REACTION to BROTHERS OF METAL - Hel (2020) // Official Lyric Video

[@EllenbergW]

Hel was the daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and so was the sister of the wolf Fenrir and the world-serpent Jörmungandr. She was born with the bones on one half of her body fully exposed and is often depicted as a half-black and half-white monster. She grew up with her brothers in Jotunheim, the land of the giants, but was taken to Asgard by Odin when he decided she should live there with her father. The other Norse gods were uncomfortable with Hel's appearance, however, and so Odin send her away and gave her the World of Niflheim, where she became the queen of the dead (only warriors who died in battle went to Valhalla, everyone else went to Niflheim). The line: "A monster in their eyes she was thrown from the sky" refers to her banishment from Asgard, I believe. She is described as harsh, greedy and cruel or at least indifferent to the suffering of mortals and, as far as I understand it, this song interprets her character as the result of her banishment, being thrown out of Asgard by her own father P.s. don't worry about not knowing about all of this, I had to look it up too :)

[@EgonTheGreat.]

Quick correction my friend, it was Helheim.

[@marcoflorestello]

She was left like that after she was thrown in some versions. She was thrown because they were afraid of her power in those same versions.

[@Morgrim_Darkheart]

As an immortal goddess I would say it's kinda ok to be indifferent of mortals

[@frederikanby2634]

as indifferent as she is, she is known to be moved by overwhelming emotions. the story of how she offered to release Balder back to the realm of the living IF the entire world would mourn his loss.

[@Corymbia]

She is far from indifferent. It'd be more accurate to say she is less than personal to mortals. Those that are good she warms and cares for, and those that are cruel and evil she punished harshly.

[@yukeleach]

I would recommend literally any song from Brothers of Metal, they are one of my favorite bands! But if I have to pick one song from them that is outstanding to me, it would be Yggdrassil I think.

[@ArcherOaZ]

Yggdrasil is one of there best songs.

[@dragonborn1470]

​@@ArcherOaZ Their new song berserkir is really good if you haven't heard it yet

[@spedwyrm7427]

You want playful then go with "the mead song". You want grandeur and epic go with "yggdrasil". You want ferocity and purpose go for "prophecy of Ragnarok".

[@spedwyrm7427]

As a sidenote; any woman that can pull off her raven's eyes make-up comes to the front of the line for me lol.

[@Zabiru-]

Thoroughly excellent recommendations :)

[@gregoryturner5910]

Prophecy of ragronok is what you should react to next

[@Dmitriy88S]

yggdrasil the best

[@bebben86]

Preferrably the whole album... ;)

[@oldbeardedcajun5010]

Will have to check more of their music out. I LOVED HER VOICE!!!!!!

[@PeTTs0n88]

No one should ever be bashed for wanting to learn or dive into stuff - being a Scandinavian I love Norse mythology since growing up with it, but there are *so* many more historical and mythological tales from all over the world that are absolutely amazing, and there are so many similarities in trying to find answers to the deep questions of life and death, the universe and the meaning of it all. Ylva (lead singer) is an absolute valkyrie of a singer, and she delivers at the same level live, she's astonishing! And the goddess of the underworld, the patroness of those crippled, broken and lost, regardless if she cares or can help. The idea speaks to many of us.

[@Prisoner..24601]

thank you very much for reacting to this :) from what i remember, their are 3 places that you can go to in the afterlife for Norse mythology, for those who die in battle, they either go with Odin to Valhalla or to Freyja and to Fólkvangr . Everyone who doesn't die in battle go's to Hel. she is also not usually depicted as evil.

[@nunogarces1628]

Nice request, well done...

[@kristopherknight5304]

The brothers of Hel specifically are in Power Snake (Jormungandr, pronounced yor mon gun der, I believe) and Chain Breaker (Fenrir). For another great norse mythology esque song, try Einherjr by Hulkoff. Their lead singer is Pär Hulkoff from Raubtier and the Bourbon Boys. I know that Raubtier has come up in a few of your reactions and Einherjr is epic!

