HEILUNG are bringing their acclaimed live performance to 10 U.S. cities this fall. Many they’ve never played before, including Florida, Alabama, New Orleans and Missouri, while others will be welcoming back the pounding, rhythmic, Nordic collective at larger venues.
The tour will commence in Greensboro, NC, on October 17. HEILUNG will then travel along the Southeast coast before heading west and performing the final night of their spellbinding ritual on November 5 in Denver, Colorado.
HEILUNG have a tradition of donating one dollar for each ticket sold to planting trees. The proceeds from this tour will also support reforestation. More details coming soon.
HEILUNG will be playing songs from their entire discography, including “Drif”, which came out last fall. The album is available on vinyl, CD, cassette and as a digital download through the Season of Mist store.
HEILUNG Tour Dates:
10/17: Greensboro, NC @ Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
10/19: Baltimore, MD @ Hippodrome Theatre
10/21: Columbia, SC @ Township Auditorium
10/23: Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
10/25: Huntsville, AL @ VBC Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
10/27: New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
10/30: Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
11/01: St. Louis, MO @ The Factory
11/03: Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theatre
11/05: Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
Since its inception in 2015, the enigmatic ritual collective HEILUNG has 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. While HEILUNG features authentic and archaic instrumentation that ranges from rattles and ritual bells to human bones and throat singing, their captivating brand of music is far from primitive.
HEILUNG’s success has been unprecedented, achieving milestones in its few short years of existence that many do not see in a lifetime. The collective already had rapidly been growing a buzz upon the self-release of their first full-length, “Ofnir,” in 2015, but their dizzying upward trajectory really took off from the moment they set foot on the stage at Castlefest in 2017 for the now-legendary debut of their live ritual. Luckily for those who were not fortunate enough to bear witness to this magical event, the full ceremony was captured on film, having since been viewed by tens of millions of fans across the globe.
As HEILUNG trekked across Europe and brought their mystifying experience to new audiences, talk of this new band and their stunning ceremony made way to Season of Mist label owner Michael Berberian, who quickly offered the band a record contract after seeing their undeniable musical impact for himself.
By 2019, HEILUNG launched their second full-length record, “Futha,” which contrasted the masculine and battle-heavy themes of their debut with a feminine counterpart that celebrated fertility and female energy. Upon the first week of the record’s release, it graced the Billboard charts with coveted numbers, debuting at #3 on the Heatseekers Charts and #4 on the Billboard World Music Chart, placing on a total of seven Billboard charts while meeting critical-acclaim from the press on a global scale.
