Heilung invoked the spirits of the old world for the first time at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre back in 2021. Today, they’re announcing “Lifa Iotungard,” a live album that captures that unforgettable night under the starry Colorado sky on CD and vinyl.
Watch the video of their live performance of “Traust” below.
“Lifa Iotungard” will be released on CD and vinyl on August 9, 2024, and can be pre-ordered HERE.
Recorded live at Red Rocks in October 2021, “Lifa Iotungard” captures Heilung‘s sacred ritual. As torches blazed and drums echoed between the sandstones, a sacred space was created, linking the hearts of the present with the spirits of the past.
“Remember that we all are brothers”, Heilung recite during their opening ceremony. “All people, beasts, trees, and stones and wind. We all descend from the one great being”.
“Traust” unfolds in a powerful surge of throat singing, primordial rhythms, and mystic chants. This song – which first appeared on their second studio album Futha – transports listeners back to a time when the veil between worlds was thinnest. Christopher Juul, Maria Franz, Kai Uwe Faust, and their battalion of warriors, equipped with the lore of ages, cast a spell that reverberates through the bones of the Earth itself.
Heilung don’t play shows. They perform a ritual. Every performance begins with Kai Uwe Faust leading Christopher Juul, Maria Franz and the rest of the Nordic collective in an ancient prayer. Soon after, the audience is swept into a rapture, swayed by incense and throat singing, primordial rhythms, subtle electronic textures, a mesmerizing light show, an army of warriors, and bursts of fire.
Since they began in 2015, Heilung have been paving melodic paths to the past with their unique and mystifying sound. Evading all conventional genre tags and the confines of any specific labels, the group aptly self-describes their sound as “amplified history,” emphasizing their ability to connect modern society with the rudiments of humanity’s beginnings through music.