Pendulum Release New Album 'Inertia'

[22 August 2025] Pendulum are back. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific electronic bands of all time, the pioneers of Drum n Bass from Perth have today released Inertia, their first full-length studio album in 15 years, via Mushroom Music / Virgin Music Group. Featuring collaborations that traverse the spectrum of musical styles, Inertia is proof that Pendulum is a genre unto itself, unable to be put in a neat box.

Produced by Rob Swire and Owen Charles and recorded at Pendulum’s London Studio, Inertia is a rampaging, 16-track emotional maelstrom and without doubt the band’s most personal work to date. Inertia began to take shape in 2020 as Rob searched for what it is to be Pendulum in its current era. Stemming from 2021’s Elemental and 2023’s Anima EPs, which were the blueprint for the band’s future, the band found their new direction.

“I was basically testing how far we could push Pendulum. Seeing what we could get away with. I always looked at The Prodigy as the benchmark. They started out as pure rave - breakbeat, hardcore - but they evolved. They became their own sound. You don’t even really associate them with breakbeat anymore. They just are The Prodigy. That’s always what I wanted for Pendulum. I didn’t want to be locked into drum and bass, or metal, or anything. I just wanted to follow whatever felt right. And that’s been the ongoing challenge - finding that middle ground. If it leans too far one way, it doesn’t feel right.” - Rob Swire

The most recent single released earlier this week, the soaring anthem ‘Guiding Lights ft. AWOLNATION’, dances between an infectiously anthemic chorus made to be screamed across festival mainstages and pulsating riff heavy moments built for the pit.

“Pendulum is as heavy as a hardcore band and as smooth as butter. I was thrilled when they reached out to me to sing on a track. We’re sonically aligned in a very similar way.” - AWOLNATION

About Pendulum...

Undoubtedly one of the biggest electronic bands of all time, Pendulum have 3 platinum albums to their name, including renowned debut Hold Your Colour and a UK #1 and #2 for Immersion and In Silico. The drum and bass/rock band from Perth, Australia have sold over a million albums in the UK alone, as well as selling out global arena tours and playing to thousands across main stage performances from Glastonbury and Download to Reading and Leeds on top of a headline slot at Ultra Miami in spring 2025.

The band returned with their EP Elemental in 2021 along with the comeback of the live band.In 2023 they followed up with their EP Anima, featuring Matt Tuck from Bullet For My Valentine and acclaimed trap metal artist Scarlxrd. The band completed their biggest UK headline tour to date in 2024, including a stop at London’s O2 Arena.

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