Nordic Ambient Music [3 hours]

Note : last 40 min or whatever are muted to do a company copyright claiming the video. KZbin appears to have automuted it. i have an updated video without the big blank section
Artists in this upload: (if you recognize ones not listed here PLEASE LET ME KNOW so people can discover and support them!)
Ulf Soderberg | Sephiroth | Empyrium | Tenhi
partial playlist thanks to Cassandroid Seadoss:
0:00:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten part II
0:07:04 - Ulf Söderberg - Vindarnas Hus
0:10:51 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten Part I
0:16:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Tempel Och Katedral Reser Sig Ur Djupen
0:20:51 - ulf söderberg - sådan var vintern om sommaren
0:24:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nordvinterögon
0:27:13 - Ulf Söderberg - I Vargmanens Tid
0:33:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Blaeld
0:35:38 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattfrost
0:37:25 - ulf söderberg - det vakande tinget i nordväst
0:40:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Den viskande solen
0:41:40 - Sephiroth - Dark Father
0:49:44 - Sephiroth - Dark Garden
0:54:40 - Sephiroth - Now Night Her Course Began
1:03:30 - A map of Eden Before the Storms
1:07:00 - Sephiroth - Abyssanctum
1:17:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nongals tempelgardar (???)
1:18:49 - Ulf Söderberg - Vargskymning
1:23:06 - Sephiroth - R'lyeh
1:29:30 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattstaden
1:38:20 - Sephiroth - Therasia
1:46:43 - Sephiroth - The Moongate
======= Unknown =======
2:04:20 - Sephiroth - Heliopolis
2:09:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Morgonmåne
2:19:51 - Empyrium - Nebel
2:22:11 - Empyrium - Waldpoesie (starts at around 6:53 in that track)
2:26:05 - Empyrium - Nachhall
2:31:48 - Tenhi - Etäisyyksien Taa
2:37:40 - Tenhi - Sateen Soutu
2:40:45 - Tenhi - Surunuotta
2:45:10 - Tenhi - Sees
2:48:44 on - Ulf söderberg - Nattljus album
some of you may remember a skyrim mod that disappeared from the nexus mysteriously a while ago... you can still find it in mod form but the music is all compressed. Luckily I had the original MP3s the mod author posted alongside the mod, so I decided to put them up here for anyone looking to listen to without having to fumble around with decompling .wmx files

[@mysteriousman4966]

Walhalla's elevator music....lol.

[@swinki33]

***** Better Valhalla than Eden ;)

[@MrAliquam]

+swinki33 Well, it sounds good. In my fantasy - better than Eden. But that's because I want it to sound better than Eden.

[@kinimba91]

+der Dennis Did you mean valhalla?

[@siegminten214]

+Hannele Kahkonen Depends on where in the world you are. Here it's also spelled Walhalla :)

[@alex25377]

+der Dennis The correct name is VALHÖLL the originals norse language :)

[@HermitOfBlackLake]

This music is a modern interpretation of "Nordic" culture. It subscribes to a romantic view of the past and would of been almost completely alien to ancient "Nordic" cultures who lacked instruments that could even nearly replicate the sounds you hear here.

[@pacolopez9577]

Nailed it. Luckily there are people who actually can listen to this as what it's meant to be.

[@curtstraeter]

Russell Johnson Guerrillia did not say they had no instruments. He alleged they lacked instruments "that could even nearly replicate the sounds you hear". Learn to read a sentence properly first, master historian, before you rail people for 'talking out the ass'.

[@DesoloSubHumus]

CurtimusMaximus Then what does that logic say about Guerrilla? Neither the title or the description said this was *ancient* Nordic music. So, really, whether or not the old Nordic tribes had the instruments used to make this music doesn't even matter. It's Nordic in that it is written by the descendants of those Nordic tribes. Ulf Soderberg, Sephiroth, Tyr, etc. are all solo musicians and bands from Scandinavian countries.

[@HermitOfBlackLake]

Because that's a bit like describing Ed Sheeran's music as Anglo saxon. Because he is possibly descendant of an Anglo Saxon tribe.

[@DesoloSubHumus]

And it would be, if he chose to call it that. It really does have nothing to do with the instruments or how listeners *feel* about how it sounds. Sure, back before people traveled all over the world, visiting and working in other countries on a regular basis and they didn't really mix much with other cultures, the instruments and general sound meant something insofar as classification, but it's the 21st century now, not the 16th century. Quite a few musicians don't even bother with labeling music by their ethnicity, as they don't bother trying to pigeonhole themselves.

[@ReuvenNorby]

