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Members
6 Mixed
Origin
Keflavik, Iceland
Genre
Indie
Style
Folk
Mood
Relaxed
Born
6 MixedOrigin
Keflavik, IcelandGenre
IndieStyle
FolkMood
RelaxedBorn
2010
Active
2010 to Present...
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Of Monsters & Men
Most Loved Tracks7 users
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks6 users
Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart5 users
Of Monsters and Men - Dirty Paws4 users
Of Monsters and Men - Mountain Sound4 users
Of Monsters and Men - Love Love Love
Music Video Links Winter Sound |  We Sink |  Love Love Love |
 Hunger |  King and Lionheart |  I of the Storm |
 Wild Roses |  Six Weeks |  Slow Life |
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Of Monsters and Men is a five-piece indie folk/indie pop band from Iceland, formed in 2010. The members are co-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 entitled Into the Woods. The band's debut album My Head Is an Animal (2011), peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and also reached European charts. Its lead single "Little Talks" was an international success, reaching the Top 20 in over five countries and No. 1 on US Alternative Songs.
Of Monsters and Men is a winner of the 2013 European Border Breakers Awards. The European Border Breakers Awards honour the best new music acts in Europe. The award ceremony takes place at the Eurosonic Noorderslag music festival in Groningen (NL).
Their musical style has been frequently compared to indie groups like Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
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