# Tendencia

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{{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](/source/With_Full_Force) 2018
| origin           = Cuba
| genre            = [Heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music)
| 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](/source/Heavy_metal_music) 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](/source/Pinar_del_R%C3%ADo) 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](/source/EGREM) This album won several Cuban music awards, including the [Cubadisco](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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)

== References ==
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