Helium Vola
Helium Vola is a Darkwave/Neo-Medieval project by Ernst Horn from Germany. Horn was also a founding member of the influential Neo-Medieval project Qntal.
Helium Vola’s tracks are a mix between Medieval compositions, Darkwave synths and lyrics featuring interpreted Old High German, Latin and Provencal poems. The tracks are usually pretty intense with climactic opera-like bursts of singing mixed with the occasional medieval lute, soft percussion, darkwave synths and heavy use of violins.
All Helium Vola’s albums are ‘concept albums’, where all tracks revolve around a single theme. For example, Helium Vola’s first release, the self-titled album Helium Vola revolves around the wrecking of the Russian submarine Kursk whilst Liod revolves around everyday life for women in medieval times.
The first track is Selig from the album Helium Vola:
The next track is L’alba from the album Fur euch, die ihr liebt:
Beyond Structures & Time 