I do not have Nordicism, Nordic blood. My ancestors are Maya, from the great Maya Civilization. Although I'm proud about my origins and so about my ancestors, I am so impressed, curious about the Scandinavian, Nordics. Their history is amazing, these people were more than regular, in my opinion, people. I'm sorry for my english but to be brief, there is something special about them, about their civilization. These people, along with the Celtes, the Germains, Gaulois, Huns Greek and others were physically so powerful, statistically speaking. I read many books about the Scandinavian Civilization (I'm not an expert, I never pretend that) and they really were a strong civilization. Sometimes I wish I could have Nordics ancestors but I did not have this chance. They are a Civilization that I'm obsessed about and all people today descending from them I find you lucky to have this gift of being from Nordic ancestors. Also, nowadays in our world since the beginning of the world, we have a population made from two gender: men and woman. However it is special how now people described a men or what I can call a manly man. We talk about this in my University Anatomy class. Today they are people, men, that behave like a ''tough'' person, which I find funny and pathetic, and this to appear manly, or who goes to the gyms everyday to have only big muscles to appear manly. I am a man, I'm 21, I play rugby, soccer, I swim and go to the gym. I'm 6'' 5' and even if I'm well shape for my training, I can't say I'm manly, like really manly because of my morphology of my body, from my genes. There are men that are men and men that are manly men. Manly does not have anything to do with having big muscle and acting like a stupid tough guy, not at all. A manly person is someone acting normally and you can see he is different. My point is the Nordic were very strong physically as we talked in our class, and one day in France there was guy who entered in a grocery store, maybe 6'' 6' but he appeared way taller than me, and even if I'm confident about myself and find myself manly, I saw the difference between me and him hahaha, and people felt it too. A guy with big muscle, too big, you know the kind of ''douchebag'', was near him and his muscles looks so tiny compared to the giant blond, blue eyes man (it appears he was from Iceland) . They were, are, these people, Nordic, strong naturally from their morphology and with severe (traits). At one time in my life I wanted big muscle to appear tough but after what we talk in class and after I saw that guy and the douchebag near him, I realize that no one can compared to these Scandinavian people. Seriously, they were courageous. Today people need guns to kill each other and proclaims themselves tough. All this anyway to say that Scandinavian Civilization is one of the Greatest. Amazing people with a fantastic history.

[@vangelderresike]

okey okey.... We all have a different view upon things and i respect yours. As for me, you being so buzzy about looking "manly" and comparing yourself makes me think the opposite rly. I lift to be strong because its my passion. The muscles it brings is just a plus.I have blondish hair with blue eyes and have a beard because alsmost my whole familie has it.(no beards for female tho) Not because i want to be or look "manly" perce. And i think most people here think that way. I'm pround about who i'm and where i came form but not in a superieur way. I have a lifting buddy who is turkish and boy he is strong as hell, we keep each other on our toe's. Just be yourself and dont try to feel better than others.....you actions can do that.;) My point, every man is a man in its own way. Got nothing to do with your looks or your confidents money or what every if you ask me. Be yourselfs and do things you like, Be fare and right! Don't compair or worry about others to much.

[@ReuvenNorby]

vangelderresike I just read what you wrote and that make me realize that well, you are right about everything you wrote. My comment wasn't directed toward someone as you when I wrote about training, you know what I mean but I must say that my comment wasn't as ''complete'', true/realistic like yours. I really appreciate your response and what you wrote, especially at the end, make me think about many things. Thank you very much again Vangelderresike!

[@HamalachMichael]

vangelderresike You have a good spirit friend. Blessed be you and your whole family and your true friends.

[@tyrfang]

You said you were being brief? J/k, man thanks for sharing that stuff.

[@ReuvenNorby]

João Victor Mazzei Hahaha you're right, I wrote too much hehehe. I appreciate you read it. Thank you man. Have a nice day.

[@andrewp8284]

I am writing poetry inspired by verses/sections from the Hávamál, while listening to this. Here's what I have: "The hearth light grows dim; Before sleep, some last words, Some wisdom from him-- Sayings of the high one: Though cattle may die, Kin become elegies, And we breathe last sighs, Deathless, is glory. Your good deeds never die." I want to write another one related to this first one, or perhaps even more...I feel inspired.

[@yannquix]

+Andrew Penman Pretty nice man, keep it up!

[@andrewp8284]

+Yannick Oberhauser Thank you!

[@CeciliaGarcia-vu7ez]

+Andrew Penman beautiful!

[@andrewp8284]

+Cecilia Garcia Thanks I appreciate it :)

[@elizabethcampbell8400]

+Andrew Penman Very Impressive!! I got chills when I read it haha

[@SuperCabrito14]

From Mexico, salud to my Nordic brothers, our ancestors both formidable warriors, like Aztecs like Vikings, and their blood continues to run in our veins today, #respect

[@lolblackice154]

I live 10min from where these swords are at :) Hafrsfjord, Norway

[@achillessoul9713]

+rdymade Mycket ärorik plats! :)

[@GingerVagGreece]

+rdymade I m from Greece. I ve been to Norway for 2 weeks holiday. Another planet. Stunning country.

[@nathanaelcamp2963]

+rdymadei cant tell but are those swords big or are they closer to the size of normal swords?

[@achillessoul9713]

Celt Iberian They stand 10 metres tall :P

[@nathanaelcamp2963]

that's 32 feet wow awesome

[@AgTip]

I listened to this music while wrestling with a chapter of a novel. It makes me happy to hear that others use this music in pursuit of the arts! We are joined at the ears.

[@fothinator]

Lo, there do I see my Father Lo, there do I see my Mother and my sisters and my brothers Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they do call to me They bid me take my place among them in the halls of Valhalla Where the brave may live forever!

[@garronhelm1717]

We recited that at Wooden's Volk last weekend. :)

[@Montgomery443]

I'm sorry, but women will not be allowed into Valhalla.

[@GhostPandemic]

Montgomery443 There are Valkyries.

[@a.z7469]

Montgomery443 If they die in battle, they go with Freya or Odin.

[@commandernova7854]

That is not totally true. all who go to Valhalla do not live forever. They train everyday until Ragnarok. They fight side by side with the gods until they die and the world ends.

