Pendulum

Pendulum's year continues to go from strength to strength. Following the sensational guest show with The Prodigy in front of 70,000 people at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, Pendulum are now embarking on their Immersion Arena Tour, which is named after their chart-topping album. The tour is Pendulum's second major live experience in the UK in 2010 and follows their sold-out tour in May that included a landmark show at London's Wembley Arena. In addition to the tour Pendulum has also performed at a number of major outdoor gigs and festivals throughout 2010. The Immersion album heralds a glorious evolution in the Pendulum sound. Following the cinematic orchestration of opening track Genesis the album erupts into life with Salt In The Wounds which harks back to the band's underground drum'n'bass roots. Those roots are echoed throughout the album with Crush bursting with frenetically visceral beats, while the collaboration with The Prodigy's Liam Howlett on Immunize adds an intense industrial undercurrent to its melodic sonic energy. Despite remaining loyal to their roots Immersion finds Pendulum embracing a greater sense of eclecticism than ever before. The result of joining forces with Swedish metal kings In Flames on Self Vs Self is a groundbreaking fusion between drum'n'bass and metal that recalls the great cross-genre evolution that Public Enemy and Anthrax developed on Bring The Noise. By contrast, The Fountain, which features Porcupine Tree leader Steven Wilson, embraces both artists' eagerness to experiment with progressive arrangements and ambient textures. The tour also features special guests Hadouken.

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