Glittertind - Rolandskvadet

[Barrecz]

Skål från Sveriga!

[Maagar2]

any1 know a band in simmilar lpaystyle but in english?

[czarek13shs]

świetne

[sorna94]

wtf, why all this talk about racesism, this song is about an old poem, about a solider in karl the greats army (or what his name is in english)....

[meccarian]

Don't understand anything. But it's epic.

[5nereus]

fucking great song

[hatredshadows]

it seems that the scandinavian race is going to extinction by

multiculturalism

[Hardrada88]

I just found this band and this tune is bloody superb!! more please..MOAR!!! (reminds me of a quote-guess the film and win a prize) "meeeead...meeeeeead...your spilling it, *gets stick* wheres my mead, your spilling it *beats slave* your spilling it clumsy idiot how dare you spill the kings mead"

[BuchekCaps]

This is very good. Great song, great band. Greeting from hungary.

[666BlackFish]

zajebisty norweski folk metal

[Skogsraaet]

Svinga edra svärd! Klyv den blåmannens skalle!

[strahinje]

i iz noob

[Sinekyre14]

Norwegians are a people with a deep culture and we deserve to survive. Stop immigration!

Why are we talking about this topic? Because the Norwegian culture and history is in the process of being destroyed, and if it is, it will NEVER come back. Tenk litt på det..

[FinrodFraNorge]

@Sinekyre14 What about immigrants, who speak Norwegian, celebrate 17 May, wear bunad, eat lutefisk and live the Norwegian culture in a deeper way than many originally-born Norwegians? Would you stop those either? I can guarantee you that there are immigrants such like that, whom you would not recognize on street or by their lifestyle. I myself come from Prague and have couple of friends within similarly assimilated immigrants - some Dutch, English, Germans... are you against us too?

[AncientAncestor]

@FinrodFraNorge Personaly I think that if you can asimilate there is no problem at all. The question is however IF you can asimilate. Most imigrants who come to Norway expect us to live after their rules(mostly muslim fugtives who refuses Norwegan law and expect us all to embrace Sharia), after we have been so kind to take them into our contry. I'm not against other relgions but Im tired of our polticians acomodatin to the imigrants needs. "This is it is to live in Norway, take it or leave it!"

[NorwegianSportsGuy]

@Sinekyre14 Det jeg ser som dreper vår kultur er ørepesten og den ekkle klesstilen og festingen til Norske ungdommer! Den Norske ungdommen vet ikke hvem Harald Hårfagre er engang! Det er sykt! Så send de ekkle fjortisene ut av vårt fedreland heller, Vil heller bli husket for en nasjon som hjalp invadrere som trengte det, en en nasjon som stengte de ute og ble gjort om til et paradis for fjortiser. Tenk litt på det du.

[TheArcturian]

Make sure you aren't wearing any restrictive clothing when you listen to this: it makes hair sprout everywhere. You'll grow a beard instantly, for example.

[Lildriel]

Jeg elsker Norge!

[MWM8000]

ja vi elsker dette landet...

[MWM8000]

this is won of the best songs iwe heard ever

[besmb2105]

Dette er skikkelig god ivaretakelse av norsk folkemusikk!

[insanebrain213]

Thumbs up up and away

[insanebrain213]

ooooooooooooh noice

[vinterfrost2]

Alt for Noreg!

[Alfificationn]

This is the coolest song ever! <3<3 herregud eg dør.

[Freawulf]

Hail from Hellas!!

[Lessari]

Dette er hva jeg kaller musikk! Gode band. Jeg kan ikke vente å få til mens du er på ferie i Norge. Sorry I'm not så good in Norsk och Svenska. But anyways Heil from Finland! Pirun hyvä bändi!

[TordeguttGrytting]

Satan så bra!! Alt for Det Norske Riket!!!!

[Siumpas]

Viking Power !!! 

[Chefke1]

Come to Roermond (NL) Azijnfabriek, they will play there next saturday!!!