[@cassandra9581]

Here's a partial playlist - missing quite a few songs though, hopefully someone can help fill in the gaps. Thanks to some other commentors for contributions: 0:00:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten part II 0:07:04 - Ulf Söderberg - Vindarnas Hus 0:10:51 - Ulf Söderberg - Tidvatten Part I 0:16:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Tempel Och Katedral Reser Sig Ur Djupen 0:20:51 - ulf söderberg - sådan var vintern om sommaren 0:24:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nordvinterögon 0:27:13 - Ulf Söderberg - I Vargmanens Tid 0:33:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Blaeld 0:35:38 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattfrost 0:37:25 - ulf söderberg - det vakande tinget i nordväst 0:40:20 - Ulf Söderberg - Den viskande solen 0:41:40 - Sephiroth - Dark Father 0:49:44 - Sephiroth - Dark Garden 0:54:40 - Sephiroth - Now Night Her Course Began 1:03:30 - A map of Eden Before the Storms 1:07:00 - Sephiroth - Abyssanctum 1:17:35 - Ulf Söderberg - Nongals tempelgardar (???) 1:18:49 - Ulf Söderberg - Vargskymning 1:23:06 - Sephiroth - R'lyeh 1:29:30 - Ulf Söderberg - Nattstaden 1:38:20 - Sephiroth - Therasia 1:46:43 - Sephiroth - The Moongate ======= Unknown ======= 2:04:20 - Sephiroth - Heliopolis 2:09:00 - Ulf Söderberg - Morgonmåne 2:19:51 - Empyrium - Nebel 2:22:11 - Empyrium - Waldpoesie (starts at around 6:53 in that track) 2:26:05 - Empyrium - Nachhall 2:31:48 - Tenhi - Etäisyyksien Taa 2:37:40 - Tenhi - Sateen Soutu 2:40:45 - Tenhi - Surunuotta 2:45:10 - Tenhi - Sees 2:48:44 on - Ulf söderberg - Nattljus album

[@TheFlamingPike]

+Cassandroid Seadoss Very good job, +1. I hope other people can give you thumbs up so your comment can stay on top. Hopefully, otherpeople will fill in the blank spots... Your comment is the best, come on guys let's give some credit to the artists who made these songs. A lot of people want to know who they are because these songs kick serious ass. We all want to hear more of them. I'm pretty sure some of us will actually buy their music thanks to this video, so it's important to show their names.

[@moonasha]

+Cassandroid Seadoss i will put this in description

[@hexagram21]

+Cassandroid Seadoss Thank you so much! I'd been trying to figure out who the artist(s) from 2:31:00 on were. Now if only somebody could figure out who that is from 2:45:10...

[@MADAMMEMEDUSSA]

+David Hamilton 2.45:10 Artist Tenhi Song: "Sees" Album: Saivo 2:31:00 Dino Miletta and Rudy Mc Feat - City of Lights TRY SHAZAM!!!! Te one I use to find song and artists names. Hope it helps!!!

[@hexagram21]

+MADAMME MEDUSSA (Madammedussa) wow! thank you so much!

[@hectorx1234]

Hail the Old Gods!!

[@MsXul]

Hail!

[@harcorenoob]

Hail brother!

[@xXWolf115Xx]

Hail!

[@timewasteland]

I like this picture because I can't tell if it's just three normal swords stuck into the ground on a mossy little patch of ground or if they are three giant stone monuments of swords standing on a hill in the middle of nowhere. I literally can't tell.

[@vangelderresike]

That my friend are the stavanger swords, Sverd i fjell. Its a real monument for the battle of the tree kings back in the viking age. Google it.

[@timewasteland]

vangelderresike Wow, that's awesome. I'm certainly going to visit there someday since I live in sweden (:

[@padila176]

Sverd i Fjell Stavanger area in Norway. I live 500 m from them.

[@peterschutte5970]

timewasteland Got an awesome image (which shows how big these swords are) from the ''Sverd i Fjell'' : gyazo.com/957bb1ccf4d4a7b79eed0c4e4a23ad6b

[@ratizhvania799]

timewasteland i003.radikal.ru/1209/52/06eb3d96e71c.jpg go on that link, this is Georgia, my land, land of heroes.

[@B13e]

I'm a black creole but damn, do I love Nordic music.

[@dekunutted2491]

***** Music unifies everyone, regardless of race, nationality or religion; you're free to listen to whatever you love and want to!

[@B13e]

datRed I agree; thank you very much :)

[@3m0k1d4evr]

+datRed beautiful comment. Totally agree

[@Diocletian311]

datRed And yet, you should be very grateful for the music(Wardruna) and culture of your ancestors. And as a White person, I truly am grateful. We have such a beautiful culture to be proud of.

[@kimberleyclayton4636]

Me too

[@gunnarthorsen]

Okay, hail the old Gods, I agree with, but note at 18:20, the sound of Gregorian chant! I honor ALL my Norwegian ancestors, including Christian ones, for their blood and sweat made me who I am too, and bequeathed to me my legacy. Good grief, there was a period of almost 300 years in Scandinavia where the old Gods and the new God mingled in the hearts and minds of the people before Christianity was the norm, a syncretism found in the British Isles and elsewhere too. When looking to God or Gods don't forget to look to the people who - by their actions and deeds - made them manifest in Midgard. No one group had a monopoly on honor or any other virtues connected to the human heart, and it's that heart which is the bottom line, the reason that any people has lived, loved, struggled, built, and endured.

[@Camelworks]

0:00 - 2:19:50 is all music created by a fellow named Ulf Soderberg. His silent disappearance from the music world is as mysterious as his music.

