This song was originally an Icelandic poem by a man named Egill Skallagrímsson, it was written about what his mother told him when he was 7 years old after he had been beaten at wrestling by some older kids. Egill had always been a sore loser and very dangerous even as a kid so he went home, stole his father's axe and killed the older boy who beat him everyone was furious with him except for his mother who told him one day he'd become a great viking which he later did
If you lost your everything with this one you should check out Colm's Misty Mountains in Dwarvish. He has a normal and metal version. Probably my favorite thing from him
I think you might mean contrast? The higher tones layered over the more bass notes give it such an amazing contrast. This song and also If I Had A Heart in Old Norse is one of my favourite... he set the bar pretty high for doing it in the original lingo.
This was brilliant! I love hearing Colm do something so different, his voice is so unique! Thank you Todd for getting this one in front of DJ! Great choice as always! By the way, DJ, what...what exactly did you mean by "grab where my heart should be"...??? umm...Sir, you might MIGHT need to get checked at the doctors... XP Another great reaction though Sir, as always!
3:55 if you really want to hear something that would cause armies to turn and run, look up what a celtic war horn or carnyx sounds like. It's eerie to hear while safe at home, but imagining being a soldier out in a foggy field and hearing that in the distance is just terrifying.
to people that don't know this is a Viking Chant, it must sound like he's trying to summon a Demon. XDD maybe that was the point back when it was sung regularly over 900 years ago?
Well, it's a poem from a verse of the Icelandic Saga of Egil Skallagrímsson. Basically this verse tells how Egils mother is going to buy Egil a ship to go join the vikings since he's a bit of a murderous shit, having killed his first person (a fellow child) at the age of 7.
@@toddmaliepaard9777 I'm so sad I don't have the income to be on Patreon and take part! I trust your choices when it comes to Colm, though, and Misty Mountains in Khuzdûl is, for me personally, having been a Tolkien fanatic since I was 4, is the most epic he has. I will never be sad to see that video on anyone's channel!
I love this song and have never heard this version. This is incredible! But then it's Colm, so what else could we expect? Thank you for a great reaction! I feel like I've just heard this song for the first time. Gorgeous!
Wow. What a voice. The atmosphere in his voice and arrangement reminds me strongly of Heilung. He envokes that same almost hipnotic, trance-inducing feeling. Just glorious. Check them out, if you like music like that. They are phenomenal.
The morning was quiet and lazy, as it always was. the geese were running round and gulping down snails with delight, the dogs paced around the butchers shop, the small children runningthrough the streets, absorbed in their plying. The mason was instructing his apprentice on the secrets of stone carving nd the monks were headed to the beach to collect clams and check the eel traps Then a dark and impossibly deep voice reached us from the thick fog covering the sea. "Þat mælti mín móðir At mér skyldi kaupa Fley ok fagrar árar Fara á brott með víkingum Standa upp í stafni Stýra dýrum knerri Halda svá til hafnar Hǫggva mann ok annan Hǫggva mann ok annan" That was the beginning of the dark times.
The only thing I don't like about the English version of this song is to say the least... Not very well translated. For instance the line "standa upp í stafni" is translated to "stand up on the prow" whereas properly translated its more "stand up in place at the stern" which makes more sense with the following lines saying to hold course till safe harbour, since viking ships were steered at the stern. It also makes sense because the owner of the boat (in this case who the mother told, Egil Skallagrímsson) was often the steersman responsible for guiding and steering the ship.
Here's my amateurish attempt at more accurately translating the song, it's not word for word, but word for word some stuff is implied : That said my mother I will have to buy and give to you Swift ship and fair (beautiful) oars Travel on break (waves/tide) with raiders Stand up in place at the stern Steer wild beast ship Hold so till haven Hew (one) man and another. It is a poem so some things are poetic, other things are Kennings, which dont translate all that literally.
If this version gets you, you should really check out his metal version of the same song, and check out his singing in Dwarven to the song of Misty Mountains.
