Now that you've ventured into another culture you should give Alien Weaponry a listen. Its a bunch of teenagers from New Zealand who made a metal band that uses all modern instruments like any normal metal band but they sing in Māori. They have some really groovy and heavy stuff on the songs that they sing in Maori

Mongolian warriors were noted for riding horses in battle. Motorcycles are sometimes referred to as an iron horse. I think it’s modern symbolism referencing the past. Also I’m glad you chose the video with lyrics. It definitely enhances things. Uve Uve is a great song too

The Mongolian language really seems to be a perfect fit for heavy metal lyrics.

The HU did an excellent cover of Sad but True by Metallica. Would love to see a comparison video from you guys!

They have a couple of their songs that they've recorded with modern rock artists that also have English lyrics. My favorite is Song of Women feat. Lzzy Hale. So happy y'all checked these guys out and I hope you do more

Hu is great. They have a youtube channel called "Hu's in the kitchen" where they cook for each other while on the road, usually more traditional Mongolian recipes. They're really awesome imo. They've toured here in America and made it to Atlanta even. If you're interested in more like this Ulytau is a Kazakh band that blends a similar sort of steppe music with modern rock/metal. They're more symphonic than Hu though.

Oh man, you all also need to check out Alien Weaponry. It's a New Zealand thrash band with lyrics in Maori. That shit is fire.

My two favourite songs by the Hu are, "Shireg Shireg" and "The Legend of Mother Swan." Really beautiful songs.

I love the Hu! Please check out more of their music! Have you checked out Heilung? I think you'll enjoy their song "Krigsgaldr". They use a mix of old sources and mythology, and sing in different languages like Old Norse, Old German, and English. They stand out a bit due to have a female singer, Maria Franz, who is fantastic.

Definitely gotta do more of them. YUVE YUVE YU is a great one too

The song they made for Jedi Fallen Order (game) is amazing! It feels even more familiar but with unfamiliar sounds.

So happy to finally see you guys reacting to The HU. If you're looking for more different stuff, feel free to do some folk metal/rock and the likes. Korpiklaani, Heilung, Hanggai, Alien Weaponry, there's a bunch of bands out there with a sound you've probably never heard before.

Should check out their cover of Sad But True, it's wild

I'm glad you guys did this. When I discovered these guys a while ago I went do the rabbit hole of Mongolian throat singing. Some amazing content out there!

If you want a good example of the overtone singing, Shireg Shireg is a stripped down, very traditional song. It adds a couple of instruments, flute type instrument and a mouth harp. There are only studio vids on this though.

I just saw them last night in Portland, there were 8 dudes up there just killing it! They were very grateful to the audience, handing out drumsticks, picks, even set lists...then they came back out and covered Metallica in Mongolian. Great live show!

Such a cool album. I got to see these guys play live at Aftershock 2019 in Sacramento. They were cool as shit to watch, and they really seemed to enjoy being there in CA with people jamming to their songs. Glad you guys got to check this out 🤘

You should try Deutschland by Rammstein, it's quite memorable and cinematic!

Never heard of them. Thanks for the introduction. I really liked this. Although completely different, I could relate to my own cultural heritage.

Your comments were spot on. You're MEANT to think of a Mongolian battlefield. The Mongols took most of Asia at one point. Mongol horsemen were scary and not to be f*cked with. The motorbikes in the clip are symbolic of those horses. The chanting is like a war cry.

This signifies what you guys always say "shout out to all you free thinkers"...! I recently found this group and have enjoyed their small discography.

I wasn't one of those people but I'm really glad you did this one! The Hu were the last band I saw live before the apocalypse when they played to a weeks ahead sold out gig in Belfast Northern Ireland and it was one of the best nights out I've had, they were great live and seemed genuinely pleased and greatful for the rapturous reception they got from their Irish audience (it was the only gig in Ireland and I met people that had come up from all over the south and the rest of the province for the show). They're actualy not the first Mongolians to have done this, i.e. bringing Mongol folk music up to date with rock / metal elements. Before them was Yat-Kha, and if you want to hear one of their tracks I would reccomend Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Across the Black Steppe) theough thats more hard rock/punk and less metal so its sounds a little different. I love it, can't beat that throat singing!

This is why I love your channel ,Free Thinkers out here just enjoying music of all types and willing to explore all edges of music. Love the sound of this music , heard them a bit ago , has a wonderful sound mix of ancient and modern .

Fun fact... That video (at this point in time) has 48 Million views. That is over 15 times as many views as there are people in Mongolia (3.3M).

So thankful to see this video!!!! There's so much to discover in the world of music. This track seemed to have y'all shook 😂😂😂

The whistle and the drone from the beginning is throat singing. The drone sound is one note and the whistle is produced by manipulating the droning overtones with your tongues shape

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The metal band Tengger Cavalry used throat singing combined with extreme metal earlier than The Hu but weren't quite as well known, they were formed in 2010, The Hu 2016. I think they quit in 2019 after the main guy Tianran Zhang's suicide. I haven't actually head the later TC albums but first ones were pretty interesting, like a combination of melodic death metal and folk metal.

