Healing (tape)

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cure
Healing at Wacken Open Air, 2018.
Healing at Wacken Open Air , 2018.
General information
origin Germany, Denmark, Norway
Genre (s) Nordic ritual folk
founding 2014
Founding members
Singing, percussion
 Kai Uwe Faust
Singing, percussion
 Maria Franz
Singing, percussion
 Christopher Juul

Heilung is a German-Danish-Norwegian Nordic ritual folk band that makes music based on original artifacts and traditional texts from the Iron Age and the Viking Age . They describe their music as "amplified history from early medieval northern Europe" (German for example: extended history from early medieval northern Europe).

history

Heilung was founded in 2014 by Kai Uwe Faust ( tattoo artist specializing in Old Norse tattoos ) and Christopher Juul von Euzen . Maria Franz later joined the band.

In 2015 the band released their debut album Ofnir themselves.

Heilung first appeared in 2017 at Castlefest and the Midgardsblot Metal Festival. The live performance at Castlefest was recorded and released on YouTube and as a live album entitled Lifa . Her performance at the Midgardsblot Festival was named one of the ten best live performances of 2017 by Metal Hammer .

In 2017 the band signed a contract with the Season of Mist label . On April 20, 2018, the two previously self-published albums Ofnir and Lifa were reissued by the record company. On June 28, 2019, the band's second studio album, called Futha , was released.

In December 2019 the band announced a collaboration with the developer studio Ninja Theory for the soundtrack for the video game "Senua's Saga: Hellblade II".

style

According to Kai Uwe Faust, the name of the band " Heilung " also says something about the style of the band. In this way, the music of healing is intended to make " sounds and sounds of bygone times" tangible again. In addition, meditation and trance states should be evoked in the listener , which should bring him into contact with his "inner healing self ". The recordings by the band Heilung are not limited to music, they also contain poetry.

The reference to the early epochs of mankind is also established through the fact that texts or historical poems that have been handed down on historical artefacts are used as song texts. The languages ​​used are diverse: from German and English to Gothic and Latin to Iron Age Norwegian dialects of Ur- Norse .

The instruments used are mostly objects that might have been available to people in the Iron Age , such as drums , bones or spears . Maria Franz's female singing has an ethereal effect, while Uwe Faust's throat singing is reminiscent of the Tibetan or Mongolian way of singing. Christopher Juul uses a nagging whisper to sing.

As a further stylistic device, the band members wear elaborately designed costumes on stage . They are partly based on the "spiritual traditions of the Eurasian circumpolar peoples" or reproduce historically correct images of Viking Age clothing.

There is no connection with the band to modern political or religious concepts, as these refer to a time long before these concepts existed.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Futha
  DE 37 07/05/2019 (1 week)
  AT 50 07/12/2019 (1 week)
  CH 52 07/07/2019 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2015: Ofnir (self-published; 2018 Season of Mist )
  • 2019: Futha (Season of Mist)

Live albums

  • 2017: Lifa (live at Castlefest 2017; self-published; 2018 at Season of Mist )

Nominations

Web links

Commons : Category: Cure  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Self-description on the Healing Facebook page. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Angela: Healing - Ofnir. Review. Metal.de , accessed on June 20, 2018 .
  3. ^ How Denmark's Healing Are Creating "Amplified History" With Human Bones, Throat Singing . In: Revolver . February 15, 2018 ( revolvermag.com [accessed April 2, 2018]).
  4. ^ Healing: First CD release and upcoming concerts . In: The Red Geyser . April 13, 2017 ( rotegeysir.de [accessed April 2, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Healing: Healing | LIFA - Full Show. YouTube , November 1, 2017, accessed April 2, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The 10 best gigs of 2017 . In: loudersound . ( loudersound.com [accessed April 2, 2018]).
  7. ^ Healing - Lifa • Review | Metal1.info . In: Metal1.info . ( metal1.info [accessed April 2, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Healing: Futha | Healing on bandcamp.com. bandcamp.com, January 23, 2019, accessed March 14, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Healing: Healing will release the second studio album named "FUTHA" the 28th of June 2019 through Season of Mist. Facebook, March 25, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ "Senua's Sage: Hellblade II" - The music comes from healing. December 13, 2019, accessed on December 18, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ healing | Interviews | Metal1.info . In: Metal1.info . ( metal1.info [accessed April 2, 2018]).
  12. ↑ FEATURED BAND: HEALING - MaximumVolumeMusic . In: MaximumVolumeMusic . December 4, 2017 ( maximumvolumemusic.com [accessed April 2, 2018]).
  13. ↑ Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland
  14. ↑ The Golden Gods Awards 2018 nominations are live - vote now . In: loudersound . ( loudersound.com [accessed April 2, 2018]).