[@skullkrusher4078]

The only good track by Hulkoff😂

[@brittjannesath2539]

Have been waiting for your reaction to Brothers of metal, just love this band. Have suggested it many times,..👍👍👍👍Njord are awsome, Yggdrasil and the new Chainbreaker. Awsome, loved it. Thanks, friday was good, saturday even better and tomorrow... cant wait 😀😀👍👍👍

[@joelblom1388]

Hey Cajun dude! Cajun and Swedes has a big thing in common..... Crayfish....... BUT we cook and serve them differently.. Us Swedes eat them cold.... ;) I so recomend more of Brothers of Metal... they are FUN... most of all FUN! :)

[@evanboyd9434]

Awsome band bro and she has a massive voice. One of there best song would definitely have to be prophecy of ragnorok it's a beast of a song. And yes correct formed in Sweden in 2012 bro and been hammering ever since

[@dannew1732]

They from the same small city as Sabaton, only one in the band have a brother by blood (that are in the band). They have 2 albums both are around Norse mythology, have not seen any live videos with good recorded sound :( Yggdrasil is great, as well as One or Brothers Unite, if you want a fun and uplifting song then there's The Mead Song.

[@Zabiru-]

That city being Falun. I'm not from there or anything I just didn't understand why you omitted that. No offense mate

[@greaper1976]

oooh I love this band. They are from Falun, Sweden. Same town as Sabaton. You need to check out Chain Breaker. Yggdrasil and Prophecy of Ragnarok as well.

[@kirstyclg]

As with everyone's choices, I'd like to say you need to listen to Concerning Norns before Yggdrasil, one after the other as concerning norns is essentially an intro and gives backstory to the song of Yggdrasil. It ups the level of epicness.

[@wine.knight]

Great reaction! and well done with the request Prisoner! Awesome song! We Fins were not much part of the Viking faith and we had our own gods and origin stories. But I think many are very familiar with Viking stories in here too! As a next song from Brother of Metal I would say Yggdrasil. It is very epic and all of their vocalists get to shine in that one!

[@roboten98]

Brothers of Metal is so underrated im sad not many people are reacting to them. You should check out the song Prophecy of Ragnarök by them really good song that one, Thank you for an amazing reaction!

[@mattpiemonte2826]

Love this song! And just recently listened to more of these guys!

[@helldwarf6783]

You are absolutely right that you really want to see Brothers Of Metal live. I've seen them 3 times and they are great live. Not just great. They are fantastic!

[@Aexease]

Yes, more Brothers of Metal; either Prophecy of Ragnarok or The Mead Song

[@SilentEcho16]

Yes, yes, YES!! FINALLY! Someone reacts to Brothers of Metal! Thank you my fellow cajun! I highly, highly recommend you check of their song Emblas Saga. It's from the same album as Hel, but it tells the story of how we as the human race came to be, according to Norse mythology.

[@StortebeckerSF]

The runic words at the beginning are Deyja, meaning Death, and Grima meaning Helmet, Hel(Hela) is the Goddess of death, and the helmet could refer to her sort of "helm" of thorns in some depictions.

[@nickkaehler1392]

I love how everyone who first comes accross Brothers of Metal has the same reaction I did. BOM is amazing!

[@antheaxe7340]

was thinking about super chat for them now it is done great think you will love them

[@cesararacena]

Falun, Sweden. Band members are 8. Brothers from life. 3 singers. Best band for this kind of metal.

[@RougeOso]

JUST found this band last month myself. ROCK ON!