[soadfan589]

@Chefke1

And I'm going to be there for sure\\

It's going to rule\\\\\\\

[besmb2105]

vakkert.

[simonsama6]

Jeg akter ikke å la en tysker rette på språket mitt. Så nå får du finne deg i at du tar feil...

[edwsd]

Til Dovre faller ^^

[geir44]

Ikke dårlig dette. Rolandskvadet.

La oss kaste ut lykkejegerne.

[ThePaganpunk]

Sounds so good, I don´t understand what he is singing, but nevermind- I like it!!!!

Hail to all of you!!! SKOL

[Morness1]

I LOVE BEIN NORWEGIAN!!!

[PLYSssss]

Fantastisk musik og lyrik. Sving ølkrusne og syng med på denne gjalning!

[bleedinggoths]

dam this is a heavy song. and I just discovered these guys right now!!

[wolf848484]

Glittertind is not my favorite band, but I sure like this one ! :)

[nilsp1979]

DRITTTBRA !!!

[NeoPaganoIbero]

Ha dicho Teude

[MillwallSupport]

Djävligt bra låt.

[derliebesmuskel]

So reading through the comments, a lot of people want a translation, and while there are many people summarizing the story, there's not an actual translation; so here we go.

"Six of my earls will stay home, to guard the gold

The other six will swing their cold iron in heathen lands"

-They rode out of the Frankish lands

Blow the horn Olivant at Roncevaux

They raised their silken sails high on their masts

They sailed out to heathen lands for one and two weeks

[derliebesmuskel]

The oars and the anchor touched white sand:

Roland, the king's friend, was the first ashore.

They fought at Roncevaux for two and three days;

The blue men fell before Roland's sword and blade.

The mountain of blue men blocked the sun;

One fearful footman asked Roland to blow his horn.

Roland put his horn to his bloodied mouth and gave an angry blow;

The anguished sound carried over mountains and seas for three days.

[derliebesmuskel]

King Charlemagne, he started to weep:

"What awaits my friend? I hear his horn sounding!"

King Charlemagne,

he sees his friend;

Dead lay Roland, king-friend,

holding on to his sword

King Charlemagne came home,

And everyone was listless.

The ship was filled with silver and gold

And the heathens lay behind, dead.

[MacFraggin]

and some more comments:

"kva tru vantar freden min" - what might ail my man?

"fred" - probably rather "kin", not "friend". I'd just translate it as "King's Man", though.

"settest dei alle traude" - buried them unwillingly.

[simonsama6]

@MacFraggin Its not "fred" its "frenden" which means "friend"

"Settest dei alle traude" - Everyone was filled with sadness

[MacFraggin]

@simonsama6 : unnskild, det stemmer helt enkelt ikke. "traud" betyr "motvillig", og "sette/setje" i den sammenhenga er "plassere", dvs "begrave". Og jeg vet ikke hvorfor teksten skrives "fred", men jo, uttalet er ju iaf "frende".

[MacFraggin]

some comments, as there are a couple of mistakes in that translation:

- blue men = black men

- "Rolands sverd som gav seg fyri ljåe": Rolands sword that behaved like a scythe.

- "Fram så søkte blåmann-fjødi skygde fyri sole": forward flew the blue-men spears, blotted out the sun.

[cmhuislilc]

knip je kuifstaart er maar af l u l

[simonsama6]

word

[SirRonsevall]

Guys, why are you talking about rascism?!? This is Glittertind - comment the band, you idiots!

[troller88]

Very nice song

[baronencz]

Satan så bra den låten är!

[piraja84]

i love glitertind!!!!!!!!!

[1Blubbe]

This song actually were a poem written by a french poet about a figth in a pass named Roncevaux in 778. One of the generals were named Roland, and he was the last one to die in that fight. The original name of the song is "La Chanson de Roland".

[TimViruset]

Personligen tycker jag att svenska är ännu härligare, men norska är också bra!

