Heilung -interview with front man Kai Faust

In this video I am talking with Kai Faust from Heilung. We talk about the inspiration that Heilung get from the Germanic past, the Viking Age, and all the way back to the Northern European Stone Age. Both Kai and I were suffering a little from a fire that was sending its smoke straight into the Viking tent we were sitting in -that's the reason for the sniffling and funny expressions on our faces :D

[@guadalupedfiasco2007]

Kai Uwe Faust is so honest. No pretense. No shame in asking if he doesn’t understand something. So much in the present. Intelligent. Thoughtful. Great interview! Thank you!

[@Wotansfogal]

Got tattood by him. Love the guy. Very funny and down to earth!

[@Xanatos712]

You lucky SOB.

[@nthavotelcam4112]

Damn lucky wish I could. Just need to figure what tattoos I want. Would be a dream to see them and meet them in person.

[@papaskazoo5860]

Very cool!

[@johnkayoss5422]

@Beautiful Cancer Life OMG I need to be at the Red Rocks show. Too bad it is not 4 days earlier. Them, at Red Rocks, under a Full Moon would be serious power!

[@dakotaht6778]

Kai tattoo'd you??

[@rachel_Cochran]

I saw them this past weekend and it was the greatest musical experience of my life Anyone mildly interested in them should go see them. More than worth it

[@colet1096]

English is not his first language, but gives a poetic definition for rekindle after first learning the word. "To reignite something slumbering within us?"

[@dathorus1]

"steering people towards a time before tech and social media." Heilung masters this.

[@josephperkins4080]

I sleep better at night listening to Heilung

[@MisterHavoc]

12:08 Right here... This changed my entire opinion on Heilung. I went from liking their music and thinking "Yea, Kai seems like a decent guy" to now, "Yes... Yes, he is an honest person." Admitting you don't know something in front of an audience is something I don't think 90% of musicians, big or otherwise, would do. They'd just smile and nod and say "Yes." But Kai openly admits to that word not being in his english vocabulary. That's a man without pretense, who's doing this because he loves it, not to stroke his own ego.

[@Edelgul1717]

Probably it's cause he had a successful carrier before switching to the music, thus he know, that it's normal not to know things. One can't know everything, even about his/her favorite subject.

[@loretime]

Indeed! And then he immediately follows with an eloquent and perfect definition of the word he didn't previously recognise in his second (third? fourth?) language.

[@nthavotelcam4112]

Kai is refering to Proto-Norse when he talks about Krigsgaldr and he is right it is a Old Norwegian dialect. Heilung got me interested in Germanic history and all kinds of Germanic, Celtic and Romans history.

[@cernunnosch427]

I like how at the end Kai gives a look at the camera and it's like it didn't matter whether he was filmed or not. He was having a conversation without caring about whether it would end on the internet or not. He would have come and talked to the interviewer even if it wouldn't.

[@lissyfromtheforest2760]

the first time i saw him on stage, i was very intimidated at the first moment. then I was completely carried away, almost inundated by his animalistic, archaic radiation and presence . And now I'm completely impressed by the depth of his words and his warm, knowing and almost pictorial narrations

[@theresaseng2856]

I am so impressed!! On stage, Kai has such a ferocious, deep-spirited energy that is very powerful. I wanted to find out in "normal life", what kind of person is he, just by what we can see that is. And from what I find, I am even more mesmerized by his personality. As a person, he's very a wise, gentle, humble, and calm individual. Truly magical guy

[@temperedswag1750]

I’ve personally never heard any type of music that had literally shake every fiber in my body. I’ve instantly fell in love with their vibe!

[@rayswoodshop4467]

Same !

[@VredesStall]

@Tempered Swag You got it. I just discovered Heilung barely a week ago... and I was spellbound the moment I saw their live performance for "In Meidjan" at Castlerock in 2017. Absolutely Incredible!!

[@brandongrow3307]

Absolutely agreed! The ONLY other artist (for ME) who can even come close is TOOL. I wore a TOOL t-shirt to the lady HEILUNG concert and I'm wearing my HEILUNG t-shirt to TOOL next week. There's something in the lyrics: "as below so above and beyond I imagine, separates the body from the mind... Reaching out to embrace the random... Reaching out to whatever may come" that feels right, and rings true to me at HEILUNG and TOOL concerts.