[@earltesticuclees167]

Heilung - In Maijan - LIFA. it’s as haunting as Krigsgraldr. Love the channel

[@sionkaze]

Just discover this band too. My life is all about power metal now

[@earltesticuclees167]

Glad I found your channel bro! And yes I know what Cajuns are. I live in the south haha

[@MagnetHero]

Prisoner reformation through the power of metal lol This was a really interesting and fun song

[@fairytalefreak]

Your intro music ALWAYS trolls me to think my left earbud is dead🤣

[@antheaxe7340]

number 1 BROTHERS OF METAL - The Mead Song (2019) // Official Music Video // AFM Records number 2 BROTHERS OF METAL - Yggdrasil (2018) // Official Music Video // AFM Records number 3 BROTHERS OF METAL - Chain Breaker (2021) // Official Music Video // AFM Records

[@lotuswraith]

I've been waiting for you to check this band out. Glad you enjoyed them. 😁

[@Ser-Vex131]

Loved your reaction and commentary. Though I would very much appreciate seeing reactions to some of the lesser reacted to songs if you continue to react to Brother of metal!

[@SivaStealth]

One of my favorite Brothers of Metal songs is Son of Odin

[@eFiend]

love this band, so many great songs.

[@Cirkusleader]

I absolutely adore this band! This track is probably my favorite of theirs, but all of their stuff is incredible! And a lot of it is very much in the vein of storytelling, and all are THIS epic... for the most part. (The Mead Song is a bit ridiculous, but still amazing) I highly recommend doing more of their stuff, both because they're FANTASTIC and because it can really teach you a lot. The song "Emblas Saga" is effectively the origin story for Norse Pagan belief and is absolutely incredible. I also recommend Prophecy of Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, and Weaver of Fate!

[@bentthomsen3470]

Prisoner 24601 is the main character ( Jean Valjean) of Les Miserables and check out Weaver of Fare by Brothers of Metal. From Dk btw

[@nunogarces1628]

This was a nice suprise, Sweden rocks...

[@kimeklund8880]

Ylva Eriksson (the female vocalist was in a band called Good Harvest .. check them out 👍

[@Amaranthos2]

One of my favorites from them for sure. Another one for a good chuckle by them is "Theft of the Hammer." Tongue-in-cheek doesn't even come close xD ALSO just a heads up in case one of like 5 million people haven't told you yet: Powerwolf new album coming out soon, and it sounds like they invited a bunch of female vocalists to do covers / collab work on the album. So far they have confirmed Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy and will be naming others shortly. Sounds like it could be good react material whenever THAT comes out! xD

[@kazthon]

Prisoner 24601 is Jean Valjean from Les Miserables. He's one of the protagonists and main characters. He has some epic songs in that musical and is a strong character. The cast from the 90's set a very high bar that I haven't heard met yet. The movie was good, not the same, however, still done well. Les Mis is an amazing musical that I highly recommend checking out. Another amazing band, loved this one and going to check out more. Great suggestion 24601!

[@andreipintea9333]

I have listened to every song I could find from this band and I can safely say that they don't have 1 bad song. If I may recommend a song from them, it would be Weaver of Fate, it literally brought me to tears.

[@TheSvartalfheim]

Thank you so much, I am always amazed by the quality of your reaction videos. If you are interested, the founder of Nightwish does a series of music videos based on the Life of Scourge McDuck, my personal fave is "A Lifetime of Adventure".

[@Argom42]

Hel (name of the Goddess and the place) is one of the three prophetic children of Loki: Jormungandr, Fenrir or Fenrisulven, and Hel. She is described as having half of her body "pale and striated like a corpse" and half "pink and live as anyone else" she was delegated to rule over the land of those who die in dishonourable ways. she wouldve been there at the very end of everything having allowed Loki to lead an army of the dead against Odin and the Aesir in the events of Ragnarok. its still pronounced "hell" even though its with one L.

[@LemonAid82]

If I’m not wrong, Deya means Goddess and Grima means awesome or epic. Basically they’re saying “Epic/awesome goddess”

[@EgonTheGreat.]

Prisoner 24601 is Jean Valjean from Les Miserables.

[@merrax]

Their behind the scenes footage is one of the funniest things i've seen on youtube.

