Album: The Hunting Party by Linkin Park (2014)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Album

Description: Although 2010’s A Thousand Suns and 2012’s Living Things found LINKIN PARK embracing a palette of sweeping electronics, The Hunting Party, is a forceful return to the guitar-driven, rap-laced rock of 2000’s breakthrough Hybrid Theory. Searing guitar solos, double-time rhythms and thrashing intensity make “Keys to the Kingdom” and “Rebellion” among the band’s heaviest songs to date, while other highlights—like “Wastelands” and “Guilty All the Same” (featuring legendary rapper Rakim)—fuse elements of classic hip-hop with the guitar heroics. The more poignant moments of The Hunting Party come with the brooding “Until It’s Gone” and the triumphant, fist-in-the-air chorus of “Final Masquerade”.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2010s, Album, Warner Records

Additional Context: Based on 6 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace

Although 2010’s A Thousand Suns and 2012’s Living Things found LINKIN PARK embracing a palette of sweeping electronics, The Hunting Party, is a forceful return to the guitar-driven, rap-laced rock of 2000’s breakthrough Hybrid Theory. Searing guitar solos, double-time rhythms and thrashing intensity make “Keys to the Kingdom” and “Rebellion” among the band’s heaviest songs to date, while other highlights—like “Wastelands” and “Guilty All the Same” (featuring legendary rapper Rakim)—fuse elements of classic hip-hop with the guitar heroics. The more poignant moments of The Hunting Party come with the brooding “Until It’s Gone” and the triumphant, fist-in-the-air chorus of “Final Masquerade”.

Album: Greatest Hits by Linkin Park (2008)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: From Zero by Linkin Park (2024)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Mood: Angry
Format: Album

Description: From Zero is the upcoming eighth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, set to be released on November 15, 2024, through Warner Records and Machine Shop. It is Linkin Park's first studio album since One More Light (2017), and their first to feature new singer Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara on vocals, as well as the band's new drummer Colin Brittain. It is the band's first album without vocalist Chester Bennington following his death in 2017 as well as drummer Rob Bourdon due to his departure from the band. The album's title has a double meaning; it is a reference to the band's original name of Xero and also refers to the band's new chapter with Armstrong and Brittain.

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Angry, 2020s, Album


From Zero is the upcoming eighth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, set to be released on November 15, 2024, through Warner Records and Machine Shop. It is Linkin Park's first studio album since One More Light (2017), and their first to feature new singer Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara on vocals, as well as the band's new drummer Colin Brittain. It is the band's first album without vocalist Chester Bennington following his death in 2017 as well as drummer Rob Bourdon due to his departure from the band. The album's title has a double meaning; it is a reference to the band's original name of Xero and also refers to the band's new chapter with Armstrong and Brittain.

Album: Living Things by Linkin Park (2012)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Album

Description: Linkin Park returns to their roots on LIVING THINGS, the band’s fifth album. The first single, “BURN IT DOWN”, gives a hint with expansive guitar, shouted choruses, a rap from Mike Shinoda, and Chester Bennington’s naked vulnerability encased in a throat-shredding howl. LP fans craving the chemistry of Hybrid Theory and Meteora should immediately take to LIVING THINGS.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2010s, Album, Machine Shop Recordings

Additional Context: Based on 7 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace

Linkin Park returns to their roots on LIVING THINGS, the band’s fifth album. The first single, “BURN IT DOWN”, gives a hint with expansive guitar, shouted choruses, a rap from Mike Shinoda, and Chester Bennington’s naked vulnerability encased in a throat-shredding howl. LP fans craving the chemistry of Hybrid Theory and Meteora should immediately take to LIVING THINGS.

Album: A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park (2010)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Album

Description: The “hybrid theory” Linkin Park introduced back in 2000 has evolved. New sounds like "The Catalyst" have become more majestic, less tied to hip-hop, and exponentially more symphonic. The components that make Linkin Park one of today’s biggest rock bands — the piano-based heartbeat, the chainsaw-guitar roar, the synth and drum machine pyrotechnics, the Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington throat-shredding interplay — are magnified on its latest album, A Thousand Suns, co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2010s, Album, Warner Records

Additional Context: Sales figures: 840000. Based on 4 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace

The “hybrid theory” Linkin Park introduced back in 2000 has evolved. New sounds like "The Catalyst" have become more majestic, less tied to hip-hop, and exponentially more symphonic. The components that make Linkin Park one of today’s biggest rock bands — the piano-based heartbeat, the chainsaw-guitar roar, the synth and drum machine pyrotechnics, the Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington throat-shredding interplay — are magnified on its latest album, A Thousand Suns, co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda.

