Here is another song I wrote and performed (with my wife), this time in Old English, Old Norse and Mediaeval/Byzantine Greek. The use of Old English in conjunction with Old Norse is to illustrate the fact that at this point in history, the Varangian Guard was primarily made up of Anglo-Saxon warriors who fled England after the Norman Conquest, as well as Scandinavians. The Greek is adapted from Anna Komneni’s Alexiad in which she discusses the Varangians who were in her father Alexios’s service. The song details the events of the Battle of Beroia fought by Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos against the Pechenegs in 1122. The Emperor was forced to cut an expedition east short when the Pechenegs attacked the north of the empire from beyond the Danube. The Pechenegs camped in a deep depression near Beroia (modern Stara Zagora) and their defence proved very hard to break down. Their horseback archers proved too effective against the Emperor’s men - until he called upon the elite and heavily armed Varangian Guard, who, in a mighty push, broke down the defences and forced the Pechenegs to flee. I hope you enjoy! Please like, subscribe and share as it really helps the channel. If you would like, you can also support me by donating at www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard. Many thanks and God bless! Lyrics in description.

@St-lucifer-96

2 ай бұрын

Trust me lad we English have Anglo Saxon blood run through us like a warm spring the Normandy bloodline died out in England that's a common fact not trying to argue with you or anything it's just that we English are still here are ancestors didn't fled because if they did we white native Anglo Saxon English people wouldn't be here today the French would be but there not and yes we had that french Muppet as a king at one point in time but trust me we don't see him as one of are king because he french plus we English invaded France countless time France only invaded England once and trust me they got lucky with that one but they failed miserably countless time when it come to us English invaded them the point I'm trying to make is that we English are DNA English Anglo Saxon and that will never change we no who we are who are ancestors are and where we came from and brilliant video love hearing old English and old Norse you have a talent and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️⚔️👍🏻

@curnonmitto

2 ай бұрын

Is it OK to download your songs into social networks to form a playlist? It would be good to be able to listen it not only in KZread.

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

@@curnonmitto Hey mate, my songs can be bought on Amazon and I'm also on music streaming services like Spotify

@curnonmitto

2 ай бұрын

​@@SkaldBard well Spotify is not really working in Russia, I'll try Amazon maybe it's working.

@alexandr592

28 күн бұрын

А можно выложить текст полностью на английском языке? Буду очень благодарен

Everyone gangster until Iohannes calls the Varangians

@lopakacooper1668

Ай бұрын

All fun and games until the men of foreign lands from the Northern parts start biting their broad shields and roaring in their guttural language in a berserk frenzy…

@Gray-Wolf-024

21 күн бұрын

It's all fun and games until the Byzantine Berserkers show up

Amazing work as always my friend, I love the main melody

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Hey man, good to hear from you - and thanks a lot, appreciate the kind words!

@NorwegianSedevacantist

2 ай бұрын

Yo its FaryaFaraji, the guy who made a cool version of Psalm 135.

@LapoRatu

2 ай бұрын

Oh My God The Legend Comments

@losgatosboi9880

Ай бұрын

Ay, you two should probably collab, would be awesome to hear.

As a English guy with German,Scandinavian and Greek ancestry that served in the Greek Cypriot army this slaps

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Man's a real life Wærgenga

@brandonchdib5380

2 ай бұрын

@@vladimpaler4689 ancestors of the celts and the italic peoples migrated into the areas around southern Germany and the alps (then splitting into the distinct Celtic and Latin cultures) and moved west to Gaul around the same time as the proto Germanic culture/language group was forming in Jutland, Scandinavia and northern Germany, those that became the Germanic peoples I heard were more influenced by the pre-indo European language in the area which is why Germanic languages are more of a outlier in the family group, but obviously due to contact with the Celtic,italic,and balto Slavic groups they again gained or in a sense regained some indo European words, but in general all European languages share a similar story (especially Greek with the hypothetically pellagasian or pre Greek Greek language ) im a bit autistic when it comes to history, especially Germanic history because like you said it’s the majority of my ancestry (also realised I went on a weird tangent lol)

@brandonchdib5380

2 ай бұрын

@@vladimpaler4689 yea the Belgae were seen as the “transition” between celtic and Germanic people, due to it being on the border(Rhein), Indo Europeans as a people were all white or Caucasian (obv because they came from the caucuses) and when the indo aryans went south they formed the ruling class in those areas and or supplanted the native populations but in India’s case due to it having a large native population the newcomers really assimilated dna wise into the society bar from the ruling and priest class (Brahmans I think they call it) which was quite rigid in Indian society