[@Epicarno54]

+Camelworks I know its a bit old, but I didn't expect to find you here.

[@Calebgoblin]

I think about this all the time. I have never heard music that made me feel such mystery and otherness, and I wish there was more to learn a about it. But...perhaps that's just part of the power of it.

[@LetsReadPodcast]

This is absolutely fantastic.

[@bahbhudson1068]

As a full blood Norwegian I can vouch for the SPIRIT of this music - percussive with choir-like drones. I can see myself gliding down a fijord between the craggy, mountainous walls on either side. The instruments may not be ancient but their sound is in the vein of the Norske soul (which is the point). You may also like my friend, Ostein's music here. He goes by the name of Amethystium. He also encompasses this particular spirit and he's Norwegian as well. Ufda!

[@Matstarx25]

Bähb Hudson da kan du komme ombord mit danske langskib, da kan vi drage til England og prøve igen, hehe

[@StimmlaborDe]

Danke für den glücklichen "Zufall", der mich zu dieser Offenbarung an Trance-Musik hier gebracht hat, ich bin absolut begeistert von der Tiefe dieser Compilation. Ganz herzlichen Dank dafür!!!

[@Dovahcookiie]

The photo in the video is from a monument, it is called Sverd i fjell. The largest sword represents the victorious Harald, and the two smaller swords represent the defeated petty kings. The monument also represents peace, since the swords are planted into solid rock, whence they may never be removed.

[@xepRob]

Fucking awesome man, I didn't know that. I love shit like this, especially symbol of peace....the swords forever embedded in the earth. Fucking awesome.

[@Dovahcookiie]

robNtheSouth Me too man, i find things like this very interesting.

[@powdgaze]

Cookie Gaming Enterprise™ Stuff like this makes me so happy to be of Finnish heritage! I love ancient Nordic/Scandinavian history, especially the legends and lore.

[@troyevitt2437]

LLiekCake Read the Hiemskringla or the Prose and Poetic Eddas? Our folk and our "gods", or archtypes call to us from the time before the Krisjan Death Cult infected our Volk.

[@Komotau4691]

@@troyevitt2437 But you must know that Snorri Sturluson was Christian and not all what he wrote should be true :D

[@parkerwilloughby6761]

This made writing a short story so much more fun, thank you for posting this music.

[@moonasha]

I agree, good music to write to :)

[@parkerwilloughby6761]

moonasha Like wow now i get to write my viking stories while listenin to this

[@JohnWinterz]

Oo, can I read your stories?

[@parkerwilloughby6761]

John Winterz NOOO

[@JohnWinterz]

Parker Willoughby Aww, sad face :'(

[@doomguard11]

Writing thesis on the Scandinavian myths while listening to this has never been more epic.

[@FreakO5654]

There is a lot of hate going on in the comments... May the Allfather bless all tribes, may the Thunderer protect us with his strength, and may the Allmother Frigg grant us the forsight to live together peacefully...

[@K3NatCSS]

***** Cultural appropriation is a joke. But it is funny when people give in to hate, when they themselves would be victims of that hate if it were practiced the way they propose it should be.

[@ThatShitCrayZ]

***** Right, you don't like neo nazi's, we get it. No one does so quit raging, kid. Judging by your profile and other comments you're doing a fine job of appropriating and bastardising Japanese culture you fucking weeaboo.

[@ThatShitCrayZ]

***** Haha, wow. Calm down, kid. You're still in your "weeaboo phase" your comments on Attack on Titan and other anime videos aren't from that long ago. Neither are your J-pop and K-pop video comments. Which leads me to ask, you realise the "K" in K-pop stands for "Korea", right? It seems that stupid weeaboos always just assume everything Asian is Japanese which makes your outrage over people appropriating "your" culture (I doubt you have any Nordic heritage, that's probably your current phase) even more rich.

[@ThatShitCrayZ]

***** Take your meds, weeb.

[@SilveniumTheDrifter]

SonOfWodanaz You're right about the hate thing, for sure.

[@tobiasneal1574]

Thanks for putting this out there. I use it when I write. It's truly an enjoyable listen. Cheers!

[@moonasha]

Tobias Neal right? something about it is just perfect for writing. I used to sit on my porch with headphones and write for the entire duration of it

[@UniverseofDominion]

Haha, that's exactly what I'm using it for now. It sets an excellent tone.

[@designer0titeamvoxel615]

***** Me also

[@coltonjamez]

***** Are you guys blogging? I love blogging to this playlist!

[@toki7958]

Tobias Neal What do you write?

[@ReveredDead]

My family lineage is of north Scotland where the great clan Gunn once lived, the warlike clan that conquered all without mercy. The Wilson family heritage, and a thousand years of generations in England. The blood line of the Viking race. Too our brothers in Norway we drink too you.

[@spectergohan]

Black Onyx Chill bro.

[@sonofherne]

Black Onyx And obviously also mixed with local Britons and Saxons too

[@SyntexCommunity]

TomeOfBattle Lol there is no way of you to know any of that because the church only started dating births and deaths in the 17th century.

[@TimestopperHay]

Black Onyx I am of Scottish blood, German Blood, English/French Blood, and Irish Blood. I should probably say I am of Northwestern Decent. All except Nordic and Welsh.

[@SurrealisticSlumbers]

Times Hay Ha, exactly like me. :D Concerning your German heritage: depending on where in Germany your forebears came from, you could indeed have ancestral ties to Scandinavia, i.e. Denmark.