Loving the support for Alien Weaponry in the comments. Would love to see Ryan and George tackle Kai Tangata.

The Hu have collaborated with a lot of Western artists (this is the first time I’ve heard this song without Jacoby Shaddix) so that might help. Also recommend Alien Weaponry and Bloodywood.

I really like the HU, The whole album is great. Heavy and tribalistic.I do think the lyrics to this and many of their songs are actually direct or slightly reimagined poems of the old Mongolian empire and how they thought as warriors.

This one reminds me of Alien Weaponry & their song, 'Kai Tangata'. You should give that one a listen & review, too.

Saw this band before the pandemic closed everything down. Everyone in the audience showed nothing but love for this band. They put on one hell of a show

As someone who is part Mongolian, it's amazing to see the genuine reaction of the throat singing and traditional instruments

I'll add my voice to the others asking for Alien Weaponry and Bloodywood. One thing I'll add is that you should check out the music of Tanya Tagaq. Very popular in Canada, she combines Inuk (Indigenous Canadian) throat singing with rock music. She's not as heavy as the others mentioned, but is absolutely amazing.

That was fun, guys 🙂 thanks for making us smile

WOW!! Someone threw you guys in the deep end of The Hu! I was eased into it with the alternate version of Wolf Totem ft. Jacoby Shaddix (from Papa Roach) You guys did NOT disappoint! Keep on keepin' on free thinkers :)

The HU is awesome. Seeing them in concert in May. Can't wait!

If y’all had fun checking this out you should Check out Bloodywood - Aaj It’s like Indian Nu Metal/metalcore. I love it lol

Now that you are trying the Hu, you need to try listening to Heilung next. The song Krigsgaldr is a trip

I found the Hu thru Pandora on my Wardruna station. If y'all did Wardruna I would die with a smile.

Awesome song. Happy to see the reaction!

I got to see these guys live in '19. They're only getting bigger. They're on Jedi: Fallen Order with "Sugaan Essena". If you're not completely comfortable with the genre you should check out their colabs with the singer of Papa Roach and Halestorm. Killer.

For more on throat singing, the movie 'Genghis Blues' is about bluesman Paul Pena's discovery and mastery of throat singing, virtually on his own. Pena wrote the Steve Miller hit 'Jet Airliner'.

Been a while since I spoke. Glad to see your success and growth. Many things will be forgotten, but never you guys.

Like many others, I was hyped to see you guys tackle this song. But, honestly, biggest props go to the intro, recognizing that your turned it away, but then you brought it back with practicing what you preach. It's what we're here for guys. Keep it up Much love from Minnesota I would second any voters for Yuve Yuve Yu, and throw in The Great Ghinggis Khaan for consideration.

These guys are great live. I got to see them in 2019 at the Aftershock Festival. They were on the 3rd stage but drew a huge crowd! Everyone in the crowd was chanting Hu between every song!

I love The HU. They did a LIVE broadcast early Pandemic. So talented!!!

im totally new to your channel, but you two are definitely fun to watch Thank u for bringing THE HU to your work

It's awesome watching you guys explore just about anything, never knowing what you are going to upload is a great reason to check back every week

Saw these guys live late last year, amazing. RECOMMENDED.

This was a first time listen for me! Stunning,beautiful,hypnotic,fantastic...... Loved it! I'm 70 years old and I have always been open to new things things,including music. Thank you for this! I think I'm going down the rabbit hole👏👏👏✌️✌️

This is my son's ring entrance music (boxing). He has Mongolian and Aztec blood in his veins.

Just imagine seeing a Mongolian Horde coming over the hills, had to be pure terror.

They did an awesome cover of Sad But True!

People: Meh, metal is dead. The Hu: Hold my beer.

A lot of these guys are classically trained and have attended University for their native instruments!

So glad you checked this out. You should really review their cover of Sad But True by Metallica. Hearing a song you're possibly familiar with, and being able to compare it to how they interpret it, push this song and others they do into perspective. And this is a fantastic band. I really believe any intelligent football coach or sport coach of any kind, should incorporate this song into pre-game rituals. If it doesn't get you pumped and ready to go, you're dead.

And they are every bit this incredible live! Just saw them a few nights ago and WOW!!!

There's an old DVD of "Bela Fleck and the Flecktones" (jazz) perfoming live with a Tuvan throat singer and it's amazing. He sings 3 distinctly different notes and melodies simultaneously.

I love this song. Discovered it a year or two ago.

That was an interesting listen and I would add it to a custom playlist. Since you tried this, I would recommend Wardruna's latest album, Kvitravn with the song of the same name. Tbh, its takes a couple of listens thru to get but it should hook ya after that (or at least has me and those I've shared it with hooked). They use traditional norse instruments weaved with nature sounds and lyric content related to ancient norse literature.

