Heilung - Drif (full album) 2022

HEILUNG comment: “'Drif' means 'gathering,' a throng of people, a horde, a crowd, a pack. In symbiosis with the album title, 'Drif' consists of a flock, a collection, a gathering, a collage of songs, that much like little flames were seeking towards each other, to join, to bond, to create, and be greater together. This album has very clearly dictated its own path. Our attempts to tame it was repeatedly fruitless and once we came to this realization, the creative flow surged forward with immense force, so much so that sometimes it felt like the songs wrote themselves. All the songs on 'Drif' have their own stories. They have each their place and sense of belonging, with inspiration not only from Northern Europe, but from the ancient great civilizations.”

My wife had been listening to Heilung for some time and had been trying in vain to get me to listen. I'm a thrash/death metal fan but I bought tickets for Heilung for her and I to go. The show was one week ago today and.... I never expected how deeply seeing and hearing Heilung would make me feel ... and now I can't stop listening.

4,000 ancestors in ten generations. Hundreds of thousands in a millennium. Every one fought, suffered, loved, and struggled with us in mind today. Today, you may think yourself to be alone - but you are not. It is only very recently that we descendants of Northern Europe have forgotten this. Do not forget, and remember that it is never over. We are forever Nordic, forever Celtic, forever Germanic peoples. I'll tell a little story about blood. I never knew my father. Never knew his name or saw his picture. I lived my life and he was not known to me at all. And I was a hobo, I traveled the US for 5 years, sleeping under the stars, riding freight trains and hitchhiking. Later, I joined the military and applied to forestry school. Finally I made contact with my father, and we spoke on the phone. I wasn't angry. I asked him - what is most important for me to know? He said "That you are a Scot of the McKintyre Clan." This man had spent 40 years on the road, traveling as I had, unbeknownst to me, and his father was a nomadic sheepherder. The McKintyre Clan were known to be fantastic soldiers and above all, foresters. There we have it - blood spoke through me, as a traveler, as a soldier, and now as a forester. We are never alone.

My favorite is Buslas Bann, and I took the time to decipher the Runic lyrics into the Roman alphabet, so I can sing along. They may not be 100% correct, but here they are: Redhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Odhas Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Thorsh Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Kon Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Madhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Ur Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr x2 Redhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Odhas Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Thorsh Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Kon Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Madhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Tidhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar x2 Redhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Odhas Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Thorsh Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Kon Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Tidhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar x2 Redhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Odhas Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Thorsh Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Odhas Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Tidhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar x2 Redhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Odhas Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Idhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Odhas Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Tidhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar x2 Redhr Idhr Sol Tidhr Idhr Laghr Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Idhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Odhas Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Tidhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar x2 Odhas Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Idhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Odhas Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Sol Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar Tidhr Sedr Ast Saela Blidhr Batnar x2 Sol Lidhond O Demi Eri Auruen Tidhr Lidhond O Demi Eri Auruen Egr Lidhond O Demi Eri Auruen Fir Lidhond O Demi Eri Auruen Nand Lidhond O Demi Eri Auruen Agr Lidhond O Demi Eri Auruen x3

So many people in modern society are walking around ungrounded… feeling an emptiness that cannot be filled. This album heals the soul by connecting us all to a primitive feeling that most cannot put into words. True masterpiece. This is exactly what the world needs ♥️

I don't know what it was about keltentauer but I couldn't help but sobbing near the end of it. Perhaps it was the mindless slaughter of people that had no hope of winning? Peace be to those having to live in a similar situation today, both past and present and future. I deeply hope your futures will be bright, if you never have the chance to achieve it, may your children or your childrens children do.

i just saw them in concert on Tuesday, they didn't take a single break and played for two hours straight, just constantly moving and telling a story with the music, like they were acting out a play, it was beautiful

I pray to the gods and to my ancestors that this day may be the the day when I finally defeat my addiction and find back on my way. Let this be the first day of my healing/Heilung. Let listening to this new album for the first time in my life become the turning point in my fight against my greatest enemy, let it be the time when I stand up again and when my power returns after lying on the ground bleeding and being attacked for the last 15 years. Let this album be my Gleipnir with which I will bind and controll this Fenriz wolf that cannot be killed. Let this water that is drowning me and that I cannot destroy, freeze so that I can walk on it instead. Let this story find its end here, on the side of a lion. Let the strength of all my ancestors concentrate themselves within me to make this possible before I get destroyed by it, before I lose the love of my life forever without having founded a family with her yet. Hail to the gods! Hail to the ancestors! Hail to Mother Nature!

Whenever I listen to Heilung it´s almost like I regain hearing in my damaged ear. Magical.

This was a gathering of spirits, chants, songs from out of hieroglyphs. Innate voices , caves, wild sacred spaces opening. The warrior poem and song was such a vivid escape from the sacral songs . When wolf and bear were alike and wore their furry mantles, called out their clan songs that humans one fine day might finally learn to understand and respect. Blessed is the being, the kindred spirit called HEILUNG, Thank you, tusen hjertlig takk!! greetings from Norway

FINALLY. The neighbors are gonna LOVE how this sounds on my home theater system. I know I'm already invested emotionally on every track I've gotten access to before today. From one drummer to a group of Rhythm specialists, the heart BEAT of the world and every living creature on this side or the other rejoices in euphoric delight in your presence HEILUNG. B Blessings from the ancient ones and may mother moon take you SO MUCH FURTHER IN THE FUTURE.

Recently, I lost both of my parents in an accident, and I've been struggling with how to move forward. This brings such healing and clarity to me in such a broken time. Thank you.

Remember, that we are ALL brothers... No matter how bad the world seems, right now, don't let the darkness take you, brother and sisters.

I am a German. "Keltentrauer" made me cry and angry. I can feel the desperation...thank you...I felt the same about the Teutoburg Forest piece....

Im a proud Chicano from San Diego and found Heilung when I took a deep dive into Viking history, culture and traditions. While I am grounded in my own cultural traditions, I absolutely see how this can help others heal allowing themselves to be fully themselves. When all cultures can be authentically shared with respect and love, I think we all become better people for it. Thank you Heilung for daring to be authentically yourselves, were all richer for it.

Heilung albums are not only a work of art, they're human history represented and preserved. It's more than music, it's a historical tool that takes us to ages past of humankind.

I finally can look like a maniac when I blast Tenet in my car in the morning. Great Album, it's been on repeat.

A profound thank you for breathing life into dead languages. It helps us remember who we are. This album is a masterpiece.

I saw Heilung for the first time at Red Rocks this week after my sister had seen them live and reported that "it was the wildest thing i have ever seen" and I said "SIGN ME UP!". I love to bare witness to the extraordinary and so why not this one!?! Let me just say I will be going back for more. I have NEVER been so deeply moved by a live music event in my life and I've seen some sh!t. The morning after the show, I was sitting at a coffee house sipping on coffee and something moved inside of me that I burst out into tears. I was JUST laughing out loud, thinking about how I bought extra tickets and brought my friends who were more blind to the experience than I was. They didn't know anything about what they were walking into LMAOOOOOO They"d walk into a burning building with me. I love them so much :) One friend texted me for 3 days after the show about how weird it was and wtf did I bring him to lolol

'Tenet' is so beautiful it makes me cry 😭