![]() ![]() ^ Chapstick, Kelsey (16 December 2019)."How Denmark's Heilung Are Creating "Amplified History" With Human Bones, Throat Singing". Christopher Juul – music, production (2014–present).These are partly based on the "spiritual traditions of the Eurasian circumpolar peoples", or are historically correct reproductions of Nordic Bronze Age clothing. Juul uses a chirping whisper as vocals.Įlaborately designed costumes are worn by the band members on stage. other rattles, whistles, and percussive instrumentsįaust's throat singing recalls the Tibetan or Mongolian style.a ravanahatha (an ancient instrument used in India, Sri Lanka and surrounding areas, originating from Hela People, then brought to North India by Hanuman, then to India).a reconstructed silver cup from the Viking age.bones, including a human forearm bone and deer bones.drums, including one with horse skin painted with human blood, two drums with deerskin and a drum with goatskin.According to an August 2018 interview, the instruments they use consist of: The languages used are varied, with German, English, Gothic, Old High German, Icelandic, Latin, Old English, Proto-Norse, Proto-Germanic, and Viking age Old Norse being used.Īs instruments, items are used that may have been already available to humans in the Iron Age, such as drums, bones or spears. The references to the early ages of European Civilization are also made by using texts from historical artefacts or historical poems. The recordings of the band are not limited to music, but also contain poems and the spoken word. Style Īccording to Faust, the name of the band, "Heilung", which means "healing" in German, says something about the style of the band: "The listener is supposed to be left at ease and in a relaxed state after a magical musical journey that is at times turbulent". 25 in the German and Austrian album charts respectively. Heilung released their third studio album, Drif, on 19 August 2022 through Season of Mist. Fragments of Heilung's music were used during season six of the popular television series Vikings. The band composed the soundtrack for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II. ![]() On 20 April 2018, the two previously self-released albums Ofnir and Lifa were reissued on vinyl and CD. Later that year, the band signed a contract with the label Season of Mist. Their 2017 performance at Midgardsblot was listed by Metal Hammer as one of the ten best performances of 2017. ![]() The Castlefest performance was recorded and released with the title Lifa on YouTube and as a live album. The band's first performances in 2017 were at Castlefest and at the Midgardsblot Metalfestival. In 2015, the band self-released their debut album, Ofnir, and soon after that Maria Franz became the band's third official member. Later in 2015 Maria Franz (Juul's longtime girlfriend and a singer in the progressive rock/ pop-rock band Euzen in which Juul also played piano and electronics) started to work with Heilung - originally as a session vocalist. Juul, who had operated his own recording studio, Lava, in Copenhagen since 2003, admired Faust's visual work as a tattoo artist, so they struck a deal: Faust offered Juul some free tattoos in exchange for help recording some poems. Heilung was founded in 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark by vocalist Kai Uwe Faust (a German tattoo artist who specializes in Old Norse tattoos) and Danish producer Christopher Juul. " Heilung" is a German noun meaning "healing" in English. Their music is usually about Germanic deities, The Jǫtnar, and valkyries. Heilung describe their music as "amplified history from early medieval northern Europe". Their music is based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Iron Age, and Viking Age. Heilung is an experimental folk music band made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany. ![]()
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