[@IgneelS11]

opinion on "Anoana"? :)

[@SoulSoundMuisc]

I've seen Heilung live and while I've never been much for going to a lot of music festivals and live concerts, their music hits me so hard that I drove a thousand miles to see them. I was not disappointed. Kai, if you see this, thank you for all the wonderful music and for making me *feel* something for music again.

[@HolyPineCone]

I blasted the live video of hamrer hippyer the first time I deadlifted 200 kg (441 lbs) and thus achieving one of my biggest life goals. It felt like something was awakened inside of me. It was magical.

[@konzeptwerks6710]

HUH ???

[@geogeek1758]

Some people may think what he is saying is 'airy fairy rubbish' but just listen to Heilung and you will see that they do extremely well at creating that connection to a much more pure past where human existence and nature were still intimately linked.

[@kreativuntermdach7351]

I dont think that there was ever a more "pure" past. The use and overuse of nature is part of life itself, it can be seen in almost all other living beings. It is why most animals live nomadic or have huge territorys. Because they are depleting the nature around them and simply go somewhere else when that happens. Thing is, we are too many at this point and there is no more space to move into. So for the first time in history we actually have to live with our depleted surroundings and try taking steps to preserve it. But most people cant be bothered changing anything, sadly.

[@rachel_Cochran]

I'm curious who would think that lol

[@rachel_Cochran]

@geogeek I'm curious to know who would think that lol

[@nielsarum8057]

I have bought a live album and a studio album, and what i noticed is that the live album have a magic touch that the studio album misses, both album are brilliant, it is just than the live album is magic also.

[@Broxine]

Ofcourse, its the state of natural flow, improvisation of the live recording, with audiences energy included. Nothing of that is included in an studio recording.

[@jefjarhead]

Been listening to them for years and finally was able to see them live. I felt it in my soul, with tears in my eyes and my whole body in chills yet completely relaxed and centered

[@ocevicheband502]

Humans need more folk like Heilung Humans!!! KAI in Maori means food,sustenance. 1000 BLESSINGS too Hielungs ancestors!!!😏🤗🦌🐗🐻🐞🌻🌋

[@theinfinitecalling]

Excellent interview. Heilung is one of the most magical groups ever. It’s compelling to learn they use ancient spells in some of their lyrics. Skal!

[@jessiehermit9503]

Skål!

[@industrialkhaos]

I feel we did this once. We sang and played around the fire. The sharman was not just a medicine man but a musician also, we all where.

[@jessiehermit9503]

I agree. But maybe we forgot, and put it on this pedestal, like only special people can do it.

[@baalhadad6297]

4 Romans disliked this.

[@Ghost11879]

1 Roman, 2 Catholics and 1 Muslim so far.....

[@Mungo658]

@@Ghost11879 Roman Jew?

[@haraldalbrecht6133]

Romans Never conquered Germania 💪🏻🇩🇪🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@rayswoodshop4467]

War is coming, there are 9 now. Shall we send one drunken Viking to deal with them?

[@elle-izalogan9372]

@@rayswoodshop4467 I could send my son to deal with them, when he's done with guys kindergarten homework. Then again I taught him not to hurt the crazy and mentally challenged, as long as they don't (threaten to) touch him. Let them dislike, it never bothered us anyway.

[@joshuaciresoli2927]

Heilung, as a group, is the top choice for soulful music no matter where I am, but especially while hiking. Much respect to Kai for his openness and integrity.

[@rosemarieguerrero7688]

I'm 63yrs.ol from houston Texas wish you would perform here!!!!!

[@VredesStall]

@05:15 "We were making the music that we always wanted to hear, but didn't exist". So many musicians start bands in the hopes that their music will be successful or will at least be appreciated but often come of up short and fail for whatever reason. So what a rare bird it is that a band like Heilung comes along at the right place and the right time and puts all the pieces together and immediately appeal to almost everyone. I just found Heilung barely a week ago and I was absolutely spellbound the moment I clicked on their video. They deserve every bit of success that comes their way. Well Done and Congratulations, Heilung!!