@brandonchdib5380

2 ай бұрын

@@vladimpaler4689 just want to make clear I don’t believe there is any inherent superior traits in any particular people, they were all built to be suited to their environment (Africans being dark skinned to protect against the sun and northern peoples like north East Asians and Europeans for the opposite effect) But more so the culture that affects a peoples rise or fall TLDR, some cultures can be seen as “superior” but race wise I personally don’t believe so

@user-df4kf6fg7h

2 ай бұрын

@@vladimpaler4689 OK, after objectively examining all the available info: 1) "Aryan" was originally used by Indo-Iranians themselves. So "Iran" means "Kingdom of Indo-Iranians". Nothing more, nothing less. It's an ethnic name, not some bigger racial category. Yes, they were almost certainly white, but that does not prove the word was ever used for other whites outside the Indo-Iranian ethnicity. 2) Persian and Indian literature and myths are *massive*, you can cherry pick any and all symbolism you want out of it. 3) Going form "Ur" and "Ar" to "Aryan" is the biggest stretch in the world. It's a single freaking syllable. "Muscogee" has more similarity to "Muscovy", I guess that means that Native American tribe are secretly white Slavs! 4) "Archaeological evidence"? Where? All you used was attempt at names and myths. And I don't care if the Jews have any archeology about their history or not, this is about *your* claims. 5) "All civilizations"? Then I'm curious about the "white origin" of Egyptian and especially East Asian (Chinese/Korean/Japanese) civilizations?

This is getting out of hand, hes bumped the number of languages up to 3 in one song! In seriousness, damn fine work skald, i can scarcely imagine how much hard work has to go into doing this stuff, and we appreciate it, man. Keep on rocking!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Haha yeah, can't lie, it is pretty exhausting - but I much appreciate your kind words, my friend

@FrozenMermaid666

3 ай бұрын

I’m obsessed with Norse and Icelandic and the other Norse / Germanic / Nordic, so these songs with pretty melody are a great way to learn new words and structures - nice to finally see the hvárki / né (neither / nor) in action!

The greek woman singing was great touch, all three worlds meshing great. Her pov being the greek pov of the brothers of the north sea

@gregoryheers2633

3 ай бұрын

That's what I thought! that it was a Greek woman, given how flawless her pronunciation is! But the Skaldic Bard says in his description that it's his wife... So, either his wife is Greek, or else for some reason she is very well acquainted with the Greek language...

@servantofaeie1569

3 ай бұрын

​@@gregoryheers2633His wife is Polish

@gregoryheers2633

2 ай бұрын

@@servantofaeie1569 Oh, okay, thank you for clarifying!

@muffaletta

2 ай бұрын

@@servantofaeie1569 i ment in the song, the story is a greek woman singing

@HyperboreanJihad

24 күн бұрын

Also a nice touch when she calls them from Thule since the ancient Greeks thought there was an island called Thule in the far north full of giants and most of the Varangians would have been a decent bit taller than the Byzantines on average

Absolutely beautiful song, that honors the brave people of the North, that fought and died for the Byzantium Empire the last Roman Empire. Elit Bodyguards comprised of Christians and Pagans (not publicly however), united as one by Oath and Faith to the Emporer, an Oath that passed down from father to son. United as children of the North, like the Brotherhood at Jomsborg, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Goth, Swede, Dane and Rus & Slav. Even if faiths divided them, they are children of the North Sea. Together with the Brave soldiers of Byzantium, they defended the last of the mighty Rome. Plus you deserve over a million subscribers for this song alone, hope you have it good.

@robinrehlinghaus1944

3 ай бұрын

The ERE wasn't the last - HRE, Napoleon's Empire...

@cmd7930

3 ай бұрын

@@robinrehlinghaus1944they weren’t roman. Roman empire died in Constantinople

@robinrehlinghaus1944

3 ай бұрын

@@cmd7930 Give me a definition of 'Romanity' for that.

@charliecharliewhiskey9403

3 ай бұрын

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 There's a genuine difference. The State that was Rome expanded out to the East, and then split itself after moving its political centre to constantinople. The part in the east, the ERE, was literally the Roman Empire, in the same way that your family is still your family even after you move house. The western half collapsed, and suffered significant changes in culture and leadership by foreign powers. The law changed. There were still vestiges, sure, after the new rulers realised it might be beneficial to pander to Roman history, but it was no longer the Roman Empire. What DID remain in the west was the Papacy, and yes they have a direct link back to Rome, but they weren't "The Roman Empire", they were a primarily religious body. They needed allies, protection, and wanted to spread their ideas. So they started acting *as if* they had the right to say "yep, these Germans, they're very pious, they're the new Roman Empire". The HRE wasn't Roman, it was just Roman Catholic. It emulated Rome, but it wasn't the Roman Empire. The same goes for Napoleon, the jumped up evil fool. Just because an empire makes callbacks to one of the most powerful empires in history doesn't mean they actually are that thing. But the Byzantines, they genuinely were the Roman Empire.

