Pendulum’s new album Inertia isn’t just loud, it’s personal. The band that helped define the crossover between electronic chaos and rock adrenaline in the early 2000s have re-emerged with a 16-track punch to the throat, featuring collabs with Bullet For My Valentine, AWOLNATION, Wargasm, Scarlxrd and more. It’s the sound of a band rebuilding from the ground up, and this November, they’re bringing it to six UK cities, with an extra night at London’s O2 Academy Brixton just added due to demand.
If there was ever a question about whether Pendulum still had it, Inertia answers it in blood and sweat.
Inertia is a reset — not a retreat
Produced by Rob Swire and Owen Charles, Inertia feels like a band clawing its way back to the centre. After years of uncertainty and experimentation (see: 2021’s Elemental and 2023’s Anima EPs), this is the record where it clicks. The aggression is back. The ambition is back. The sense of purpose is back.
“I was basically testing how far we could push Pendulum,” Swire said. “Seeing what we could get away with.”
That instinct for chaos is still there, the basslines are violent, the vocals are feral, but there’s a clarity too. Not just sonically, but emotionally. There’s breakup pain, artistic disillusionment, ego deaths and rebirths. It’s still Pendulum, but a version with scars.
They’ve never sounded more like themselves
Inertia isn’t nostalgic. It’s not chasing the ghost of Hold Your Colour, or trying to bottle 2005 energy in 2025. Instead, it sounds like a band refusing to live in the past, and still somehow being louder than everyone else in the room.
There are industrial edges and nu-metal textures, but also sharp, melodic turns that nod to Rob’s pop instincts. It’s all layered, never lazy. And with collaborators like Joey Valence & Brae and Hybrid Minds thrown into the chaos, it leans experimental without ever sounding like a genre-hopping PR stunt.
UK Tour Dates — November 2025
Pendulum have always been a live band. If you’ve seen them, you know. The rooms go hot and heavy, the breakdowns hit harder, and there’s no real separation between crowd and stage. These November dates are set to be some of their biggest and most unfiltered shows in years.
Sat 1 Nov – Edinburgh, Corn Exchange
Mon 3 Nov – Bristol, The Prospect Building
Tue 4 Nov – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Thu 6 Nov – London, O2 Academy Brixton
Fri 7 Nov – London, O2 Academy Brixton (new show added)
Sun 9 Nov – Manchester, Depot Mayfield
Tickets available via each venue’s official ticketing outlet and Pendulum’s official site.
If the Inertia outstore shows in Liverpool, Leeds, and Glasgow are any indication, expect a setlist loaded with new material and zero room for subtlety. Pendulum are back in full force, and they’re not playing it safe.
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