Linkin Park is on to the next leg of their 2025 From Zero world tour! After three nights playing to the energetic Mexican crowds of Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey, the band has moved on to their Asia leg. First up is a double night in Saitama, Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena.
These will be the 28th and 29th full performances by Linkin Park in Japan. The band has had a strong relationship with their Japanese fans for a long time: the band has surprised Japan with several live debuts, worked with Japanese anime studio Gonzo for the "Breaking the Habit" music video, released "Issho Ni" through Music for Relief in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the Tohoku region, and producer and co-vocalist Mike Shinoda is a quarter Japanese himself—just to name a few things! It's safe to say that Linkin Park loves their fans in Japan.
Linkin Park played their first shows in the island nation supporting Hybrid Theory in 2001, performing a three-date run in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya in May of that year. The band then returned to Japan for every subsequent album cycle until The Hunting Party. Most of the band's visits to Japan have consisted of multiple dates and locations, even including a performance in Okinawa in 2009.
Linkin Park live in Tokyo, 2001. "With You" was the opener for their first Japan performance.
In 2017, during the One More Light cycle, Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda also visited Tokyo as part of their promotional circuit, performed a stripped-down piano version of "Heavy" for an appearance on Nippon TV's late-night News Zero segment. Linkin Park also booked a three-date stop in the country in November, as part of the One More Light world tour. However, due to the untimely death of Bennington, the band cancelled these shows. Linkin Park took several months to cancel these Japan shows—even though the entirety of the North American tour was cancelled—stating that they "sincerely wished to play, even in the wake of Chester's passing" when ultimately deciding to cancel on October 2, 2017.
Linkin Park participated in Live Earth, a worldwide climate change benefit concert series in 2007, with a performance in Chiba. A great performance of "Faint" as a closer!
However, the band's most famous Japan performance was undoubtedly in Tokyo during the summer of 2006, their only touring of the year as they took a break from the Minutes to Midnight sessions. The band played in Tokyo just before their participation in Japan's Summer Sonic festival, held simultaneously in Chiba and Osaka over two days. At their Tokyo performance, the band brought two debuts out of left field: the first-ever performance of the Xero song "Reading My Eyes" as Linkin Park, as well as the live debut of the brand-new track "QWERTY." Following this performance and the subsequent release of "QWERTY" for the sixth Linkin Park Underground CD, the song became legendary among fans, becoming such a favorite that it would eventually see an official release last year as a single for the singles compilation Papercuts.
This fan video splices together the only video recordings of the "Reading My Eyes" debut with the official live audio recording released on Linkin Park Underground 6.
The fan Linkin Park brought on stage, Kotaro, says "Shinkyoku yacchau tte"—"They're going to play a new song!"
Looking to Saitama specifically, the band are no strangers to the area. Linkin Park played a similar two-night run at this same venue in 2007, with opener support from Japanese metal band Dir en Grey and pop-punk band Yellowcard. The band played many of the live staples of the Minutes to Midnight era over the two nights, including "The Little Things Give You Away" with its extended keyboard intro, the "Pushing Me Away" piano version, and "Points of Authority" featuring a verse of the Fort Minor song "Petrified." This time around, however, the band is playing without any opening support!
Full audio of the first day in Saitama in 2007, starting off with a bang with a "No More Sorrow" opener. Uploaded by Linkin Park Live.
This short Asia leg is the second regional run for Linkin Park on their 2025 world tour, after the three Mexico shows last week. The Mexico shows introduced three rotating setlists, changing the song serving as the "theme" for the transitions ("CASTLE OF GLASS" for Set A, "Iridescent" for Set B, and "BURN IT DOWN" for Set C) and rotating two setlist slots—one in Act 2 and the other in Act 5 (the encore).
Set A, which opened up the From Zero 2025 world tour in Mexico City, featured "Casualty" and "A Place for My Head."
Set B, which Linkin Park used for their first-ever appearance in Guadalajara, rotated in "Keys to the Kingdom" and "Lying from You."
