They combine western heavy-metal style pounding bass with traditional Mongolian folk instruments and throat singing.
Its called aman khuur (, another name is ). But we didn’t expect this.” Mongolian heavy metal band The HU have recently gained Internet fame for their epic, unique sound. The only instrument that sounds like a Mongolian throat singing I can think of, is the jaw harp. We think we will talk to everyone’s soul through our music. It is one of the most important musical instruments of. Guitarist Temka explains their motivation, “We try to spiritually express this beautiful thing about Mongolian music. Morin Khuur also known as the horsehead fiddle, is a traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument. Make something new.” The band never expected to gain such quick Internet fame though. The HU member Dashka reveals, “We wanted to come up with our own thing that we can offer to this big music family. Music plays a huge part in Mongolian culture, where various ethnic groups and tribes take great pride in their sound. They also blast out their lyrics in the style of traditional Mongolian throat singers, a technique that involves producing multiple guttural pitches simultaneously. The band can be seen (and heard) playing the morin khuur-a two-stringed horsehead fiddle played with a bow-and a tovshuur-another two-stringed instrument, but played with the fingers.
The videos introduce the world to their own unique genre that they call “Hunnu Rock”-a mix of heavy-metal-style pounding bass with traditional Mongolian folk instruments.
In just over 3 months, the two videos have accumulated almost 9 million views. The Hu recently uploaded two videos on YouTube of their tracks, Yuve Yuve Yu and Wolf Totem. After 7 years of crafting their unique sound, the band plans to release its first album this spring-and if their first two singles are any indication, it’s going to be epic.
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