After a restful hiatus, Heilung is waking up. The world famous ritual collective is working on their highly-anticipated fourth full-length studio album.
While fans around the globe eagerly await their next album, today, Heilung is excited to share “Seidh”, the second single from Sagas, a collection of recordings that core members Kai Uwe Faust, Maria Franz and Christopher Juul created in collaboration with Ninja Theory for the award-winning video game Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga.
Previously performed live at The Game Awards in 2023, “Seidh” invokes the Norse mythology that guides Senua on her quest through 9th century Iceland. The song draws its breath from the oldest layers of the North, where ritual, poetry and prophecy were not yet separated. At its center stands the völva, who, through chant, rhythm and altered states of consciousness, opens a space where the unseen begins to speak.
Watch the music video for “Seidh” on the Heilung YouTube channel.
The music video for “Seidh” was directed by Gornoss (@gornoss). It is the third in a trilogy of videos from Sagas that deal with the trauma induced by warfare. The second part, “Læknisgaldr”, has been viewed 981K times on YouTube during the past four weeks.
Stream “Seidh”: https://orcd.co/heilungseidh
Sagas comes out December 11, 2026 on Season of Mist. The deluxe CD and vinyl editions of Sagas include Ambient, which features eight additional soundscapes that Heilung recorded to draw listeners even deeper into the world of Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga.
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Available formats
CD Deluxe Digipak (incl. 28-page booklet)
2CD Mediabook (incl. Ambient in deluxe sewnbound hardcover book)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Black)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Silver)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Transparent violet)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Bone white)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Silver and dark green marbled)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Crystal clear, pink and blue marbled)
12” Vinyl in Deluxe Gatefold (Crystal clear and purple marbled)
3×12” Vinyl in Tri-Gatefold (incl. Ambient on black and bone white tie-dye vinyl)
3×12” Vinyl in Tri-Gatefold (incl. Ambient on transparent green and half gold vinyl)
When you walk an unknown path, it will reveal itself while you explore it.
This is what happened when Heilung and Gornoss began their adventure this May in creating the videos for Sagas.
“We knew we wanted to tell a story about healing from trauma, and the choice of song landed on ‘Læknisgaldr’”, Heilung core member Maria Franz says. “A tiny team with a great mission traveled first to a viking market in Borre, Norway, and then to rainy mountains in Iceland. But during the filming, it became clear that the story was too big for one video only. We instinctively knew that the next chapter needed to be to our song, ‘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 continues. “The journey therefore brought us to a forest in The Netherlands. And as we followed the path, the story unfolded and revealed itself further… We now had too much to tell for only two videos.
This saga will now be told in three parts about trauma, healing and vision.
In part two, ‘Læknisgaldr’, you participated in the healing.
In part three, ‘Seidh’, we give you the vision.
And finally in part one, you will witness the trauma in the still to be released ‘Slagt’”.
Additional video credits
Produced by Eudaimonia APS/Maria Franz
Filmed on location at Voedselbos De Reiziger in The Netherlands,
Árdalur in Iceland, and Holtug kridtbrud, Vikingelandsbyen | Albertslund and Magleby skov in Denmark
Camera, Lightening and Editing – Gornoss
Additional Camera Operator – Ruben Terlouw
Colorist and Visual Effects – Teddy Masson
Mask creator – Vargr Ars Macabra
Special Effects Makeup – Avalon Middelton
Location Manager – Líam O’Malley
Location Caretaker – Steven A. Pilon
Landowner – Pétur Jónsson
Runner – Jessica Martinez
Warriors – 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, Bjorgvín Hafn Ásmundson
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