PENDULUM Bassist Explains IN FLAMES Collaboration

January 6, 2011

Bassist Gareth McGrillen of the U.K./Australian drum-and-bass band PENDULUM recently spoke to AOL's Noisecreep about the group's collaboration with vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES on the latest PENDULUM album, "Immersion".

"Our favorite band growing up was IN FLAMES," McGrillen told Noisecreep. "That was incredible to work with them, since they have been an influence for so long. They are our favorite metal band, so we thought, 'Let's do a track with them.' When we supported IRON MAIDEN on tour in Europe, Anders came out and did the song ('Self Vs. Self') with us onstage and there were 80,000 metal fans in the U.K. appreciating it."

Fan-filmed video footage of Fridén performing the song "Self Versus Self" with PENDULUM at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival — which was held July 30 - August 1, 2010 at Knebworth Park — can be viewed below.

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