Heilung - Traust (Live at Aurora 17.04.2019)

The way they hold hands while singing... this isn't just music. It's a whole spiritual experience.

this group is like a time machine that transports you back to long ago in a Dark Forest where even the Romans didn't go.

I Love Maria Franz, Her Voice Is Like A REAL SIREN. No One Can Understand Why I Like This Band. Very Strong Attraction. 👍👍👍🎶

Imagine having to "wiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi" for almost 10 minutes.

Is no one going to talk about the stage performance these guys put on? Like damn they really know how to tell a story

After listening to them, I don't think I can listen to any other type of music, now.

Thanks for translating the song.i love your music. I'm in North American. My people are Hunkpapa the people of Sitting Bull. White man called us Sioux. Our music is similar to yours it tells our history and our Legends.

This music is sacred and shamanic. "May the Ancestors Awaken in our cells and bones! May the Ancestors' Voices be heard!"

First verse is a spell to free warriors from bonds. The repeated chant from the rest of the group pertains to the Helm of Awe. "I wore before the sons of men Amongst all, I alone was strong, For I found no power a match for my own” The bulk of the lyrics are from the Svipdagsmál. Svipdag resurrects the spirit of his dead mother, the Volva Groa. Groa casts 9 spells of protection over him in preparation for a quest he is to undertake. The girl being sacrificed can be seen as the vessel for the spirit of Groa. She then stands upon her burial mound casting her spells and then departs.

I was raised in a strictly Christian household. The feeling I get from Heilungs music is the feeling I assume my parents got from Christianity that I never felt.

For those who want to know what the chant says, here's the traditional English translation of it. It's the spirit of the dead witch blessing her son before a quest. Look up "Groa's Spell" for more context. Then first I will chant thee  the charm oft-tried, That Rani taught to Rind; From the shoulder whate'er  mislikes thee shake, For helper thyself shalt thou have. Then next I will chant thee,  if needs thou must travel, And wander a purposeless way: The bolts of Urth  shall on every side Be thy guards on the road thou goest. Then third I will chant thee,  if threatening streams The danger of death shall bring: Yet to Hel shall turn  both Horn and Ruth, And before thee the waters shall fail. Then fourth I will chant thee,  if come thy foes On the gallows-way against thee: Into thine hands  shall their hearts be given, And peace shall the warriors wish. Then fifth I will chant thee,  if fetters perchance Shall bind thy bending limbs: O'er thy thighs do I chant  a loosening-charm, And the lock is burst from the limbs, And the fetters fall from the feet. Then sixth I will chant thee,  if storms on the sea Have might unknown to man: Yet never shall wind  or wave do harm, And calm is the course of thy boat. Then seventh I chant thee,  if frost shall seek To kill thee on lofty crags: The fatal cold  shall not grip thy flesh, And whole thy body shall be. Then eighth will I chant thee,  if ever by night Thou shalt wander on murky ways: Yet never the curse  of a Christian woman From the dead shall do thee harm. Then ninth will I chant thee,  if needs thou must strive With a warlike giant in words: Thy heart good store  of wit shall have, And thy mouth of words full wise.

Love your music I’m Native American and your music is like our kind with the drums and decorations but you guys sure do know how to put on a show with your music

I hope this brings upon a mass wave of people reconnecting with their ancestors.

As an American, it’s so fascinating that no matter how much they pound American nationalism into us....music like this awakens our ancestral DNA even though we have never had any physical contact with Europe.

I feel like this music activates something on an epigenetic level, some dormant genes from our ancestors 1500 years ago.

For all the silly comments below......... I love Heilung's performance - when I first saw one of the videos (Krigsgaldr) my first thought is performance art. Surprised no one seemed to recognize the sacrificed girl's clothing is copied from the remains of the "Egtved Girl" c. 1390-1370, Nordic Bronze age, who was around 16-18 years old when she died. Her remains were found in a barrow grave outside Egtved, Denmark in 1924. The sacrificed girl on stage is not tied up and stabbed by a spear - someone below mentioned that and claimed it was a sacrifice to Odin or some nonsense. She is tied up and garroted, the way some bog body sacrifices were found, many were killed in very gruesome ways.She is then "raised" and brought to the spirit realm. It is believed some of the sacrificial victims volunteered to be sacrificed for the good of their people as their remains seem to show they may have been a member from higher in the social order. .

I want Heilung to play at my heathen funeral.

Oh man am I a lucky boy to have these people in the same time frame as my own. I honestly didn't think they were going to make another album after their first one seeing as it was absolutely legendary, but here we are, blessed yet again.

This music seeps into my dreams and affects me deeply.

Although I don't understand a word I find this music fasinating, almost spell binding. I love it