Tengger Cavalry
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Genres | Nomadic folk metal |
Years active | 2010 | –present
Website |
tengger-cavalry |
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
- Nature Ganganbaigal - Guitar, Throat Singing, Morin Khuur (2010–present); All instruments (2010–2012)
- Alex Abayev - Bass (2015–present)
- Josh Schifris - Drum (2016–present)
- Robert McLaughlin - Igil, Shanz, Throat Singing (2015–present)
- Uljmuren - Morin Khuur (2016–present)
Former
- Mural – Dombra (?-2015)
- Hasi – Morin khuur (?-2015)
- Wang Wei - Bass (2010-2011, 2012-2015)
- Ding Kai - Drums (2012-2015)
- Wang Xin - Morin khuur (2012-2013, 2013-2015)
- Yuri Liak - Drums (2015-2016)
Awards
"Mountain Side" 2016 Global Music Awards, bronze, band category
"Mountain Side" 2016 Global Music Awards, silver, music video category
Discography
Studio Album
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2010 | 血祭萨满
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2011 | Cavalry Folk
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2012 | Sunesu Cavalry
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2013 | 黑骏
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2013 | The Expedition
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2014 | 远古呼唤 / Ancient Call
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2015 | Blood Sacrifice Shaman
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2016 | Ancient Call
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2016 | Hymn of the Earth
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2016 | Cavalry in Thousands
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2016 | Folklore of the Cavalry
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Live albums
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2015 | NJ Transiit: Live in Clifton
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2016 | Live: Trephagon WRSU FM
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2016 | Live: West Hollywood
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Compilation albums
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2016 | Grassland Rock
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2016 | Soundtrack of the Cavalry
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EPs
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2015 | Overture for Carnegie Unplugged
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2016 | Mountain Side
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2016 | kAAn
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Singles
Year | Song | Album |
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2015 | Homeland Song
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2015 | Horseman
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2015 | War Horse
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2016 | War Horse
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2016 | Mountain Side Club Remix
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2016 | Paranoid
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2016 | The Struggle
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2016 | Homeland Song
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2016 | Pokémon Gym Battle
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Demo
Year | Song | Album |
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2010 | Tengger Cavalry
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Split
Year | Song | Album |
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2015 | Mongol Metal
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Videography
Year | Album details | Notes |
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2015 | CNN: One part metal, one part Mongolian
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2016 | Mountain Side
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References
- ↑ "HERITAGE, HORSES, AND TENGGER CAVALRY: INSIDE THE WORLD OF MONGOLIAN FOLK METAL". Noisey. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ↑ "Tengger Cavalry's 'The Struggle': Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- 1 2 "CNN: One part metal, one part Mongolian". CNN. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 Bryan, Beverly (2011-12-13). "Tengger Cavalry's Black Metal For Pagan Hordes". Mtv Iggy. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "TENGGER CAVALRY "Blood Sacrifice Shaman"". Legacy.de. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Terrorizer 232 is out now". Terrorizer. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Metal Hammer: Sunesu Cavalry". Metal Hammer. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ↑ "Tengger Cavalry: Ancient Call". Metal Hammer. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-09-02.