Tengger Cavalry

Tengger Cavalry
Tengger Cavalry official
Background information
Genres Nomadic folk metal
Years active 2010 (2010)–present
Website tengger-cavalry.com
Members Nature - guitar & vocal
Alex - bass
Josh - drum
Robert - fiddle
Uljmuren - fiddle

Tengger Cavalry is a folk metal band currently based in New York City.[1] They combine elements of the traditional music of Mongolia with heavy metal into a kind of folk metal that Billboard[2] and CNN[3] refer to as nomadic folk metal.

History

Tengger Cavalry was originally founded in March 2010 as one-man project in Beijing.[4] The band is named after the ancient Mongolian and Turkic deity Tengri.

The first international review of their debut demo album Blood Sacrifice Shaman by German heavy metal magazine Legacy in 2011 was cautiously optimistic about the band’s potential.[5] Later MTV did an interview with the band.[4]

In 2012, a feature by UK magazine Terrorizer gave the band a wider international audience.[6] Meanwhile, another UK magazine Metal Hammer commented on their music.[7]

In 2014, Tengger Cavalry released their third album, Ancient Call. Metal Hammer was again drawn to the new album.[8]

In October 2015, CNN[3] did a video interview with the band. On December 24, the group's debut concert at Carnegie Hall was featured in Noisey, The Village Voice, Loudwire and New York Times.

Band Members

Current

Former

Awards

"Mountain Side" 2016 Global Music Awards, bronze, band category

"Mountain Side" 2016 Global Music Awards, silver, music video category

Discography

Studio Album

Year Album details Notes
2010 血祭萨满
  • Released: September 18th, 2010
  • Label: Dying Art Productions
  • In Chinese. English title Blood Sacrifice Shaman
2011 Cavalry Folk
  • Released: November 2011
  • Label: Dying Art Productions
  • In Chinese. 2 CD album: CD1 title: 鬼骑 / Sunesu Cavalry & CD2 title: 明咒 / Mantra
2012 Sunesu Cavalry
  • Released: November 15th, 2012
  • Label: Metal Hell Records
  • Remastered edition of 2011 CD 1 in English.
2013 黑骏
  • Released: February 25th, 2013
  • Label: Dying Art Productions
  • In Chinese. English title Black Steed
2013 The Expedition
  • Released: June 1st, 2013
  • Label: Metal Hell Records
  • English version of 黑骏
2014 远古呼唤 / Ancient Call
  • Released: February 1st, 2014
  • Label: Metal Hell Records
2015 Blood Sacrifice Shaman
  • Released: May 18th, 2015
  • Label: Metal Hell Records
  • Re-recorded and expanded reissue of the 2010 album 血祭萨满.
2016 Ancient Call
  • Released: May 1st, 2016
  • Label: Metal Hell Records
  • Instrumental tracks from the album 远古呼唤 / Ancient Call.
2016 Hymn of the Earth
  • Released: September 6th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • A rework album of the 2014 release "Ancient Call".
2016 Cavalry in Thousands
  • Released: September 7th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • Re-recording of "The Expedition" (2013).
2016 Folklore of the Cavalry
  • Released: October 21st, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • Acoustic album.

Live albums

Year Album details Notes
2015 NJ Transiit: Live in Clifton
  • Released: November 1st, 2015
  • Label: Independent
  • Recorded live on October 24, 2015 in Clifton, New Jersey, USA.
2016 Live: Trephagon WRSU FM
  • Released: April 15th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
2016 Live: West Hollywood
  • Released: November 4th, 2016
  • Label: Independent

Compilation albums

Year Album details Notes
2016 Grassland Rock
  • Released: March 5th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
2016 Soundtrack of the Cavalry
  • Released: September 1st, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • Remix album

EPs

Year Album details Notes
2015 Overture for Carnegie Unplugged
  • Released: October 29th, 2015
  • Label: Independent
2016 Mountain Side
  • Released: April 1st, 2016
  • Label: Independent
2016 kAAn
  • Released: December 12th, 2016
  • Label: Independent

Singles

Year Song Album
2015 Homeland Song
  • Released: June 8th, 2015
  • Label: Independent
2015 Horseman
  • Released: June 15th, 2015
  • Label: Independent
2015 War Horse
  • Released: June 16th, 2015
  • Label: Independent
2016 War Horse
  • Released: March 5th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • New version of the 2015 song
2016 Mountain Side Club Remix
  • Released: April 1st, 2016
  • Label: Independent
2016 Paranoid
  • Released: July 5th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • Cover song of Paranoid by Black Sabbath
2016 The Struggle
  • Released: August 8th, 2016
  • Label: Independent
2016 Homeland Song
  • Released: October 21st, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • New version of the 2015 song
2016 Pokémon Gym Battle
  • Released: November 1st, 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • Cover of the video game Pokémon Red's Gym Battle music

Demo

Year Song Album
2010 Tengger Cavalry
  • Released: March 2010
  • Label: Dying Art Productions
  • Demo in Chinese

Split

Year Song Album
2015 Mongol Metal
  • Released: July 1st, 2015
  • Label: Mongol Metal
  • Split album with 颠覆M and Nine Treasures

Videography

Year Album details Notes
2015 CNN: One part metal, one part Mongolian
  • Released: October 30th, 2015
  • Label: CNN Great Big Story
  • Available on their site here
2016 Mountain Side
  • Released:
  • Label:

References

  1. "HERITAGE, HORSES, AND TENGGER CAVALRY: INSIDE THE WORLD OF MONGOLIAN FOLK METAL". Noisey. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  2. "Tengger Cavalry's 'The Struggle': Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  3. 1 2 "CNN: One part metal, one part Mongolian". CNN. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  4. 1 2 Bryan, Beverly (2011-12-13). "Tengger Cavalry's Black Metal For Pagan Hordes". Mtv Iggy. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  5. "TENGGER CAVALRY "Blood Sacrifice Shaman"". Legacy.de. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  6. "Terrorizer 232 is out now". Terrorizer. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  7. "Metal Hammer: Sunesu Cavalry". Metal Hammer. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  8. "Tengger Cavalry: Ancient Call". Metal Hammer. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
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