[@stormking989]

This song has not only helped me with writing my Viking story but also a spy film script as well. I just love the music.

[@Wiwaz]

Still writing?

[@bjornashby6093]

I was born in Texas in the United States my family came here from Scandinavia and they went to Ireland then they went to Britain then the US. This music awakens my inner spirit and me and my daughter Ursula love this thank you for making this my brors I feel like the fore-fathers are with me.

[@troyaner7878]

Skål!

[@superbad3591]

I love Nordic music, history and culture. Much love from your Celtic cousins in Ireland

[@itsvinniebitch420]

The track that begins just before 42:00, around 41:55, is "Dark Father", the track right after it (around 49:44) is "Dark Garden", and the one the begins around 1:12:57 is "Abyssanctum", all by Sephiroth; since most are still unknown. But I think it's safe to say most, if not all, are done by Ulf Soderberg. Also, great upload! This certainly is great for getting work done and meditating to.

[@Camelworks]

Music at 1:39:39 ? That is one powerful chord combination, especially mixed with those tones.

[@Camelworks]

Camelworks Sephiroth - Therasia If anyone wanted to know.

[@predictablesponge]

Haha wow did not expect to see you here camelworks :P love your skyrim item videos :D

[@Camelworks]

predictablesponge Thank you man! I'm all about the Neo Nordic Ambient music.

[@Camelworks]

***** Hi Mark! I am very hot, please fan me.

[@potato2248]

Camelworks wow

[@TheMaggiemagdalena]

for some reason this entire track helps my mind focus and it got me through studying for finals. thank you so much for this!

[@ZuNk]

Those swords are truly a beautiful art, I love going there! I always sit some meters away from them, glance up at them while listening to Nordic music like this, It makes me daydream and i feel like im walking around in the viking era! Long live the vikings, SKÅL Brødre, og søstre! Greetings from norwaaay!

[@blizzardaccount4427]

17:35 - 20:47 This piece always gets to me. It matters not what my state of mind is at the time; I always pause and give it the respect it deserves by listening...and feeling. It's so deep, dark, and hopeful at the same time. This piece can either be the calm before a rising storm or the last embers of a fire slowly dying after having burned everything in its path. This piece made me realize that hope and tragedy are close cousins.

[@blizzardaccount4427]

And 21:27 - 23:08 God, this gets to me as well. I can imagine an ancient warrior either returning home triumphant into the arms of his beloved or the same warrior cut down in the field of battle and taking his last few breaths while looking up at the sky. What would he be thinking about as he lay dying and bleeding? No matter the outcome, he fought hard; he fought well; and he fought with honor. It's finally over.

[@codycarter5902]

Can I PLEASE go one ONE video involving anything Norse without 80% of the comments being about white supremacy?

[@raidho5433]

I know the pain bro the Norse weren't racist far from it infact they'd probably hate to see their legacy being shit upon like this

[@laurenpeach-hill5752]

I know, the Norse were not racist, I am, infact, part Norse, and I know this shit.

[@raidho5433]

***** well I hope your children make you happy just remember don't be disappointed if they don't fit the bill.

[@Norden1]

I cant find it...... But I do see that when white people are being proud of there history they are racist according to brainwashed people like you.. Realize white are one of the least racist races. Why don't you travel to south africa and see what happens when black are the majority.. It's gonna be cheap because you only need a one way ticket..

[@raidho5433]

Monkeyclub not really... I mean I was referred to as white man for the duration of my stay but they seemed fairly friendly.

[@middletonrei2308]

Thanks to the glorious lies and misgivings of the Hollywood genre, I can honestly say thee Vikings are the most misunderstood culture in the entire history of Humanity. Being an Asatruar myself, as well as an eclectic Yahwehan, I feel like this music embodies the true spirit of the Vikings and the Norsemen in general as they really were, not as Hollywood and mislead American culture would have you believe. Even the movie Thor, based on the ever popular comic book series, had so many lies and misinterpretations I found much of it laughable. I looked at your page and am not a gamer and such, but thanks for giving us something that is closer to reality concerning the ancient Norsemen.

[@pgmreallaw]

Thanking God for the gift of the Nordics!!

[@trey6419]

People listen to rap, dubstep, techno and all that music with vocals. This, is some beautiful music that I'll listen to 24/7. Not too hyped, not too grim, love listening to it while I work. Kind of reminds me of Skyrim's ambient tracks.

[@Blaze90i]

There is a dark time before us. Time to rise up.

[@brittanyrobinson9074]

Ragnarok

[@johnnysavoy2143]

this is just perfect. i'm currently writing a novel and it will accompany my writing sessions quite nicely, thank!!!

[@techtrip4435]

+Johnny Savoy haha same here :D

[@johnnysavoy2143]

***** what are you working on? anything known?

[@boojay111]

I feel a painting coming on here. Memories of my trip from Oslo to the North Cape. Dramatic, looming rocks and eagles. So fantastically brilliant, I was agape with the wonder of nature. The oppressive clouds, the seemingly safe and still seas, hidden rocks and any minute, waiting, waiting, for a long ship to appear.

[@lonewolfvule4682]

I heard this in a Skyrim mod.Never played the game with the original soundtrack again. Since,I've been searching for something similar,but so far this is the best 'atmospheric' music compilation I've heard.

[@SanelvellaS]

I'm not Nordic, i'm more Mediterranean but i love this music (i hate beach and love mountains by the way haha)

[@mariaoiklou6123]

+Sanel “SanelVellaS” Vella same here!!

