in brief
02.11.2022

Stolt metal fra Mongoliet

The Hu – Train
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»Hu hu hu hu hu!« Publikum kaldte på det mongolske band, som trådte på scenen med vind i håret, publikumskontakt og stolthed over at være krigere, rytterfolk. Shamanistiske, sprængfulde af maskulin stamina og med strubesangens lange vibratovokaler og sangteknikker, der kunne få Lemmy Klimister til at tage hatten af fra det hinsides. 

Traditionelle mongolske streng- og bueinstrumenter, tunge trommer, selvsikker elguitar, træfløjte og jødeharpe gik op i en højere enhed med mowhawks, undercuts, tung metal, syrerock og psychobilly. Nummeret »Gjenkis Khan« åbnede med stille bastoner, hæs vokal, bløde strøg over strengene og siden en eksplosion på rytmegruppen. Så udsyret metal og headbanging i »Wolf Totem«, tunge meditative droner i »Black Thunder« og den shamanistiske »Shoog Shoog«, der blev omsat til heavy. 

Det var en stilsikker hitparade fra et band, der holdt energien samtlige sekunder i halvanden time. Aftenens sidste ekstranummer var en hyldest til heltene i Metallica, og således forlod The Hu scenen efter at have spillet »Sad But True« med mongolsk tekst og otte mand høj instrumentering.

Koncerten var en påmindelse om musikkens dialektik, hvordan kunsten ikke har grænser, kun broer. Ingen stjæler hinandens kultur, men hylder den, og inspirationen flyder frem og tilbage på tværs af verdensdele og årtusinder. 

I anledning af Music City Aarhus 2022 bringer Seismograf en serie artikler om musik og lydkunst i Aarhus. 

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