There are albums that borrow from tradition, and then there are albums that answer it. With “Human Herds“, Mongolian rock collective UUHAI do the latter, transforming centuries-old throat singing, horsehead fiddles and ritual chants into a powerful modern rock statement. The band’s debut album arrives on January 9, 2026 via Napalm Records.

Following early singles that amassed millions of views, “Human Herds“ expands UUHAI’s vision into a sweeping, full-length journey through Mongolia’s landscapes, history and spiritual memory. Performed entirely in Mongolian, the album reflects on humanity’s fractured relationship with nature: not as a lecture, but as a reminder carried by rhythm, repetition and communal voice.

The record opens like a horizon appearing through mist, before the title track “Human Herds” charges forward with galloping energy and ancestral calls. It invokes forefathers, mourns a wounded Mother Earth, and sets the album’s core theme: connection, lost, remembered, and urgently needed. “Uuhai” follows with snarling intensity, its battle cries rooted in Mongolia’s past, while “Khar Khulz” conjures vivid imagery of wide skies and open land, balancing intimacy with mass-chant momentum.

Closing track “Secret History Of The Mongols” — named after the oldest surviving literary work in the Mongolic language — feels like a ritual rather than a finale, blending emotional guitar lines with haunting chants that gesture toward continuity rather than closure.

“Human Herds“ is not built on novelty. Its power lies in sincerity — in the way UUHAI treat tradition not as decoration, but as living breath. This debut is a reverent invitation into Mongolia’s heart, carrying a simple but resonant message: beneath language, borders and eras, we all belong to the same ground.

UUHAI Live 2026
Motocultor Festival “Across Europe” Tour
w/ Nanowar Of Steel, Lone Survivors, Cold Snap, Morphium, Defecto, Deus Ex Machina, Vaughan, Lady Ahnabel
09.01.26 NL – Tilburg / O13
10.01.26 DE – Bochum / Matrix
11.01.26 FR – Lille / The Black Lab
13.01.26 UK – Grimsby / Yardbirds Rock Club
14.01.26 UK – Southampton / The 1865
15.01.26 UK – London / O2 Academy Islington
16.01.26 FR – Vaureal / Le Forum
17.01.26 FR – Limoges / CCM John Lennon
18.01.26 FR – Bordeaux / Rocher de Palmer
20.01.26 ES – Pamplona / Totem
21.01.26 ES – Madrid / Revi Live
22.01.26 ES – Barcelona / Sala Wolf
23.01.26 FR – Toulouse / Le Metronum
24.01.26 FR – Montpellier / Rockstore
25.01.26 FR – Grenoble / L’Ilyade
27.01.26 CH – Pratteln / Z7
28.01.26 DE – Munich / Backstage
29.01.26 DE – Cologne / Gebäude 9
30.01.26 FR – Le Mans / L’Oasis
31.01.26 FR – Colmar / Le Grillen
01.02.26 DE – Herford / Kulturwerk
03.02.26 DE – Hamburg / Logo
04.02.26 DE – Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal
05.02.26 CZ – Prague / Futurum Music Bar
06.02.26 PL – Krakow / STUDIO
07.02.26 SK – Bratislava / Randal Club
08.02.26 DE – Berlin / Lido