Our METAL IN LOCKDOWN special continues, featuring: TESTAMENT, SABATON, MASTODON and more.
The Mongolian folk-metallers got stranded in Australia, but still found time to make traditional dumplings on their Youtube channel. Wait, what?
HOW DID YOU END UP ISOLATING IN AUSTRALIA? Gala (lead vocalist): “We started our world tour in early February, which included Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Brasília and North America. By the time we reached Australia, the COVID-19 pandemic had escalated and many countries started restricting events.
Our last performance was in Brisbane, after which many of the remaining tour dates had been postponed or cancelled in the following countries. With this change, we had no choice but to cancel the tour and return to our homes. Unfortunately, at that time Mongolia had its borders closed [to prevent the spread of COVID-19] which is why we stayed in Sydney, Australia until we could return home.”
WHAT WAS IT LIKE LIVING TOGETHER, AND HOW DID YOU SPEND YOUR TIME?
“It’s been a blast living in a house together! During the tour we are usually so busy moving constantly from one city to another, so it was nice for all of us to relax during that time. We spent our time working on music for the upcoming album, playing games such as cards, and also cooking together, which you can check out on our Youtube channel under the name HU’S In The Kitchen?.”
WHEN AND WHY DID YOU START THE COOKING SERIES?
“During our last North American tour, our manager Tuga filmed our tour manager Dan while he was cooking for us in the green room in Detroit, which had a kitchen. Tuga named it ‘HU’S in the kitchen?’ and uploaded it to our Youtube channel. We received great reactions from the fans, so we decided to keep it going.”
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE BUUZ AND NIISLEL SALAD IN YOUR LATEST VIDEO FROM AUSTRALIA? “Buuz is a well-known dish in Mongolia and Niislel salad is the perfect pair for it. Both dishes are very common in Mongolian celebrations and you are
“LIVING IN A HOUSE TOGETHER HAS BEEN A BLAST!” GALA
likely to find both at the table of any Mongolian party. We were celebrating [touring guitarist] Jamba’s birthday during our last video, so Buuz and Niislel salad were a must!”
HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO GET
THE INGREDIENTS?
“The main ingredients to make Buuz are quite simple – flour and meat – so we were able to find them easily. Niislel salad has simple ingredients as well with the base being potatoes, so it was easy to get everything at the local grocery store in Australia.”
WHO’S THE BEST COOK IN THE HU, AND WHY?
“The best cook is hands-down Enkush [Morin Khuur, throat singing]. It won’t take long into any of our HU’S In The Kitchen? videos to see that Enkush is the master chef leading the rest of the band.”
YOU WROTE NEW MUSIC UNDER LOCKDOWN… WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE, AND WHEN WILL WE GET TO HEAR IT?
“Our new music sounds like Hunnu Rock! During the lockdown we also recorded new songs for a Star Wars videogame, which everyone should be hearing soon.”
THE HU’S LATEST ALBUM, THE GEREG, IS OUT NOW VIA BETTER NOISE.
YOU CAN WATCH HU’S IN THE KITCHEN ON YOUTUBE