[kapitein60]

This is like the only cool song from glittertind..

[simonsama6]

Gammalnorsk og Islandsk er nesten det samme

[redantidote]

ØL!

[fiddeff]

Är det här gammalnorska dom sjunger på? Ser nästan ut som isländska.

Bra sång!

[yaypej]

haha, ironisk. Islandska = gammalnorsk :)

[KebraDieRatte86]

hail to scandinavia

love this song listen to it every day

awesome song awesome band

[kerschdlcore]

geiles lied!

[Seppiderschreckliche]

Norway is great! Cool music.

Greets from Bavaria.

[Dimholt123]

grym låt! hälsningar från sverige, nordiska bröder för alltid.

[simonsama6]

Hail to Norway, I don't accept any crap you throw at us. We have earned our beautiful nasion through nothing but hard work.

[simonsama6]

This song tell of when "King Karl The Great" fought the war againts the muslims in spain.

The top officer of King Karl court "Roland" stayed behind with the armies, but they were attacked by the muslims from behind. So Roland Blew in the horn "Olivan" which he got from the King. But when King Karl came to his officer's and good friend's aid, he was dead on the ground.

[TheGupp19]

thanks for telling :D I didn't know that

I looked it up and in dutch it's called 'Het Roelandslied' . Awesome!!

[overdosisbringslife]

awesome!

cant stop listening to them, does anyone know more bands like these guys?

[HHimmler33]

I've just heard of a kind of folkish-metal band named 'Runecaster', it's like this ;)

but I don't know that much on them yet, check it out on Youtube tho ... :)

[TheGupp19]

maybe you like tyr? Try the song Regin Smiour or something like that. Another awesome viking song :)

[VikingfaceNOR]

Storm - Oppi fjellet

[kapitein60]

@overdosisbringslife

You might like Ensiferum? Same kind of music

[Leitosssssss]

Amazing Band

[forevertrulywicked93]

Alright, I'm part Norwegian and couldn't be more proud, but I live in and was born in America, however, I can agree with all non-Americans that America is a fucking bullshit settlement that somehow expanded into a world superpower after a holocaust on the native Americans and the dropping of an atomic bomb on innocent Japanese civilians. Anyhow, this song is fucking sweet. Kudos to Glittertind for this kickass musical composition.

[Plastiknapf]

Hail Odin!

Glittertind are Trve!

And anybody who says something against Norway,should eat his shit!

[scandmx5atl]

lmao at all these dumbass comments about trolls, castles, and viking shit. the majority of you are americans, slavs, and wannabe nazis and claim Norsk heritage.

you fail at life lolz

Heia Norge for alltid!

[SpaceCadetMarty]

lololololol

but what do nazi's have to do with this?

[davve1337sweee]

Blame it all on the Nazis!

[BernardoBrasiliense]

This is the TRUE norweigian viking metal! Hail Odin!

[Mumrikken7]

NORGE ER FUCKIN EPIC!

[cmhuislilc]

jeg elsker norge gudd sangen

[blueblackdomi]

Świetne. Kocham.

[BentinoBendik]

If you are a real nationalsocialist skinhead or not, you dont hate fellow white europeans!

"nazistt" is what we call a hollywood nazi. fuck off looser we dont want your support!

HEIL OG SÆL!! 14/88 FRA STAVANGER!

[valueoftruth]

young, stupid, and in addition, brainwashed

[dutchguy84]

go watch romper stomper and jerk of...

you guys think that being a member of a germanic tribe that believes in germanic gods are the same thing as nazis..

COME ON!!!!

do you honostly think we would bow down for a psycho like hitler? ceasar could not get them on there knees so i dont think the would live under the dictatorship of a menthalie ill person like hitler

[Dosenbiertier]

@Kuifstaartje : Emm you hate Muslims, also i hope you hate Christians, Hinduisms, Jews, Taoisms, Bahais, etc. too.

