HEILUNG’s Haarii warriors feature in the new music video for ‘Seidh’, directed by Gornoss. The film represents vision in a three-part story about warfare, trauma and healing, with ‘Læknisgaldr’ occupying the second chapter and the still-forthcoming ‘Slagt’ serving as part one.
Released on November 11, 2026, ‘Seidh’ is the second single from Sagas, the collection Kai Uwe Faust, Maria Franz and Christopher Juul created with Ninja Theory for the award-winning video game Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga. The single is available to stream, and its video is available on the collective’s YouTube channel.
Previously performed at The Game Awards in 2023, ‘Seidh’ draws on the Norse mythology accompanying Senua’s journey through ninth-century Iceland. Its central figure is the völva, whose chant, rhythm and altered states of consciousness connect the song’s ritual, poetry and prophecy.
Work on the videos began in May 2026. Franz explains that the initial plan centered on ‘Læknisgaldr’: “We knew we wanted to tell a story about healing from trauma, and the choice of song landed on ‘Læknisgaldr’”. The small team traveled to a Viking market in Borre, Norway, and then to mountains in Iceland. During filming, the story grew beyond a single video, leading them to ‘Seidh’.
“To fulfill the vision for ‘Seidh’, there was no doubt that we had to bring the dancing of our Haarii warriors, who many might recognize from our live shows”, Franz says. That decision brought the production to a forest in the Netherlands, where the narrative expanded again.
Franz describes the resulting structure: “This saga will now be told in three parts about trauma, healing and vision.” ‘Læknisgaldr’ depicts healing, ‘Seidh’ presents vision, and ‘Slagt’ will depict trauma. The announcement reports that the previously released ‘Læknisgaldr’ video accumulated 981,000 YouTube views during the four weeks preceding November 11.
The announcement gives December 11, 2026 as the release date for Sagas through Season of Mist and offers pre-orders and a Spotify pre-save. Its biography section also describes the recordings as “Now available in full for the first time on CD, vinyl and digital platforms”. Those statements leave the collection’s current availability unresolved in the supplied announcement.
Sagas includes material that does not appear in the game. Its special editions include Sagas Ambient, also called Ambient, comprising eight additional soundscapes developed for the world of Hellblade II.
Faust says the material developed further after the three core members returned from a ten-day trip through Iceland: “The landscape of the country helped shape the sonic identity of the material and inspired us to write far more than could be used in the game.” He adds that the pieces on Sagas and Ambient stand on their own as music, with the announcement arriving almost eight years after their creation.
The recordings were recorded, mixed and mastered at LAVA Studio. Christopher Juul handled production, mixing, mastering and engineering. Cover art credits go to Kai Uwe Faust, Christopher Juul, Maria Franz and Adrien Bousson. The supplied band photograph is credited to Violetta Ellisdottir.
Listed editions include a deluxe CD digipak with a 28-page booklet and a 2CD mediabook containing Ambient in a deluxe sewnbound hardcover book. Deluxe gatefold 12-inch vinyl variants are black, silver, transparent violet, bone white, silver and dark green marbled, crystal clear/pink/blue marbled, and crystal clear/purple marbled. Two triple-vinyl tri-gatefold editions include Ambient: black and bone white tie-dye, and transparent green and half gold.
- Geiteseidh — 00:48
- Slagt — 03:53
- Læknisgaldr — 06:15
- Orrustumaul — 02:34
- Seidh — 05:06
- Jøtnarhaiti — 05:30
- Sverdhasøngurin — 04:10
- Spjoutsyla — 02:42
- Sonatorrek — 02:01
- Opnun — 05:10
- Dauðimessa — 02:32
Supplied total runtime: 40:40.
- Strongyle — 11:01
- Ran — 13:04
- Dimmuborgir — 06:13
- Baina — 03:34
- Isshellir — 02:15
- Hvaldaudhigaldr — 15:45
- Meinbein — 14:03
- Hyttepåhyttepå — 02:31
Supplied total runtime: 1:08:26.
Eudaimonia APS/Maria Franz produced the video. Listed filming locations are Voedselbos De Reiziger in the Netherlands; Árdalur in Iceland; and Holtug kridtbrud, Vikingelandsbyen | Albertslund and Magleby skov in Denmark.
Gornoss handled camera, lighting and editing, with additional camera work by Ruben Terlouw. Teddy Masson supplied color and visual effects; Vargr Ars Macabra created masks; and Avalon Middelton handled special effects makeup. Further credits name location manager Líam O’Malley, location caretaker Steven A. Pilon, landowner Pétur Jónsson and runner Jessica Martinez.
The credited warriors are Mitchell Bosch, Nina Cornelia Schilp, Chloé Alicia Bakker de Poorter, Gwydion Zomer, Nadiia Kalamieiets, Rowan Schuddeboom, Edward Boyter, Elbrich Vunderink Schoorstra, Egill Óskar Gíslason, Sigurjon Arason, Kristjón Rúnar Halldórsson, Kristján Logi Einarsson ísfeld, Jón Gestur Björgvinsson, Theodór Árni Söebech Hansson, Eydìs Moon Guðmundsdóttir, Natalía Ósk R. Snædal, Diðrik Mason Sigurðsson, Daníel Örn A. Linduson, Andri Björn Birgisson, Heimdall Apeland, Ísleifur Gisurrarson and Bjorgvín Hafn Ásmundson.
HEILUNG are also working on a separate fourth full-length studio album, with further news forthcoming. Following the 2025 Amplified History tour and a hiatus, the collective announced in September 2026 that they would return to the studio in October.
Founded in 2015, the collective describes its approach as amplified history. Faust’s throat singing and instrumentation including rattles, ritual bells and human bones sit alongside Juul’s electronic elements and Franz’s vocals. Faust describes the intent as paying tribute to ancestral Nordic cultures while recognizing exchange across cultures and time.
Their first full-length, Ofnir, was self-released in 2015, followed by the debut of their live ritual at Castlefest in 2017. Performances begin with Faust leading the group in an ancient prayer and incorporate incense, throat singing, rhythms, electronic textures, lighting, warriors and fire. Season of Mist owner Michael Berberian offered the collective a recording contract after seeing them perform.
The second album, Futha (2019), countered the debut’s masculine and battle-oriented themes with fertility and female energy. It entered seven Billboard charts, including No. 3 on Heatseekers and No. 4 on World Music. The third album, Drif, takes its title from the word for ‘Gathering’; the collective completed work on it during the pandemic. The supplied biography also associates their music with Game of Thrones, Vikings and Robert Eggers’ The Northman.
HEILUNG’s first North American tour sold out in 72 hours. Their sold-out 2021 performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, became the live album Lifa Iotungard, released on CD and vinyl in 2024. Historical 2025 touring included headline runs through Europe, Australia and New Zealand, alongside appearances at Roskilde, Download and Glastonbury.
