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On this day, 29 May 2010, Australian drum and bass band Pendulum played Cardiff International Arena.
The band had just released their third studio album Immersion making no 1 on the UK album charts in its first week of release. The album features collaborations with Liam Howlett, Steven Wilson and the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames.
During this 2009 tour they announced that they were working on their third studio album, Immersion. It was announced in December 2009 that Pendulum would be touring for their new album in May 2010.
The release date of the album was announced to be sometime "in May" during the live preview party at Matter, and was then announced to be released on 24 May.
Pendulum previewed their album Immersion at the Ear Storm night at London's Matter nightclub on Friday 22 January.
"Salt in the Wounds", a track from their new album, was Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1 on 25 January 2010.
On Zane Lowe's show, it was also announced that the first single from the new album would be called "Watercolour". This single also received its first play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 8 March 2010, and was his Single of the Week for that week.
In December 2010, "Watercolour" was found to be featured in the soundtrack of the 2010 hit game "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit".
On 1 April, the music video for "Salt in the Wounds" was released. The video is unique in that it is, according to the band's website, "...the world’s first 360° interactive music video."
Review Wales Online May 2010
I DON’T profess to know much about Pendulum and would in no way consider myself a fan, so their gig on Saturday night was like stepping into the unknown.
Someone had told me, before the show had even started, that the band is one of the best live acts around this year – a lot for the Australians, who blend rock and drum’n’bass beats, to live up to.
I’ve seen Pendulum once before, as the opening support act for a Prodigy gig a few years ago, at the same venue.
My memory is a little hazy of that concert, but Pendulum this time around, as headliners, exploded on to the stage in a blaze of light and sound, setting the tone for the rest of their 90-minute set.
With a nod to the Prodigy just a few tunes in, Pendulum fused elements of rock with dance and drumbeats creating a sweaty and eclectic mix that had most of the not-quite sell-out crowd hopping from foot to foot.
Where once they may have been a little heavier on the rock influences, with their latest album Immersion out, it all sounded a little more dance-y and, dare I say it, rave-y.
There were some great moments in Pendulum’s set and, at times, I again felt like a teenager who had just discovered serious dance music – the beats transported me back to my youth and sweaty late-night rave clubs on a Friday night.
But there were also some tedious moments as the bass lines seemed just a little too similar from one song to the next, and at times it was all a little clichéd and same-old, same-old.
