China has famously given the world many things during its millennia-long history: paper, gunpowder, banknotes, a great big wall among them. But prog metal? Not so much.
Ou (pronounced ‘O’) are out to change that. The Beijing four-piece put a unique spin on this most tried-and-tested of genres. Theircombines knotty heaviness and glitchy electronics with ethereal otherworldliness, the latter courtesy of singer Lynn Wu. It’s like Tool jamming with Aphex Twin while Björk sings in Mandarin Chinese over the top.
