)
This is awesome in the correct and original sense of the word, meaning "inspiring awe." God Rest Thee Merry Gentleman is one of my favorite Christmas songs right up there with the Huron Carol and Why Do The Nations Conspire from the Messiah. Good job, Profundis!
Finally a version that's artistic not narcissistic. (Lookin at you Pentatonix) It's expertly performed, it's reverent, it's everything I wanted in a piece celebrating the incarnation of the Word. Thank you Clamavi De Profundis
Pentatonix covers really annoy me. They take the soul out of these powerful humans and replace it with shallow and glossy production. It honestly makes me ill
@@augustible9151 it's almost impossible to find a decent traditional version of many Christmas songs these days because there are so many showboaty pop covers.
This is wonderful. I broke my “no Christmas music before First Vespers of Advent” rule just to listen to this. Speaking of Advent: If you all could do just a version of Veni Veni Emmanuel I would be overjoyed. It was such a tease to hear it done so wonderfully in last year’s Christmas medley
@@eevs8595 Soweit ich das einschätzen kann war Tolkien selbst überzeugter Katholik, welcher seine Geschichten durch die Mystifizierung des Christentums geformt hat. So oder so das Lied ist dennoch große Klasse ^-^
@Dominik Although I cannot deny that there are also some parallels to the bible in Tolkien's work, most of it is based on the Edda of the nordic people.
Obscure bl00dm00n You are completely right that there are similarities between the Edda and the Myths created by Tolkien. But for me there are mostly about the visual manifestation of landscapes and creatures not about the soul of the story. ^^ "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision." J.R.R Tolkien
this song reminds me of God's love and mercy, and fills my heart with a raging fire of love for God and His only son, thank you for this song in this time of love and renewed hope.
uhm.... allergic reactions to anything x-mass related due to the over-playing of the music starting a month back every year for the last 10+ years? just a guess at a possibility, after all i nearly have that reaction to anything related these days but i still found this pleasant so...
There's always someone. I guess some might object to the topic of the song despite liking the tune (oh hi), but that also seems a silly reason to Dislike, since they didn't write it, they just sang it.
This has simultaneously filled me with emotional nostalgia and an immense amount of comfort I havent felt for a while. This is now my favorite version of this song
I love this. I can almost picture Bilbo and company singing this! There's something about an old Medieval Christmas carol that just sets the right mood.
I love that feeling, when you click a video with such an anger you almost forgot, why you feel it the first place. Then you listen to that video and without even noticing it the anger falls apart like an old, heavy, uncomforty cloak and you sit smiling in your chair, not even remembering that cloak... Thank you all for that masterpiece, Merry Christmas everyone! :)
@@jackmyowl lmao tfw you don't realize that christmas isn't the only holiday in late december and that there are many other holidays that existed way before christmas and are celebrated to this day...
@@anthrax3404 and the one that many including myself believe in is Christmas. one of my favorite responses to me saying merry Christmas is when someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah. No ill feelings there just 2 different people excited for 2 different holidays
This version definitely does one of the coolest Christmas songs in existence justice. The vibes are so heavy (in a good way). (Also gotta say I love the accents. It really adds to the weight of the words.)
Can you guys do your version of Veni Veni Emmanuel ? I heard it in last years medley and fell in love with it. It’d be awesome if you did a full version!
Un nuevo adepto a tu canal. Me ha encantado y por supuesto, Gloria al Dios Emperador!!! Purgar a esos Herejes y sobretodo llevar el fuego purificador a sus frios corazones!
The Reason for the Season? You mean the winter solstice? Because I did feel it, but not especially. But I can't think of what else it would be, seeing as historically speaking, Jesus was born in Summer...
@@patriciamcgeorge2575 No one really cares. One drop of holy water can bless the entire sea, a holiday can easily be adopted into Christianity all the same. And I think it's a wonderful thing for believers to get reminded once a year that life and agape triumphed over death and decay, no matter when that day of celebration is. Cheers.
This is fantastic. I've listened to the lotr and fantasy stuff for a few years and never realized they had amazing traditionally influenced Christmas music.
"X-mas" isn't taking the Christ out of Christmas because the "X" was put in place to refer to all of the other Christian masses and ceremonies that happen alongside Christmas. In other words, it's actually putting more Christ into Christmas. Merry X-Mas!!!!
Also, the Greek word for Christ begins with X, so it's more or less just using the first letter of Christmas, like if we were to abbreviate it as "C-mas"
I've just discovered your all's music and singing. I am absolutely awed by your voices!!! It's almost like traveling to another world entirely. Incredible!!
