小檔案
中 文 名 獸人樂隊
外 文 名 Of Monsters and Men
國 家 冰島
出道時間 2011年
性 質(zhì) 團隊
藝人資料
Of Monsters and Men是來自冰島的獨立民謠樂團，由6位團員組成，包含男女主唱。樂隊成立于2010年并在同年獲得了Músíktilraunir音樂競賽冠軍。
Of Monsters and Men在2010年榮獲冰島音樂競賽“Músíktilraunir”的冠軍頭銜，隔年2月簽給Record Records唱片公司，9月即在冰島發(fā)行首張專輯《My Head Is an Animal》，大獲好評，專輯和主打歌《Little Talks》一發(fā)行就沖上排行榜第一名的位置，在美國電臺首播以后詢問度破表。由于在冰島的成功還有美國的高人氣，Of Monsters and Men之后簽給國際知名的Universal唱片公司。先在2011年12月20日發(fā)行首張EP《Into the Woods》，收錄之前首張專輯中的4首歌曲《Little Talks》,《Six Weeks》, 《Love Love Love》和《From Finner》。在2012年3月展開北美巡回演唱，并于4月3日在美國發(fā)行首張專輯《My Head Is an Animal》，比去年在冰島發(fā)行的專輯多了《Mountain Sound》和《Slow and Steady》兩首歌曲，另外附贈主打歌《Little Talks》的音樂錄影帶，讓歌迷一次滿足，絕對是張值得收藏的好專輯。在2011年，他們發(fā)布了首張專輯《My Head Is an Animal》，并在美國公告牌排行榜取得了第六名的成績。
2012年7月發(fā)行單曲《Dirty Paws》，9月發(fā)行單曲《Mountain Sound》。
2013年12月發(fā)行現(xiàn)場專輯《Live From Vatnagarðar》。
2014年4月發(fā)行單曲《The Record Store Day 7"》（未發(fā)布）
2015年3月發(fā)行單曲《Crystals》，4月發(fā)行單曲《I Of The Storm》，5月發(fā)行單曲《Empire》和《Hunger》，6月發(fā)行錄音室專輯《Beneath the Skin》。
樂隊在2016年5月12日在菲律賓馬尼拉演出。
Of Monsters and Men is a five-member, English-language, indie folk-pop band from Reykjavík,Iceland, formed in 2010. The members are lead singer/guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, co-singer-guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson. The band won the Músíktilraunir in 2010, an annual battle of the bands competition in Iceland. In 2011, Of Monsters and Men released an EP titled ‘Into the Woods’. The band's 2011 debut album ‘My Head Is an Animal’, reached the No.1 position in Australia, Iceland, Ireland and the U.S. Rock and Alternative Charts, while peaking at No. 6 on the U.S. ‘Billboard’ 200 album chart, No. 3 in the UK, and Top 20 of most European charts and Canada. Its lead single "Little Talks" was an international success, reaching the Top 10 in most music charts in Europe, including No. 1 in Ireland and Iceland, and No. 1 on U.S. Alternative Songs.
Of Monsters and Men won the 2013 European Border Breakers Awards.
The band began working on a new album in August 2013. In an interview published on 6 May 2014, Nanna stated that the album was forthcoming, but that the band had not decided on a release date yet. They officially began recording on 3 November 2014. At a listening session in February 2015, the band announced that their yet to be named second studio album would release later in the year. The band posted a teaser video on their site for the album's first single, "Crystals".It was released on 16 March 2015 along with the track list and other details about their upcoming album ‘Beneath the Skin’, set to be released on 8 June. The album and single artwork was created by artist Leif Podhajsky.
In May 2015 the band released dates for a tour to promote the up-coming album. The North American leg of the tour ran from 5 August 2015 to 17 October 2015.
The track "Thousand Eyes" featured heavily in the preseason advertising for the Marvel Netflix series Jessica Jones. The band appeared in a cameo on the episodes "The Door" and "Blood of My Blood" of ‘Game of Thrones’ as stage musicians.
The band is included on Coachella's 2016 line-up. The band performed in Manila, Philippines on May 12, 2016, where the final song was “Yellow Light”.