[@Dukagjina]

I'm Albanian so we get both beach and mountains

[@KamikazethecatII]

+Sanel “SanelVellaS” Vella Italian?

[@SanelvellaS]

KamikazethecatII yup.

[@CorpseCall]

+Sanel “SanelVellaS” Vella That is the beauty of art, my friend. It surpasses all borders/boundaries/religions.

[@andrewp8284]

For those who saw my post with a piece of poetry in it, I added to it at the beginning, so here's the slightly revised version. Here, Loddfafnir departs some of the wisdom with which he's been imbued, upon another man (perhaps his adult son or something) "I ask, Loddfafnir, I've travelled through the north; Battled 'gainst great fears! But what of fearful Death?" "Our hearth's light grows dim; Before sleep, some last words, Some wisdom from him-- Sayings of the high one: Though cattle may die, Kin become elegies, And we breathe last sighs-- Deathless is glory. Your good deeds never die."

[@Starslight217]

thank you so much for posting this... When I listen to this I imagine a whole other world under a river in Norway, where mermaids heel the vikings while singing these beautiful songs. Dragons flying above the waters enjoying their voices. Women crying for their loss, children searching for their family. A whole village burned to the ground, revenge from the ennemy.

[@chrisnichols5572]

+Lagoo Is that you in that picture, miss. If so, you're beautiful..0_0

[@Starslight217]

Haha thanks

[@visnoga5054]

+Lagoo Valkyries, and Norns. No mermaids.

[@theeardrafter]

I'm an old woodworker taught myself to use autocad to draft for a living..so I sit in front of a screen creating all day now. I put this on in the morning often and it gets me through to lunch pretty much then I listen to Wardrunna for the rest of my day usually... Once I grabbed my headset and gave it to a friend for a moment so he could hear what I was listening to. He said.."You might want to get some professional help for this" haha but some folks eat burger king some folks make there own food....I found a deeper blues than I'm used to playing...

[@AnnaFava_ThePsychedelicWeb]

will never forget this compilation ;) thank you so much!

[@adelheidadelliam4278]

This music is mesmerizing........certainly does not align with some of the ignorant comments falling below. What is up with folks on youTube and their ill informed, mean spirited commentary? Thank you moonasha for the art.....most of the rest of the folks leaving comments? Maybe it's time for some semblance of a life offline. Volunteer for some one less fortunate than you, put life into perspective.

[@omnaysayer]

i have to repeat myself: this is one of the best music compilations ever to shine on youtube. the mood and theme is so sucessful... it's almost dangerous...

[@mathieuboucher1720]

Playing the witcher 3 to this is pure bliss! Dark, atmospheric and gritty. Perfectly fitting, Thank you!

[@Ethan-ct2px]

My ancestral roots go back to Dark Ages Finland, so this music makes me think of my ancestors.

[@Fizzy332]

Ethan Heisey Weir finnish vikings aswell?

[@lichknights1]

Northern Scotland here :3

[@Fizzy332]

Alex Marley All kindzzzz of Scotsss

[@lichknights1]

+Bust all kindzzzz of nuts that scotish tip action

[@PriestOfFilm]

+Alex Marley Scots Twins Bitches.

[@AurumLuxuria]

This music strangely reminds me of Soul Reaver back on PlayStation 1.

[@xeno126]

Glassland Both are dark, aren't they?

[@josemanosalvas4041]

Glassland i thought i was the only one...

[@danielkula7880]

+Glassland That was my first thought when I stumbled upon this video.

[@stephaniesmith7317]

+Glassland Thank you! I could not place where that fleeting familiarity kept triggering from. Although I did entertain the idea that I was Brunhilde in a past life, and these musical sounds were simply intrinsic to my soul........

[@hekatebleble4800]

+Glassland My first thought too :D

[@frontsidegrinder6858]

How talented can someone be in making music, come on.

[@Ram7photo]

..... Treatment of pictures on photoshop with this and I'm in heaven !!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for this !!!

[@stianbirkholz]

The picture is from the monument for the battle at Hafrsfjord, Stavanger Norway.

[@tuduloo7799]

What ist battle thou speak of? Mostest intrigued

[@lisahill1576]

Jp S the monument is sverd i fjell, look it up! 👍 It’s super interesting

[@CUBETechie]

i dream something like this i walk in a temple or katacombs of a castle a hear this music.

[@CUBETechie]

+DAH14IA i hear in a other dream a for me unknown Language but when i search i foud out that this Language was maybe ancient Egyptain.

[@Skydin7]

+CUBETechie Yea, and then you woke up!

[@trindooo]

+CUBETechie Dot it...Use your Smartphone^^ or MP3 Player^^ --> go in a castle ... hear this music xD

[@trindooo]

+Humanity and Conflicts great :-)

[@MadNX]

This reminds me of Iceland - territory of volcanos, waterfalls...amazing work of nature..

[@michealsmith856]

cant thank enough for this upload. touches the deepest darkest most mysterious undiscovered parts of my mind. i dint even know i could feel all this way ever before. better than a trip. absolutely peaceful and serene. whoever the uploader is , i hope we meet somewhere in time so i could hug u and thank u personally.

[@eirikhatl7385]

Nydelig. Hyll Norden!

[@arizonastrip73]

After reading a score or two comments below I wonder; does this music evoke the primitive emotions of the listener, or did they house these feelings over time just waiting for an opportunity to splatter us with their vile vituperations?

