VIKING REACTS | THE HU - "Wolf Totem" 

For some reason, ALOT of reactors don’t watch this with subtitles, which lessens the reaction in my opinion. The music itself is freaking awesome but when ya know what they’re singing it takes the song to a completely different level

Just stuff I read. Mongolia was never conquered. It’s the most sparsely populated country. 30% of the people are nomadic. One of the bikers is/was the president of Mongolia. Genghis Kahn took over more territory than anyone ever. If you joined them you were protected by their reputation. If not, you died.

Nice reaction, now I’ll give you information. “The Wolf Totem” is actually from a 12th century Mongolian poem that the HU shortened and put to music. The “XXL Violin” (as you called it) is the Morin Khuur (Horse Head Fiddle), it has 2 “strings” that (traditionally) are made from the tail hairs from a horse (traditionally the hairs must come from the player’s own horse to bind player to instrument and vice versa), the “Male” string has 150 hairs and the “Female” string has 130 hairs. The “guitar” is actually a Tovshuur (Mongolian Lute) and only has 3 strings.

Thank you for mentioning the swastika!! So many people afraid to mention it these days. I have Indian heritage and I had to warn my Indian great aunt not to wear her swastika earrings bcos of how people in the uk would react. I wish I didn’t have to warn people of their ignorance to her culture tho

The lyrics were written by a general of Genghis Khan's as a war poem.

The Hu are fantastic live. I saw them in my home town in the southern US. Nobody understood the language, but that didn't keep The Hu from packing the house and thrilling all who came. Especially impactful for me was their song "Black Thunder", which at one time had 6 guys on stage throat singing together. The original 2 part music video is worth watching, very much a blockbuster movie type production. Others to check out are "The Song of Women" with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, "Shireg, Shireg" live in studio, and their latest "Mother Nature" ft. LP. The last 3 are of their more gentle side, beautiful stuff. The gentlemen in the band are wonderful souls, and The Hu were named by Unesco as an "Artist for Peace", the first metal band with that distinction.

Hu are amazing. The version of this song with Papa Roach is good, Sad But True, Song of Woman I think is my favourite though. Seeing the Hu as children with their mothers is just so touching and sweet. It helps that half the song is performed in English so I can understand it without subtitles yet still enjoy their amazing sound. Do not forget the song is about "You come at me and we will kick your ass no matter how strong you are, how fast or what you think you are a master of. We are stronger , faster and are true masters." They use animals "come as *, we will #." The natural preditor, higher on the food chain.

Don’t know if anyone mentioned there is subtitled version, but basically it’s a song about meeting various adversaries with greater force.

Great reaction. The Hu is excellent live, twice. In addition to the great music, they seem to be genuinely amazed of the audience reaction and love it. Hope they stay that way.

This is the official Video, so I presume the subtitles would give you the lyrics as they want them presented. Listen again with them turned on. There are several slightly different versions of Lyric translation if you search the interweb. I think the following is poassibly the closest : If lions come, we'll fight until the end If tigers come, we'll fight and battle If elephants come, we'll fight in rage If humans come, we'll fight and obliterate We, If lions come, we'll fight until the end If tigers come, we'll fight and battle If elephants come, we'll fight in rage If humans come, we'll fight and obliterate If you come as snakes, we'll become Garuda birds and fly over you If you come as tigers, we'll face you as Lions with blue mane HU HU HU HU HU HU HU HU If you come with evil intentions, we'll give you a fight! Ten of us will strike you as thunder Hundred of us will shatter your hearts Thousand of us will destroy and obliterate Ten thousand of us will hand you the wrath of heaven! If you come as flood, we'll fight until the death If you come swarming, we'll scatter you around If you come flying, we'll shoot you down with our archeries If you come charging, we'll slice you with our swords HU HU HU HU HU HU HU HU Let's cut through them as speed of flying falcons Let's burn within as the hearts of wolves! Let's stampede with our horses Let's defeat them with the wisdom of our Great Khaan, Chinggis! HU HU HU HU HU HU HU HU

You're technically right but its also conveying a message that if you mess with one of them you have to deal with all of them.

