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Tengger Cavalry

Tengger Cavalry
Tengger Cavalry in 2016
Background information
OriginInner Mongolia; Beijing, China
Genres
Years active2010 (2010)–2018; 2018 (2018)–2019
Labels
  • Metal Hell Records (2012)
  • M-Theory Audio (2017)
  • Napalm (2018–2019)
Past members
  • Nature G
  • Patrick Reilly
  • Randy Tesser
  • Greg Baker
  • Tamir Hargana
  • Yuri Liak
  • Alex Abayev
  • Josh Schifris
  • Zaki Ali
  • Robert McLaughlin
  • Borjigin Chineeleg
  • Uljmuren De
  • Phillip Newton

Tengger Cavalry was a heavy metal band originating from Inner Mongolia and Beijing in China and based in New York and Texas.[1] They combined elements of the traditional music of Central Asia and Mongolia with heavy metal into a kind of folk metal that Billboard and CNN referred to as "nomadic folk metal".[2][3]

Tengger Cavalry was active from 2010 until 2019, when its founder, Nature Ganganbaigal, died. During this time, they released 14 studio albums, three EPs, and two compilations. The band also recorded game soundtracks for Civilization 6[4] and Doom Eternal.[5]

History

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Tengger Cavalry was founded in March 2010 as a one-man project by Nature Ganganbaigal,[6] a musician and composer from Beijing, China, who named it after the ancient Mongolic and Turkic deity Tengri.[citation needed]

The band released their debut album, Blood Sacrifice Shaman, the same year,[7] and followed with Cavalry Folk in 2011[8] and Sunesu Cavalry in 2012.[9] That year, a feature by the British music magazine Terrorizer gave the band a wider international audience.[10]

Tengger Cavalry went on to issue several more albums, including Blood Sacrifice Shaman in 2015,[11] Cavalry in Thousands[12] and Ancient Call in 2016,[13] Die on My Ride in 2017,[14] and Cian Bi in 2018.

On 27 February 2018, it was announced that the band had broken up.[15] Less than five months later, Ganganbaigal stated the they were back together,[16][17] and a year later, they issued album, Northern Memory, Vol. 1 and Northern Memory, Vol. 2.

On 24 June 2019, Tengger Cavalry announced that Ganganbaigal had died of undisclosed causes.[18]

Band members

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Final lineup

Former

  • Yuri Liak – drums (2015)
  • Alex Abayev – bass (2015–2018)
  • Josh Schifris – drums (2016–2017)
  • Zaki Ali – drums (2017–2018)
  • Robert McLaughlin – igil, shanz, throat singing (2015)
  • Borjigin Chineeleg – throat singing, topshur, jawharp (2017–2018)
  • Uljmuren De – morin khuur (2016–2018)
  • Phillip Newton – topshur, backing vocals (2017–2018)

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Blood Sacrifice Shaman (2010)
  • Cavalry Folk (2011)
  • The Mantra (2011)
  • Sunesu Cavalry (2012)
  • The Expedition (2013)
  • Black Steed (2013)
  • Blood Sacrifice Shaman (2015)
  • Cavalry in Thousands (2016)
  • Ancient Call (2016)
  • Die on My Ride (2017)
  • Cavalry from Hell (2017)
  • War Horse (2017)
  • Cian Bi (2018)
  • Northern Memory, Vol. 1 (2019)

Compilations

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  • Grassland Rock(2016)[20]
  • Soundtrack of the Cavalry(2016)[21]

EPs

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  • kAAn (2016)[22]
  • Mountain Side (2016)[23]
  • Northern Memory, Vol. 2 (2019)

Singles

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  • "War Horse" (2018)[24]
  • "A Blade of Time"
  • "Heart" (2016)[25]

Videos

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  • "Independence Day"
  • "KAAN"[26]
  • "War Horse"[27]
  • "Mountain Side"[28]

Awards

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  • Global Music Awards – silver award for Best Music Video: "Mountain Side" (2016)[29]
  • The Academia Music Awards – Best Heavy Metal Song: "Independence Day" (2017)

References

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  1. ^ "Heritge, horses, and Tengger Cavalry: inside the world of Mongolian folk metal". Noisey. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Tengger Cavalry's 'The Struggle': Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ "CNN: One part metal, one part Mongolian". Great Big Story. CNN. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Civilization 6". Civilization 6. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Doom Video Game Composer Assembles Metal Vocalists for "Doom Eternal" Soundtrack". Ghost Cult Mag. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ Bryan, Beverly (13 December 2011). "Tengger Cavalry's Black Metal for Pagan Hordes". Mtv Iggy. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Tengger Cavalry "Blood Sacrifice Shaman"". Legacy.de. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  8. ^ "铁骑乐队 Tengger Cavalry-Cavalry Folk_专辑下载_flac123无损音乐". flac123.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Sunesu Cavalry". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Terrorizer 232 is out now". Terrorizer. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Blood Sacrifice Shaman". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Cavalry in Thousands". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Hymn of the Earth". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Die on My Ride". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Tengger Cavalry breaks up". Lambgoat. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Tengger Cavalry Regroup, Debut "The Heart" Music Video". theprp.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Nature G Reunites Mongolian Folk Metal Band Tengger Cavalry for 'Heart': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Tengger Cavalry Frontman Nature Ganganbaigal Has Died". Metalsucks. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Mongolian Nomadic Folk Music Concert – 9/20/2018 8 PM".
  20. ^ "Grassland Rock". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  21. ^ "Soundtrack of the Cavalry". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  22. ^ "kAAn". Tengger Cavalry. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  23. ^ "Mountain Side". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  24. ^ "War Horse". Tengger Cavalry: Bandcamp. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  25. ^ "Heart, by Tengger Cavalry". Tengger Cavalry. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  26. ^ "KAAN". Tengger Cavalry: YouTube. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  27. ^ "War Horse". Tengger Cavalry: YouTube. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  28. ^ "Mountain Side". Tengger Cavalry: YouTube. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  29. ^ "Winners-June-2016". Globalmusicawards.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.