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This stuff is intense. Did someone resurrect some Vikings? Heilung | LIFA - Fylgija Ear / Futhorck LIVEHeilung | LIFA - Hamrer Hippyer Some of the lyrics from Fylgija Ear What am I supposed to do If I want to talk about peace and understanding But you only understand the language of the sword What if I want to make you understand That the path you chose leads to downfall But you only understand the language of the sword What if I want to tell you to leave me and my beloved ones in peace But you only understand the language of the sword I let the blade do the talking So my tongue shall become iron And my words the mighty roar of war Revealing my divine anger´s arrow shall strike Then there are the Resurrected Mongels The HU - Wolf TotemWolf Totem (The Wolf's Totem) Versions: #1#2 The lion is in a bloody battle to the death The tiger overcomes the leopard in a match The elephant thrashes the leopard in a contest Man intensely struggles with a leopard to contend We, the lions slaughter the leopards in a match The tiger beats the leopard in a contest The elephant trounces the leopard in a fight Man strenuously strains with a leopard in contention An instigator, the jealousy of a snake it could be And Khan Garuda leaps up above into the air A growl, the jealousy of a tiger it could be The blue wolf comes too from far away Hu - hu - hu - hu... Hu - hu - hu - hu... Provoked, the snow leopard competes with it's rivals Ten thunderbolts strike at the same time A hundred hearts energized in the thundering roar Simultaneously a thousand colliding thunderbolts And too, ten thousand lightning strikes in the heavens Hu - hu - hu - hu... Hu - hu - hu - hu... This deluge is the leopard battling in a deadly fight The surges of the leopard scuffling in competion The awesome leopard swats, blows to overthrow The glistening leopard slashes in the scramble Hu - hu - hu - hu... Hu - hu - hu - hu... With the speed of the falcon advancing The wolf's courage at times flaring up The strength of horses hooves, their paces pounding The mark of Genghis Khan, an overwhelming impression
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Impressive videos - can't say their voices are generally musical but very effective!
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Yeah Drag0 I was intrigued by the visceral response they provoked, compelling was another word I thought of to describe the music.
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Wow, thanks, Epi!
I know next to nothing about the theory of music, but it seems to me that modern heavy metal continues on exactly this same line, only offers a sound that is slightly more "rich" in my view by using a broader range of instruments (guitars, in particular). But it's very interesting that someone decided to make a step back and try to take it from the root. Maybe they'll give birth to some alternative version of "heavy metal".
My elder son may like it. What language do the guys sing?
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Heilung has members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany. In the first piece they sang at lest in old German and old Norse or Icelandic.
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Thanks, JJ!
Amazing people in Northern Europe still know and can even use those older versions of the language(s).
In Russia Old Slavic once was a compulsory subject in classic schools (known as "grammar schools"), but that's not the case anymore. Now if we can understand anything of Old Slavic then that's due to Ukrainian and southern Russian dialects that are relatively closer to "roots" compared to modern standard Russian as taught in schools.
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Old Icelandic is pretty much modern Icelandic! Ástin á sér stað - Sverrir Bergmann, Friðrik Dór og Albatross - Þjóðhátíð 2016and whatever makes you feel is good music! In Iceland there is a traditional form of chant-singing poems and eddas - rímur. But the Icelandic music scene is so small, you end up with everyone collaborating with everyone else eventually - so you get things like a mixture of rap and rímur together. People sometimes think they are inventing new music to express themselves - but most has been done before in some way or another! It is a primal urge, to create music and tell your story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaSIoSXGsI
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Thanks, Thar!
I like this song very much. What's this thing that they set on fire? Is this some kind of a traditional feast?
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It is a festival held on Heimaey, off Iceland. Quote:Þjóðhátíð was first held in 1874 when islanders were prevented by bad weather from attending the celebration on the Icelandic mainland of the millennium of Icelandic settlement. The festival has grown to become the largest multiday festival in Iceland, and one of the largest annual cultural events in the country. It has a particular subtext of survival and persistence, holding it there. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghl33n26d44edit - in case people don't realise the significance - these islands are surrounded by steep cliffs, and harbours are practically non-existent, so saving the inlet on Heimaey and stopping it from being blocked off saved the island and kept it habitable -  but mostly just a lot of fun . An institution - this song is a parody of making it there (wait a minute for the initial chat to pass - from then on it is pretty obvious what the song is about!) Heimaey - Ég fer á Þjóðhátíð - I am going to the national festival
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Thanks! I love the tradition  In Russia we have this so called Butter Week, which is a pre-Christian feast meant to celebrate the beginning of Spring, during which people eat crapes and burn effigies of Winter. Local authorities, in the city of Moscow at least, have been trying to sabotage it for a couple of these last years, citing risks of fires and even crap like crapes being potentially harmful for children's health so they can't allow them to be consumed in schools... But I think it's okay - if the feast has managed to survive for at least 1000+ years I guess it'll be okay. The only real risk anyway is of course not to allow the winter bitch to prevail through dealings within top political institutions, but things seem to gradually get straightened at that level, too. Or am I an irremediable optimist, I don;t know.