[Kuifstaartje]

@Dosenbiertier yes of course. But I do like the jewish people,not the religion. I hate every religion except Asatru.

[Dosenbiertier]

@Kuifstaartje : OK, great, First I thought you would be one of this people who are just fucked up by muslims because of sociological difference.

[Kuifstaartje]

@Dosenbiertier Uhm that's also a reason but I do have the same with other religions hehe :p

[Kuifstaartje]

@Kuifstaartje oh edit,, WORST with moslims. I hate the ritual slaughting from animals,the nijaab and the submissive from woman. Same is with jews but we do not have much jews in my country,only muslims who like to push their rules into our society. And THAT's what I really hate.

[RAHOWASKIN]

@Kuifstaartje

if anyone need to "GTFO" it would be you.

[Kuifstaartje]

@RAHOWASKIN fuck you too and goodbye.

[dutchguy84]

piss off stupid nazi u suck

[dutchguy84]

m 2 but only because i cant sence of these lyrics hahaha

but it sounds alot like our language and accent and there are similar words only the mean something comepletely different so thats not gonna work

cool sound... i will lurn the lyrics later..

enyoing the song now..

[lovham89]

jækli bra sang viiiking matal forever

[katjanoctiferia]

This really gives a magical feeling.

[fiddeff]

Man blir stolt över att vara svensk och norsk när man hör denna!

[CrocoPhant88]

Den här låten är jävligt bra! Norska måste vara världens vackraste språk. Skål på er, bröder på andra sidan gränsen!!!

[UlfLundell]

@CrocoPhant88 Så sant som det var sagt! Jag kan inte få nog av Myrkgrav, Windir och Glittertind!!!! Måtte aldrig folkmetal hypen dö!

[CrocoPhant88]

@UlfLundell Absolut! Jag har Glittertind som en utlänsk favorit i kategorin vikingarock.

[skmos19]

Fuckin Awesome ¡¡¡

I Like It

[hotchipotchi]

SKAAL!!!!!

[nazi8per]

I'm norwgian, and even i have problems understanding the lyrics completely.

But this isn't old norwegian, it's how they spoke around 800 years ago.

[88Bergen14]

Not exactly 800 years ago more like 300

[SIL3N7HAWK]

wish i was Norwigan :(

[valueoftruth]

dont, its as boring as watching the paint on the fence dry... or driving through a tunnel hahaha... source: i live here

[SIL3N7HAWK]

sounds glorious

[valueoftruth]

the problem is all pagans, metalheads want to come to norway because they think they will be welcomed by abbath and trolls on the airport in oslo, then they will take them to a dark castle in the middle of deep dark grim norweigan woods... well, its bullshit, and i know, i have talked to people...

[Galenskapt]

lawlercoaster.

[VikingfaceNOR]

Oslo dont seem like Norway anymore, its full of muslims counts and sscuh, just like classic countries like England and France

[valueoftruth]

nothing new, i hope your point was to write to non-norweigans :p

[VikingfaceNOR]

Aye

[ImperialGuard9001]

Jihad Vikings what the hell? :)

[neriam2]

Im my eyes oslo ait norways capital anymore it's a muslim state not norwegian.

[DirtyDeerock]

ha, too true. I have family that lives there and when i show people pictures of Norway they seemed stunned that its not all dragons and castles and a viking with an axe on every street corner with a sign that says "Will Pillage and rape for Food"

[neriam2]

I will pillage for money tho

[VikingfaceNOR]

People that comes to Norway, does not travel for what you do at summer, party and flashing lights, loud music, and uncicilised drunk people.

They come for the stuff you see as boring

[valueoftruth]

Well, I'm a pagan, so I can't really imagine nature as boring, even if Norwegian nature in many places is boring... So yeah, I don't party and bullshit... Bye bye, mr FRP

[NordFjes]

;) alt for Norge

[BornUnknown]

I love this band .

[bulldog01209]

Cool song but I have no idea what they are saying.

