Skyforger - Kurshi (official video)

[RoberttheWise]

Yes! My land has a folk metal band! I live my life!

[kvedvaldas]

Is it possible that the singer is Smygol from Lord of the Rings ?

[MrShalvayez]

These guys should tour with Metsatöll. America. Iowa wants to see Metsatöll and Skyforger.

[twangeste]

always funny to see pagan guys with swords and Ibanez RG1527 =) but seriously - great stuff guys! with deep respect from Canada

[bitemarija]

aI KāDAS PūKAINAS BāRDAS1:)))))))))

[TartuRockFanNr1]

wow, this band is really cool! I am so glad I found out about this! greetings from Estonia! pagan metal forever!

[FredrikSvensson1979]

Love the random air-drumming with the little branches :D

[TheSpinser]

Strange vocals O.o but either way it's great \m/

[Cavaleraization]

Latvian history in Art

It`s Great!!!!

[Twwistad]

The song throughout is awesome, the video on the other hand was great up until 1:03.

[zuidwijker66]

best pagan/folk metal band there is... Hails from the Netherlands...

[Mediv87]

SKYFORGER KURWA!

[toront01066]

Yes, there are Vikings in Latvia :)

[roncevaux732]

IC XC

[Linn2271]

They won the sweden rock competition! :D 

[ektors007]

love this :)

[oplopanux]

i've watched this video more times than any other. its just that awesome

[Nekomander69]

I start to love Skyforgers when I was on Latvia and I saw Thunderforge disc and listen it here in Finland. Awesome band♥

[TheSamael1972]

Skyforger был намного лучше,когда назывался Grindmaster Dead.

[ivuchs]

Kurshi the best und the strongest nation in the Latvian history!i love him!

[neformatasnet]

I'm kurshi from samogitia. More info in me

[96TheJedi]

Amazing....wait amazing is just a world

[Andrejs1981K]

par savējiem(rock)

[dubajja]

Correct transation to Kurshi would be "Curonians". It was a Baltic tribe living in western parts of Latvia and Lithuania. They were warriors, excellent sailors and pirates. More information in Wikipedia.

[Trinivalts]

To all u guys debating origins and genetics here, chk [eupedia dot kom]. All baltics r roughly the same setup. Main haplogroups are R1a (general eastern europe) N1c1 (uralic/siberian) and what's funny, estonians r the least finno urgic/uralic.

[lolle1972]

it´s great..happy new year

[apsisiknx]

Super! Cheers from Lithuania and Kulgrinda!

[aliaksandrkruk]

Нават погань у балтыйцау нейкая брыдкая, нялюцкая.

[ThatGermanGuy1292]

Wishing i knew the language, its beautiful. Happy yule, merry christmas. All father guide you.

[terroriszm]

Да !! Вообще офигенная песня !! Молодцы ! Par Latviju !

[TheBrencis]

Kurši, kuršiai - Latvians and Lithuanians ancestry. Practised pagan rituals til 19. centurie

[Tomas1861]

hail from Krásná Lípa, Czech!

[Nordavind1709]

hail from Italy!

[MSCreationz]

hail from the Netherlands.

[Mjallnir]

amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stalk3r5]

Hail from Germany!

[ShaneFan101xx]

I hope to see Skyforger in Latvia, someday. I adore this band. I can't understand the lyrics (I'm British), yet they still sound amazing (Also get Latvian friends to translate). Latvian is a sexy language.

[Tenchcnet]

@ShaneFan101 Your comment was is one of those infrequent cases when Latvian is considered as sexy(sonorous in my interpretation). :D Thanks for the feedback mate, it's much adored :)

[ShaneFan101xx]

@Tenchcnet My pleasure to give feedback, dewd. I swear I'm going to marry a Latvian man or something when I'm older ;D I know I'm going to move somewhere in Eastern Europe, so I can listen to people speaking similar-ish languages. I also plan to visit Latvia, and my ears will be full of gasm the whole time I'm there =3

[TheMrMacXXIxII]

@ShaneFan101xx they sing paganic, ancient Latvian thing, man. [^_x]

[ShaneFan101xx]

@TheMrMacXXIxII I see. S'good job I'm a Pagan then, mate.

