I’m just gonna say it, we’re all talking about Aurora being a queen, but can we talk about Einar being an absolute KING

Hel is not hell, but the realm of death in norse mythology. It's where those who don't go to Valhalla go when they die 🙂 Love your Aurora reactions!

In Nordic mythology HEL was JUST the land of the dead. Just the land of the dead. It was not good or evil, but an end to your physical life.

I was at this concert in my hometown in Bergen, Norway! Wardruna is an absoulutely fantastic band! The addition of Aurora on this track makes it even better.

If you wish to try more Nordic style music. I would HIGHLY suggest Heilung. Krigsgaldr, In Maidjan, Traust, Svanrand are stand outs to me. Bands like Heilung, Wadruna and Skald are excellent music for playing in the background.

Odin is watching the nine worlds sitting on his Hildskhalf, hásæti, and listening, so proud!

This song is about dying in a meaningful way so that you are remembered, and how Odin's eye is watching

You should've done this with the lyrics, partly because of the misunderstanding of hel. It makes the song so much more emotional.

America has cultural history and we owe a lot to America, yet Europe has Cultural History so deep and ancient it could be enriching for Americans.

Love AURORA's contribution to this! She really is a viking queen!

I was impressed by how strongly Aurora sang at the last sung verse to match Einar's strong voice.

Theres a different live version they did in a cave. The acoustics are the bomb! And it has subtitles;) I suggest watching it off camera later

Hel is the godess of the dead! She lives in Niflheim. Helheim is the name of realm of the dead - sometimes shortened Hel.

I feel the emotion, I feel the fire burning inside me when I hear this. I have a connection with my soul. A blessing to have this artists

Anything by Eniar. He is an amazing composer. He did most of the scores to the Tv show Vikings. I agree with others you should check out Heilung they do throat singing of the Nordic style. Since you love HU i think you might dig these guys as well. They also do a campfire style set up but get way more into the Mythology. Another really interesting band is Arstidir they are Icelandic.

Hi girls, Helvegen means The Way to Hel, or The Path of Death: www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/wardruna/helvegen.html Wardruna's Einar Selvik has composed the music for HBO's Vikings, and the game Assassin's Creed Valhalla (to be released later this year). His favourite language is Old norse (norrønt) - used in Scandinavia, Iceland etc 7th-15th century, I recently heard in a radio interview with NRK (norwegian broadcasting). Still I'm waiting for more reacts to yet another norwegian - Angelina Jordan... :)

Yes... Heilung please.

Wardruna,Aurora,Heilung,Eivør Pálsdóttir are mentioned....let me add some more : Sigur Ros (Island),Skáld (France),Kati Rán (Netherlands),Dead Can Dance (Ireland/Australia),Faun (Germany),Lindy Fay Hella (Norway-regular Wardruna Member,Solo under her own name)......

Great reaction. When i sit around a campfire here in Norway, i always listen to this song. Same goes if i am just out hiking. One of the most amazing songs out there.

Wardruna caught the interest of the people behind the massive production of The Vikings,and they used several of the bands songs in that tv serie. Ubisoft not long after headhunted them into making the main soundtrack for Assassins Creed Valhalla. So next time you hear music in AC Valhalla,it might just be Wardruna. 5:37 Thats a Lur btw,Norways oldest and longest instrument. Its tracable back to the bronze age. In length its abit similar to the Didgeridoo from Australia. It was used to warn the village of an upcoming attack,or to make the warriors ready for battle,but it was also used in social settings,like saluting the crowning of a new king,a marriage etc. It can be a really beautiful sound,but also a seriously intimidating sound for people approaching the village. If you ever heard the movie with Antonio Banderas called The 13th Warrior,you will hear the Lur on a few occasions. Then you know a funfact not everyone knows.

Wardruna has made the music for the new Assassins Creed: Valhalla

I am really glad that you reviewed this and took some time to read a little about the song. As another commented, Hel is not Hell, but a realm in the mythology and Einar has written for tv and gaming. Yep, Hel was mentioned in the latest God of War game too (Great game btw). Awesome review. If you enjoyed this (song gives me chills) maybe check out a group called Heilung. Similar sonically and even lyrically and just as popular as Wardruna (in my opinion anyway). Thanks as always. Stay safe.

Hail the old ways. hail the old gods

Thank you so much for featuring a song like this!

God pronounced your - rrr!!! . 👍 - gjallarbrui is the bridge between the life her and the place off the gods. The last bit was from Håvamål ( The speak from the highest- Odin) . Best wishes from Bergen Norway 🇳🇴- stay safe ❤️

The singer wrote it to be his funeral song. The name eludes me but there was a viking age poet who did that and his son sung it at his funeral.

You mentioned God of War, you guys should listen to Eivør - Trøllabundin. She is featured in some of the music you hear in God of War :) what she does with her voice is nothing short of magical!

