The Hu Brings Mongolian Metal to No. 1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales Chart

The Hu (stylized as The HU, also known as The HU Band) is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing formed in 2016. With traditional Mongolian instrumentation, including the Morin khuur, and Mongolian throat singing, the band calls their style of music "hunnu rock", hu being a Mongolian root word for "human". Their producer's name is B. Dashdondog, a.k.a. Dashka.

Their first two videos (“Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem”) immediately went viral garnering the band over 26 million views as of May 2019. On 11 April 2019, "Wolf Totem" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, making The Hu the first Mongolian musical act to top a Billboard chart. In addition, "Yuve Yuve Yu" reached No. 7 on the same chart while "Wolf Totem" debuted at No. 22 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart.

On 17 May 2019, The Hu met Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, who congratulated the band for their accomplishments in promoting the country.

On 6 June 2019, the band released the lyric video for their third single "Shoog Shoog".

The band is aiming to release its first album on 13 September 2019. The album's title is Gereg, which is the term used for a diplomatic passport from the time of Genghis Khan. Gereg is slated for international release under Eleven Seven Records.

Members

Galbadrakh Tsendbaatar a.k.a. "Gala" - Lead Throat Singer and Morin Khuur

Enkhasaikhan Batjargal a.k.a. "Enkush" - Lead Morin Khuur and Throat Singer

Nyamjantsan Galsanjamts a.k.a. "Jaya" - Jaw Harp, Tsuur, Flute, and Throat Singer

Temuulen Naranbaatar a.k.a. "Temka" - Tovshuur, backing vocals

Touring members

Jambaldorj Ayush a.k.a "Jamba" - support guitar, backing vocals

Batkhuu Batbayar a.k.a "Batkhuu" - support bass, backing vocals

Odbayar Gantumur a.k.a "Odko" - support drums, backing vocals

Unumunkh Maralkhuu a.k.a "Ono" - support percussion, backing vocals

Studio albums

Gereg (2019)