[Oyanor]

A Viking Saga

[77metalfan77]

Do you have the translation of this song?

[Destruction3402]

I tried to read it, and I was not able to fully understand it! :(

I'm Swedish, and even through old Norwegian is quite similar, It's damn hard, many words have changed since!

[GabDyl]

hail du vinland

[DustinMcC7]

right on.

[vetlesverd321]

it's old NORWEGIAN not danish!!

elsker denne sangen!!!:)

[EmeraldHazex117]

Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.

[MrPamir777]

язык пидоразов!!!

[Motstand13]

Nasjonalsosialisme er et slikt belastet ord... Foretrekker 'nasjonal konservativ'. Og det innebærer ethvert forsvar mot globalisering, flerkultur og annet som undergraver vår flotte nasjon og vårt Folk. Skål for Glittertind som trekker norsk kultur frem i lyset!

[Mablod]

Ja oldefaren min slåss for den kulturen, vår frihet og ikke minst vår nasjon, mot tyskerne under andre verdenskrig!

[BirkaViking]

Awesome song .

Cheers

[ynsemred]

This language is Norwegian.

[ynsemred]

This song is my favorite. I feel like breathing the coldest winds of the north while i listen to this song.

[Motstand13]

Blåmennan fall for Rolandssverd... ha ha!

Awesome lyrics, epic music, this is what being a viking is about! Looking forward to the new album `landkjenning`is out.

Heil!

[TheGupp19]

Just discovered this band and I'm speechless. This is so awesome.

Viking/folk metal is one of my favorites genres of metal and I like it when they sing it in their own motherlanguage. I cannot understand the lyrics but this band is awesome. I definitively check this band out :D

srry for bad english i'm dutch;)

[Motstand13]

The song is about an epic battle between the normanna-viking and champion Roland against the muslims on the Roncevaux. (or Ronsalavollen, as it was called in old norse)

[MitWotan]

778 c.a.

[Mehrrottutnot]

but who get the message then?

[Ozurtheviking]

its old norse...but its very close to danish, i understand norweigan fully, and im danish, but our language is allmost the same, diffrent spellings...same meaning. Norway and Denmark is very fund of eachother and have allways been it...we both hate Sweden XD but all scandinavia is a big mix back from the viking days...we are in a way the same ppl...we have the same herritage cause of the vikings ...hail the north and hail the norse gods

[FrozenSilence]

Well, if no one speaks it anymore, at least it's still sung. (\(-__-)

[Mehrrottutnot]

just guessing, but this isn't bookmaal, but ... well, nynorsk or "old" norsk, or?

[Mehrrottutnot]

other guess after google: danish.

which would destroy my world view a little...

[TheNorwegian]

It is an old-fashioned version of Nynorsk, often used for translating old Norse sagas etc. If you ask me it is very fitting for a song like this.

[Smitty1809]

Hail to Norway

[xxXNoctisXxx]

This song is my favorite. ! the guitar between 02:00 - 02:10 is great

[nordsternag5]

hej, er det nynorsk ?

hilsen fra Tyskland

[plaguemarine]

aaaaah this what pagan metal is all about!

someday i gonna learn this language

[TidusZero1]

I already know Norwegian, I want to learn Finnish and German. :P

[plaguemarine]

good luck! :p

i know a bit german

the only phrase i know in norse is

jek elske du

wich hopefully someday will work for me on a norse chick! :p

[TidusZero1]

Actually it's "Jeg elsker deg." :P

And you pronounce "jeg" and "deg" like "jei" and "dei." :D

[Vidlaste]

Ikkje ofte eg seier dette, men:

Eg har ikkje ord...

[Dadutta]

FY FAAAAEN SÅ BRA

[mpl93]

dette er episke greier

[kila911]

best song with them :D

[SolntsaSvet]

vakurt

[666Aenarion666]

can someone tell me what the song is about, I am from germany, so I understand just a little bit. Btw great song! ;D