I have seen an interview where when asked about their 'fans' they looked at each other,stopped the interviewer,and said... "We don't have 'fans',We have Brothers and Sisters "

In my opinion, her Merging with the bison symbolized her final stage of stepping into her power as Anoana, protector of the people and the land. It was not suicide or end of life. It was transcendence, complete fulfillment of her shamanistic powers.

"a form of self care" this band helped me avoid suicide during a very dark time in my life. I would listen to their music during a depressive episode and it would immediately make me feel spiritual and whole as a human and woman. It was comforting.

Heilung literally means "healing" so its fitting. It also seems like a mission statement by the band to revive and reconstruct music from a forgotten zeitgeist into the modern world. For me personally as someone who suffers from PTSD but is also Norse-Germanic Pagan this band certainly touches me at a very deep spiritual level. I feel like they're bringing forth something we've lost to history and along the way bringing something I lost that I never knew I had. I would highly recommend watching the whole of the Lifa concert. The individual songs really do flow into each other and takes you on a whole journey. It would be awesome to get your take on the whole performance but in particular Krigsgaldr.

This song made me cry, it totally felt it in my soul! Really crazy! Heilung is healing.

I just bawled the first time I heard and saw this. I WAS that little girl, out in the woods, just being a part of everything. The "chriping" sounds both Maria and the woman are making, at least in my opinion, sound like bird songs, and it has been suggested that the "Runic songs/spells" Odin was taught were actually bird songs. I feel the "lullaby" the mother is singing is calling on the "landawariar" (land warrior/ancient protective mother spirit) to be with her child (just based on what I do know about the language). You can see that echoed in the video, as the band members aren't there, then they are at the child's birth, seeming to help it along. The "buffalo creature" could very well be a stylized "Aurochs"; an extinct ancestor of modern domestic cows. It is represented by the "Uruz" rune, and is a symbol of primal power (unlike fehu, which is "cattle", or material wealth). Our little, but grown up "Landawariar" (the woman with the antlers) could in a way be proving her power by "fighting" the Aurochs, with her ancestors blessing (band members ritual by the fire/eclipse). Anyway, sorry for the long comment, just my interpretation ;)

as a Norse pagan this just fills my heart seeing everyone loving Heilung,

I had "work related fatigue syndrome" a while back and one of the things I tried to do to heal was mindfulness, meditation etc. That did not work what so ever on me but Heilung did. Half an hour of Heilung washed my mind clean and left me with inner peace and calmness.

"Heilung is a form of self care" could not be a more accurate statement. Litterally "heilung".

Great reaction, Wardruna - Helvegen with Aurora is beautiful as well.

This group has changed my life in many ways, from my way of life to helping with some PTSD issues from the military. Heilung is just sublime

i love how you are so sensitive and you let the music flow through your spirit. that is the way music must be appreciated!

I was shocked to see myself become teary eyed in the soft lullaby section of the song. This is an indeed amazing song. Also loved the new single “Asja”

At my EMS job, Maria Franz's repetitive chant from this song, resonates in the back of my mind during high acuity calls. It helps keep me centered and calm. Amazing...(I don't want to call them a GROUP) ...COLLECTIVE. BTW, two other groups I may suggest are Wardruna and Faun?

The word “heilung,” translated to English, means “healing,” so your description of the music as self-care is pretty spot-on.

This song made me so emotional , I had tears , especially when she's sings gently holding the baby .

As a nordic and a native american etc i just listen to heilung and put it on loop with headphones and just let everything stressing float away. 🙏❤️

Its so nice everytime I see someone enjoying Heilung. For me I get more and more a bigger connection to this Band, because my aunt is singing in this Band and my uncle is one of the warriors, so I get by them more into listening to Heilung and I have to say, it was an amazing experience to get to know most Band members 6 months ago, especially to talk like 1 or 2 hours with Maria, who is one of the greatest persons I've ever met. To get to know them and to talk with Maria and the others was just one of the greatest and biggest Inspiration I get in my whole Life! And today in a week I finally get to See them again Live, soooo excited! ❤

I highly recommend "Alfadhirhaiti" Live from the LIFA concert. Imagine you're about to go into battle against the Vikings, across a large stretch of field. And all of a sudden you hear this as their war chant. Gives me chills everytime

I've always said that music well done is universal, no matter the genre or the language. This just helps prove that. Heilung actually means healing, and the band's goal is to give their listeners peace or healing from whatever's troubling them.