[@karentoledo5714]

Ulf Söderberg -Tidvatten Part 2, the first song if anyone cares to know :) great artist!

[@noemiszonjakovacs292]

a leg fájdalmasabban szép zene, amit valaha hallottam! Köszönöm!!!!

[@Stephanie-zk4hw]

Such calming music! It's so beautiful, it's making me sleepy :)

[@moonasha]

Stephanie Dalecki if you ever have trouble sleeping this will help ^^

[@Metal-Possum]

moonasha No it won't. The only music I can sleep to is boring music. If it's enjoyable, then it is stimulating, and if it's stimulating then I can't clear my brain of thought. It's very cliche to think "gentle" music helps with sleep, usually it's just a pretentious excuse to think you're better than everyone else for enjoying it. Yup :)

[@UniverseofDominion]

Alex Paulsen You're unpleasant and blunt in the way you convey your disagreement with complete strangers. Have some respect.

[@Tovenaar13]

Stephanie Dalecki Me too. And I'm driving right now.

[@Tovenaar13]

Alex Paulsen What the hell are you talking about?

[@1NaturalMystik1]

the image with the three swords in the ground, maybe its just the angle but they look freaking huge. are these huge statues or is my imagination running away with me.

[@Kuzurinibubu]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverd_i_fjell You recognized it correctly. Good Eyes you got ;D Nice Compilation of nordic music btw and Awesome Statue

[@powdgaze]

Maybe they could be the swords of fallen colossi. Once they had realized their demise was drawing near, they withdrew their arms and planted them into the scarred earth as a memento of times past. However, many do not remember the colossi, nor do they wish to. (idk i just fudged something up and was thinking of sotc)

[@jorynorthman138]

Tom Neverdal These are about 10 meters high (over 30 feet) and made of bronze. Not that big? Seriously?

[@Aramis75]

It's all a technique called forced perspective, it is done really well too.

[@lisahill1576]

Legend says a huge battle took place at the beach where the three swords are. So much so that the whole sea was red with blood according to tradition...

[@bleedingstar1011]

You did such a great job collecting and sequencing this thing! The three hours fly by. I've played this at work at least once a day for the last month, and it has put me in such a great, focused state of mind.

[@chedruid]

This music is great for a Game Master that wants to add music when his players are exploring the fantasy world. Thank you for the upload.

[@DamonFyrian]

Using this while playing Skyrim.

[@MrMexijorge]

I don't wanna go to heaven, i wanna go to Valhalla!

[@MrMexijorge]

***** Dying two times sounds greath! :D

[@Xelfer99]

In valhalla you feast,drink, fight and die every day! Må Odin vise deg vei!

[@mogjut5856]

Kristoffer Edvardsen fighting is way over-rated, IMHO. most times folks do it when it ain't necessary, and as a path to divine knowledge it sucks cuz it causes the suffering of others. magic mushies are better.

[@TheFlamingPike]

***** Being part of the end of the universe?... Sounds pretty good to me.

[@atiithe]

Thats a finnish thing right? Fuck off Sweden

[@TheCartographer89]

There's so much good music held within this mix; thank you for the upload.

[@yesman2170]

I am Norwegian, and my family has lived here all the way back to the viking age and beyond :)

[@JnSobre]

With a little pick of chinesse music, just for taste better :P 0:39:30

[@zachIPFW]

Praise Talos and all the divines

[@FergalFreeman]

It's amazing how some musical cultures are intertwined. This almost sounds African - Celtic - Native American. Reminds me of the Afro Celtic Sound System. Powerful music none the less!

[@omnaysayer]

I cant believe it how good this compilation is. hauntingly excellent. jesus christ.

[@Galinaox]

very beautiful...

[@MegaMayaD]

Love it, reminds me of Vikings the tv series...

[@Galinaox]

Maya Dunthorpe I found it after midnight yesterday,couldn't listen for long,and added to your Ambient,will continue today..just loved it...

[@torandretnnesland2883]

Maya Dunthorpe agree :)

[@lowsnailbox]

Maya Dunthorpe Vikings season 3 is coming soon! ;)

[@torandretnnesland2883]

Cant wait! :)

[@paulmares9815]

Sounds a lot more like native american spiritual new age music to me

[@DrymouthCWW]

were all related i guess.

[@boojay111]

+Paul Mares as Drymouth says we are all related, just be a bit more open and judgemental, there is enough crap going on out there, time to be still.

[@paulmares9815]

Katie Millard Judgemental? I just wrtoe how it sounds to me; Everyone with no exception is judgung things and others, knowingly or unconciously; just stating my opinion here/how it sounds to me

[@Vivungisport]

We can't help you if you are tone death.

[@Heimdallr00]

OUTSTANDING... Thanks for posting!

[@territory361]

Perfect music for deep concentration and contemplation. A mindful adventure. Thank you.

[@Oneiromaster]

Who is the artist at around 25:00? Is it Soderberg as well? So beautiful...

[@JulietteZephyr]

I am wondering the same thing

[@SoulMaster02]

The song is Ulf Söderberg - Nordvinterögon, I guess. :)

[@Melamoto]

2:34:00 i and I have to say, I am doubting my love for Skrillex - Maybe I need to assess my life again

[@TheFlamingPike]

+Melamoto He... ate... my.... pencil. HE ATE MY PENCIL!!! Sorry, I couldn't keep it inside.