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment, my friend!

My wife now thinks I have autism because I'll only listen to you, Skald, along w/ Miracle Aligner & Farya Faraji! I'm so out of place in this world!

@iberius9937

Ай бұрын

I also listen to almost nothing but Farya and Skaldic Bard, these days! Miracle Aligner's music I've listened to the least.

@Ianiosos

Ай бұрын

It's the same with me but I'm just a kid😁😁😁

@alphaundpinsel2431

Ай бұрын

you probably do...

You're a legend, Skaldic. Three languages in one song? Epic. Just epic, and your wife's part is amazing I've listened to so many of these I can actually tell the difference between Old English and Old Norse

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Haha, good stuff! Thanks for the ongoing support, buddy, really appreciate it

Crazy how old English and old Norse almost sound like different dialects of the same language

That switch to Greek

Brilliant! I used to think that the song "Slayers of the Huns" was your biggest work because they sang in two languages at once, but this song struck me even more. Thank you to your team for your efforts. Your music brings something new to the vastness of KZread, which, if it was possible to meet before you, it was extremely rare. With the warmest wishes to you from Russia.

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Большое спасибо, мой друг - and I wish I had a team, I must say ;-) but the wife brings me cups of tea while I'm making them, close enough

@Npc1488-wc1kf

2 ай бұрын

Russia isnt my enemy Globalism is

The amount of languages you and your wife can speak is impressive

Amazing music, imagery and vocals by yourself and your wife!! How no one has made a high quality film about the Varangian guard is beyond me. Hearing you perform in three historical languages is always a joy!

@Npc1488-wc1kf

2 ай бұрын

Our history erased and our people replaced, and you are really shocked at that?

I started listening to your songs recently, and not gonna lie, your songs give me the boost I need at the gym!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Must admit, part of the reason I make them is to fuel my own workouts lel. Glad you like them!

@Npc1488-wc1kf

2 ай бұрын

The gym owner plays deathcore crap and the stick figures all play shitty cRap Its oppressive

@eindalton2638

2 ай бұрын

I've also lifted to Skaldic Bard songs, so I can understand.

All I can say is... wow. I always enjoy your old English pieces the most (it's the only one I'm even mildly proficient in), but the combination with Old Norse and Byzantine Greek? What an effect. I can't think of a single song you've made where you haven't received praise, but this is easily one of the most deserving. I can't wait to see what you do next!

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Ic þancie þe, broþor :-)

This is insane, you deserve millions of views

@SkaldBard

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, friend

Brilliant song, congratulations for your excellent work, this song honouring the memory every Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon warrior who served in the Varangian Guard under the banner of my ancestors.

Brothers of the North Sea forever ❤🔥 One of your best songs so far!👌

@Anglisc1682

3 ай бұрын

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Such a brilliant piece! I absolutely loved the language combination. Makes me think about how it must’ve been back then.

Easily your best work yet, love the percussion on this one! Pass my compliments on to your wife for such angelic singing!

Absolutely epic to have three languages in one song. It really does work beautifully and I really enjoyed it. I've also now started to imagine what a multilingual song about the Battle of Brunanburh in 937 would look like.

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Actually a great idea

An exam day was made better with a little notification from the legendary Skaldic Bard, to which I thank you ;) Awesome song and I love the return of the Old Norse and a lovely Greek addition!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Hope it went well, my man!

@TheSwissObserver27

3 ай бұрын

@@SkaldBard Appreciate it!

No way i mean this is my favorite song so far i just simply love it so much. The fun fact is that this song dropped out while i was in the gym and i listened it right there and i just simply felt like all of my 3 ancestors related to this song helped me out. Keep doing what you do because you’re the best at it!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Legend. Glad to hear it, my friend

@servantofaeie1569

3 ай бұрын

Are you of English, Norse, and Greek heritage?

God bless you and your wife and thank you for making songs such as this. The Old English, Old Norse, and Greek being used together is something beautiful.

Irish-English-AlsoPolishSpeaking man cooked us another masterpiece. 🎉. Thanks!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Hah, you're welcome! Thanks for the support

This guy is a True artist.

This is a masterpiece. A vigorous song and also the lyrics sung by your wife are enchanting. Awesome work, Skald

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, friend

My brother, Another masterpiece..another testament..to the sacrosanct blood of our kindred. I had been struggling..a few months ago, you galvanized me... Thank you brother. And hail to your loved ones

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Keep the strength, my man, and may God bless you

Quickly becoming my favorite KZreadr and I mean that genuinely.

