{{Short description|Cuban heavy metal band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Tendencia | image = Tendencia With Full Force 2018 16.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Tendencia at With Full Force 2018 | origin = Cuba | genre = Heavy metal | years_active = 1994–present | label = EGREM, Santo Grial Producciones, Antipop Producciones | current_members = *Jose Ernesto Kiko Mederos *Sergio Ernesto Puente Becerra *Alfredo Carballo Concepción *Anier Barrera Tattoo *Lachy Hernández *Emmanuel Candela Pujol | website = {{url|tendencia.emiweb.es}} }}
'''Tendencia''' is a Cuban heavy metal band, regarded as one of the most important rock bands in Cuba and widely known throughout Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web|title=INSIDE CUBA: We're Bad Cuz Nobody Loves Us, Nobody Loves Us Cuz We're Bad|url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/inside-cuba-were-bad-cuz-nobody-loves-us-nobody-loves-us-cuz-were-bad|access-date=23 April 2021|website=In These Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tendencia, únicos en el rock de Cuba|url=https://lacarnemagazine.com/tendencia-unicos-rock-cuba/|access-date=22 August 2021|website=lacarnemagazine.com|date=14 April 2017 |language=es}}</ref>
== Career == Tendencia was formed in Pinar del Río in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Entrevista – Manolito Simonet – Havana – Aug. 2005|url=https://www.timba.com/artist_pages/593|access-date=23 April 2021|website=timba.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Romero|first=Angel|date=31 January 2005|title=Cuban Ethno-metal Band Tendencia Presents Album in Cuba |website=worldmusiccentral.org|url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2005/01/31/cuban-ethno-metal-band-tendencia-presents-album-in-cuba/|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref> The band's lineup has remained stable throughout its history, with guitarist/keyboardist Jose Ernesto Kiko Mederos, guitarist Sergio Ernesto Puente Becerra, bassist Alfredo Carballo Concepción, singer Anier Barrera Tattoo, drummer Lachi Hernández, and percussionist Emmanuel Candela Pujol.<ref>{{Cite web|title=La banda de rock cubana «Tendencia» actuará en España – Rebelion|url=https://rebelion.org/la-banda-de-rock-cubana-tendencia-actuara-en-espana/|access-date=22 August 2021|language=es}}</ref>
They released their first album ''Re-evolution'' in 2001, on the German label System Shock.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brief history of Cuban rock (Part 2) {{!}} Havana Music|url=https://havanamusicschool.com/brief-history-of-cuban-rock-2o-part/|access-date=20 April 2021|website=havanamusicschool.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TENDENCIA – Re-Evolution|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/tendencia-re-evolution_269715.html|access-date=22 August 2021|website=ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin}}</ref> The album became popular in Latin America and allowed Tendencia to become one of the first Cuban rock bands to be covered in that country's media.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith-Engelhardt|first=Joe|date=9 November 2020|title=30 metal bands who pioneered heavy music in Latin America|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/latin-metal-bands/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=Alternative Press}}</ref> They began making regular appearances at the Patria Grande International Rock Festival, which takes place every year in Cuba.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heavy Metal Will Rock Cuba Shortly|url=https://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/cultura/30646-heavy-metal-will-rock-cuba-shortly|access-date=20 April 2021|website=radiohc.cu|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 November 2018|title=Latin American Rock Bands to Perform in Cuba|url=https://www.radioreloj.cu/news/culture/latin-american-rock-bands-to-perform-in-cuba/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=Radio Reloj, emisora cubana de la hora y las noticias}}</ref>
Their second album ''Rebeldes'' was released in 2005 on the Cuban label EGREM This album won several Cuban music awards, including the Cubadisco award under the category of best metal album of the year, the D'Arte award, the Cubaneo award, and the Cuerda Viva award.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Romero|first=Angel|date=31 January 2005|title=Cuban Ethno-metal Band Tendencia Presents Album in Cuba {{!}} World Music Central.org|url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2005/01/31/cuban-ethno-metal-band-tendencia-presents-album-in-cuba/|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> In 2005 they began to tour across Cuba and also traveled to the Metropolitan Festival in Caracas, Venezuela.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} In 2007 they became the first Cuban band to perform at the Derrame Rock Festival in Spain; this was followed by a tour of several other festivals in that country.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 March 2016|title=Tendencia estará en el Unirock 2016 – Mar 17|url=https://www.overlinemusic.com/post/tendencia-estará-en-el-unirock-2016-mar-17|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Overline Music|language=es}}</ref>