Album: Splitting the DNA by Linkin Park (2001)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: Under Attack (B-Sides) by Linkin Park (2001)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park (2000)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Warner Bros. Records
Format: Album

Description: Hybrid Theory is the debut album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, having sold over 10 million units in the United States alone as of 2010 and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching high positions on other charts worldwide. Hybrid Theory brought Linkin Park into the mainstream and would ultimately become one of the most well respected American rock albums of the early 2000s.
Recorded at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, California, and produced by Don Gilmore, the album's lyrical themes deal with problems lead vocalist Chester Bennington experienced during his adolescence, including drug abuse and the constant fighting and divorce of his parents. Hybrid Theory takes its title from the previous name of the band.
Four singles were released from the album: "One Step Closer", "Papercut", the Grammy Award-winning "Crawling" and "In the End", the latter which was responsible for launching Linkin Park into mainstream popularity. At the 2002 Grammy Awards, Hybrid Theory was nominated for Best Rock Album. The album is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was ranked #11 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade. A special edition of Hybrid Theory was released March 11, 2002, two years after its original pressing. Hybrid Theory has sold 24 million copies worldwide, which makes it the best selling debut album of the 21st century.

Later in 2002, Linkin Park released an album entitled Reanimation. 
It included the songs of Hybrid Theory remixed and reinterpreted by nu metal and underground hip hop artists. 
Contributors to the album included Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Jonathan Davis, Stephen Carpenter, and Aaron Lewis. 
The sound of later Linkin Park albums would involve experimentation with classical instruments such as strings and piano, both of which, along with the same elements of electronica from Hybrid Theory, are prominently included in the band's second studio album Meteora.
As Shinoda explains the difference in the sound between Hybrid Theory and Meteora: "That electronic element has always been there in the band – it's just that sometimes we bring it closer to the front."

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album, Warner Bros. Records

Additional Context: Sales figures: 24000000. Based on 7 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Hybrid Theory is the debut album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, having sold over 10 million units in the United States alone as of 2010 and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching high positions on other charts worldwide. Hybrid Theory brought Linkin Park into the mainstream and would ultimately become one of the most well respected American rock albums of the early 2000s.
Recorded at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, California, and produced by Don Gilmore, the album's lyrical themes deal with problems lead vocalist Chester Bennington experienced during his adolescence, including drug abuse and the constant fighting and divorce of his parents. Hybrid Theory takes its title from the previous name of the band.
Four singles were released from the album: "One Step Closer", "Papercut", the Grammy Award-winning "Crawling" and "In the End", the latter which was responsible for launching Linkin Park into mainstream popularity. At the 2002 Grammy Awards, Hybrid Theory was nominated for Best Rock Album. The album is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was ranked #11 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade. A special edition of Hybrid Theory was released March 11, 2002, two years after its original pressing. Hybrid Theory has sold 24 million copies worldwide, which makes it the best selling debut album of the 21st century.

Later in 2002, Linkin Park released an album entitled Reanimation. 
It included the songs of Hybrid Theory remixed and reinterpreted by nu metal and underground hip hop artists. 
Contributors to the album included Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Jonathan Davis, Stephen Carpenter, and Aaron Lewis. 
The sound of later Linkin Park albums would involve experimentation with classical instruments such as strings and piano, both of which, along with the same elements of electronica from Hybrid Theory, are prominently included in the band's second studio album Meteora.
As Shinoda explains the difference in the sound between Hybrid Theory and Meteora: "That electronic element has always been there in the band – it's just that sometimes we bring it closer to the front."

Album: Live in London by Linkin Park (2002)
Genre: Hard Rock
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Live

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, 2000s, Live, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: Greatest Hits by Linkin Park (2012)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2010s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Edition) by Linkin Park (2007)
Genre: alternative metal
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Digital Media

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Musical Influences: Mark Wakefield, Twinken Park

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: alternative metal, 2000s, Digital Media, Warner Records


With this 2007 album, Linkin Park started to move beyond the rap-metal template that made the band icons in the first half of the 2000s. Lead single “Shadow of the Day” features strings and an unusually tender vocal from Chester Bennington. Of course, one can’t discount the bleak refrain lying just under the song’s sweet surface: “The shadow of the day / Will embrace the world in grey.” “Valentine’s Day” and “Leave Out All the Rest” follow the blueprint of “Shadow of the Day,” and at first it seems that Linkin Park might now have more in common with Coldplay than Korn. But “Given Up,” “Bleed It Out,” and “No More Sorrow” are furious performances that match, and perhaps even outdo, classic Linkin Park songs like “Numb” and “Crawling.” Producer Rick Rubin has brought out the best in the band, and with Minutes to Midnight they manage to incorporate new sounds and attitudes without abandoning the aggressive rock that made them a household name.

