The great Chinggis Khaan

Just two years ago (I mean, 2019) a very interesting band saw the light of day. I saw a friend of my best friend's brother post a video on his feed but I didn't give much thought to it. Like a month or two later, I don't know why, I got curious and went to his timeline to watch the video and it was awesome. It was a gush of fresh air... but that's not the song I'm posting today. 

The song I'm posting today came out some months later and became my favorite instantly. Not only because the song perse but also because I find the video really cool. 

I kinda feel the song has power in it. The Mongolian deep throat singing is very... tribalistic and transmits a sort of energy that you can't find even in guttural death metal songs. This feels like it comes from the soul... and the video compliments the song so nicely!

Grab a nice pair of headphones, turn off the lights and listen to the drums, the Mongolian guitars, and every other autochthonous instrument the band has for you. Enjoy every detail and lose yourself in this feast!

 

Without more ado, here is the song.

   

Artist: The HU Album: The great Chinggis Khaan Year: 2019

In Hell I'll be in good company

Eleven years since our last post huh? It's funny how our tastes in music have not changed but broadened. I used to love power metal and power metal only, I used to think my taste in music was vastly superior and one day I started to listen to some other music and appreciate it. I guess my tastes have matured... or at least that's how I want to think. This time I bring you a song from a group that I found by chance. My son likes to listen to The Hu band (the metal band from Mongolia) and we decided to search for a YouTube playlist with music from similar artists. We found it and pressed play.
At first, we heard songs that were expected even if we didn't know the bands. We got Heilung, Skald, Wardruna, and Mongolian throat singing to mention a few, the funny thing was when we started to listen to a whistle and a banjo and we were like "eh... what's that?" And that's how we found The Dead South and one of their most famous songs to date: In hell I'll be in good company. I immediately liked it and I started to listen to them. It's not what you would think I listen to but damn these guys are good and they are now part of my playlists. Here is the song, and if I can recommend another one it would be Broken Cowboy. Artist: The Dead South Album: Good Company Year: 2014