I saw them at Aftershock festival a few years ago and they were fantastic to see live,

I've been hoping and waiting for you guys to stumble upon The Hu. Do some more, and let it grow on you. You kept saying it had a "ritualistic" sound to you...perhaps the word you were looking for was "tribal"...and it totally grabs you right in the gut in a way that is difficult to explain but is undeniable. These guys have become ambassadors of their culture and are taking the world by storm.

The guy with the bow.... I don't know what the instrument was, but his bow-work was gorgeous.

I like how they incorporated elements of the blues and metal into their own cultural music.

I love the collaboration with Jacobby Shaddix doing wolf totem....with The Hu (the hu loved his energy)

Oh, and they also remind me of 90s Wu Tang, when you hear them chant Hu, hu, hu! RZA also uses samples of a violin on Wu Tang Forever that has the same nerve.

I like this song with Jacoby from Papa Roach. It fills in the gaps and everything Jacoby does just hits with me, check it out.

Thank you, great reaction! Their videos are all stunning. You should check out their Song of Women. They had already written the song when they asked Lzzy Hale from Halestorm to write some English lyrics. Her voice matches up perfectly. If you haven't already listened, Dimash is another great vocal talent that has millions of fans, but the mainstream music media doesn't cover him. Start with SOS,

WOW! I've waited so long for you guys to do this song, I have no idea how I missed it when it happened! Please do Heilung next. It's like Viking folk music and amazing. Love you guys, you continue to set the bar for what you do.

The Great Chinggis Khaan is one of my favorite songs by them

Thank God I've lived long enough to have experienced something as interesting and far out as Mongolian heavy metal.

Fun fact time. This song was inspired by a mongolian war song during the time of Ghengis Khan as he is known in the West. Mongolians were widely know and feared for their hordes of horseback riders who dominated the battlefield with their mounted archery and shattering charges. Mongolians were quick to adapt to enemy tactics as well. That is why they sing about when you come as this we will become that. Another fun fact. ALL members of this band have studied music and together they already have over decades of experience. The big guy with the horse headed fiddle is also a historian. His knowledge of mongolian history is extensive and you can find that knowledge in many songs

Maaan i was waiting for you guys to breech this kind of stuff took a hiatus from reacy vids but im pleasantly surprised

They do a collaboration with Jacoby Shaddox from Papa Roach with this song… Pretty dam good 👍

This song ha a very primal feel, and I love it!

If you ever get the chance to see them live, then by all means, do. They are probably the most powerful live band I've ever seen. Something about the music and presentation strikes you at your most primal, in a way that no other band that I've seen ever has.

Sorry, I didn't wait for you guys to explain before I chimed in with my explanation 😆 I used to go to this off the wall theater here in Austin that played a lot of artsy fartsy outsider films along with cult favorites that weren't mainstream films and that's where I learned about thus style of singing in the 90s, unfortunately that theater has since shut down.

The HU band did an awesome cover of a Metallica song, 'Sad But True'. It was done using the same instruments, throat singing, and language as this song. You should check it out.

Thats in the beginning was indeed a way of throat singing. There a three forms and the one we heard in the Video in the beginning is called 'sygyt' the highest form. Sygyt means 'to whistle'

it was cool seeing you guys react to something different. i enjoyed the song even if it also wasnt my normal taste

I've listed to the HU a bit- I actually like them. I bet this rocks in Mongolia!

The Hu also have guest singers. This song has the guy from Papa Rosch, singing English lyrics. Lzzy Hale does this with them on a version of The Song Of Women.

This one is on my gym playlist, it's a wild pump when you got this on and a ton of caffeine and creatine in your system

You are correct. That is the higher register throat singing. It sounds more like an instrument. The low register is what the guy with the deep voice is singing

It is also often classified is folk metal. This genre specializes in using old styles and instruments like fiddles and bagpipes and old methods to create metal music

You wanna see a movie? you should react to the video for Deutschland by Rammstein.

I just wanted to say that I think it's about time you do another song by these guys! 😁

At the start those are various throat singing tracks layered at once. But that sound is throat singing.

This song is fire: I haven't watched the video yet, but its fire!

Check out next Song Of Women featuring Lizzy Hale from Halestrom and The Hu’s cover of Sad But True official videos

Jumped in at the deep end on this one. There are a couple of other Mongolian metal bands out there, Tengger Cavalry and Nine Treasures, heavier sound, and came out well before The HU. You should also check out Wagakki Band, mix of Japanese traditional instruments and vocals, with modern instruments and arrangements. They do a cover of Bring Me To Life with Amy Lee that is pretty interesting.

The video clips add alot to....the visuals are cool😎

Yesssss😎✌✌👍.....the Hu are incredible....well done

Love your reaction!

Nice Choice for a Reaction! 😊 I hope one day You both could check out the band. Planet of Zeus The song "No Tomorrow" I'd love to hear both you're opinions on their music. The Hu also has a song featuring Lizzy Hale of Halestorm called "Song of women"

What they're doing in the beginning is called throat singing. Darroh from Fair to Midland also used it a bit. Really miss FTM.

I sorta stumbled across this song a few months back & I kinda dig this shit....it’s totally original