[@stevenhopwood8195]

Hel yeah.......❤️🤘🇦🇺

[@synthwolfe8906]

hey, could i request a reaction to wind rose? possibly diggy diggy hole? another one i think you'd enjoy is lords of iron (celtic metal), the video on youtube.

[@hannuhanttamakela2673]

Done already :)

[@OldSkuleNerd]

YEP did the Seven Dwarves version and the Stripper version

[@synthwolfe8906]

@@OldSkuleNerd lol so you did. my bad. didn't look first. i was raised country, went to rock in my late teens, and am just now getting over to metal. appreciate your videos. good chance to see some bands i'd never heard of before, brother of metal being an ideal example.

[@TokuNorth]

You should definitely react to "Powersnake" from them too

[@cytorakdemon]

Hel is the realm of the dead where people were sent if they died peacefully in bed. To quote a certain Klingon, "What a terrible way to die." And yeah, found these guys recently, you should check out Powersnake, Ride of the Valkyries, and Chainbreaker from the same band. Been my favorites so far.

[@darthshrek1]

Love the group and song. No, lyrics are not needed. Yes, Thor counts but not the Marvel Thor. Some of us in the States follow the norse gods, it's a major part of my heritage. Skal!

[@antheaxe7340]

the ones that fight in the end are the band members too band my favorite song from them dose not have a official video get but there song Emblas Saga is the origin story of everything i nors mythology

[@HellionX13]

Love the band! Please listen/watch/react to Njord form them. Prophesy of Ragnarok is really popular, but not my favorite. One and Mead Song are also very good with funny videos. The softer ballad Yggdrasil is also amazing.

[@samirnietsch5531]

Speaking of badass women in metal nemophila dropped two new songs a few weeks ago. Both worth checking out

[@legendaryfishing4362]

I live in Louisiana also but I'm Nordic pagan.

[@eliandrialonelyranger4054]

you should react to BROTHERS OF METAL - Njord or - Kaunaz Dagaz both good ones

[@aarondavis6608]

Rage of Light is really good

[@LiteralCrimeRave]

The man who wrote down Norse mythology was a christian trying to Christianize the pantheon (as in, he made a bunch of stiff up and we don't know what is original). Loki and Hel are the good guys, who will destroy the sinful gods and bring in the new age where all will be good with the resurrected perfect god Baldur (I'm sure you see the connection)

[@hansekvall7278]

they.r from the middle/northern part of sswden

[@r.babylon2885]

I think they're saying Deya Grima, which might be "Dark Goddess". Or I'm full of shit and completely wrong.

[@briandelaroy1670]

Just so you understand yes Thor is a big part of the tails of Odin

[@peterbrazukas7771]

Of course Jean Valjean like metal.

[@MetalViking1995]

Brothers of metal are from Sweden

[@Ta-58]

Casian means from Casia

[@vinograd74]

The Epic Female Singer is nontheless Melissa Boney

[@briandelaroy1670]

They ate from Sweden

[@zombyslayeryt6695]

They are Swedish band

[@vitaliitomas4057]

9:07 he has stolen some bread for his sister's starving child

[@TheZerg1989]

brothers of metal is from sweden

[@casual3746]

Grima refers to someone great or with a helmet and deya is Hebrew for the god

[@Zabiru-]

For anyone interested in Norse mythology I can suggest that you check out the broad strokes of that and then do the same thing with Greek mythology and compare. Some interesting things to be discovered hehe For instance with regards to this song. Who rules the underworld in either of the above - why? Who ends up where after they die, and why. You need to read a hell of a lot more to fully understand and draw something close to reasonable conclusions from what you find (certainly more than I have), but it's a fun little exercise either way if you ask me. Great video OldSkulenerd :)

[@ensvenskgrabb2834]

Thor counts, c'mon now

[@alexanderwolfsberg]

Or nova Scotia

[@hubert514]

Great commentary, but you should really listen to the song and discuss all of this afterwards, pausing the song in the middle for like 2 minutes just gets you out of it

[@michaelaugustus5191]

sweeden