Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted January 11, 2019 Volunteer Share Posted January 11, 2019 http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/the-hu-a-new-breakthrough-band-from-mongolia-plays-heavy-metal-with-traditional-folk-instruments-and-throat-singing.html Maybe you’re jaded, maybe you think it’s time for heavy metal to finally hang up its spikes, maybe you think there’s nowhere else for the world’s most theatrically angry music to go but maybe bluegrass…. Or maybe Mongolia, where folk metal band The Hu have been inventing what they call “Hunnu Rock,” a style combining Western headbanging with instruments like the horsehead fiddle (morin khuur) and Mongolian guitar (tovshuur) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted January 11, 2019 Administrator Share Posted January 11, 2019 I like it! Hopefully, it's on Spotify/Tidal for a demo later today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aechmea Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 2 tracks on Bandcamp for $1US each https://thehuband.bandcamp.com/track/wolf-totem The FLAC version of "Yuve Yuve Yu" is 24/48k. "Wolf Totem" is 16/44.1k Edited January 12, 2019 by aechmea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted January 11, 2019 Author Volunteer Share Posted January 11, 2019 I also see those two tracks on Tidal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzzFuzzz Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Very interesting, seems to be more folk/metal coming from Europe too. I've never heard any other contemporary Mongolian music. They add a new dimension to the Death Metal Growl. They seem to know what they're doing, nice production and videos. Thanks once again Sir Sanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willco Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Indeed Sir Zing --good find!-- I love the grunt the bass lines-sort of a Tuvan (heavy!)version of Redbone. American "Pop Culture" probably first became aware of Tuvan Throat singing via Paul Pena( Genghis Blues) who wrote the Steve Miller and hit Jet Airliner. Although she is Chinese Dadawa has also experimented with the Mongolian technique on Disc Excerpts from--this record was used by David Wilson to voice his Speakers. Willco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I also came across The Hu when I was browsing on youtube recently. Kind of fun, although my tastes tend rather more towards the traditional. Chinese/Inner Mongolian band Hanggai seem to be trending in a similar direction to some degree, although I don't think I could describe them as heavy metal. I saw them at Womadelaide a while back, and they were a lot of fun. I just found this clip on youtube. Seems to be a sort of Chinese/Mongolian version of 'The Voice'. Starts out fairly acoustic, then gets a bit heavier later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 OMG, how much music have I missed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ian McP Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Yat Kha https://www.discogs.com/artist/446155-Yat-Kha http://www.yat-kha.ru/en/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 theses guys were at Womadelaide a few years back! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Yup, this is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Though, those two songs I would put in the metal genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 The Hu are touring! https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-hu-black-thunder-tour/139019?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=190422-Announcement-TheHuPresale-VICQLDSANSW&utm_content=190422-Announcement-TheHuPresale-VICQLDSANSW+CID_38e04c8e01bf309baa8772131a69d22f&utm_source=moshtix_cm&utm_term=The Hu - Black Thunder Tour&ref=moshtix-edm https://www.thehuofficial.com/tour-1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demondes Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Ahh wow. Interesting already sold out for Melbourne concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmie Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Enjoyed the video's, not altogether sure of the 'Metal' classification though. Found this a few years ago for a fiver, quite good actually though again, not Metal. Coincidence that the first track is by Xiao Hu, track 6 Haar Hu. Maybe the precursor of Hu. (Dur?) Just spotted the horse-head, two stringed, bowed instrument from the vid's on the cover. The big round faced guy looks familiar too. Edited May 20, 2022 by Grimmie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Guide to Mongolian and Tuvan throat singing https://soundtransformations.co.uk/lessons/khoomii-individual-lessons/songlines-article-2020-main-page https://www.songlines.co.uk/features/essential-10/10-essential-throat-singing-albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) On 20/05/2022 at 8:17 PM, Grimmie said: Enjoyed the video's, not altogether sure of the 'Metal' classification though. Found this a few years ago for a fiver, quite good actually though again, not Metal. Coincidence that the first track is by Xiao Hu, track 6 Haar Hu. Maybe the precursor of Hu. (Dur?) Just spotted the horse-head, two stringed, bowed instrument from the vid's on the cover. The big round faced guy looks familiar too. Hanggai are from Inner Mongolia and that is their debut album. It is probably the most traditional sounding of their albums. Electric guitar and rock influences seem to be more prominent in their later albums (the ones that I have heard, haven't listened to their more recent recordings). They were a lot of fun when I saw them at Womadelaide some years ago. I may stand corrected, I think there may have been an earlier album simply titled Hanggai (not sure if Introducing Hanggai is just a re-packaging). Albums of theirs I have are Introducing Hanggai, He Who Travels Far and Baifang. Edited May 23, 2022 by emesbee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TSOPDS Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I went and seen the HU when they played here in Melbourne a couple weeks ago. They were amazing. Never thought it would be something i would enjoy, but was i wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripitaka Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I find that every up-and-coming artist is jumping on the heavy-metal-with-folk-instrument-and-throatsinging bandwagon these days. Got any newer styles? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Not newer, but Tuvan thoat singing cross over with Americana and remixing: I’ve got the album, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Violons Barberes, played Womadelaide 2018, talented musicians! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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