And most recently, on Wednesday in Monterrey, the band brought out Set C. This version of the setlist rotated in "Given Up," which had been cut for the full-length shows following the debut of "Casualty" in Dallas last year, and brought back the Meteora single "From the Inside." The band transposed "From the Inside" up from the key of C-sharp minor to D-sharp minor for this performance, its first time being played since 2017. In fact, the last time "From the Inside" was performed live was during the band's last show with vocalist Chester Bennington, on July 6, 2017, in Birmingham, England.
The last performance of "From the Inside," over seven years ago.
Wednesday night's performance of the song. Emily's final scream was quite impressive!
Mike Shinoda, Emily Armstrong, and Colin Brittain also appeared today on Nippon TV's DayDay entertainment talk show. The three performed an acoustic version of "The Emptiness Machine," with Brittain on acoustic guitar and Shinoda on keyboard, and also participated in a few talk and activity segments.
The full episode, though it is mostly in Japanese. "The Emptiness Machine" starts at 12:52!
Will there be any surprises in store for Japan on for these two shows? Could there be a possibility that they bring back "QWERTY" in honor of its debut in Japan and recent single release last year? We're excited to see what the band has in store for Japanese fans!
Remaining shows on this Asia run:
February 16 – Jakarta, Indonesia
Are you going to any shows on this run? Are you attending any shows this year? If so, have you let people know in the LPA meetup thread? Come discuss in our forums!
Ahead of Linkin Park's shows in Saitama, Japan, as part of the extensive From Zero world tour, band members Mike Shinoda, Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain have made a promotional appearance on the Japanese morning program DayDay, broadcast across the country on the Nippon Television channel.
The trio performed a stripped-down and shortened arrangement of their From Zero single "The Emptiness Machine", with the only instrumentation provided by Shinoda on piano and Brittain playing acoustic guitar. This marks the first time Linkin Park has reinterpreted any From Zero songs in this style.
In addition to the musical performance, the members of Linkin Park also participated in gameshow segments which involved, among other things, Emily Armstrong touching a crab and Mike Shinoda attacking a host with a plastic hammer. An official upload of the entire program is expected soon now available:
This is not the band's first appearance on a Nippon TV program; in 2017, Shinoda and bandmate Chester Bennington showed up on the late-night news program News Zero in the lead-up to the band releasing their 2017 album One More Light, delivering a piano-based rendition of lead single "Heavy". This was part of a string of promotional appearances during that period, which included guest spots on various YouTube channels in addition to more traditional TV performances.
Following the band's two Saitama shows, they head to Indonesia for a single show in Jakarta later in the week, before taking a two-month break to prepare for the extensive North American phase of 2025's grueling tour schedule.
Source: DayDay on Instagram
We're already at the end of the first run of the 2025 From Zero World Tour. But first, let's talk about Linkin Park's past in Monterrey!
Back in 2012, Linkin Park played their second show in Mexico, and their first in Monterrey. This show was a banger all the way through, starting with A Place For My Head with its extended intro and outro. You just know the show will be good if that's the opening. This show was filmed by MTV for their Worldstage series. Sadly, no full recording of the show exists, but the video we have is a showcase of the band's strong form during the touring for LIVING THINGS. You can watch the full Worldstage special here below.
MTV World Stage 2012
LPTV from 2012 documenting the band's Mexico shows.
At the band's 2015 show in Monterrey, when the members returned from the encore and before launching into Crawling, Chester dedicated the rest of the show to Christopher, a fan who had attended the show in Mexico City two days earlier and sadly passed away on the day between the two shows. Video of that moment is below and our thoughts remain with Christopher’s family and friends. Sadly, since then we've all gotten way too familiar with losing members of the LP community (We miss you Chester, Sujana and Tony).
Crawling with Chester's dedication to Christopher
LPTV from 2015 documenting the band's two Mexico shows.