Wolf totem is my favorite song! Though, I can't sing all of it quite yet as I am still learning the language. The morin khuur (horse-headed fiddle) is indeed the traditional stringed instrument from Mongolia, and has a cool creation story. The "evil" talking part is one of my favorite phrases in the song "Provoked, the snow leopard competes with it's rivals" it basically means "if you come for a fight, we will give you one" with the subtext of "we will not lose." *I am writing this from Mongolia and currently learning to throat-sing myself.

I think The HU are the best mongolian metal band. Hu means Humans. :D

I understand that you didn't know a foreign language needs subtitles to understand the lyrics. BUT if you do watch it again WITH the subtitles turned on you will know exactly what they are saying. I will say that YES you are on the right track, but you will understand perfectly by reading the subtitles. And yes they are using traditional instruments! By the way, Hu is the Mongolian root word for Human! 🎶🎶👱‍♀👱‍♀👗👗👠👠❤❤

Saw them live last year and they are AMAZING! I love Black Thunder…the version with Serj Tankian from System of a Down and Daniel Laskiewicz from Bad Wolves.

I concur it's great with the subtitles - the meanings come through, so you get more of the feeling of the song. Very powerful. It's why Ghengis conquered half the world!

9:03 Many of their songs have CC for translation, some don’t, this one “Wolf Totem” does so rewatch with CC turned on

You mentioned that they give you “good campfire companions vibes”. They have a RU-vid channel with more than music, they have cookouts making traditional Mongolian dishes.

The horseman at the beginning holds the Khar Suld, the Black Banner of War of Gengis Khan's armies. Gengis Khan, meaning the Universal Ruler, is viewed a national hero in Mongolia. Basically, the lyrics say that whatever form the enemy takes, human, animal or supernatural, their people will stand, fight and blow them into smithereens. I think traditional throat singing goes very well with Metal! "With the speed of the Falcon advancing The Wolf's courage flaring up The strenght of the horses' hooves, their paces pounding The mark of Gengis Khan, a sight to behold!"

Ohh I Just Love it!! It Brings Goose Bumps!! Amazing!!

I’m in a senior building. Put this on the speaker and wake them up 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love throat singing ❤❤❤ Avi can sing 2 tones at the same time. Did it with Pentatonix. I’ve watched throat singing documentaries ages ago. One guy I’ll never forget. Never a big fan of metal, but new artists are changing my mind. Thanks

Maybe it's just me, but I feel what they sing of, the visions of ancient ancestors and yes a wolf pack. From what I've seen of HU they are very deep in their culture. I've been following them for over a year now.

I recently learned that the standing bass instrument is called a horsehead fiddle, awesome sound, the throat singing is so tribal and barbaric and the darkness descends, the music transcends, totally mind blowing toe tapping body swaying head banging hypnotic rhythm

The HU is one of the best metal bands nowadays. I fucking love them

Yes, they are using Mongolian (central Asian) traditional instruments

you should have used the vid with the vocal translation...

9:15 I can never get over how he can make his voice sound like a didgeridoo! And I wasn't new to hearing throat singing.

Jacobi does this song with them and he sings the words in English

Minor correction: Attila the Hun was not Mongol.

This is an ancient war chant … 12th century

Great reaction. Song of Woman with Lizzy Hale is great if you are looking for another.

Men’s they’re playing is a fiddle. It’s a Mongolian instrument.

You could just turn on the captions

My kid (8 years) love this song! 😅❤

The lyrics are traditional Mongolian battle chats that the warriors would sing going into battle.

These guys are awesome and yes that is throat singing

When.GALA talked by his self.he said if you come with EVIl intentions we'll give you a fight.

Your 100percent right. The English translation is more specific, about not messing around with the Mongles.

I love this being Native and I love indigenous instruments from around the world and being proud of indigenous culture despite the pressure of colonialism

You don't have the same fear as the rest of the countries' reactor. Instead, you dance with it. Vikings got the blood of a warrior for sure. Every time I hear this song, my veins are boiling, adrenaline erupting uncontrollably

They basically constantly sing with throat singing, but you maybe don’t hear clearly. There’s always more than one “voice”, because throat singing adds a second voice, but an octave higher, which creates that unique sound. Then, at least three of them do it, so they add harmonies on top of the throat singing. It’s quite impressive, especially withe those traditional instruments added in. No, they don’t sing things you can “understand”, because they sing in Mongolian! You gotta use the subtitles, dude.