[@Mbeluba]

I'm polish, and let me tell you something. This vibrates with me. Slavic culture is suprisingly close to Nordic. Especially before christianity spreaded on our land - vikings had many settlements on polish coast.

[@berkk1993]

I'm turkish, and let me tell you something. This vibrates with me. Turkish culture is suprisingly unrelated to Nordic

[@templar19]

***** Good troll.

[@paulziolo9241]

This compilation is simply powerful - beyond words of mine to describe...

[@Maxpaynemaster2]

Интересно, кто сидел и слушал это 3 часа?! P.S Русские, привет! :D

[@HereticRamza]

ya slushal eto 3 chasa а prodolzhil pisat knigu)))

[@LJVolkov21]

Я все это слушал много раз за эти годы.

[@user-vl2ki4fl8o]

+

[@goldensloth7]

I didn't realize having "Nordic" in the name would bring all the Nazis to the yard. Even gay Nazis, apparently.

[@karnubawax]

Are there any other kind?

[@Nerazorn]

I know, right? Can't people just enjoy music?

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

Like most everything I've heard on this collection, thank you for posting with notes about the contributing artists!

[@kinimba91]

As a fellow nordic that origionates from Finland, I do enjoy this in fact it is extremly peaceful and powerfull to listen too and luls me to a sleepy trance like state. As they say we know our kind from certain behaviors and songs and concepts we inatately share and pocess through music, song, dance, art and thunder/nature.

[@shivanthing]

Anyone know the music at 38:10 ? its awesome.

[@vangelderresike]

shivanthing ulf söderberg - det vakande tinget i nordväst

[@prisonwife4lifestyle]

I almost listened to the whole thing .. but then I took an arrow to the knee

[@LH-qo8rg]

Had to stop what i was doing for a moment when i first clicked on this, absolutely blown away.. :o

[@atejbusova]

amazing compilation. I can't stop to listen. Thank you

[@DiseasedMoss]

First song name pleassseee

[@vangelderresike]

ulf söderberg - landmarken och vaktare, i mittens rike och varlden

[@m-bronte]

the song this album is on is called - Tidvatten

[@Tinksmeadow]

It has the slight sound of a Cusco song.

[@littlepip1015]

darude - sandstorm

[@littlepip1015]

i don't want to.

[@aregst]

And what is Nordic here? At least in the beginning I hear more Indian and Middle-Eastern tunes rather than anything Nordic

[@LAUDENE]

aregst The producer is I guess

[@aregst]

***** maybe some better study of music as science is needed before claiming such stuff

[@another90daystochangethis34]

+aregst Because reconstructed ancient music is based on Medieval Western notation. All ancient music had similar tones, no matter what geographical area.

[@mindw0rking]

Awesome ambient piece. One of the best Ive heard.

[@artemstupin6668]

Дякую. Читав під цю музику твір Карен Хорні. Поряд з читанням та думками про внутрішні конфлікти музика створювала чудовий звуковий фон.

[@NilsMehlhorn040173]

can anyone explain me why there is all this comment about rascim and shit? the music is nice. not a single comment on the music. what the hell is wrong with people...lol by the way ! I am not rascist ! but islamophobe !

[@TheGreatGodPan]

No one needs to point out to people they're not racist as a disclaimer, no one needs to wave their political agenda around in a discussion of art either.

[@DamoDzn]

Islam isn't a race

[@TheGreatGodPan]

DAMO The issue of Islam elsewhere in the world contains a racial element though, and people should be completely free to discuss and criticise both issues without being spoken down to and screamed at for being "racist" and "bigoted" in their own homeland.

[@DamoDzn]

It's because the majority of Muslims are middle eastern. But that being said, saying you hate muslims is somehow a lot worse than saying you hate catholics. Racism is just a buzz word now used for shock value. Islam is an issue, it's not a religion anymore its a political movement that punishes you for having different beliefs. Not gonna lie I really hate muslims, but I don't hate all middle eastern people, but I'll still be labeled as a racist.

[@DamoDzn]

The Crusades happened almost a thousand years ago. Islam is current.

[@Ronjamestrader]

long live the viking, long live the white race

[@kakarotcabage3573]

***** do not taint norse mythology with that kind of liberal filth

[@kakarotcabage3573]

***** you are deluted if you think liberalism and leftist ideas are the truth

[@kakarotcabage3573]

***** i used my brain and rational thinking as well,how do you explain that i ended up as a right wing?

[@YouReallyFuckingSuck]

***** You're pretending to be Norse too... and Japanese... What are you. Make up your mind.

[@Ronjamestrader]

***** use your name if you're going to have balls enough to throw f bombs

[@AlchemistPure]

This Music relaxes and de-tensionates every single muscle of my body. Thank-you!

[@WraithTimid]

I don't see how any of this music is Nordic in any way, but I sure do like it a lot. :)

[@kakarotcabage3573]

this video is nordic romanticism through music. absolutely mystifying and chilling.

[@iTacticalFox]

Music like this just makes writing chapters in my fantasy stories so much easier. I just love how music like this can just do that to you c:

[@6363krisindo]

Magnificent.... really Magnificent.... i have no words.... just shivers and perfect emotions.... THANK YOU!!!

[@piirakkaliisa8340]

this is for everyone..being a nordic is a state of mind. When you get it, there is no turning back. i was born in north but i was lost so many years. finally in age of 27 i totally got it what "being a north" means.

[@YouReallyFuckingSuck]

***** Get your head out of your ass.

[@oliskranz]

***** aaand what does it mean?