


For the album, The Hu provided a cover of "Through the Never" and the album was released on 1 October 2021 although The Hu's version of "Through the Never" was published on Apple Music and Spotify on 10 September 2021. In 2020, The Hu were selected as one of 53 artists to participate in Metallica's 30th anniversary album, the Metallica Blacklist. On 3 December 2020, the band released a cover version of Metallica's " Sad but True". In July, a Simlish version of their song "The Legend of Mother Swan" was featured in the video game The Sims 4 as part of the "Nifty Knitting" stuff pack. In an interview before the concert, the band stated they plan to release their second album in 2021. On 28 June 2020, The Hu uploaded their COVID-19 relief effort fundraising concert on YouTube. On 27 November 2019, The Hu were awarded the highest state award for Mongolia, the Order of Genghis Khan, for promoting Mongolian culture around the world. On, a remix of "Song of Women" featuring Lzzy Hale of Halestorm was released online. This version was featured in the horror film The Retaliators. On 13 December, the band released a remix of "Wolf Totem", featuring Papa Roach lead vocalist Jacoby Shaddix.

In November, their song "Black Thunder"/"Sugaan Essena" was featured in the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. On 4 October, the band released a new version of "Yuve Yuve Yu", featuring new vocals by Danny Case of From Ashes to New. The band embarked on their first North American tour from September 2019 through December 2019. The Gereg was internationally released under Eleven Seven Records. The album's title is The Gereg, which is the term used for a diplomatic passport from the time of Genghis Khan. The Hu released its first album on 13 September 2019.

The band released the music video for their fourth single "The Great Chinggis Khaan" on 23 August 2019. In June and July 2019, they performed twenty-three concerts in twelve European countries. On 6 June 2019, the band released the lyric video for their third single "Shoog Shoog". On, The Hu met Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, who congratulated the band for their accomplishments in promoting the country. 7 on the same chart while "Wolf Totem" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, making The Hu the first Mongolian musical act to top a Billboard chart. On 11 April 2019, " Wolf Totem" reached No. Two videos on YouTube released in late 2018, "Yuve Yuve Yu" (28 September) and "Wolf Totem" (16 November), had together garnered over 161 million views by March 2022. Some of the band's lyrics include old Mongolian war cries and poetry. With traditional Mongolian instrumentation, including the Morin khuur, the Tovshuur, and Mongolian throat singing, the band calls their style of music "hunnu rock", hu inspired by the Hunnu, an ancient Mongol/Turkic empire, known as Hünnü in Mongolia. The Hu (stylized as The HU) is a Mongolian folk metal band formed in 2016.