[uptotheirons]

Hail from Brazil!!! Skyforger, come to Brazil!!!

[noirth1]

Ma moc!!!:) Fajne brody chłopaki mają:)

[Nidh0ggNagar]

Ok HAHA, when i clicked on the translate button next to this link "Skyforger" was turned into "Linkin Park" this has to be someones doing haha..

[Haskanaeleva]

Hail from the Netherlands!

[proxnik]

Greetings from brothers in america

[zyanyaslania]

llmll ♥

[sniegaviirs24]

kad es shito gabsi pirmo reiz dzirdeeju tad skreeeju pastalas mekleet , kaad es pastalas atradu tad es aatri skreeju jodus mekleet , kad es jodus samekleeju tad es ar vinjiem je bitiit matos taadu elli savaariju, pie sveetaa peerkonkrusta skyforger vislabaakie!!!!

[ElectricWizardLT]

Long live the unity of the Baltic States! Greetings from Lithuania, my brothers.

[cardboarddalek]

BEEEEEAAAARDS!!!!

[joobie526]

what language do they speak?

[mduka20]

@joobie526 latvian \m/

[rjmaggot]

@joobie526 latvian

[IFRITAS]

@joobie526 Latvian

[yurifulone]

Puta que pariu que clipe fodido!!!!!

[Wlossy]

@szatanisko999 Też byłem na Krushfeście w Jaśle :) . Byli niesamowici. / I was on Krushfest in Jasło too. They was amazing.

[edvinasninja]

That's so amazing, I LOVE THIS! Greetings from your brothers Lithuanians!

[Svargedorath]

I just love Latvian folklore ...

Hail to Skyforger ! ! !

Greetings from Georgia ; )

[szatanisko999]

Love You guys~! Hail from Jasło, Poland~! \,,/^_^\,,/ thanks for KRUSHFEST~!

[senilist]

I like the landscape where they shot the video. I suppose it's a Baltic Sea coast in Latvija?

[IFRITAS]

@senilist Yes this coast that you have seen, were Curonian people land some many years ago.

[TheSix4Impala]

@senilist yep, that is correct.

[Scotyy13]

@senilist yes

[zaursz]

Skyforger rullē



[hathegkla]

This is one of my all-time favorite songs. Skyforger ftmfw!

[mar4ena]

I love metal !!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing can owerpower that!

[CatzLV]

Note a complete lack of comments from natives. :) Found them completely by chance - theyre good, but to my mind the language is not quite suited for the growling style, goes very well with the lyrical songs though.

[mygrisgris]

Solzhenitsyn was Latvian I believe, was he not? Cheers yes, to the Latvian people. Norway and the Baltic are the Black Metal homelands

[severyones]

Awesome.

We <3 Latvia. :)

Cheers from brother Lithuanians. :)

[KaunasTravel]

Latvians our only true friends, not like poles or others.

You probably know who I am...

[soulmorf12]

@KaunasTravel Lithuanians are our friends too! together we fought the Saules Battle!

[SHScarrow]

That´s so cool. Pagan´s, raise your sword/hammer.

hail´s to latvia.

[wolffe93]

@SHScarrow axe

[666TheMetalmaniac666]

Great pagan Fire, guide us to Freedom!

[RussianTrue]

Sounds like piece of shit

[latvietissssss]

@RussianTrue Go to hell you pathetic communist crap.

[Canide85]

Communist???????

[veeezis]

@latvietissssss Communism is actually a pretty awesome system. (community, communion) Just some guys (e.g. Stalin) fucked it up and ruined the global symbolic meaning for it. Also, humans generally are too greedy and envious. Just as there are people of Russian nationality that ruin the nation's image, there are also Latvians that do the same. Tukša muca tālu skan.