Album: Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park (2007)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Album

Description: Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Minutes to Midnight features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes its title from the Doomsday Clock.
Linkin Park started work on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of Meteora in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hop side project Fort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by Sunrise, causing the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction than the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, "What I've Done" was chosen as the album's lead single in April 2007, with the album seeing release in North America on May 15, 2007.
The album debuted at number one in the United States and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold, going on to be certified double platinum in the United States, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, and Australia and certified platinum in Canada, France, Switzerland and in the UK. Despite its commercial success, Minutes to Midnight received mixed reviews from critics. Rolling Stone magazine named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007. It was ranked number 154 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album, Machine Shop Recordings

Additional Context: Sales figures: 8000000. Based on 6 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Minutes to Midnight features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes its title from the Doomsday Clock.
Linkin Park started work on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of Meteora in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hop side project Fort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by Sunrise, causing the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction than the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, "What I've Done" was chosen as the album's lead single in April 2007, with the album seeing release in North America on May 15, 2007.
The album debuted at number one in the United States and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold, going on to be certified double platinum in the United States, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, and Australia and certified platinum in Canada, France, Switzerland and in the UK. Despite its commercial success, Minutes to Midnight received mixed reviews from critics. Rolling Stone magazine named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007. It was ranked number 154 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.

"Papercuts" by Linkin Park (2024) revisits the band's signature blend of nu-metal and alternative rock, weaving together intense guitar riffs with electronic elements. The production is polished yet retains a raw edge, characteristic of their earlier works. Tracks like "Crawling" and "In the End" feature driving rhythms and layered textures, while "Numb" and "Breaking the Habit" offer a more introspective, melodic approach. The album balances high-energy anthems like "Bleed It Out" with the atmospheric depth of "Castle of Glass" and "One More Light." The use of dynamic shifts and contrasting tempos creates a compelling sonic journey, maintaining the emotional intensity and lyrical depth that define Linkin Park's enduring appeal.

Album: Papercuts by Linkin Park (2024)
Format: Compilation

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2020s, Compilation


"Papercuts" by Linkin Park (2024) channels the band's signature blend of alternative rock with a raw, angry edge. The album's production is polished yet retains a gritty texture, emphasizing heavy guitar riffs and dynamic percussion. The tracks maintain a high energy, driven by aggressive tempos and layered electronic elements that add depth and intensity. The instrumentation is a fusion of distorted guitars, punchy drums, and atmospheric synths, creating a dense sonic landscape. Each track transitions seamlessly, maintaining a cohesive yet varied sound palette. The album's distinctive quality lies in its ability to balance melodic hooks with visceral, emotional outbursts, capturing the essence of turmoil and resilience.

Album: Papercuts by Linkin Park (2024)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Mood: Angry
Format: Compilation

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Angry, 2020s, Compilation


Album: Greatest Hits by Linkin Park (2011)
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2010s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: Meteora by Linkin Park (2003)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Album

Description: Meteora is the second studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on March 25, 2003 through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation, a collaboration album which featured remixes of songs included on debut studio album Hybrid Theory. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From the Inside" and "Breaking the Habit". Meteora takes it title from the Greek Orthodox monasteries.
Meteora is the most successful album in the history of the Alternative Songs chart, a chart that specializes in radio play (with its audience impression) of alternative rock songs. "Numb" was the biggest song of the year on the chart. The album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide as of 2007 and was ranked number 36 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade. The song "Session" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, losing to Jeff Beck's "Plan B".

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album, Machine Shop Recordings

Additional Context: Sales figures: 11000000. Based on 8 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Meteora is the second studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on March 25, 2003 through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation, a collaboration album which featured remixes of songs included on debut studio album Hybrid Theory. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From the Inside" and "Breaking the Habit". Meteora takes it title from the Greek Orthodox monasteries.
Meteora is the most successful album in the history of the Alternative Songs chart, a chart that specializes in radio play (with its audience impression) of alternative rock songs. "Numb" was the biggest song of the year on the chart. The album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide as of 2007 and was ranked number 36 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade. The song "Session" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, losing to Jeff Beck's "Plan B".

