Heilung
The modern world’s relationship with nature is in crisis. As the natural world burns around us and energy-consuming technology envelops our daily lives, our desire to feel a connection to the ground beneath our feet is greater than ever. Perhaps this explains why Heilung are currently resonating so strongly with music fans all around the world.
The trio formed in 2014 with the aim to bring nature and history to life through their own genre that they call ‘amplified history’. As Heilung’s Christopher Juul explains, “Imagine if you took nature and plugged it into a guitar amp.”
Through ancient music, poetry and rhythms, instruments made from bones and a spectacular live visual smorgasbord that features pelts, antlers and wild warrior tribes chanting to ancient gods, Heilung – ‘healing’ in German – aim to provide exactly that, to reconnect a frazzled modern world with nature and history – and to alter peoples’ state of mind.
They clearly tapped into a deepseated need – the band’s very first live performance at Castlefest in 2017 went viral on YouTube, racking up more than 14 million views. It was also the first time that bandmember