Their third album ''Confidencial'' was released in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rock Archives » LaHabana.com|url=https://www.lahabana.com/content/tag/rock/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=LaHabana.com}}</ref> followed by a tour of festivals in several different European countries. Tendencia began to tour throughout Latin America during this period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tendencia en concierto: ¿metal rock con música afrocubana?|url=https://www.cubainformacion.tv/cuba/20210316/90453/90453-tendencia-en-concierto-metal-rock-con-musica-afrocubana|access-date=22 August 2021|website=cubainformación.tv}}</ref> They released the EP ''La Trampa'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TENDENCIA: La Trampa: CDEP – Razorcake|url=https://razorcake.org/archive-tendencia-la-trampa/|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref> In 2014 they toured Cuba with the German band COR; the tour was documented in a film called ''Chaos in Cuba''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuba to Host New Edition of Brutal Fest|url=https://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/15022:cuba-to-host-new-edition-of-brutal-fest|access-date=23 April 2021|website=Radio Cadena Agramonte|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423044308/https://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/15022:cuba-to-host-new-edition-of-brutal-fest|url-status=dead}}</ref> A 2015 performance in Puerto Rico was the topic of another documentary film called ''Islas del Metal'', which also focused on other Latin American metal bands.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Dom |last=Lawson|title=Is the Caribbean the new global hotspot for metal?|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/is-the-caribbean-the-new-hotspot-for-global-metal|access-date=23 April 2021|website=Metal Hammer Magazine|date=9 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Varas-Díaz|first1=Nelson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bK4LEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Tendencia+band%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA344|title=Heavy Metal Music in Latin America: Perspectives from the Distorted South|last2=Araújo|first2=Daniel Nevárez|last3=Rivera-Segarra|first3=Eliut|date=24 December 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-79360-752-2}}</ref> Later that year Tenencia played in the United States for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 29, 2015|title=Cuban metal band Tendencia playing first U.S. show at NYC's Baby's All Right this week|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/cuban-metal-ban/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=BrooklynVegan}}</ref>
In 2017, Tendencia released the album ''Cargando Cruces'' on the Antipop label,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tendencia (Cuba) on tour in Germany|url=https://www.startnext.com/en/viva-tendencia|access-date=23 April 2021|website=startnext.com}}</ref> and received the prestigious Cuerda Viva Special Award in Cuba.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 August 2020|title=Metal Bulletin Zine: Tendencia (Cuba) -- "Egofilia" from 2020 album "Añejo XXV"|url=http://metalbulletin.blogspot.com/2020/08/tndnpdr.html|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Metal Bulletin}}</ref> They then curated the Avalanch Festival in Cuba, featuring bands from throughout Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rebelde|first=Radio|title=The Asturian Avalanch Band to Perform in Cuba|url=https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/news/the-asturian-avalanch-band-to-perform-in-cuba-20100818/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=radiorebelde.cu|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423045317/https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/news/the-asturian-avalanch-band-to-perform-in-cuba-20100818/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019 they re-signed with Cuba's EGREM label and released the album ''Añejo XXV'' which celebrated the band's 25th anniversary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=13 July 2020|title=Tendencia, 26 años y un recorrido por el rock en Cuba|url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2020/07/13/tendencia-26-anos-y-un-recorrido-por-el-rock-en-cuba/|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Cubadebate|language=es}}</ref> They participated in the Festival Patria Grande to celebrate Cuba's 500 years of history.<ref name=":0" /> Tendencia is also the host and curator of the annual Pinar Rock International Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 June 2019|title=LYNCHPiN rocks to Cuba|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2019/06/30/lynchpin-rocks-to-cuba/|access-date=23 April 2021|website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday}}</ref>
== Discography == *''Re-Evolution'' (2001) *''Rebeldes'' (2005) *''Confidencial'' (2008) *''La Trampa'' (EP, 2013) *''Cargando Cruces'' (2017) *''Añejo XXV'' (2019)
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