Album: Unshatter by Linkin Park (2025)
Genre: alternative rock
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Digital Media

Artist Background: Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band ... Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Musical Influences: Mark Wakefield, Twinken Park

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: alternative rock, 2020s, Digital Media, Warner Records


Album: Greatest Hits by Linkin Park (2013)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 2010s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings


Album: Live in Texas by Linkin Park (2003)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Live

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Live, Warner Records


Album: Recharged by Linkin Park (2013)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2010s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 3 votes


Album: Meteora (20th anniversary edition) by Linkin Park (2023)
Genre: Hard Rock
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Description: When LINKIN PARK started writing the album that would become 2003's Meteora, they were touring behind their 2000 debut Hybrid Theory, a wildfire hit that took even the band by surprise. Their blend of guitar rock's pummelling riffs, hip-hop's swaggering grooves, and intricately emotional lyrics delivered by co-vocalists Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda turned them into one of the 21st century's biggest new artists.

Meteora allowed LINKIN PARK to prove their versatility to the world, to show that they were more than just a run-of-the-mill rap-rock band. “One of the benefits of having a second album is to say, ‘Okay, cool—you understand this much about us, let us fill in a lot of gaps and add a whole bunch of other colours,’” Shinoda told Zane Lowe in 2023. Individually and as a collective, LINKIN PARK pushed their artistic limits on Meteora, which is apparent from the details on each song: The duelling vocals of “Somewhere I Belong” recall an internal monologue being annotated in real time; the urgent plea for reconciliation “Faint” is animated by high-drama strings and a relentless drumbeat; the seething “Nobody's Listening” pivots on a serpentine sample played on bamboo flute; and the glitchy instrumental “Session” hints at LINKIN PARK's CD wallets containing selections from electro masters like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.

Then there was “Breaking the Habit”—a track that, according to guitarist Brad Delson, “never could have been on our first album”. A breakneck plea for the world to make sense that combines the knotty guitars of emo with flashes of Joe Hahn's turntablism and icily looming strings, it's also a spotlight for Bennington's emotion-wracked wail, with Shinoda, who wrote the track, taking a break from rapping. “We said, ‘We're going to do a song that's going to be dark, emotional. It's a single. It's going to be no heavy guitars. It's going to be no screaming. It's just going to be a powerful LINKIN PARK song,’” recalled Shinoda. 

In addition to the original album, the 20th-anniversary edition of Meteora contains live sets in Texas and Nottingham, a collection of rarities from 2003-2004 and demos. It also includes the intense showcase for Bennington's vocals “Lost”, which was recorded during the Meteora sessions and which had not been released until 2023.

“Breaking the Habit” wound up being the final single from Meteora, making the album's era a definitive statement about how LINKIN PARK would defy expectations over the course of their career, whether by working with JAŸ-Z on the world-swallowing remix of Meteora cut “Numb” or by further expanding their musical ideals with Rick Rubin on 2007's Minutes to Midnight. “Hybrid Theory was like us against the world,” said Delson. “What was both so liberating and terrifying about Meteora is, no one effed with us on Meteora. It was like, ‘Okay, you guys did it. Now, what do you really want to do?’ And this album was the total pure expression of ‘This is us delivering what we want to make.’”

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, 2020s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings

When LINKIN PARK started writing the album that would become 2003's Meteora, they were touring behind their 2000 debut Hybrid Theory, a wildfire hit that took even the band by surprise. Their blend of guitar rock's pummelling riffs, hip-hop's swaggering grooves, and intricately emotional lyrics delivered by co-vocalists Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda turned them into one of the 21st century's biggest new artists.

Meteora allowed LINKIN PARK to prove their versatility to the world, to show that they were more than just a run-of-the-mill rap-rock band. “One of the benefits of having a second album is to say, ‘Okay, cool—you understand this much about us, let us fill in a lot of gaps and add a whole bunch of other colours,’” Shinoda told Zane Lowe in 2023. Individually and as a collective, LINKIN PARK pushed their artistic limits on Meteora, which is apparent from the details on each song: The duelling vocals of “Somewhere I Belong” recall an internal monologue being annotated in real time; the urgent plea for reconciliation “Faint” is animated by high-drama strings and a relentless drumbeat; the seething “Nobody's Listening” pivots on a serpentine sample played on bamboo flute; and the glitchy instrumental “Session” hints at LINKIN PARK's CD wallets containing selections from electro masters like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.

Then there was “Breaking the Habit”—a track that, according to guitarist Brad Delson, “never could have been on our first album”. A breakneck plea for the world to make sense that combines the knotty guitars of emo with flashes of Joe Hahn's turntablism and icily looming strings, it's also a spotlight for Bennington's emotion-wracked wail, with Shinoda, who wrote the track, taking a break from rapping. “We said, ‘We're going to do a song that's going to be dark, emotional. It's a single. It's going to be no heavy guitars. It's going to be no screaming. It's just going to be a powerful LINKIN PARK song,’” recalled Shinoda. 