Great choice, Wardrune :) Heilung, another great band live, is an experience of it's own :) Krigsgaldr or In Maidjan would be a good start. Another suggestion would be Nytt Land "Song of the Kazym Goddess". The official video is beautiful.

I went from France to London just to see a Wardruna performance, and as you said, the fanbase is incredible, very passionate about the work they do and there talent of course, and you realy noticed that fans come to enjoy the performance, and not wasting this moment by filming the whole show :)

Ladies you are great, I appreciate the fact you listened first, then spoke.

To me it actually gives off an ancient, Viking, and spiritual vibes. I am a religious and spiritual person and I love how the music gives off spiritual, ancient, and Viking vibes.

That kind of music will open your mind and spirit if you just listen... And by the way Ari you are drop dead gorgeous.

My son turned me on to this song. I think we played it a thousand times BOTH WITH TEARS IN OUR EYES. HES A VETERAN. Beautiful song. I love the video. POWERFUL!

Kalandra did the BEST cover of Helvegen, give it a listen.

In the North myth, death is just another door, hell is when you are not just, death is nothing to fear if you live a just life. Please take care, love you 2 :-) Love from Sweden

I watched the music video and the whole experience was transcended!!

with the phones: i was Wardruna a couple times before and every time, i just sat there, completely captured by their music and performance... you are not able to take you phone out xD you dont even think about it, you are just there in the moment and feel like you traveled in time / the english word hell does in fact come from the goddess Hel, however it wasnt a scary place, just a place you go after death (only warriors that fell in battle went to valhalla)

The male singer, Einar Selvik, is one of the formost in Norway when it comes to music from the pre Viking and Viking era. Wardruna has a lot of the music on the Vikings series. FYI: Hel, it's not only the realm of the death, it's also the godess of the death realm. HEL was daughter of Loke and gygra Angerboda. The road to hel is north and down, - so under ground, and the road is not easy. And it's cold, so the oposite of the Christian version of Hell. (so in Norse mythology "Hel freeze over" all the time) X)

Pure magic, our scandinavian old norse heritage portrait beautifully

You should react to Einar Selvik more, his works are legendary in modern Norwegian folk music.

Most of the song is in Norwegian, but the a cappela part at the end is in Old Norse. It's from the Havamal. The English translation is: Cattle die, kinsmen die, the self must also die; but glory never dies, for the man who is able to achieve it. Cattle die, kinsmen die, the self must also die; I know one thing which never dies: the reputation of each dead man

P3 Live: AURORA "God is a woman" (Ariana Grande cover)

That was great. The respect with few phones. Nice call.

If you like this, I can imagine you would like something from Dead Can Dance. They can invoke a very similar atmosphere. If you want to try something completely different and weird, try Nina Hagen. Her vocals are all over the place lol

Thank you for saying that our language is beautiful! 🙂

Love this kind of music and seeing and hearing your reactions to it was awesome. ^^ I would, if I may, recommend some of these bands that might fit in great for reactions. Skald - Rûn. Heilung - Krigsgaldr. Faun - Walpurgisnacht Kulning - Ancient herdingcall - A farewell song to the cows These songs have a good Neoletic feel of the Northern realms of Europe.

HelVegen(*1) (Wardruna & Aurora) 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 road to the underworld) og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda (and the road I walk is cold, so cold) Eg songane søkte ( I studied songs ) Eg songane sende ( I made songs )(*2) då den djupaste brunni (when the deepest well) gav meg dråper så ramme (gave me the drops, touched ) av Valfaders pant ( of the Death-Fathers wager )(*3) Alt veit eg, Odin ( I know it all Odin!) var du gjømde ditt auge (where you hid your eye)(*4) 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 road to the underworld) og dei spora eg trår er kalda, så kalda (and the road I walk is cold, so cold) Årle ell i dagars hell ( early in the day it will end) enn veit ravnen om eg fell ( and the raven will know, the moment I fall) Når du ved helgrindi står (when you stand at the gate of Death) 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 (acrross the resounding bridge: with my song)(*5) Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg! (You will be free from the bonds, that you bound) Du er løyst frå banda som batt deg! (You will be free from the bonds, that bind you)(*6) ===== (*7) Døyr fe, døyr frender (cattle dies, friends die) Døyr sjølv det sama (you yourself will die) men ordet om deg aldreg døyr (but word about you will never die) vinn du et gjetord gjevt (when you have lived a good life) Døyr fe, døyr frender (cattle dies, friends die) Døyr sjølv det sama (you yourself will die) Eg veit eins, et som aldreg døyr (I know one thing, that never dies) dom om daudan kvar (the reputation of those who died) (*8) (*1) Hel in Nordic mythology is not the same as Hell in Christian mythology. Hel is where all the non-combatatns go after they die (combatants go to ValHalla) (*2) Early in life: they learned the legends. Later in life: they wrote some new ones. (*3) The deepest well has given its last drops: time has run out. (*4) Odin hung himself upside down in Yggdrasil, the tree of life, to experience the universe from all different angles. We, are Odins eyes. We, are one godlike creature. (*5) Gjallarbrua is the bridge across the river Styx, that seperates the living from the death. (*6) This is the moment she dies: she lets all the things that bound her to this world go, and then she also lets go all the things that she bound to this world. Then she dies. (*7) By her grave, the same men then recites a poëm from the book Hávamál en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l , the most famous poëm: Gestaþáttr (*8) The poëm basically says: we shall all die, but one thing that never dies: is the impression we make on this world.