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

High praise, my friend - thank you

Absolutely beautiful, you and your wife can sing amazingly with wonderful lyrics. Can't wait for more

another moving and powerful masterpiece. Excellent vocals by you and your wife. Thank you!

for how many languages being dealt with here, this is scarily good, you should keep on doing these sorts of ideas

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, my friend

Haven't even listened yet and I know it's going to be fantastic! Go from listening to Old Norse music and the notification for a new Skaldic Bard song comes up.

I've been binge-hearing this one for a week. Bloody brilliant.

This has to be the most ambitious song you've composed, and you and lady skald are both really good singers, I love the duality of the languages, rather trilogy of languages now, I love the quality and the badassness to go along with your songs, can't wait to see what you do next!

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, my friend! I think my wife is rather taken with the name "Lady Skald" now ;-)

The call-and-answer rhythm between OE and ON is super catchy. It really sounds like a war cadence. And I love the modern liberties taken in the poetry, OE poetry (and i assume ON) didnt really rhyme, they mostly used rhythm and alliteration, but this format make it much more attractive to the modern ear.

@SkaldBard

Ай бұрын

Yep, that's absolutely right! Alliteration is far more authentic (though there is evidence of rhyme in both OE and ON), but my aim isn't necessarily to be authentic (at least not with everything I do), rather to create things that suit my own style/are appealing to other modern listeners

@WGGplant

Ай бұрын

@@SkaldBard very cool

Legendary trio of a Norseman, Anglo-Saxon and a Romaiois (Roman).

@TzarTzarevich777

3 ай бұрын

This is the best trio ever, don't try to change my mind

@jackwhitehead5233

3 ай бұрын

​@@TzarTzarevich777facts

@georged.5595

2 ай бұрын

The trio is legendary but jsyk Romaioi is the plural, singular would be Romaios.

@TzarTzarevich777

2 ай бұрын

sorry, just sometime I see the Romaioi without the s sometimes with it, thanks for correcting me@@georged.5595

Beautiful song. It is great to hear ancient tongue used in song in the modern age. Wonderful work to you and your wife!

It's so good I find it difficult to put in words. The 3 languages used make it so unique. Hope to hear more Greek on this channel in the future!

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, brother! Will try to get more Greek in :-)

This is one of the most awesome things I have ever heard.

Ultra Based, your wife and yourself make the most excellent of duos

I wish someone would make a film about the Varangian Guard. That way we could hear this song at the cinema...

Man its very impressive you make songs with this quality in such a short time

It's rare that I comment and like on KZread... but your works deserve to be recognized. When you close your eyes and listen to the music you literally travel through time. You relive these forgotten episodes through time. I'm impatiently waiting for a work in Old Frankish 😉 Signed by a Belgian soldier and history buff

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Much appreciate you taking the time to comment in that case, my friend, and thank you for the edifying words! Still trying to dig up enough resources on Frankish but it's definitely on the cards ;-)

@LAC03098

2 ай бұрын

@@SkaldBardthere’s hardly any surviving scripts of anything in that region until old Dutch (still very few) so I think your best route would be reconstructions and a bit of lyrical implications

Chills. Great work, man!

And I thought that two languages in one song was already nuts. Now we have three, and with beautiful lyrics! Great job, Skald!

This is epic, been trying to sing along with it but it is tough you guys did an awesome job on this song as well as "The Last Varangians". Hope to see more in the future.

Bro listening to your songs is wild, I've written a whole bunch of random stuff in old english since i was in school but i couldn't make music to save my life so I've never gotten to hear what it might actually sound like, it's even cooler than i imagined common scop W

This is definitely one of your best compositions I think! It doesn't fail to inspire me every time I listen to it! The drums, the various languages, the whole style is great! The story also simply brings the whole thing to another level. Keep it up!

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Awesome to hear, thanks!

This is one of my favorite of your original compositions. Well done!

Hail! Powerful piece brother 😮 may everyone here listen to your work with open ears. ❤

What an incredible song. I thought the English Varangians was good, but this absolutely blows it out of the water. A hammering beat and brilliant vocals, keep it up mate!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

Thank you for another masterpiece !

Might have to change my favourite song after this one, by far the best creation of yours. The tune is perfect for the story. Loved the mono of the different languages, helped show the difference of these men. Also loved that your wife lead the Greek part seeing as you got that from a woman. Amazing as always God Bless

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate the thoughtful comment, and spot on with the Greek observation! Cheers, God bless

Amazing music, sound, vocals... Very well done.