Let's talk about the previous show in Guadalajara
The band went with set B at this show, for this tour that means that "Keys to the Kingdom" takes the spot after the "Mike + Colin solo" instead of "Casualty". It seems like that spot in the setlist might be reserved for a song with the word "casualty" in the lyrics. "Lying From You" was in the rotation spot in the encore, replacing "A Place for My Head" and returning to the encore section of the setlist for the first time since 2013. The two rotation songs we've been missing so far on this tour that were in setlists in 2024 are "Points of Authority" and "LOST IN THE ECHO". Is it possible we will see a Set C for this show with those songs in it? What other Linkin Park song has the word "casualty" in its lyrics? What about "My December", "Friendly Fire" and "Breaking the Habit"? Will they return anytime soon?
The band really nailed this one!
After this show the band gets a few days off before heading out on another short three-date tour in Asia. Saitama, Japan, gets two shows on February 11 and 12 and then the band ends the tour in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 16th. This will be the bands first tour in Asia since 2015 when they played five shows in China. However, Mike did two runs in the region on his Post Traumatic tour in 2018 and 2019.
With the advancement of technology making livestreaming easier than ever, fans at home have been able to watch shows on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, experiencing the show alongside those attending in person. While we're not asking our readers to livestream the show, if anyone reading this finds a stream or is streaming it themselves, let us know so we can watch along with you.
Upcoming shows:
February 11 – Saitama, Japan
February 12 – Saitama, Japan
February 16 – Jakarta, Indonesia
Are you going to any shows on this run? Are you attending any shows this year? If so, have you let people know in the meet-up thread? Come discuss in our forums!
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SETLIST FROM MONTERREY:
ACT 1 (Inception Intro C)
01. Somewhere I Belong
02. Crawling
03. New Divide - Short Moscow Intro
04. The Emptiness Machine
ACT 2 (Creation Intro C)
05. The Catalyst - Shortened (No third chorus; no breakdown)
06. BURN IT DOWN
07. Over Each Other
08. Waiting for the End - 2024 Intro
09. CASTLE OF GLASS
10. Two Faced
11. Joe Solo - with Colin
12. Mike Solo Medley - with Colin
13. Given Up
14. One Step Closer - 2024 Intro & Outro
ACT 3 (Collapse Transition)
15. Lost - Hybrid version
16. Good Things Go
17. What I've Done
ACT 4 (Kintsugi Transition)
18. Overflow - Extended Intro
19. Numb - Numb/Encore Intro
20. In the End
21. Faint - Extended Outro
ACT 5: Encore (Resolution Intro A)
22. Papercut - Extended Intro
23. From the Inside
24. Heavy Is the Crown
25. Bleed It Out - Extended intro; Extended bridge with 'Cut the Bridge' bridge; Extended outro
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Hot off the heels of their Friday show in Mexico City, Linkin Park continue on to Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco. This is the second date of their three-show Mexico run to kick off the 2025 From Zero world tour. The band will be playing tomorrow at Estadio 3 de Marzo, located in the municipality of Zapopan in the greater Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. This is the band's first time playing both in Guadalajara and the western Pacific Coast of Mexico, with their previous six shows in the country (including Friday's show) all taking place in Mexico City or Monterrey.
Friday night's show had a lot of surprises for fans in Mexico City, featuring two full debuts from From Zero, "Overflow" and "Good Things Go, as well as a debut of a full-band rendition of "Lost," from Meteora's 20th anniversary. At the end of the encore set, they also performed a portion of "Cut the Bridge" over the bridge of "Bleed It Out."
With these live debuts, it seems the band could be dropping songs such as "Lying from You," "Points of Authority," "Breaking the Habit," "Leave Out All the Rest," "Friendly Fire," and the acoustic rendition of "My December" to make room—or perhaps they will appear in new rotating slots tomorrow. The band is known for rotating setlists, so it may be too early to tell if those songs have been dropped entirely.
"Lost" was the first of the new numbers Linkin Park performed for the Mexico City crowd. The band had been playing a shortened piano duet of the first verse and chorus since their exclusive comeback show on September 5th. This rendition was transposed down from the original key of A minor to G minor, featuring Mike Shinoda on piano and Emily Armstrong on vocals. "Lost" started in the piano format in Mexico City in the original key, but seemed to be continuing the duet format. However, after the first chorus, the full band kicked in, debuting the full studio arrangement live for the first time. "Lost" became a major hit for Linkin Park after the band dug it up, remastered the song, and released it 20 years after they cut it from Meteora, for the 20th anniversary celebration of that album.