I feel like this is one of their best jams yet. When they already set a pretty high bar. Having had the good fortune of seeing them live (Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado) I'd strongly recommend seeing them in person if you are able to do so. The passion is clear and evident.

Their side group, Songleikr, has quite a few good songs out, like Ulvetime, Hei Skal, and my favorite, Jenta Ho Gjekk Seg. All worth a listen

I came across Heilung just after they began. Blown away is an understatement. I love nordic / experimental folk but these guys are next level. They sit above my top 10 favourite groups. League of their own. ⚔🛡⚡

Seeing your reaction, showing so many emotions running through your face, just made me feel so good and... understood? Thank you :)

All of their songs are ritual meditations, so feeling calm and centered is kinda the idea. :) They are truly wonderful, aren't they?

I love Heilung and from what I have learned is a lot of their lyrics are based on poems and runes from the bronze thru the Viking ages. Norupo is my favorite, and I highly recommend it, but Anoana is quickly growing on me the more I listen to it. I also would suggest Wardruna ft Aurora Helvegen, and I would also suggest Aurora's own music as well. She isn't metal but more pop/folk and she is an amazing young woman that is pure magic herself. Great reaction and I look gorward to the next.

my favourite reaction to this song so far, not many interruptions, lovely emotions. very relatable

If you love Maria you have to check out her other band "Euzen," particulairly the songs "Metamorph" or "The Stage," from Castlefest 2015 but any of them are great. (their newer Castlefest videos don't have great sound quality) Also, while lyrics are available from other people who have translated, Heilung does not provide translations themselves because they believe the music should be felt and interpreted individually by the listener, rather than judged on lyrics.

Great reactions, AileenSenpai! Might I suggest Warduna "White Raven" and "Helvegen", the live with Aurora version. I think you'll love them if you're finding this genre relaxing. Two of my favorites. Keep up the great vids!

As much as I love insane screaming metal sometimes I actually do need find my baseline. These folks, the Hu, Nytt Land, they do that, find that basic uncomplicated human in there. Great reaction!

A music video has never touched me as much as this one. Taken on a journey to the roots, to the reason of our existence. I wish I never had to come back from this trip.

On this occasion, the members of the group provide us with invaluable information about the song and its lyrics. The lyrics for this piece are mainly taken from bracteates: golden, circular coins or amulets found in Northern Europe that date from the 4th to 7th centuries CE. They are often fitted with a decorated rim and loop, which indicates that they were meant to be worn and perhaps provide protection, fulfil wishes or for divination. The bracteates feature a very significant iconography influenced by Roman coinage. They were predominantly made from Roman gold, which was given to the North Germanic peoples as peace money. In Anoana, the listener has the chance to delve into a collection of likely encoded spells from the Migration Period and get a touch of magic from the Dark Ages. The intention of the piece is to playfully reconnect to an incantational language of a period where the North was richer in gold than any other region. Our forefathers presumably enjoyed a time of great prosperity and it may make us rethink how dark these ages real. This is the original letter: [María] Athilr Rikithir Ai Eril idi Uha Ijalh Fahd Tiade Elifi An It Athilr Rikithir Ai Landawariar Año Ana Fahd Tiade Elifi An It Aelwao Ano Ana Tuwa Tuwa Tau Liu Ano Ana Tuwa Tuwa [Kai] UL FOS LAU LAL GWUL PED UL ULD AUL LEI ELw ATH RET LAE TyS Otro REI GUI AU AU LA OA SEJS ZUL AU AL HaR HaS Ka TIL AZ Ha IR EL UNOZ LEIT Una DZ GUI UI THUL UHNG Ur OI WHUG DIT La La LIH LaL Ur USK GLa Jue LAL La La La TLG Jue TiL Ur Ur Ur Ur Gel THuL So Oth LAU IA TyL LI RAI WUI IL DAI TU Han UTH A IUr EL AL Dan An ERUI AL EIZ An RA TIU An KU AK The language is proto-norse. The language that the people living in scandinavia during the migration periode spoke in.Pre-viking era. A hug

Great reaction girlie. (I’m 73 so I can say “girlie.”) Luv ya! You got it. The baby born with horns grew up. Near the end I believe that the little girl pets the big animal then climbs up on its back and takes a nap.

