Tengger Cavalry

Tengger Cavalry
Background information
Genres	Nomadic Folk Metal
Years active	2010–present
Website	tengger-cavalry.com
Members	Nature Ganganbaigal Alex Abayev Josh Schifris Robert McLaughlin Uljmuren

Tengger Cavalry is a Folk Rock/Metal band based in Peking, China.^[1] They combine elements of traditional music of Mongolia with heavy metal into a kind of folk metal they refer to as Nomadic Folk Metal.^[2]

History

Tengger Cavalry was originally founded in March 2010 as one-man project^[3] by Nature Ganganbaigal.^[4] The band is named after the ancient Mongolian and Turkic deity Tengri.

The first international review of the debut demo album Blood Sacrifice Shaman by German heavy metal magazine Legacy in 2011 was cautiously optimistic about the band’s potential.^[5] Later MTV and The Daily Rock did more positive reviews of the first album.^[3]

In 2012 a feature by UK magazine Terrorizer gave the band a wider international audience.^[6] Meanwhile, another UK magazine Metal Hammer commented the album is exotic and epic.^[7]

In 2014 Tengger Cavalry released their third album Ancient Call. Metal Hammer was again drawn to the new album and Ancient Call received high acclaim;^[8] Ancient Call also got reviews from various international media such as Metal.De,^[9] CdTest.De,^[10] and Twilight-Magazine.^[11]

In 2015 the band released the album Blood Sacrifice Shaman, which received attention from Metal Hammer,^[12] Revolver,^[13] Legacy, Noisey,^[1] Chicago Reader^[14] and other international recognized media. In October, CNN did an interview with the band. On December 24, the group's debut concert at Carnegie Hall was featured on Noisey, The Village Voice, Loudwire and New York Times.

Band Members

Current members

Nature Ganganbaigal - Guitar, Throat Singing, Morin Khuur

Alex Abayev - Bass

Josh Schifris - Drums

Robert McLaughlin - Igil, Shanz, Throat Singing

Uljmuren - Morin Khuur

Former Members

Yuri Liak - Drums (2015-2016)

Awards

2016 Global Music Awards, bronze, band category

Discography

Studio Album

• 2012: Sunesu Cavalry (Songwriting by Nature Ganganbaigal)
• 2013: The Expedition (Songwriting by Nature Ganganbaigal)
• 2014: Ancient Call (Songwriting by Nature Ganganbaigal)
• 2015: Blood Sacrifice Shaman (Songwriting by Nature Ganganbaigal)

Extended Play

• 2016: Mountain Side (Songwriting by Tengger Cavalry)

Videography

• 2016: Mountain Side (Produced by Uljmuren)

References

1. "HERITAGE, HORSES, AND TENGGER CAVALRY: INSIDE THE WORLD OF MONGOLIAN FOLK METAL". Noisey. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
2. "Band-Tengger Cavalry". Tengger Cavalry. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
3. Bryan, Beverly (2011-12-13). "Tengger Cavalry’s Black Metal For Pagan Hordes". Mtv Iggy. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
4. "Nature Ganganbaigal". Nature Ganganbaigal. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
5. "TENGGER CAVALRY "Blood Sacrifice Shaman"". Legacy.de. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
6. "Terrorizer 232 is out now". Terrorizer. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
7. "Metal Hammer: Sunesu Cavalry". Metal Hammer. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
8. "Tengger Cavalry: Ancient Call". Metal Hammer. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
9. "Tengger Cavalry: Ancient Call". Metal.De. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
10. "Tengger Cavalry: Ancient Call". CdTest.De. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
11. "Tengger Cavalry: Ancient Call". Twilight-Magazine. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
12. "TENGGER CAVALRY STREAM BLOOD SACRIFICE SHAMAN ALBUM IN FULL". Metal Hammer. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
13. "Tengger Cavalry Premiere New Album, ‘Blood Sacrifice Shaman’". Revolver. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
14. "Tengger Cavalry fuse Mongolian folk and death metal on the new Blood Sacrifice Shaman". Chicago Reader. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-09-02.