Linkin Park-From Zero

It’s been seven years since Linkin Park released new music, seven years in which their beloved lead singer Chester Bennington passed away and the whole world turned upside down thanks to a whole host of other issues. In that time, the band have worked on their own projects and released music in their own unique ways. Now, with From Zero, they’ve returned with a new singer and a new drummer and have delivered an album for an expectant fanbase.

“The Emptiness Machine,” was the first single and is the true opening track. It’s easy to see why, it’s a message setter. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong playing off one another in a defiant statement against those who’d wish to put them in a box. A commentary on modern society and a desperate search for meaning and belonging. What a statement.

“Cut The Bridge,” is next up on the list and boy what a throwback. There’s elements of Hybrid Theory and Minutes to Midnight , Shinoda is on fire with his verses, spitting venom that rips into the hypocrisy of the world. Armstrong’s vocals soothe the balm before ripping into the frenzy. The band themselves are tight and thunderous. This one will get the crowd going.

“Heavy Is The Crown,” follows up with a thunderous applause. There’s elements of “Faint,” in the intro and the verse that’s being spat out by Shinoda, a song that melds together the past and the present into one seismic and contentious push forward.

“Over Each Other,” sees Armstrong take centre stage, a breakup song with added oomph, something that would get the lighters out when performed live.

“Casualty,” is heavy. Thunderous and demanding, it smacks down on the tide. A thunderous riff and a marching rhythm that gets the listener hooked with pounding sense of time and space. Simply perfect.

“Overflow,” damages the concourse. A song that rips into shivering land. Bringing together a taunting melody and a growing sense of purpose and rage.

“Two Faced,” hints at the darkening of the soul. This is perhaps one of Linkin Park’s heavier songs. The riff is a headbanger and delivers a flash back to 2000. Shinoda spits fire and Armstrong screams into the darkness. This is a band on fire, moving as one toward a collective goal.

“Stained,” turns the dial. A song that brings the scratch and the heaviness. A brimming dialect that seems as though its a concource.

“IGYEIH,” is an intriguing song. A slow mover that swaggers with unbridled anger and a boiling pint of piss to get the listener swaggering as well. Brimming with an intriguing point of time.

“Good Things Go,” finishes the album off, soulfulness, an eerie riff, a turning of the screw, a biting sense of passion and incense. Sweltering through the movements of time and tide.

From Zero is out now, do yourself a favour and get the album.