[agrinjo88]

@RussianTrue

gopņik pis dirst

[blackfuneralf0g]

Piesēdies, Vēja māte

Sausas egles galiņā

Kamēr mani bāleliņi

Pāri ies jūriņai

Minat, brāļi, zobentiņus

Šai zemē stāvēdami

Tā mīsim naideniekus

Citā jūras maliņā!

[Lachausis]

@blackfuneralf0g Tautasdziesma skaidri parāda, ka jūrā brauca, lai nevis sirotu, bet apsistu tos, kas siroja mūszemē.

[gilwellian]

Labdien Skyforger! Greetings from Barcelona! Keep up the good work!

[ktm133]

this is madness.... madness.... THIS IS SKYYYYFORGEEEERRRR!!!!!!!

[KingNurk]

Excellent band,and tey have the perfect pagan atmosphere and spirit!

[kinkymaggot666]

HAIL FROM SLOVAKIA !!! SLAVA

[proxnik]

apperantly 5 people got blown away by thee pure awesomeness thatis skyforger and hit the wrong button

[proxnik]

hail latvia! HAIL SKYFORGER!

[MrRip1997]

From 1:27 to 1:29 we can see the best headbang

[gillgill131]

EEEEEEEEE BET SKAN,S IR NE TIK BRINIS'TIGS, VAI TU NEVAR IZMANTOT KAUTKADU PROGRAMMU PEC APLABOT AUDIO...BET TOMER COMPLIMENTI

[markskise]

Musu Latvju kurshi :D

[Darius12235]

@markskise braliukai :)

[EdTheBadass]

singin ancient songs.. wearing ancient jeans

:)

[Larius13]

Zajebiste :D

[Azrael138]

This band is amazing, this song is badass, this video is hilarious.

[MrRip1997]

@Azrael138 ...and you should go fuck yourself

[Azrael138]

@Azrael138 :D

[martinqn]

i'm so disappointed that the bagpipe solo isn't in the album version :((

[CoffeMovieStudio]

@Areillis @DelTevynes nx jus angliskai rasinejates? ;D

[DelTevynes]

@CoffeMovieStudio nes čia ne Lietuviškas klipas ir kad daugiau suprastu žmonių

[Mrsvragica666]

Oh do I love this song...

[thron112]

Kurši (. Latviešu valodā Kurši, vairāk seno formu kursi, vienību skaits kursis, senajās hronikās Kors, kђrs, vācu un Latīņamerikas Curones) - Balt valsts 16 gs, un pēc tam daļa no pašreizējās Latvijas un Lietuvas narodov.

[thron112]

kursi

[MrUlsaire]

kurshi-it is fantastic and historic

[famouslatvia]

reminds me of every shitty black metal band.

[666Desolate999]

The British Empire would have fucking shit themselves if these guys turned up to the shore like that, fuck charging the fields.

[MoontownMoss]

I think they needed a bit of help lighting that.



[ChronosChick]

HAIL!

[LilOldCreep]

This.... is.... EPIC!!! Mana mīļākā grupa! Biju uz Kurbada atklāšanu! Just... Pure... AWESOME!

[slammingkain]

Good as hell!

[Raimoization]

KUURINMAA...

[migkillerphantom]

@Raimoization The curonians are the ancesyors of latvians, not lithuanians, so they are kurši not kursiai and baltu vikingi not vikingai.

[Raimoization]

@migkillerphantom Finno-Ugrian Languge family:Finnic("Baltic Finnic")Finnish and closest relatives:Karelian,Ludian,Veps­ian,Ingrian,Votian,Estonian,Li­vonian.

[MrAmethystium]

@Raimoization is it? As Lithuania was the biggest country in Europe, I've seen the map, it was big but going to the south, and somehow Latvian lands were not occupied, so you might be little different after all. Though still brothers for sure! ;)

[Areillis]

@migkillerphantom they are both and not the direct ancestors though they were just one of the Batic tribes closely related to Latvians ,Lithuanians, and Prussians if you like,but they were forced due to the crusaders to assimilate with what is today known as Samogitians in Lithuania.That is how the Samogitians (Žemaičiai) as such came into the being.The Curonians brought their dialect which had an impact on the languaged of those Lithuanians in the past.