Yay, the old norse is back.

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

I could feel you breathing down my neck.. ;-)

@NorwegianSedevacantist

3 ай бұрын

@@SkaldBard 😅

Briljant mate 😊 Tel your partner that your songs are beautiful Plus it always comes at the perfect time

Holy shit. Your songs make my blood pump like nothing else. Well met🤘🏼🪓🛡️❤️‍🔥

Beautiful mix of language and voices. Amazing work! Love it!

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

lol just got back from work and was telling my Norwegian boss about the Varangian guard! perfect timing

I must say, you are my favorite skáld, flawless job, i have to say that this kind of "tense" rythm and passe really catches me (im brazilian, dont know how to translate my idea well, sorry) this song and haraldr haldradr are my favorite. And the less "tense" are Sigurd the crusader and olafr trygvason. Waiting form some jomsviking too! God bless and stay with you, every single day until the end of the world!

English-Viking-Byzantine friendship is strong 🇬🇷🇳🇴🇮🇸🇬🇧💪

@njord-krakenarnesson5096

Ай бұрын

You forget the Faroe Islands, Denmark, and Sweden, among your flags.

An other Idea fo a next song could be one sung in Norman-French about the Normans of Normandy. P.S. This song here by the way was beautiful (As always) i really enjoyed it , the greek language strain was a touch of class 😉

For me, this one and the new Alfred the great song are your absolute best bangers, can't stop listening to them!

@SkaldBard

4 күн бұрын

Awesome to hear! Thanks

Very lovely song, I love how it portrays the multicultural nature of the Varangian guard. A song I'd love to hear someday is a song about William the Conqueror since you made one for Harald and Harold. Being a descendant of the Conqueror, I'd love to hear you make a song about him.

Thanks, you've given me the perfect song to listen to whilst I play the new Varangian Guard hero in For Honor.

This is such a banger honestly

This is epic!

Incredible stuff as always

You truly are Skaldic.

"this is getting out of hand nows theres 3 of them!"

Badass.

Tack!

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Tack för stödet!

Goshhhhhh amazing !!! I love the singing rythm !

yet again amaizing song! I really enjoy listening to your songs! Keep up the great work

@SkaldBard

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, mate! I do have some Bulgarian planned as I know you've been asking, just in case you were wondering ;-)

@kristiangg4263

3 ай бұрын

@@SkaldBard thank you very much that makes me very happy! I guarantee you that i will continue supporting you

Imagine being a Turkic Invader, you’ve gotten used to fighting the Byzantines over the centuries, and all of a sudden a new unit forms with tall blonde guys in foreign helmets, huge round shields and comically huge axes, and they won’t run like the rest of the army and they always take down a huge part of your army before they die

W O W this was astonishing ! You have my sub and more , i will share your work to others . btw 0:28 my eyes fool me or the guy to the left is Tormund ? XD

Εγάμησεν!

Весьма захватывающая песня! И вполне звучит даже намного лучше предыдущих работ, эпик, ритм, всё это звучит довольно бесподобно! К слову, по ощущениям это даже больше походит на композицию из игры. :)

Perfect

Another beautiful song!

Thanks!

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, my friend! Appreciated

A formidable male warrior begins to sing, following a hymn that could only be sung by a winged shieldmaiden angel. I am not exaggerating when I say that this song is a masterpiece. Iam obsessed with this and listening to it non stop while going to school. We need more people like you like farya faraji and only odin knows how many good singers there are not known much. Thank you so much for this.

Enjoying this masterpiece from Algeria

Amazing work, I really commend you for this, it is fantastic 💪🏻

@SkaldBard

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man, and congrats again on your recent cover of Foss

Evrybody gangsta until tha Varangians destroy the carts

This is your best song 🎵

This is great.

I'm half northern English and half Greek. This is now my training anthem hahaha

@Demiancreed

Ай бұрын

Waos

Really good song! 👍

Lovely! I was wondering, have you thought about making a song in Alanian one day? Alans have fascinated me for a while, being sort of "fish out of water", migrating through the Roman Empire with their Germanic neighbours

@servantofaeie1569

3 ай бұрын

What is Alanian? An extinct sister tongue or old form of Ossetian?

I love the paintings you used.

База. Дякуємо за контент, як завжди 🤚

Once again your work keeps me on my feet on my down times... Thank you for this master piece Btw could you share the transliteration of the greek text? Thanks again!

Something tells me thisil be #1 in the future

Cool song!

I wish i was CEO of Paradox-like company.If i was i would make a good strategy game that takes place in pre medieval era and make this the main theme of the game :D

Incrível.

Awesome