Rewatch the video with subtitles turned on. I don’t know the shortcut for a PC, but pressing “C” on a Mac will toggle subtitles. And yes, they are using both ancient traditional Mongolian instruments as well as modern.

The jacoby version is just as good but don't feel like invading China after watching it

The Hu are amazing. They got a unique sound you can’t get enough of… Next you need to check out Bloodywood with Gaddaar. Indian folk metal, its so goood. 😀

The song is over 200 years old, good possibility the ancient guns did something like this song before battles

There is a translated lyrics version, truly enlightening when you combines the words with the music.

You mean the Austrian painter?I've heard about him,his work is famous

Yes they have song with singers you can understand. Song of a woman is just beutiful

The Huns and the Mongols aren't the same peoples. But I do get your reference.

I heard the word "kimchi" 😂 .. love this so much. I feel like this would be the best ufc walkout song ever

My Lord Genghis, the reinforcements have arrived.

The jacoby verson is just the english version the hi still do the throat singing

I seem to recall that the Wolf Totem was the historical banner of Ghenghis Khan.

Do the version of this with Shaddix...it's awesome.

They uploaded their next song segee/genius 30 minutes ago

The song itself is amazing, but The Hu has also collaborated with several American vocalists on some of their songs. This is one of them. Worth a watch!

The hi song of a woman if thats how Mongolian treated their women no wonder we all related to ghengis

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Vikings meet Mongols!

Ah I love being from Oceania this is a war song for sure

The poppa Roach one is also a great one. I love it.

You can get the lyrics up in English Basically the song is about You come giving it sh!t you're gonna get back a lot more than you can handle. Awesome band

About 1000 years off Atilla ;p

The Huns are the original shells angels

There’s a version of the version with translations you should have done

Don't disrespect the chinggisids with such comparison to the huns

If you do not understand a single word why not to press de cc button in the video?

Amazing band!❤❤❤

For something to understand try the collaboration of The Hu and Lizzi Hail from Hailstorm, with Song of Women. East meets west, made for each other.

put the cc on bro

Queen of the damned, Jon Davis From Korn made that soundtrack and it was not able to be released because of contract issues, so the songs in the film was multiple singers. I feel the vibe because Jon Davis did take inspiration from eastern culture

If you do try this stock up on honey aloe drinks and warm cream to soothe your throat afterward, its gonna be rough for a while. However, do Not drink right after trying to sing it, wait a few sec because there will be coughing

Have you watched the Volfgang Twins? Awesome !

Amazing thing that guys do is when they throut sing they can make several tones in same time. Indeed they layer up but each one of them are making several tones in same time. That is beauty of Mongolian throat singing.

Please do the one with Papa Roach and the other with Lizzy Hail called " the song of women"

This just made me start practicing multitone throat singing and im a white guy in the eastern united states lol it felt really cool getting almost there to make the second tone on top of my shitty throat singing you can hear it before you can hear it

Its a song about war and being powerful in a short and simple term

I'm mostly impressed that 20 Harleys parked on dirt and not one of them tipped over. Definitely supernatural forces at work. ••• Thanks! PEACE!!!

This is the best "Dont start none, wont be none." song there is

I have a hearing impairment that makes it very difficult to separate human voices from background sounds. As a result I can rarely understand what people are singing regardless of the language. With a song like this, the message comes through loud and clear anyway. Love the HU. Get to see them next month. Very excited.

Ik weet nooit of ik op een paard moet springen of op een motor als ik dit nummer hoor

Now try Song Of Women by the same band. There's a guest artist you might recognise. And it answers your plea for a song you can understand. 😀 Also The Great Chinggis Khaan.

Bro you deserve more likes and views!

Mongolian leader was Genghis Khan, German leader was Atilla the Hun, both were beloved by their people, feared by their enemies and truly legendary, all their music is traditional and traces its roots to ancient times.

Greetings to my Mongolian brothers, like a gray wolf on the path of sky tengri, may sky tengri always be with us.