I just found your Durin video and im absolutely in loe with your voices, i myself was in a music school 2 years ago so it makes me really nostalgic because we sang similar music.
Great version of the carol. Merry Christmas to you guys. I can totally imagine Thorin and the rest of the Company singing this in the Blue Mountains at Yule, except they'd substitute Mahal, the name of their god, for Jesus.
Yes! You perform Advent and Lent songs so inspiringly! Now all we need are: Veni veni Emmanuel, Adeste Fideles, and Angels we have heard on high for Christmas, plus Lenten songs for next year. ;)
Zweifellos eine der besten, vllt. auch DIE beste Variante! Ganz ganz grosse Klasse, vielen Dank dafür! Die wird mich jetzt wohl zur Dekoarbeit in Endlosschleife begleiten. :)
The best version of this I’ve ever heard. But I think “wind” in this is to be pronounced to rhyme with “find/mind/behind”. It’s an old way of pronouncing the word, and old-timers around me still say it like that, which is the way I think it’s supposed to be pronounced here. But it’s no big deal, and the song is still fantastic. God bless you all, and a Happy Christmas.
For next year, can you guys please do Little Drummer Boy? That's my favorite Christmas song 🙂 And can you make the person who sang O Holy Night in the Christmas medley do it, please? Thank you!! Please, please do it! 🙏
As Christmas is right around the corner, here is our version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!" We really hope you enjoy it:) We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas season!
Merry Christmas you guys!! Thank you for such amazing music!
OMG, OM EFFIN G! YOU DID IT! THANK YOU!
I have been waiting for this all day. Thank you so much!
Love it
I love it, you get a
SUPER LIKE/SUPER SUBSCRIBE
Small criticism - when these lyrics were first composed 400 - 500 yrs ago, the English pronunciation of the word 'wind' (as in the weather) was wind (as in wind a clock). That's why the line: "In tempest, storm and wind" no longer rhymes with 'find' because we no longer pronounce the word as it sounded all those years ago. I for one am determined to wind the clock back and sing it as it was meant to be sung!
Just looked up the middle english spelling of wind: "wynd".
I always pronounce the rhyme when I stumble upon these in poetry.
I never thought Thorin and company would sing a christmas song so well
They were written by a Catholic, to be fair
ooh, can't un-hear the dwarves singing now. You just made my favorite song more awesome.
Finally someone else noticed that... welp, all Dwarves seem to do is live in mountains and make up songs about the mountains... good call.
@@TenCentFilms
Christ is as stalwart and majestic as a mountain, so it checks out.
so true...
You made Christmas sound like a hero arriving to a battle-- WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS! I love this!!!!!
True that.
I'm still waiting for someone to do "O come o come Emmanuel" in the style of a war song.
The closest I've heard was Theocracy's metal version of it.
But still, the "hero arriving on the battlefield" sound should be in a lot more christmas songs.
Only Clamavi de Profundis can make a Christmas song sound like you are in a Crusade for the Holy Land and Jerusalem. Well done!
Deus Vult!
Or in Rivendale on the way to the Lonely Mountain
Here's a family-oriented comment: This is music for making merry during the advent of our Lord. Be merry, ladies and gents. Festivities abound at the coming of our Hope.
I love how you guys are a Male dominated group n
And you all have distinct deep voices, but when the female comes on she is so pure and angelic.
Pretty sure thats a young boy actually.
@@joshuafischer684 I'm not so sure actually. I think they have a sister that does these parts of the songs.
@@CantusTropus I'd bet good money that, at least in this song, the treble voice is a boy. They may have a sister that sings in some parts of other songs, but the timbre of this voice just sounds like a treble boy.
The higher voice is most likely a boy. I don’t have much of a background in music, but I know in traditional choirs, the sopranos and altos are young boys (especially in England)
It sounded like a little boy to me.
You guys just single handedly wrenched up my Christmas spirit from the depths and made my month.
This is awesome in the correct and original sense of the word, meaning "inspiring awe." God Rest Thee Merry Gentleman is one of my favorite Christmas songs right up there with the Huron Carol and Why Do The Nations Conspire from the Messiah. Good job, Profundis!
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Say what you will about Catholics.
They are fantastic when it comes to musical talent.
You bet your left foot we are
Lorenzo Lodge Why Thank you very much!
