![]() ![]() “Before Heilung, I’ve been fascinated by the folk genre for many years. What bands influenced you growing up before (Twitter) We’re gonna sit down and binge the first edition and the second as well.” We’re super-old school, we play board games! We will play Hellblade though, it’s on our to-do list as soon as we have time. “Lucey, I have to disappoint you because none of us are actually gamers as such, so that’s an impossible question to answer. We’re very curious to hear people’s reactions when it comes out.” That was our first meeting with the gaming industry and we’re absolutely loving it. It was hugely interesting to try to think of scenes and landscapes instead of just sitting and picking things from our own brains. This was really meant to be, I felt very early on that we could make this work really well together. We quickly found out they were working towards the same goal as us – they have a big focus on the healing aspects of computer games and working with a mentally ill main character and how she travels through her psychosis during the game. It was very interesting to talk about what Heilung could contribute to a game. The main sound guy and the owner Tameem Antoniades came over and stayed with us for a couple of days, which started a bit like an audition. “The makers of Hellblade found us quite early in the process and reached out to us in early 2018. Can you tell us how that opportunity arose and can we expect to hear more of the band’s music within the game (Twitter) In Maidjan was featured in the Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II reveal trailer. We got stopped in London with our spears once and met a really nice airport security officer who took one look at us and said, ‘Oh, are you going to the Jorvik Viking Festival?’ So now we fly with cargo and a company packs everything with its papers so we don’t have to stand in an airport explaining, ‘Yes, this is a drum made from reindeer skins.’” It was so chaotic that we ended up convincing them that we were a theatre play and it was a prop so we could bring it in – it was pretty close for us there. ![]() Security turned up with the police and the boss of the airport, there were 25 people around us. The most funny situation was in Russia when they were scanning all the luggage, they scanned Christopher ’s box with his sword he uses for Krigsgaldr and their machine went off. “We stopped flying with our gear now for the simple reason of walking through airport security with swords, spears and bones. How is touring logistically, particularly getting through customs etc? Have you ever encountered problems with your unique (Twitter) You travel with a very large production and instruments that are made from animal and human remains, as well as some very old and unusual pieces. ![]() If I picture my shamanistic Heilung character in some kind of epic magic battle where it was needed, she could probably take on a bear.” “I’m a pacifist by nature so for me as Maria, I wouldn’t beat up any animal at all. ![]()
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