[@susangravdahlparsons2684]

How did I miss this? I'm sure you won't see that I have commented bc this is an old video, but I'm so utterly inspired by you both. Oh, gddd, there are still super intelligent fruitful giving humble men on the earth.

[@themagnus2919]

I am gritting my teeth thinking I might miss one of their live concerts. They are that good.

[@Broxine]

You were on one allready?

[@EmilReiko]

A friend and I, we ate some shrooms and while it began to kick in - we listened to Heilung, and then we were off to the woods... A January night under the fullmoon. It is one of the best experiences in my life, and Heilung _really_ helped it though in the liftoff

[@Broxine]

I would be frightened that it would end in a bad trip 😬

[@EmilReiko]

@@Broxine a bad trip is also a trip, the trick is to not try to fight it..

[@teresagoncalves531]

Sounds amazing

[@rachel_Cochran]

I took some and went to their concert last weekend and it was one of the most beautiful and profound things I've ever participated in

[@ColoradoStreaming]

@@EmilReiko Yep, the demons are already there. The 'Bad' trip just drags them into the light so you can finally fight them.

[@stevesearle9144]

I stumbled across Heilung a few weeks ago and haven't stopped listening to them since. This is what I need in my life right now.

[@theomniscientvoid9553]

I love the genuine tone and expressions this man encapsulates. Greatly looking forward to seeing them in New York in a few weeks.

[@cdiboh]

I have been listening and exploring your music because I feel something in my core that draws me to your music.

[@janetjacks3406]

What an eloquent and intelligent guy Kai is and what a lot of research and wisdom has been drawn through this music, which I always think of as pure Shamanic medicine which plainly elicits none ordinary states of consciousness. I would have liked to have heard more about it as this reawakening is the most important aspect to me as it draws something so deep inside which seems to be recognised by everyone, so is a universal truth. This is so timely, as if it signals the stirring of the ancient ways coming to the surface once again, but this time we will not allow it to be put asleep again by evil forces.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

I fully agree with the whole "break from technology" and the modern world basically. It's not something that nobody has said before, people know this inside, but it's actually a rather difficult discipline if you do simply live in the modern world. - As someone who actually loves technology, like computers and such, not only for technology in general, but also for entertainment and also for creative works and inspirations actually, I do get exhausted from it and burn out on it. Then there's also stuff like having a regular or normal job... I'm glad groups like Heilung exist to create rituals for the public and also have a break and get grounded and so forth. I've been listening to this kind of music for a few years now, after coming from Metal being the main course, and I really needed that change. I'll also be joining a ritual tomorrow, finally after it having been delayed from late 2019 to early 2023.

[@toravnerflyr6911]

Sent by the gods to regenerate our lives and cultures.

[@freyaforestdance2801]

Tusen Takk =) Oh yeas, I really love it to hear Heilung while I'm running, early in the morning, throw the forest, in one Ear the headphone, the other the sounds of the forest.... Also Wardruna too... Sorry for my bad English, I'm just a german girl ;D

[@lindahardy3083]

Also my two favourite sounds, I like Danheim thrown in too.

[@volkischfraulein2957]

No worries☺️

[@hackingcivilization500]

Fantastic.. Thanks for posting this.

[@lunarainenorwegians2899]

Awesome interview , thank you so much !

[@TheSonicDeviant]

Great interview! Thanks! Seen them in Tuska Finland this year, they were amazing! Seeing them again in London in November, I cannot wait! Keep on healing Heilung! #BewareOfComets

[@bjornerikssongalin9570]

Great interview!!! Thank you Mathias..

[@Woody-pc6dk]

Love listening to these guys when I’m working out

[@smtenor1]

I have never heard an interview with someone who understands my soul on such a deep level, both musically and spiritually. As a Wagnerian tenor, Kai, your work has really astonished me. This interview... such a treat, my friends. Thank you both. Lots of love from Cleveland.

[@davidbetts2980]

Love what these guys are doing.

[@theohernandez2311]

Best Interview Ever! Inspiration to all human beings!

[@samhainjack179]

Great interview, thank you! Kai is such an amazing energy.

[@puneetchauhan7164]

Kai Faust. Legend 😁 His music has a primodial connection to the human psyche. I feel he doesn't tell us everything he's got on his mind :p Edit: 9:50 this is what I was talking about

[@ilarcu]

What you're saying is 100% crazy but it's also true lol, I totally feel what you're getting at.