Lol
I’m Baptist, but I couldn’t agree with u more
Google "Macht hoch die Tor", or "Aus einer Ros entsprungen" or other german christmas (and even folk) songs. I love them so much!
A group of Crusading Knights father to sing carols of their Lord and Savior (circa 1096)
WE HAVE TAKEN BETHLEHEM! DUES VULT!
How about Circa 2020 lads?
And damsel in distress too!!!!!!
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is dated approximately in the 16th century.
Everything else you have said is perfectly fine ^^
This song is Protestant, it indeed started in England circa 16th century.
Goosebumps all the way through. My God, this by far, is the best rendition of this song that I have ever heard!
Finally a version that's artistic not narcissistic. (Lookin at you Pentatonix)
It's expertly performed, it's reverent, it's everything I wanted in a piece celebrating the incarnation of the Word. Thank you Clamavi De Profundis
the longest johns have several versions of this one. the lyriks are somewhat different though
Pentatonix covers really annoy me. They take the soul out of these powerful humans and replace it with shallow and glossy production. It honestly makes me ill
Finally , someone gets why Modern Covers and Barroque rewrites of Gregorian Chants are garbage (Looking at you , Schubert)
@@calebdouglas2512 ....because they do pop acoustics. Just don't listen to them if you don't like pop acoustic covers lll
@@augustible9151 it's almost impossible to find a decent traditional version of many Christmas songs these days because there are so many showboaty pop covers.
This is wonderful. I broke my “no Christmas music before First Vespers of Advent” rule just to listen to this.
Speaking of Advent: If you all could do just a version of Veni Veni Emmanuel I would be overjoyed. It was such a tease to hear it done so wonderfully in last year’s Christmas medley
Friday afternoon hitting me with a good surprise
Friday evening in germany - I was surprised to see a new video after… how long?
Though still a very good piece of work!
@@asaturner466 ich bin jedes mal etwas enttäuscht, wenn es kein Tolkien Lied, sondern was Christliches wird :D
@@eevs8595
Soweit ich das einschätzen kann war Tolkien selbst überzeugter Katholik, welcher seine Geschichten durch die Mystifizierung des Christentums geformt hat.
So oder so das Lied ist dennoch große Klasse ^-^
@Dominik
Although I cannot deny that there are also some parallels to the bible in Tolkien's work, most of it is based on the Edda of the nordic people.
Obscure bl00dm00n
You are completely right that there are similarities between the Edda and the Myths created by Tolkien. But for me there are mostly about the visual manifestation of landscapes and creatures not about the soul of the story. ^^
"The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision."
J.R.R Tolkien
this song reminds me of God's love and mercy, and fills my heart with a raging fire of love for God and His only son, thank you for this song in this time of love and renewed hope.
I swear, I'm not even religious, but THIS is what Christmas music sounds like
Yeah. This is a time to sing praises unto God, not to worship money.
This is my favorite Christmas Carol. You guys did an amazing job with it. Bring the grandeur back to our beautiful faith. Warriors for Christ!
HOW COULD ANYONE DISLIKE THIS PIECE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Yrch :)
uhm.... allergic reactions to anything x-mass related due to the over-playing of the music starting a month back every year for the last 10+ years? just a guess at a possibility, after all i nearly have that reaction to anything related these days but i still found this pleasant so...
There's always someone.
I guess some might object to the topic of the song despite liking the tune (oh hi), but that also seems a silly reason to Dislike, since they didn't write it, they just sang it.
Cause its religious garbage? I didn't dislike it, mind you....but I can see why people would. Fed up, in so many levels, of religious crap.
The counterpoint section isn't great. It didn't bother me that much, but I could see people disliking it on that basis.
I usually don't hold with Christmas music too much but this? I can replay this a few hundred times.
I'm not a Christian personally but this is simply fantastic!
Why not?
You don't have to be christian to love this music :)
Agreed.
Good music is good music.
It's not too late
I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but I would buy a Christmas album from you guys in a heartbeat!
Definitely. And not just for I-Tunes, but on CD.
Caleb Burge rather it be vinyl but cd would be okay
I don't remember this from lord of the rings
This is a christmas song
Secret Extended Christmas LoR Edition.
In Middle-earth they sing it for the birthday of Earendil :D
Some Narnia snuck in. :)
@@glishev The long expected messenger. I really wish we knew some of his earlier travels.
This has simultaneously filled me with emotional nostalgia and an immense amount of comfort I havent felt for a while.
