The "tinganinga" instrument you asked is the "Tumbi" which is a traditional musical instrument from the Punjab region of the northern Indian subcontinent. The high-pitched, single-string plucking instrument is associated with folk music of Punjab and presently very popular in Western Bhangra music (and now folk metal as well!).
When you get to Dana Dan, you’ll need to turn on the CC. Originally I heard fans wanted to be able to turn off the lyrics to not distract from the visuals after Aaj, but I’ve also heard it may be because the algorithm has issues with the topic
On the name, it started off as a spoof thing where they were making metal covers of pop songs, they’ve got Everybody from western boy bands, and Tunak Tunak Tun (which, they’ve grown a lot since then, but it’s one of the most WTF things going 😂)
as a folk metal fan I LOVE this band and since you love folk metal Here's my list of folk metal bands that spans all inhabited continents Diablo Huma- Equador Hiddenland- Equador Cemican- Mexico MiracleOfSound-Ireland (look up his songs Sirona, Grainn Mahoil and Tale of Cu Chullain) Alestorm- Scotland (it's pirate metal but some people count it?) Tyr- Faroe Islands Percival- Poalnd/ Pan slavic Arkona-Russia Rune-Serbia Mägo de Oz-Spain Po' Metra Crijeva- Croatia (the band name means half a meter of guts) Manntra-Croatia Brkovi- Croatia (more of a punk band but look up their song "Ovce" a MAGICAL blend of rap,metal a, punk and folk influences) Metaklapa- Croatia (This one is weird ... they do covers of metal songs in traditional Dalmatian singing style .. for example they did Aces high) Dubioza Kolektiv- Bosnia & Hertzegovina (DO NOTE! This band is called a band with no genre for a reason! they varry from Regge R&B To Folk-Metal-Punk ... compare their "Space song" and "No escape from Balkans") Arka'n Asrafokor- TOGO (also worth of note is Skinflint from Botswana but they don't ussualy have much folk elements) Al-Namrood- Saudi Arabia (They played metal when it was punishable by death... IT DON'T GET MORE HARDCORE THAN THAT!) Hassak- Kazakhstan (it's an ethno band but listen to their song Amanat and tell me it don't belong on a metal concert) The Hu- Mongolia Nine Treasures - China/Inner Mongolia DreamSpirit- China Wagakki band- Japan Nini music- Taiwan BLOODYWOOD- India Alien weaponry- New Zealand Shepherds Reign- New Zealand/Samoa
Bloodywood has already been all around the world. You should really watch their documentary - it's available on their channel. The high pitched instrument, I believe, is a sitar, or it at least sounds very much like one.
I'm glad you finally discovered Bloodywood! Like I like to say: not all folk metal is European, and this is a fantastic example. Check out their songs Dana Dan and Aaj for some more! 😎🤘 Oh, and the "plinky"-sounding instrument (hard to describe as you said) I believe is a sitar, a very popular instrument in South Asian music.
Enjoyed your reaction & commentary! You should definitely check out more Bloodywood. Dana Dan is the hardest (Turn on CC) & is a must. For more range listen to Yaad. But be ready, it's emotional. Or check out Aaj. It really is their anthem song. Always stay for messages after the song. Totally wholesome 😊 Hope to see more soon 😁