! Komme aus dem Norden Deutschlands und fühle die Musik ! Gänsehaut pur !

If you like this kind of music, the kind of music that fuels ur senses, you should really try out wardruna as well. Einar Selvik is inzane in bringing emotions into his singing. This one is a really good choice: Fmf 2015: International tv series gala: viking suite, trevor morris, Einar selvik Einar and Maria got a song together as well, cant remember its name now. Its a swedish old fashion lullaby i believe. Really good song, but it aint got a music video, or well it has 1 taken from clips of the viking serie. Its very normal for people to suggest wardruna and aurora - helvegen Which is a Great song as well, i just prefer the other :)

Anoana, now mature and fully actualized in her power, embraces her place in the world and her destiny.

i basically just love hearing you talking, having heilung is with it is great

Have you heard the new live version yet? You’d love it, they reworked it and expanded the sound, it’s incredible!

Your wistful reactions are very endearing. Heilung are something else, aren't they?

I fell in love with the woman who played Anoana grown up. The most beautiful woman I've ever seen....lol....and as a 57 yr old man, I cried watching this video. Absolutely the best music video there is.

Heilung heals for sure! You asked for more music like this, so you could do Eivør. She will be on tour with them. Eivør is great. I recommend you to do "Gullspunnin" live

They're touring the USA again this fall and winter... 2022 get your tickets

I just discovered them and I've become besotted with the music of Heilung. Listening to this is like something almost primeval is stirring within. The same feeling I got at the Stonehenge festival when I was first got to trip the light fantastic. A calling to a time before modern life. When people danced in fields to honour the Winters' Sun, or celebrate the mid summers sun. A sehnsucht that has been there all along calling through the ages of time. I wish I had bag of mushrooms. . .

I’ve just discovered this gift of a band. So incredible. 🤘🏻

I am seeing them in Zürich later this year, and I am so happy and excited to see them!!! Heilung is just something special! It's the sound of the old world, and you feel it deep into your bones.

After I first listened to them back in 2017 I cried because it was the first time I ever felt truly whole! I love my family, friends, my fiancé, & what I do for a living......but there has always been a small part missing. Heilung, as the name implies, filled in that missing part for me!

They are releasing lyrics when the album is released August 19th.

Heilung is German for Healing, so no wonder it is how you feel. German/Norwegian/Danish group. Stay Metal! 🤘😎🤘

To me, a german guy, this feels like being greeted by my germanic ancestors i have never known, invited to keep their traditions alive and be more a part of nature like they used to be.

You should really watch the full Lifa ritual (concert), it's where the In Maidjan video came from. It's so beautiful and tells a complete story.

I have listened to this every day since it came out. It is incredible. I am currently suffering from a herniated disc in my neck and an inflammation of nerve roots which in turn cause quite some pain in my shoulder and arm - especially at night, which prevents a healthy sleep. When I listen to this, I forget the pain and am transported to some other sphere. The name "Heilung" (I am German) fits so well!

What a beautiful work of art. Love how you feel this Aileen, you articulated my feelings into fantastic words. Peace.

There's so much emotion . The way we live in I think this touches everyone. Our spirit. The old ways

I very highly recommend going to see them in person... while their recordings are fantastic, there is a subtle but very palpable difference when you FEEL the drums and calls throbbing in your very veins... one does not merely listen to the music, one merges with the music and both lends energy and is empowered by it in ways that I cannot describe...It's like the difference in watching a bird fly and soaring through the sky yourself... for those that know, no explanation is necessary, for those that do not know, no explanation is possible... it is exhilarating, calming, energizing and peaceful... it is what you never knew you needed until it is there.

their name means healing and their outfits are of the norse germanic tribes. this music actually helps me feel more connected to my norse germanic ancestors just like pow wows do for native americans. you should check out Norupo.

