The HU are ready to show you “The Real You.” The heavy Mongolian folk-metal hybridists have returned with their first single ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

HU band members Gala (left), Jaya (center) and Ono pose for a picture at their studio in Ulaanbaatar on Dec. 27, 2023. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.) Listen ULAANBAATAR – When Pope Francis visited ...

An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st century: Create a new genre of folk-metal music. Decked out in black war regalia out of ...

This should go without saying, but heavy metal is more than the Euro-centric look that mainstream media wants to portray it as. Because for every pasty, lanky Scandinavian in corpse paint or denim ...