Lifa Iotungard (Live)

For German Kai Uwe Faust, Dane Christopher Juul and Norwegian Maria Franz, who record together as Heilung, a live album is no ordinary concert recording. The band approach their shows as a communion between audience, performers and the beyond. You may well have heard their music in the TV series Vikings or Game of Thrones, but theirs is no ‘New Age’ imitation – Heilung take their interpretation of Viking mythology seriously. Thunderous drums and deep, cyclical chants spiral from the deep chasms of history. Droning voices, chiming bells and delicate strings wind around a core of percussion. Each track is approached with unwavering commitment and the results sound powerful, emotional and authentic, if undeniably modern. Heilung live are a blast. Nordic words of power to stir the soul.