Einar Selvik,also known as Kvitrafn,started as the Drummer of GORGOROTH,a norvegian Black Metal Band,so he knows how to rise his Voice for sure.Check out his Cooperation with GHAAL,former Gorgoroth Singer.....amazing Stuff!.....Greatz from DüssHELdorf,Germania from Fenris.

Great reaction! Most ppl listen say they like it and finish the video.

This is a song some Norwegians request to play at their funerals. Thanks so much for showing all your respect in your reveiw.

I've just found your channel and its such a good song to start with, great video guys 😘 Also That is the catchiest song intro if anyone has the name I'd appreciate it it so much so my brain can rest and actually sleep, this will bug me 😅

goosebumps, every time i hear this song.

I love 💕 your Reactions...Aurora has an ethereal voice. I like her song “The Seed”. I know you from your Reactions to the HU Band from Mongolia 🇲🇳. I have not seen you react yet to Diana Ankudinova the very young rare Contralto from Russia 🇷🇺. I would encourage you to view her performance on the Show called “You’re Super”. Great 👍🏽 Content. Stay Safe and Positive.

Hi from germany, this is a very old song from nordic germanic history, Odin and his Raven watching and knowing evrything because he gave his eye to be all knowing and it tells you how to get to Helheim ( Hel ) the place of the daughter of Loki, you have to cross the bridge over Gjöll ( the river of the dead ) which is the border river from the human world Midgard to the underworld of Helheim it is guarded by the giant Móðguðr, she belongs to the Jötun. If you reach the entry to Helheim the door is guarded by the hellhound Garm, which lets pass all who didnt die in battle, all who are convicted of murder, cheating or to bear false witness are going to the part of Helheim which is called Náströnd, It all is part of the Edda (nordic, germanic saga)

Yes skald is also an awesome Scandinavian band also Greek mythology and viking culture.. would love to see you react to skald. Run or gleipneir

Our people are not afraid of death, for we shall arise in odins golden hall!

Just in case nobody else have pointed it out, the verse he speaks at the end is from a Norse manuscript called Haavamaal. It constitues of 164 verses and it lists advise for how to conduct ones life. The particular verses he cites are verse 76 and 77 and they go like this: 76. Døyr fe; døyr frendar; døyr sjølv det same. Men ordet um deg aldri døyr vinn du eit gjetord gjævt. 77. Døyr fe; døyr frendar; døyr sjølv det same. Eg veit eitt som aldri døyr, dom um daudan kvar. They roughly translates as this: 76 Lifestock die Kindred die you will die too But the memory of you will never die If you gain an illustrious reputation 77 Lifestock die Friends die you will die too But I know one thing that never dies, The glory of the great dead

You should listen to the live version in a cave entrance. It becomes more haunting with the sounds bouncing off the wall. Also kitteh!

Wardruna made songs for the tv-serie Vikings as well ;-)

"A Tree without Roots will fall" - Einar Selvik

If you ladies want some more power metal check out either the Japanese band Unlucky Morpheus song Angreifer or a Canadian band Unleash the Archers song Awakening. Both bands have talented musicians and powerful female lead singers. 🤘😊🤘

I'd love to see your take on Garmarna ft Maxida Märak - Över Gränsen. It's a modern Scandinavian folk song that mixed styles, and brings in a Native Scandinavian (Sami) rapper who is so awesome. A song about crossing borders, both spiritual and physical.

They actually made a lot of the music for Assassins Creed Valhalla - since you mentioned games.

My favorite band hands down

Wardruna is a real beautiful Music band.

I was never an Aurora fan until after I saw this video a year ago. Better late than never I guess.

Sounds absolutely epic. As if thousands of Vikings were about to set sail with their ships for their greatest sea battle.

beautiful

Thanks for your nice reactiom,

MORE AURORA!!!!!!!!!!

In Norse mythology only warriors who die in battle, (male or female) go to Valhalla, everyone else goes to hel...to hang out.

I really recommend the Swedish national anthem by Jonna Jinton♡♡♡

I heard your fur baby, paused the video thinking my cat wanted to come inside. So I got up walked around to the doors looking for him. Saying to myself “k I’m hearing 💩” then you beautiful ginger appeared.