This is now my favorite version of this song
I love this. I can almost picture Bilbo and company singing this! There's something about an old Medieval Christmas carol that just sets the right mood.
The best description I ever heard about hymns is that they are prayers and stories. This is definitely one heck of a story!
Since when did Thorin Oakenshield sing Christmas songs??
Must be a LOTR book I haven’t read yet, I LIKES IT!!!
I love that feeling, when you click a video with such an anger you almost forgot, why you feel it the first place. Then you listen to that video and without even noticing it the anger falls apart like an old, heavy, uncomforty cloak and you sit smiling in your chair, not even remembering that cloak...
Thank you all for that masterpiece, Merry Christmas everyone! :)
God bless you all Merry Christmas, Jesus is Coming, Maranatha!
Who still here in 2021for this sweet version of the classic Chrismas song?
2024 now and just finding this, a wonderful Christmas gift! God bless and Merry Christmas ✨
Fastest I've ever clicked a video. Another great piece
A Happy and Merry and Blessed Christmas to all!!!
Agreed,
Always said "Merry Christmas"
Non of that "Happy Holidays"
@@jackmyowl YES!
@@jackmyowl lmao tfw you don't realize that christmas isn't the only holiday in late december and that there are many other holidays that existed way before christmas and are celebrated to this day...
@@anthrax3404 and the one that many including myself believe in is Christmas. one of my favorite responses to me saying merry Christmas is when someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah. No ill feelings there just 2 different people excited for 2 different holidays
That time when tidings of comfort and joy spooked the hell out of you. Merry Christmas to all!
This version definitely does one of the coolest Christmas songs in existence justice. The vibes are so heavy (in a good way).
(Also gotta say I love the accents. It really adds to the weight of the words.)
BY FAR the best version of this song
I was definitely waiting for this!! Already have chills listening! Love you guys!
I didn't know I wanted this, but I wanted this so badly!
Hurrah for Clamavi de Profundis!
Many happy returns to this silent and holy night, friends.
A year later and still listening to this and singing it in my shop, thank you The Profound Cry, Thank you
that's the tri-force on your profile right?
Dear lord save us from satan power when we gone astray!🙏🙏🙏🙏
The is the best version I heard on you tube good theology.
YES !!! KINGHTS TEMPLARS CAN IMAGINE THEM ALL SINGING !!!! THANKS CLAMAVI DE PROFUNDIS . FROM U.K. (2022).
Merry Christmas everyone!!! God Bless you hearing this music today!!
The sheer juxtaposition between the tone of the song and the lyrics is hitting me with some serious whiplash, and I love it!
Can you guys do your version of Veni Veni Emmanuel ? I heard it in last years medley and fell in love with it. It’d be awesome if you did a full version!
My favorite Christmas song.
Happy Christmas!
Ironically that's my name
Now it is available!
@@a.w.4708
I noticed! They performed it beautifully.
They did some days ago, and it's beautiful!
You are a gift from God. Thank you
TIDINGS of comfort and joy I bring, Slvation for the children of God.
CHEERS
✨🙋🤵🙏
We are waiting the born of the Savior with you!
This version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is beautiful. Absolutely enjoyed it.
Awesome guys....as usual. You are amazing.
I wish I could sing... :(
Un nuevo adepto a tu canal. Me ha encantado y por supuesto, Gloria al Dios Emperador!!! Purgar a esos Herejes y sobretodo llevar el fuego purificador a sus frios corazones!
Very cool arrangement, and focused on the REASON for the season. Thank you, and Merry Christmas.
Amen
The Reason for the Season? You mean the winter solstice? Because I did feel it, but not especially. But I can't think of what else it would be, seeing as historically speaking, Jesus was born in Summer...
@@patriciamcgeorge2575 reddit moment
@@patriciamcgeorge2575 he also wasnt white but people seem to prefer to believe different.
@@patriciamcgeorge2575 No one really cares. One drop of holy water can bless the entire sea, a holiday can easily be adopted into Christianity all the same. And I think it's a wonderful thing for believers to get reminded once a year that life and agape triumphed over death and decay, no matter when that day of celebration is. Cheers.
My favorite Christmas song sang by my favorite band, love it. Good job
This is fantastic. I've listened to the lotr and fantasy stuff for a few years and never realized they had amazing traditionally influenced Christmas music.
Anyone else listening to this in the summer, and throughout the whole year?
So powerful! Thank you for posting. Hallelujah!