This fan footage captures the full performance, with the transition from piano ballad to full band.
To cover the dense vocal production of the song in the bridge, nearly every member of the band seems to be contributing live vocals, with only drummer Colin Brittain not singing. Joe Hahn has added live vocals previously, particularly with the "The Catalyst" since the A Thousand Suns era, and Phoenix also has a history with backing vocals, most recently singing on "Over Each Other," but this is the first time touring guitarist Alex Feder has sung live.
This video starts at the band entrance, but the vocal harmonies are easier to hear!
Immediately following "Lost," the band debuted "Good Things Go," the closing song from From Zero that has seen much positive fan reception since release. Linkin Park surprisingly chose to transpose the song down from D minor to C minor, whereas most of their key adjustments for Emily have been on songs originally sung by Chester Bennington.
"What I've Done" followed "Good Things Go," but the band immediately followed this with the debut of "Overflow" to open Act IV, complete with scratching parts by Joe Hahn. Fans only recently discovered the more textural scratching parts buried in the mix of "Overflow," as they were included in the From Zero a cappella tracks the band released just over a week ago.
Finally, to close out the show, the band played their staple closer "Bleed It Out," adding an extended bridge as has been tradition for many touring cycles. "Bleed It Out" has featured an array of extensions over its bridge, including Rob Bourdon drum solos, "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, the Xero song "Reading My Eyes," "A Place for My Head," "There They Go" by Fort Minor, and now the From Zero track "Cut the Bridge." Many fans noted similarities between "Cut the Bridge" and "Bleed It Out" upon From Zero's release due to the structural similarities and strong quarter-note snare beat on both, so it's no surprise the band has decided to mash them up here! Mike performed his bridge verse from "Cut the Bridge" over the extended bridge, seen below.
That sums up all the big surprises from Linkin Park on Friday, but there are undoubtedly more to come! The band has yet to debut "IGYEIH" and "Stained" from their newest album, and "Cut the Bridge" remains to be seen in its full form. With seven of the ten full songs on From Zero already debuting live, it's hopeful that these will be added to the setlist at some point on the 2025 world tour.
Will they debut one of these songs in Guadalajara tomorrow? Or maybe there are more setlist surprises in store—fans have been clamoring for the live debuts of the remaining songs from LIVING THINGS ("I'LL BE GONE," "SKIN TO BONE," "UNTIL IT BREAKS," "POWERLESS") and The Hunting Party ("War," "Mark the Graves," "Drawbar") since the band debuted both "Keys to the Kingdom" and "All for Nothing" last year during their 2024 arena tour.
Remaining shows on this run:
February 05 - Monterrey, Mexico
Are you going to the band's show on Monday? Will you be watching via fan streams? Do you think the band has more surprises in store for the second night of their 2025 world tour? Come discuss with us on our forums!
SETLIST:
ACT 1 (Inception Intro B)
01. Somewhere I Belong
02. Crawling
03. New Divide (short-form Moscow intro)
04. The Emptiness Machine
ACT 2 (Creation Intro B)
05. The Catalyst (Shortened - no third chorus; no breakdown)
06. BURN IT DOWN
07. Over Each Other
08. Waiting for the End (2024 intro)
09. CASTLE OF GLASS
10. Two Faced
11. Joe Hahn Solo (with Colin)
12. Mike Solo Medley ("When They Come for Me"/"Remember the Name" mashup - with Colin)
13. Keys to the Kingdom
14. One Step Closer (2024 extended intro & outro)
ACT 3 (Collapse Transition)
15. Lost (Hybrid piano and full band version)
16. Good Things Go
17. What I've Done
ACT 4 (Kintsugi Transition)
18. Overflow (Extended intro)
19. Numb (Featuring "Numb/Encore" intro)
20. In the End
21. Faint (Extended outro)
ACT 5: ENCORE (Resolution Intro B)
22. Papercut (Extended intro)
23. Lying from You
24. Heavy Is the Crown
25. Bleed It Out (Extended intro; extended bridge with"Cut the Bridge" bridge; extended outro)
Linkin Park has just announced a capsule collection in partnership with the Japanese streetwear label Peace and After ahead of the band's Japan tour dates in mid-February.