[@archaeodeath]

Very interesting and useful interview! We need tent flapping as part of the recreated musical world too :)

[@j3tztbassman123]

@Kai much love for what you do. Keep doing it.

[@RedRose4711]

It's great to learn that Kai is living an authentic life.

[@JezzmanGAMES]

Very nice, little interview. Thanks for that. I found this video quite a while ago. Just thought I'd leave a comment here now. :)

[@troyboy7610]

I recently came across these guys a couple days ago and I felt a passion ignite within and I love their music and everything they present. Although I may not understand what they are singing at times it sounds incredible and easy to resonate with. I'm grateful for learning about them.

[@ariadnaschweitzer8542]

Thank you so much! Wonderful and interesting interview.

[@heihat1224]

So glad I found this band..love them

[@dobhran3851]

Need a point of break...that's it yes... Love your work...art...and breakpoint... Really really powerful your way to get out and take me with you. Thank you so much. Greetings from germany direct at the place of the varus battle...

[@RoadTripRig]

I absolutely love Heilung!! From Winnipeg MB Canada. It's savage yet very relaxing to me. I'm a truck driver by trade and lately this stuff is the only thing I've been listening to while driving. To see the show live would be something else. Can you ask them if they will make a North America tour? Please!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@princesseuphemia1007]

They are touring America soon! They're going to do a show in Canada as well. Look them up and see if they're near you. :)

[@RoadTripRig]

@@princesseuphemia1007 if it's coming anywhere near me I absolutely have to go. I'll look for tickets! Thank you for the heads up! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁🤗

[@johnkayoss5422]

Red Rocks Oct 5!

[@fabiankempazo7055]

I always thought Heilung is pretty good for getting into holotropic states of consciousness and I liked that he mentioned the potential effect of an altered state of consciousness as well. their music really is touching my spiritual roots,

[@franzusgutlus54]

I discovered Maidjan a while ago and it immediatly shook to the core. It caused feelings of displeasure and pain, which were a relief at the same time. Like a cleansing that is painfull in the beginning...really weird...

[@rayswoodshop4467]

Very interesting interview ! I usually watch things in high speed (1.75 -2 )on KZbin, but not this. I found Heilung about a month ago. I was instantly in love with this. Is it my Irish German heritage? Could be. Heilung really stirs something in me. I love listening after a long day of work, stress melts away ! I would love to see Heilung at the Redrock Ampitheater . Dont know if I will be able to afford or make it. Long distance to drive and this damned virus thing happening. Looks like we will be dealing with this virus for a while , so I will Heilung for a while.

[@blockaderunner]

I use this music while running barefooted about 14 miles

[@courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815]

The interviewer looks so intensely into every word Kai says to him. I would also be taking notes! Lol

[@TripleDDDD]

Gonna see them in November. So looking forward to that ritual.

[@davidsimpson2685]

Has a hunter I really connect with the music and the concept of being one with nature.

[@cleocatra871]

I love people who feed from and take such pride in their past and express it in their music :) True sound, not fabricated noise...true music of ancient soul

[@SynchroDiaries]

When you listen to Heilung, there is no doubt they’re striving for authenticity that hits you hard in that primal place inside all of us. This interview just confirms that.

[@codyoaster4500]

Awesome interview, Its really cool to understand a song without knowing the lyrics

[@reverendwormwood]

two of my personal heroes are in this video. I'm so excited!

[@jesserichards5582]

Absolutely love Heilung, I am very thankful

[@beardmanfrommidgard]

I really want to get tattoo by Kai. I adore Heilung and someday I'll buy a ticket for the concert!! Skål!

[@BerserkerGang2019]

discovered your channel on the Freya's live stream. awesome. subscribed and ringed the bell. ;)

[@stevelampley2591]

Long bike journey. Roll into camp at sunset. Set up fire, cook dinner. Darkness falls. Night creatures stir. Heilung plays. Spirits gather round the camp fire to share stories!

[@godfistgouki]

Kai reminds me a bit of Mimir from GOW4. I could listen to him all day.