[Areillis]

@migkillerphantom And of course they have also assimilated with Latvians as well.No doubt about it mate.You won't believe but there are people around the Curonian lagoon in Lithuania who claim themselves as true Kuršiai although they don't speak a word in Curonian.They are very good fishermen and are keen in smoking fish.

[DelTevynes]

@Areillis Yep... too bad we Lithuanians are being slowly exterminated by fucking foreigner...

Uz Baltija/Sarmatija/Lietuva/Samo­gitia !!!

[Areillis]

@DelTevynes your thinking is not in favour to the Balts though you should be more optimistic bro.As long as we sing our beautiful songs & dance our dances & celebrate our festivals then nothing ever gonna stop us.The nation's streangth is not in quantity but in its great Spirit.Otherwise what's the use of that nation which is huge & powerful but has forgotten its real roots of its ancesters & has become very bleak & boring & indifferent to the other cultures for it lost its own identity longago

[DelTevynes]

@Areillis Buy how can I be optimistic when in class teacher asks if we still have that love for our country I ofcourse say yes but many say no because of the economy...It just breaks my heart.But yes we should be optimistic brother.

[0Letten0]

@DelTevynes Exterminated? By who?

[DelTevynes]

@0Letten0 by foreignors...How can we preserve our culture if here is multyculturism,a economy that can't survive on it's own and of course polish and russian emigration...

[Areillis]

@migkillerphantom Sometimes those Lithuanians from the Eastern part of Lithuania can hardly understand the Samogitians as they speak. :) I'll have you know that the Samogitians themselves are divided into four different dialects but they do understand one another as noone else very well. :)

[crazymarta1]

latviesu roks...

[migkillerphantom]

@doluss es gandrīz saprotu, bet ne gluži (I almost understand, but not quite). Tas ir dīvaini. ( That's a strange feeling )

[doluss]

@migkillerphantom sometimes i feel the same. especially when i hear speaking, not reading :)

[doluss]

greetings from Lithuania. at this moment we're playing soccer against Spain

[duzgas]

thank you braliukas, I have geat time in Siauliu dienos 2010 at your concert near lake at 09 12 :)

[Vannius6]

the bagpipe made this song exceed 100% perfection.

[ThreeRavens2112]

Hailisa!

You guys are awesome! I just ran across your band yesterday. Very awesome music. As a Romuva and Asatru, I can really appreciate how you guys weave in the folk tales and lore into your music. To put it in Celtic terms...bands like your and Eluviete are the new bards! Keep on kicking ass and rocking on brothers!

We just saw Eluviete with Amon Amarth in Chicago...I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you guys as well sometime soon.

[metk0o]

Im new to this band! This is the best i have heard in a while!

[Kvazarpower]

...Vikings...What FUN!...Baltic tribes arrived in the central part of Vidzeme(Midland)Kurland in 6th and 7th centuries AD.They were the ancestors of modern day Latvians ,and they either pushed out or assimilated many of the FINNO-UGRIC people who had been THERE BEFORE. These tribes later produced the Estonian,Karelian, FINNISH and -in Latvia s case- LIV NATIONS!!! MIN IZAAMO,MIN sindimo Uod aarmaz raanda sa,kus raandanaigaas kazaabod vel vanaad,vizaad piedaagod....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...­..

[MrAmethystium]

@Kvazarpower how could you forget Lithuania? We still have the oldest living language on Earth, 6000+ and our Sarmatian culture.

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium argi 6000 metų?

[MrAmethystium]

@doluss daugiau nei 6000 :)

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium eik tu, nori pasakyt kad seniausia indo-europiečių kalba?