This reaction….. was a level of calm and beauty that I didn’t expect

Great reaction and looking forward to more heilung. Love all the small details of this video. The bird that revived in the girls hands, the drum as the mothers heartbeat and the clapping as the babys, and the fact that it was released the day after summer solstice. Really well done.

Anoana is a song of encoded spells from the migration period to get in touch with magic from the Dark Ages.

I had been looking forward to hearing your thoughts ever since I first heard this beautiful song. Thank you for reacting to this!

This band got me through one of the hardest times of my life. About the time their second album dropped, my dad and my oldest friend died within a day of each other. Heilung's music was all I listened to for weeks, and I credit it with helping me more than anything.

There style makes me feel good, this song lets my mind go to a far away place where its calm amd peaceful. The song refers to a young girl becoming a warrior to protect her people and her land. Thats how I can describe this beautiful song.

heilung is so adorable! it is both very touching...this beautiful song and your sweet reaction! thank you, aileen! :) p.s.: oh...and there is an interview with maria franz, the leadsinger from heilung on the channel of "the charismatic voice". kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrKAn9WDlaubgYE.html

Im going to see them live next week and I have NEVER been so excited for an event.

You have a very receptive and sensitive soul. This wonderful song about the divine feminine is overwhelming, overflowing, overpowering and incredibly beautiful. 🇮🇪☘️

I`m exited to see them live this autumn together with my othe favourite artist Eivor. Wich definetly is an artist you must check out. Trollabundin and Falling Free are two amazing songs by her. Another ban in the same veins of Heilung is Wardruna wich you must give a listen to:) Absolute musicmagic:)

Yes!! Thank you for doing these reactions on Heilung! I love this song more and more everytime. ❤

The end is a picture of - We are all one - Brothers and Sisters

@AileenSenpai this is amazing. There is a whole subgenre of music like this with bands like Faun, Omnia, Eluveitie. There is so much of this on my heart. Greetings from Brazil.

A visually spectacular and empowering vid. Great choice for you to share 😊

The comments here are wonderful and informative. Thanks to all. Just listened to drif three times in a row. It’s a masterpiece. Thanks so much for your reaction. I feel the same emotions. So happy I found Heilung.

Full of magic. Actually after seeing the video and hearing the song I had a dream with people I know and we were in a ritual just like the video.

Its been a while since I started to feel my mental health spiriling into something I want to scape from. There are good days, there are bad days, and last week held me in a dark place like never before. I was feeling it mentally, but also physically. My whole body was in pain, I had no apetite and I was exausted. Yesterday, in the way back from my college, Anuana playing in my earphones on repeat, I slept peacefully for the first time in a month. No dreams, no intrusive toughts. I didnt even realise I had fell asleep and only woke up one hour later, close to home. I know music alone isnt going to save me (Therapy has been really important) but there is so much power in this song. So much confort, like I didnt feel in months. Like someone was deeply caring for me. Like I can scape to somewhere else, to nature, even if only for 5 minutes. This is the power of something made out of love, out of care. This is Heilung.

Theyre new album will be unreal i think. This and Asja are amazing, both from the new album coming in August.

this is the first reaction video i've seen to anoana & ur reaction was MEEE [& as a massive fan of heilung, U KNOW im gonna watch your other heilung reactions!]. pls keep the heilung reactions coming!!

I'm going to the concert with this band in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 26'th 2022. I can't wait.

The drums are very primal. If I had to guess, drums were probably the very first instrument ever created by our ancestors. 2 sticks and a hollow log, very simplistic, then as time went on, they added animal hide. Almost every ancient culture used drums in one way or the other. Also, the tempo (beats per minute) has a lot to do with it. If the bpm matches our heart rate, it can be very hypnotic. So I believe drums and their effects connect all of us at the primal level. I don't know if there is any science to back up my beliefs, it's just what I feel. And watching all these reaction videos to this sort of music and everyone having the same reaction, makes me believe it even more. I don't know if you have watched Wardruna with Aurora in the song Helvegen, but you should put it on your to do list. As well as the cover of Helvegen by Kalandra. I would watch the Wardrun version first as it has subtitles.