[@samiperala5730]

Good content 🇫🇮👊🇫🇮

[@guststrezuns2505]

Very cool dude Kai. Very balanced and calm like your rituals

[@AndyTernay]

Midgardsblot is a special space; I'm glad you are there and wish I could have gone this year. Thank you.

[@michellelarson2961]

Kai.... I simply love you do much. Before I leave this world I would love to meet you. You are amazing.❤❤🙏🙏

[@madisonswanevelder1335]

He is wise beyond his music and beyond history and facts and intelligence, he is wise in wordly ways, he gets the bigger picture

[@FastredGreenholm]

Sehr schön gesagt.

[@rogerbuss6069]

I love Heilung music and I really agree with Kai on his world views.

[@crayonstyle4964]

If you like what he is saying check out ‘Rupert Spira’ . PS.... Currently tickets for heilung in York (UK) in Feb 2020 - Viking Festival week ...see you there

[@donwilson3856]

I enjoy your music and it funny about the German part my Grandma Wilson is pure German, Married to my Grandpa Wilson being Scottish, Irish, English and Native American as well

[@scaldedape6213]

Cool interview. Good job ignoring the elements and not letting it ruin your day.

[@michellelarson2961]

I watch Heilung every night to fall asleep.

[@less_drama_more_climbing]

That is kind of funny... I actually listen to them when I work out... I thought it was kind of unusual... but I hear I am not alone.. looking forward to the concert in Ljubljana in december 2022...

[@57monoshock]

Subscribed.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

15:18 - A collaboration is imminent. - I feel like both don't really want to mingle and just stand on their own, but I also feel like it should happen at some point.

[@roel.vinckens]

Good man. I hope that one day I can start getting tattooed by him.

[@wesragnar5372]

Would be cool to see Heilung and Wardruna making something together

[@flyndutchmn]

I know the Chicago show was out of this world!

[@ps8437]

💚💚💚DANKESCHÖN 💚💚💚

[@rengeir7234]

First time I hear you in normál way of speaking... AND I AM STUNNED! I didnt know either youre si handsome 😍

[@madelene707]

I know when I see him on stage I Feel this intense sexual atttraction, I think It’s the energies he’s sending out. But I don’t want to objectify him like that either but I totally agree ;)

[@papaskazoo5860]

I love what he says about this music being in our very blood and how a part of us what there when these things happened or were created.

[@HenryAusLuebeck]

Ganz liebe Grüße aus Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein. Wir waren slawisch und dann lange dänisch. Ich liebe die Dänen. ;) EDIT: Die Schweden, Norweger und Finnen fetzen auch!

[@Josh-gv5eo]

Reigniting dormant genes is entirely possibly through epigenetics. Based on our experiences, certain genes are expressed while others remain largely dormant. I find this fascinating.

[@donwilson3856]

I'm also a knights Templar, but I like learning about others cultures to

[@eatmoreporkporky4342]

Ginnungagap. I love that word

[@christopherrowley7506]

Anyone know about that find he mentioned, with the headdress?

[@Dani_Wunjo]

the shaman of Bad Dürrenberg

[@Skanderbeg99]

8:35 I agree completly Kai xD

[@britt2244]

Amazing, I live in FoCo, do you offer any classes for the public?! Am trying to find community

[@britt2244]

In person in Boulder?

[@thornyrose4709]

Armenius is the German Sitting Bull.

[@nthavotelcam4112]

Hassan abu al Winkler He was a Suebi king of the Allemanni right? Scholars think that the Suebi tribe are the ancestors of Germans culture and stuff. Of course the idea of being German only emerged during the Late Middle Ages either before or after the crusades not sure about that.

[@PandemoniumVice]

Whaaaaaat? You work at the University of Colorado at Boulder? I'm starting at CSU in spring. Not the Boulder campus, but still! This is a subject I'm extremely interested in. I'm a biochemistry major, but that's my mind, this is soul, and I would be doing myself a disservice if I ignored it.

[@ingomalmstein2799]

Boring and cheap standard questions but still very sophisticated in depth answers!

[@theyoungfarmsteader8074]

Do you work with the band skald in creating their music

[@amommalee9105]

Wait, did he just call the Viking raids of the middle ages "the migration period" ?