THE HU have released the official music video for "Warrior Chant", a song that has been out since March but which the Mongolian band clearly regard as the one that explains them fastest.
"'Warrior Chant' has our signature rhythm that our fans fell in love with, and everyone who will listen and know us will say that it is our song," said Galbadrakh "Galaa" Tsendbaatar, the band's lead throat singer. "Our third album has a bit of everything rhythm wise, and we see that as a progress of expanding the Hunnu rock genre. This song has the rhythm that is original to us and is rooted in Mongolian culture."
He was specific about how it was built. "Enkush and I focused on horse head fiddle solos by imitating the horse gait, and you will hear the rhythm throughout the song. Of course Jaya perfected the rhythm by adding Mongolian wind instrument, Unu did heavy percussion drum throughout. Mongolian traditional instruments are heavily used on this song and our die hard fans are going to love it."
THE HU are Galbadrakh "Galaa" Tsendbaatar, Enkhsaikhan "Enkush" Batjargal, Nyamjantsan "Jaya" Galsanjamts and Temuulen "Temka" Naranbaatar, with touring members Unumunkh "Ono" Maralkhuu, Jambaldorj "Jamba" Ayush, Odbayar "Odko" Gantumur and Nyamdavaa "Davaa" Byambaa. The style they play is one they named themselves — "Hunnu rock", after the nomadic Xiongnu empire — and on "Hun" it stretches across eleven tracks steeped in Mongolian lore without ever narrowing the reach.
The video lands in the middle of the album's physical rollout. Vinyl variants began arriving on September 11 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, followed by wider Europe on September 18 and the U.K. on October 9, all through Better Noise Music, with a box set due later in October.
Touring is relentless. THE HU have already finished a co-headline run with APOCALYPTICA and are currently out on the "Freaks On Parade" U.S. tour. This autumn they return to Europe for a headline tour with SKÁLD, opening in Edinburgh in September and running through November — 23 cities across nine countries, including London, Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Warsaw.