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This festival isn't ancient in any way, it is just one that has lasted and kept itself current. And lots of fire! old video intercut with 2013 festivalof course having lots of people go to a quiet island for a festival sponsored by a lager company does have its downside! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6W2PH6hX0I 
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A bit of modern-ancient homage in the Norwegian Eurovision entry! Spirit in the sky(hold through the twee and wait for the chorus)
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I got a "Video not available in your country" message.
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Ah, obviously Eurovision is a closely-guarded secret - only Europeans (in the broadest sense, Israel, Azerbaijan) and Australia are allowed into the inner sanctum. Try this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JirWkcgCc4
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thar wrote:A bit of modern-ancient homage in the Norwegian Eurovision entry! Spirit in the sky(hold through the twee and wait for the chorus) WOW, I love these guys so much better than places 1, 2 , 3 (didn't check the rest)! Maybe I would have watched the contest if I knew anybody like these people could worm their way in. I've always been buffled by the Eurovision assessment criteria. E.g. this year Lazarev of Russia sounded just as bad as the guy who won the Prize, so they could as well have swapped them around.
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Epiphileon wrote:I got a "Video not available in your country" message. Are you in the US? That's local Democrats trying to protect you from Nordic influences. 
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I saw a couple of clips in passing - I admire Slovenia (I think?) for sending in a ballad in Slovene with absolutely zero staging - just letting the song speak for itself - without anybody else understanding a word of it. Kudos to them for being true to themselves. Iceland didn't do well but the public did have the guts to chose the outsider from a terrible crop of twee ballads and generic rap that were the other Icelandic nominations. Had some fun with the concept. They are an art collective, it is about anti-capitalism and the rise of right wing populism / fascism in Europe recently. Somehow I don't think the Eurovision audiences were ready for political punk S&M performance art! I always admire the countries that stay with the song in their original language, rather than sell out and do it in English. So this Norwegian entry starts out unpromising. edit But then they take it a step further - the third guy is a Sámi rapper as well as doing this traditional singing. edit The Sámi culture is trans-national - I challenge Russia to include some joik in their next entry. Or something else - lots to choose from!
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In Russia there has not been national selection since 2013. Two Russian major mainstream TV channels - members of the EBU - just appoint who is going to represent Russia. Even when there was a theoretically open national selection it didn't seem any more trustworthy.
One of the two chennels mentioned - the "Channel One" - was recently caught in outright fraud (manipulation with SMS votes) and had to cancel the results of one of its national song contests (unrelated to Eurovision).
So when you see those "Russian" representatives don't think they represent Russia. They don't represent anybody except management of the Russia media industry, and that's a thing in itself.
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That's sad, because the whole thing should just be a silly fun event where people get to choose, and nobody should take it too seriously! The result is actually unimportant because people vote by cultural taste (reasonable), linguistic family (understandable) and some by political prejudices (bang out of order  ).
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There's always been a bit of 'politicking' in it - from rumours of the Scandinavian judges 'pooling' their votes to let AbbA win and the French and English judges seeming to give ridiculously low votes to England and France. It always seemed to me that the 'popular vote' always produced a bunch of bland 'blah' music except for the occasional flash of brilliance. The funniest thing I remember is the 1994 show - where the act the audience roared for was the one put on in the interval while the votes were being counted. The winners of the contest were PAUL HARRINGTON & CHARLIE McGETTIGAN performing "ROCK 'N' ROLL KIDS" - ever heard of them since? The interval "fill-in act" was Riverdance with Michael Flatley and Susan Butler. Now they're famous! 
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The funniest thing I remember is the 1994 show - where the act the audience roared for was the one put on in the interval while the votes were being counted.
Yeah, this is really funny! Something that speaks for itself. Didn't they even take part in the contest?
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Beats Madonna! Interval act Yes, it sounds a bit like Clannad. Flatley danced in tap shoes, but from what I can see she started dancing traditional soft and then went en pointe in tap shoes!
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Yes, absolutely fantastic! Even on YouTube, I imagine what a bomb it was for those who were there.
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