In addition to the original album, the 20th-anniversary edition of Meteora contains live sets in Texas and Nottingham, a collection of rarities from 2003-2004 and demos. It also includes the intense showcase for Bennington's vocals “Lost”, which was recorded during the Meteora sessions and which had not been released until 2023.

“Breaking the Habit” wound up being the final single from Meteora, making the album's era a definitive statement about how LINKIN PARK would defy expectations over the course of their career, whether by working with JAŸ-Z on the world-swallowing remix of Meteora cut “Numb” or by further expanding their musical ideals with Rick Rubin on 2007's Minutes to Midnight. “Hybrid Theory was like us against the world,” said Delson. “What was both so liberating and terrifying about Meteora is, no one effed with us on Meteora. It was like, ‘Okay, you guys did it. Now, what do you really want to do?’ And this album was the total pure expression of ‘This is us delivering what we want to make.’”

Album: Studio Collection by Linkin Park (2013)
Genre: Hard Rock
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Compilation

Description: Contained herein are Linkin Park's six full-length studio albums released from its 2000 inception through 2012's Living Things. This set also includes 2002's Reanimation: a remix album of Linkin Park's debut (Hybrid Theory), which, creatively speaking, is an album of its own. A massive amount of musical growth is shown here, and fans of Hybrid Theory's nu-rap/metal may not enjoy the experimental electronic hard rock of A Thousand Suns. But for hardcore fans seeking a sensitive remastering job of the band's catalog to date, here are the epic soundscapes, the raw aggression, and the experimental adventures that have made Linkin Park one of the 21st century's most commercially successful hard rock bands. It's all in one place with glorious sound. Only Linkin Park's EPs (like the mash-up Collision Course with JAŸ-Z), b-sides, bonus tracks, and two live albums aren't collected here.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, 2010s, Compilation, Machine Shop Recordings

Contained herein are Linkin Park's six full-length studio albums released from its 2000 inception through 2012's Living Things. This set also includes 2002's Reanimation: a remix album of Linkin Park's debut (Hybrid Theory), which, creatively speaking, is an album of its own. A massive amount of musical growth is shown here, and fans of Hybrid Theory's nu-rap/metal may not enjoy the experimental electronic hard rock of A Thousand Suns. But for hardcore fans seeking a sensitive remastering job of the band's catalog to date, here are the epic soundscapes, the raw aggression, and the experimental adventures that have made Linkin Park one of the 21st century's most commercially successful hard rock bands. It's all in one place with glorious sound. Only Linkin Park's EPs (like the mash-up Collision Course with JAŸ-Z), b-sides, bonus tracks, and two live albums aren't collected here.

Album: Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes by Linkin Park (2008)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Machine Shop Recordings
Format: Live

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Live, Machine Shop Recordings

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 1 votes


Album: One More Light by Linkin Park (2017)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Album

Description: It’s easy to think of One More Light as LINKIN PARK’s pop album: Not only is it their mellowest, but it’s the one where they sound most (relatively) at peace. But part of what made the band interesting is the way they always managed to bring pop to them instead of the other way around. So, while tracks like “Battle Symphony” and “Invisible” fit neatly in the hybridised, post-EDM world of 2010s pop, they’re also examples of one of the biggest rock bands of their time steering their sizable audience in new musical directions. “I’m holding on/Why is everything so heavy?” Chester Bennington sings on “Heavy”. Good question—and from LINKIN PARK, a sign of maturity.

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2010s, Album, Warner Records

Additional Context: Based on 6 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace

It’s easy to think of One More Light as LINKIN PARK’s pop album: Not only is it their mellowest, but it’s the one where they sound most (relatively) at peace. But part of what made the band interesting is the way they always managed to bring pop to them instead of the other way around. So, while tracks like “Battle Symphony” and “Invisible” fit neatly in the hybridised, post-EDM world of 2010s pop, they’re also examples of one of the biggest rock bands of their time steering their sizable audience in new musical directions. “I’m holding on/Why is everything so heavy?” Chester Bennington sings on “Heavy”. Good question—and from LINKIN PARK, a sign of maturity.

Album: From Zero by Linkin Park (2024)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Mood: Angry
Record Label: Warner Records
Format: Album

Related Artists: Mike Shinoda, Dead By Sunrise, Grey Daze, Dead Sara

Music Scene: Part of the California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Angry, 2020s, Album, Warner Records


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