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Pendulum is an Australian band formed in 2002 in Perth, Western Australia, by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. The group expanded to include Ben Mount, Peredur ap Gwynedd, and KJ Sawka. They are known for blending electronic music with elements of hard rock and exploring various genres. Their debut studio album, Hold Your Colour, was released in 2005 and received positive reviews. Subsequent albums, In Silico and Immersion, incorporated genres such as industrial rock and electronic rock. The band went on hiatus in 2012 as Swire and McGrillen focused on their side-project Knife Party. They reformed in 2015 and released the remix album The Reworks in 2018. Their later releases include the EPs Elemental (2021) and Anima (2023), and their fourth album, Inertia, was released in 2025.