"X-mas" isn't taking the Christ out of Christmas because the "X" was put in place to refer to all of the other Christian masses and ceremonies that happen alongside Christmas. In other words, it's actually putting more Christ into Christmas. Merry X-Mas!!!!
Also, the Greek word for Christ begins with X, so it's more or less just using the first letter of Christmas, like if we were to abbreviate it as "C-mas"
I've just discovered your all's music and singing. I am absolutely awed by your voices!!! It's almost like traveling to another world entirely. Incredible!!
My favorite Christmas song & my new favorite version of this amazing song.
Beautiful!!! ❤️
Great to get into Christmas spirit ❄️👌🏻
Love all your work 🤩
I SUPER AGREE
I just found your Durin video and im absolutely in loe with your voices, i myself was in a music school 2 years ago so it makes me really nostalgic because we sang similar music.
What a beautiful hymn. What a wonderful celebration of the Gospel!
My favourite song of Christmas and you make it better :)
Love you.
1:57 The child’s voice is so kind and soft. It reminds me the Tiny Tim’s figure🎄
Only rendition of this song that can make me bawl like a baby.
This is such a coincidence! I was singing this song just last night and today!
I know, I just got done carolling this son last night.
[enter preferred billion dollar company] is always listening... 😂😂
It's wonderful seeing this video without dislike. This restore my faith in humanity a little :)
Merry Christmas, guys
Still one of my favorite carols sung by one of my favorite creators!
The best version of this song I've ever heard.
1:57, Oh look. Bilbo Baggin's decided to join the Thorin and Company in song. How wonderful.
Bilbo ?? 😂😭😭 it's more arwen 😂
@@MelimetheElf T'was a joke, My Dude.
@@KBums yeah I know 😂😂
Braaaavooooo!!!!!
Thank you guys for giving us a full version!
A merry and blessed Christmas to all. May everything go your way and may you be happy.
Great version of the carol. Merry Christmas to you guys. I can totally imagine Thorin and the rest of the Company singing this in the Blue Mountains at Yule, except they'd substitute Mahal, the name of their god, for Jesus.
THANK YOU. I’ve been waiting for this for a LONG while!
Agreed, very good job they did on it
Yes! You perform Advent and Lent songs so inspiringly! Now all we need are: Veni veni Emmanuel, Adeste Fideles, and Angels we have heard on high for Christmas, plus Lenten songs for next year. ;)
Would love to hear your take on Adeste Fideles.
Love this part !!! 4:26
I love their voices
You made a Christmas song sound epic, something that takes immense skill, I wish you all a happy winter!
I wish you guys a very Merry Christmas.
Your Videos are great and I’ve been a subscriber for almost a year.
Merry Christmas in the most dramatic way possible
I clicked the video right after I saw it and screamed silently for excitement!! Great Song!
I love the picture it brings such a good mood
Zweifellos eine der besten, vllt. auch DIE beste Variante! Ganz ganz grosse Klasse, vielen Dank dafür! Die wird mich jetzt wohl zur Dekoarbeit in Endlosschleife begleiten. :)
Why does this song feel as if it is being sung by a secret cult underneath a chapel as they consecrate weapons to fight demons.
There is another side to Christmas. A deeper, darker side. We all know it, even if we try not to. This song reminds me of that.
This is beautiful! I loved listening to it. Thank you for this video!
Again I’m floored by the power of your musical ability! Always a joy to see this on my notifications!
The verse at the end sounds like a movie soundtrack. EPIC!!!!!!!!!!
Literally got goosebumps from this
The best version of this I’ve ever heard. But I think “wind” in this is to be pronounced to rhyme with “find/mind/behind”. It’s an old way of pronouncing the word, and old-timers around me still say it like that, which is the way I think it’s supposed to be pronounced here. But it’s no big deal, and the song is still fantastic. God bless you all, and a Happy Christmas.
Hah, that tripped me up the first few times. I, in my head, was expecting the "wind-up" version of the word just so it'd rhyme.
Until today this still incredible
For next year, can you guys please do Little Drummer Boy? That's my favorite Christmas song 🙂 And can you make the person who sang O Holy Night in the Christmas medley do it, please? Thank you!! Please, please do it! 🙏
I'd been waiting for this since your Christmas Medley last year. Keep up the good work!
Merry Christmas
Mind. Blown.
More Christmas music! I LOVE it!
it's that time of year again
Amazing. Now we need Carol of the Bells and Christmas will be complete
I really love the character of each voice, but I cried from 1:57 and again from 3:04. It's mid-July and feels like Christmas thanks to you.