Holy Crap. I never ever comment on anything on YT but found this (very cool) reaction video. The comments are a bunch of nonsense. 1: EVERYTHING in this song is modern Norwegian, except for the spoken part. That is modern Norwegian language used to speak old Norse from Hovamål. The song is a sorrow song, who will remember me when I am dead, and then it flips, I will remember you and help you ("sing you") into the next world. The literal translation of "Helvegen" is "The Road to Hell", but as several people here have commented, this is NOT the Christian hell nonsense. This is HEL from the old norse culture. The sentence "You are released from the bounds that bind YOU" is the last word from Einar when he sings. Jeez, how hard can this be? I am a Norwegian with ancestry back to the "vikings", or more correct, old times. Please be a little more precise when commenting on this channel......because the girls running this channel seems like two very cool ladies.....

That Einar Selvik entry hits you💥🔥

Hey ladies...long time no see great choice

The better sounding version is the one where they are playing outdoors in a rock canyon. It's a very powerful piece isn't it? Makes you think of the type of songs they must have sung a thousand years ago. This was also used for a big fight scene in the TV show 'Vikings'.

If im correct, the point of the song is to encourage the dead as they walk the long bridge into the afterlife. We sing the Helvegen for the dead's journey not for us, but of course it is emotional to sing it for this purpose. I quietly sung this song for a friend of mine who passed at his funeral. He was Christian and I didnt want to be disrespectful to his family. I couldn't help tearing up thinking of him hearing the voices singing him across the bridge of the dead. I strongly suggest you study the translation of the lyrics and try to understand the Norse imagery it invokes. Very deep, very powerful.

Helheim is the Nordic Hell .... So it means the road to Hel .... more or less ! ;) You can kinda sing the dead through Helheim ..... so they can find their way to Asgaard ... the realm of the Gods ! Miss HEL is kinda simular to Sct. Peter ..... kinda / sorta but not quite :P She sings : Who shall/will sing for me when i walk the path/road to Hel(heim)

Helvegen is the road we travel when we pass.....remember our ancestors....the song is about the journey to the Viking afterlife ( "Hel" - NOT the Christian "Hell" ) and recalling all the people and events that preceded our lives........all things must die, but our reputations live on.......I think the horn is an ancient "Lur"......Einar Selvik (the male vocalist) is indeed a member of Wardruna.......

Miaow!

Einar Selvik is legendary, wardruna is very much to use the sagas, poems, and very old Nordic culture as inspiration. The band is featured in tv show music, movies, and video games. Another female artist to check out is Eivor Palisdottor.

The lead singer of wardrona did music for the hit TV show Vikings

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The ALTERNATIVE Live Version in a Coast CAVE with English Subtitles : Wardruna feat. AURORA - Helvegen +multi-language Subtitles ⚙ : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j711bK91rtulYIE.html

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Great song she Is so talented. Have a great day. Keep laughing Ariana i love you're laugh ✌

i love Wardruna and Aurora but the highlight of this video for me was the appearance of the wee cat

The last part Einar dis was» Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjalfr it sama, ek veit einn, at aldrei deyr: dómr um dauðan hvern» roughly everyone dies but the reputation of a dead man never dies

Ladies, check out Eivor Palsdottir ( from the Faroe Islands, "Trolabudin"), Skald and to go further back in Nordic culture Heilung.

Heaven and hell are concepts of the mind. Odin is a fierce God called on during battle. Hel is the daughter of Loki. Wodin/Odin even Grim are the names for the Norse god

You are listening to the young voices of a very old religion/culture. It's ok to join if you like, there are Norse pagans of all races now. 👍

The last words: One thing never dies, the judgement over a dead man.

So, not related to the song, but related to the Norsemen and how Vikings left their mark. All ginger kitties, like the one on your couch (adorable, btw) have their genetic line traced back to the Scandinavian countries. Vikings would take cats with them on their boats and they preferred ginger kitties. Look up Norwegian Forrest Cats, the legend says that they pulled Freya's chariot. Maine Coons are descended from them as well.

The man has to fught the wife has to see, told his warrior what to do!

Hel isn’t the same as Hell. Hel isn’t hot it’s cold

Also the music to Tyr by Wardruna is like a march to war and buuuuuhdaaaaaasss

Más juntitas...hermosas...la música también

In norse paganism Hel referring to Helheim isn’t a bad place, it is where everyone (except for the ones who go to Valhalla after dying in battle) go, the song talks about how you shouldn’t be afraid when your time to die comes. Loved your review, hope to see more of you both!

This song is a dirge, or a lament, about who will sing the song of my life, when I have passed away. By song, it is meant my deeds. The way to being immortal, is how long you are remembered, Not many achieve this,