It means Spiritual. She left her Body. It never hurts her.(The Attack at the End.) Greetings from Germany. :D And the Shaman singing at the Birth is a kind of Calm It for the Mother an the new Born. The Mufflon Is her Soulmate. She had to meet. All good. Its what I said Spiritual. She Is the next Generation of Maria (The Shaman).

Beautiful reaction for a beautiful song.... Masterpiece of year!!!!

Anoana has the ability to make you feel like you're connected to everyone and everything.

If you'd like to hear something more "aggressive" from Heilung, I suggest their live video of Hamrer Hippyer!

Go to one of their concerts if you can. Amazing live. Breathtaking. Lifegiving.

Welp, I owe this channel a big thank you for allowing me to hear this song, onto a playlist it goes.

In the part of the video when she is little is so wonderful. That girl is so darn cute. This is a special video that does affect us that way. I agree with you in that we just need to pause and take a deep breath. I would enjoy seeing them in concert. It is a show! Take care of yourself....

The new live version of this that just came out is amazing

Every time i listen to this song i feel such a strong reverence that it makes me almost cry. Heilung is something different man.

Great reaction, music and what happens really reflects in your face. Can I just add some points that are important in seeing this? The most important being that the child is born under an eclipse (seen in background several times). According to previking believs they had very special gifts: hamnskifte (= the ability to change appearance), age shift, talking to animals, healing (of the bird) etc The previking time and it's religion in nordic countries is much more female directed than the religion in the later years (viking gods like Tor and Oden... ). Also healing = heilung in the german name of the band. ...and she is born with antlers which scares here moother. Heilung sing in a reconstructed version of the previking proto norse language....

They're coming to the US soon. Go see them!

I am going to see them live soon! I can't wait!

The Musk ox is a creature of the Old tundra regions its one of the creatures on the walls of caves drawn by Neanderthal's. The girl is linked to the deer ...forest creatures from later times.. creatures of the Boreal landscapes...but one is the past the girl the returning of new life growth and warmth of the long spring.. 🤔 .. thats how i read it. Cernunnos en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos is the horned god of the hunt ... In the 🇬🇧 theres an old tradition dance called the Abbots Bromley horn dance...its later but it links back to the stories of the great hunt... Music, Anthropology and cultural mythology... Which is what Heilung are about.🧙‍♂️ add a touch of Carl Jung on archetypes and Joseph Campbell's ..Way of the animal powers. 🦌🦡🐗🐻🐺🦊

To me when Maria sings the 'ahhh---ooooooooo' part it sounds so much like a wolf howling to the night sky.

Hail Heilung! Greetings from South America!

So beautiful, so uplifting and transcendental. I haven't listened to Heilung for quite a while but I'll be going back to them. Excellent reaction Aileen. btw. According to A&P Reacts, they're touring in North America in October.

Also "Suurin" from Kati Ran is a very good trancy piece.

Big Heilung fan! One particular moment really stood out for me, listening to their music. I had finished a salt float session (I float in total darkness, no music) and left very relaxed. l got in the car and it started to thunderstorm. One of their songs came on. I just sat in the car, with the rain pelting down, with the thunder and lighting while their music played. I just shut my eyes. Pure bliss.

Don't know if it has been said, but Heilung means Healing. And at least for me that's true, Heiluing saved my life, helped me heal from depression and angst.

Heilung is on KZfaq as Amplifiedhistory - they have a video that explains a bit about the lyrics and meaning (and it was a muskox at the end) :)

I was stuck in the rap trap until I found Heilung. They’re angels and they’re healing everyone who finds them. Stay away from lower vibrational music, listen to what promotes love and life. A random man at the gas pump heard the music and came to ask what I was listening to. One person at a time the tribe grows.

Great to see your journey discovering Heilung, you're right about it being like self care! It speaks to something deep in all of us. When I get stressed I'll pour a drink into a horn, sit by my fire pit and listen to my Heilung and Wardruna playlist and it just feels like a renewal. Some of their more chant like songs, like Alfadhirhaiti are great for a work out too lol I'd definitely recommend Alfadhirhaiti or Othan from Heilung. And not to make too many suggestions, but Wardruna is another great band in this same genre. Thanks for your great reactions!

Heilung is a very spiritual experience.

Oh also for another incredible Heilung song and music video, watch Norupo. Truly gorgeous