[MrAmethystium]

@doluss taip, butent taip ir yra :)

[Raimoization]

@MrAmethystium Make sure...If you think about CURONIANS(Kursiai)-Baltu Vikingai-Yes. But Finno-Ugric peoples there before Balts....

[MrAmethystium]

@Raimoization Term balts is created by German politicians in 1890 Something...

Todays Genetic composition of Lithuania is 40% Finno Ugric, 60% indo-European...

[Raimoization]

@MrAmethystium Sorry man, but i think 40% Of Finno - Ugriac only in your HEAD....Tell me better about -POLONIZATIONS-????..........

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium iš kur tu fino-ugrus ištraukei? čia gal pas estus 40% fino-ugrai bet ne pas mus

[MrAmethystium]

@doluss ne, Estai turbut koke 80% fino-ugrai, Latviai apie 30% ir Lietuvei ar tai 32% ar tai 42% dabar nepamenu. Man atrodo pacioj zydu Wikipedijoi yra parasyta

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium tai bet kad labai jau skiriasi estų kultūra ir kalba nuo lietuvių/latvių

[MrAmethystium]

@doluss nu skiriasi. Gal ir maziau skirtusi jei pas mus nuo komunistu laiku nebutu uzsilike visokios siuksles kurios dabar tikrai ne i Lietuvius ziuri, bet i turtus.

Bet seip tai genetiskai Lietuviai tikrai ar tai 32% ar 42% yra fino-ugrai.

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium Lietuvių kalba yra priteršta mėšlo iš sovietų net tiksliau ne rusų o ten tų chanų kalbos. totormėšlio. bet niekad nerasčiau bendrų bruožų tarp suomių ir lietuvių/latvių

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium aš lingvistine prasme turėjau omeny. o tie kas iš post-komunistų tai patys lietuviai yra. pvz brazauskas.

[MrAmethystium]

@doluss @doluss Ai... Na taip kalba skiriasi, nieko cia nepridursi. Bet kalba nera prirista genetikai. Seip tai Indo-Europieciai asimiliavo Fino-Ugrus Lietuvoje, ne atvirksciai del to ir kalba musu yra Indo-Europietiska.

O tie post-comunistai yra finansiskai pidarastu zydu finansiskai rememi, kad betvarke daryt. Tuo atveju jiem lengviau susitvarkyt su Lietuva.

Nereikia netgi negru ir babaju emigrantu kai tauta nukvailinama vos ne iki ju lygio.

[doluss]

@MrAmethystium žodžiu subinėn mus bando įkišt. be gėdos ir sąžinės. tokia ta pinigų galia

[Raimoization]

@MrAmethystium ...I belived Lithuanians speak old-lithuanian or OLD-PRUSSIAN but not Livonian-!

[That0neguy01]

gonna be honest. the guy sounds like a leprechaun who needs to clear his throat. lol am i the only one whos thinking this?

[motorboxer555]

Hi, neighbours! Awesome video. Thats kurshi, fear of scandinavian wikings....

[Arodon3x0]

lol!

[nekrolootr]

super videjko

[n8isw8is]

the playing with the sticks was a little ridiculous

[kambarbumbers]

miiljaakaa dziesma, klips speciigs , heil kurzemes vikingiem !!!!

[Yukarisensei]

HAIL! SKYFORGER!

[pliusmann]

It reminds me the masterpiece BLASHYRKH THE MIGHTY RAVENDARK! :D and other Immortal videos

[ValdisG]

That's how ancient Kurshi got metal!

[furtherdefinitions]

Is that you brother?

[jaylasen1]

I saw this fellas in wacken 2008 in the camping grounds.

Cheers to the latvian people and heritage.

i still have the lighter.

[Machinehead645]

@jaylasen1 lucky douche nozzle

[hunterthehuman]

atm only 260 views? must have been all me then =p

[drakusrazel]

Pagan metal rules!!!

[angrepspanser]

skyforger - best latvian pagan metal band. i think album KAUJA PIE SAULES is the best of their works