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I finally read about how to use embed codes on YouTube after reading vanatru's vid-heavy posts for weeks. So here's Hedningarna in the studio, complete with moraharpa and hurdy gurdy. It's not the same without the wailing Finnish ladies who sing on "Tra", but it's definitely something I want a whole CD of. One minute two seconds.

WRONG!

This just should not be. Since I'm in "obsessed with traditional instruments" mode, I was on YouTube looking for nyckelharpa players. I found this one Swedish fellow who is apparently very famous. So far so good. Then I found him singing "O Holy Night" in Swedish, accompanied by traditional instruments. Okay, could be nice but....

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It isn't! No, not at all! Very not! I think maybe Dimmu Borgir could do this song more injustice but NOT BY MUCH. This is the musical version of a blood pudding: black, heavy and just plain UGH.