Danheim - Valravn

Starborn Winds [Vents Neses des Etoiles]

Crumbling

The first official track (and a much requested re-release) from Rúnfell and the new album "Vangheimr". Skjalfa is an old norse word for "tremble" or "shake" which describes the ongoing tensed atmosphere in a viking life. You never know which day will be your last, you have to fight and earn every minute of your life.

Vangheimr

Skjalfa

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Scynheim, the name of a ritual place on top of the misty hills somewhere in old scandinavia. Witness the bloody slave trade and their gift to the gods. A ritual to calm the gods and pray for a rich harvest.

Scynheim

Fridr is the second album of 2018 by Danheim. 
This album contains a more calm side of the Viking age and is based a bit more on Ambient Viking Music inspired by the daily life in ancient Nordic times.

Fridr

The song “Kauna’’ is based on the 6th rune of the Elder Futhark. Kauna, Kaunan, Kaun or Kenaz stands for the K sound. This rune can have multiple meanings. Kaun in Old Norse means wound or ulcer. It is also known as Kenaz (meaning torch) based on its Anglo-Saxon name. The deeper meaning of this rune symbolises warmth, enlightening and knowledge. Associated with ritual fires when celebrating the winter and summer solstice. Kauna, the great purifier, the torch and the wildfire, burns away the decay in the heart. The ulcer burns the body in sickness and Fire cleanses the soul, and lights the way. 


Listen or buy here:

Bandcamp:
https://gealdyr.bandcamp.com/album/s-l

iTunes:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/s%C3...

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rO2hk...

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/S%C3%B3l-Geald...


Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma
Tagelharpa by Jirka Hájek


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https://www.gealdyr.com/

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Sól

Kauna

’’Baldr’’ tells the story how the Norse God Baldur (In Old Norse Baldr) came to die.


Listen or buy here:

Bandcamp:
https://gealdyr.bandcamp.com/album/s-l

iTunes:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/s%C3...

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rO2hk...

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/S%C3%B3l-Geald...


Lyrics (Old Norse) 

Ek sá Baldri, blóðgum tívur 
Óðins barni, örlög folgin 
Stóð of vaxinn völlum hæri 
Mjór ok mjök fagr mistilteinn 
Fagr mistilteinn

Blóðgum tívur, blóðgum tívur 
örlög folgin, örlög folgin

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I saw Baldr, the bleeding god
The son of Odinn, his destiny set
Famous and fair, in the lofty fields
Full grown in strength, the mistletoe stood 
The mistletoe stood

The bleeding god, the bleeding god 
His destiny set, his destiny set


Credits:

Written and produced by Jonathan Barendsma
Flute by Jirka Hájek

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Baldr

‘’Myrkviðr’’ meaning dark wood or black forest in Old Norse. Is based on the Völundarkviða poem from the Poetic Edda. 

J.R.R. Tolkien said the following about ‘’Myrkviðr’’

Mirkwood (Myrkviðr) is not an invention of mine, but a very ancient name, weighted with legendary associations. It was probably the Primitive Germanic name for the great mountainous forest regions that anciently formed a barrier to the south of the lands of Germanic expansion.


Listen or buy here:

Bandcamp:
https://gealdyr.bandcamp.com/album/s-l

iTunes:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/s%C3...

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rO2hk...

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/S%C3%B3l-Geald...


Lyrics (Old Norse)

Meyjar flugu sunnan, 
Myrkviðr í gögnum, 
Alvitr unga, örlög drýgja;

En einn Völundr sat í Ulfdölum, 
Svá beið hann sinnar ljóssar kvánar

2x 
Myrkviðr


Ríða Myrkvið yfir, 
Meyjar flugu sunnan, 
Alvitr unga, örlög drýgja

En einn Völundr sat í Ulfdölum, 
Svá beið hann sinnar ljóssar kvánar

2x 
Myrkviðr


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Maids from the south,
Through Myrkwood flew,
Fair and young, their fate to follow

But Völundr alone stayed in Ulfdölum,  
So he waited for his shining wife

2x 
Myrkwood


Through Myrkwood ride,
Maids from the south,
Fair and young, their fate to follow

But Völundr alone stayed in Ulfdölum,  
So he waited for his shining wife

2x 
Myrkwood


Credits:

Vocals and lyrics by Jonathan Barendsma
Bouzouki by Jirka Hájek
Tagelharpa by Jirka Hájek
Drums by Jirka Hájek and Jonathan Barendsma
Keyboards by Jirka Hájek and Jonathan Barendsma


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Myrkvidr

The first Danheim & Gealdýr collaboration.
A Viking inspired song about Odin the Allfather.

Danheim & Gealdýr - Odinn

Blodbylgje (Bloodwave)

Bringing ancient myths and legends back to life.