This collection will be available to purchase during a multi-day pop-up event at Peace and After's CAPSULE store, located in Tokyo's Meguro ward. It features collaborations between Linkin Park and Peace and After, additional works by the band's art director Frank Maddocks, and pieces created with other collaborators such as Usugrow, a Japanese artist, and Mutsu, an offshoot from Los Angeles-based streetwear brand/collective Prospective Flow.
Per the announcement post, the pop-up store will be operating for a week, from Saturday, February 8, through to the next Saturday, February 15, with typical opening hours between 12 PM and 8 PM - the sole exception is Monday, February 10, wherein the store will close at 4 PM.
This Japan-based pop-up collection serves as a follow-up to Linkin Park's recent pop-up event in Mexico last week, coinciding with the band's January 31 tour date in Mexico City, their very first live show for 2025.
Source: Linkin Park on Twitter
As a new year begins, so does a new tour!
First this year we have the band heading out on a three date tour in Mexico, before heading over to Asia for another three date mini tour. But, Mexico is first, so let's talk about the bands history in Mexico City.
Linkin Parks history in Mexico City starts all the way back in 2002, 23 years ago! This show was the bands first ever Mexico show, and the second to last show of the Hybrid Theory era. They only played a charity show two days after, and then headed back home to work on Meteora. Funny enough, this 2002 date was played at the same arena that the band will now play, in 2002 they played as openers for Korn, and now they're headlining this 65,000 capaicty arena by themselves.
Complete with heckler commentary
In 2012, on the LIVING THINGS cycle, the band returned to Mexico City for their first show in the city for ten years, bringing with them some specialities just from that era. The show opened with TINFOIL going into Faint, IN MY REMAINS was played, so was LIES GREED MISERY and VICTIMIZED was mashed up with QWERTY. The show ended with the fan favourite mashup of Bleed It Out with the Sabotage bridge.
Bring back the DSP program please
The last show that took place in Mexico City was now ten years ago, back in 2015, when the band played some North American shows before heading out on their 2015 China tour. This show and the show in Monterrey two days after were the two first shows that the band headlined since January when Chester unfortunately broke his leg and had to cancel the remainder of the tour, so the band modified the setlist they had been playing during May and other festival shows. Mikes solo portion was replaced by a shortened version of Remember The Name for the first time and Points of Authority, Crawling and Final Masquerade returned to the set.
Last time the band played a show was back on December 12, their first show in Saudi Arabia. For it band delivered a shortened set, cutting out the Lying From You / Points of Authority rotation spot, The Catalyst, CASTLE OF GLASS, the Joe/Mike + Colin sections, Casualty, Leave Out All the Rest, the My December / Friendly Fire rotation spot, and the A Place for My Head / LOST IN THE ECHO / Keys to the Kingdom rotation spot, but still delivered one hell of a performance. Which is even more impressive considering that Emily apparently was sick during the show.
So what can we expect from a these shows?
- How much are we expecting the setlist to change?
- Personally, I would like to see this setlist materialise.
- Do we think that the band will add even more songs from From Zero?
- We have seen the band back in their rehearsal space, and even seen them supposedly rehearse Good Things Go.
- One More Light was the only album not represented live in 2024, will they add songs from that album to the setlist?
- Impossible to say. Maybe? I would like to see Nobody Can Save Me and Sorry For Now. Heavy makes sense to add, with Mike singing Chesters parts and Emily singing Kiiaras parts. Or they can do the opposite if they want.
With the advancement of technology, making it easier to livestream than ever before, fans at home have been able to watch shows on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, getting to experience the show along with the fans attending the show. While we're not gonna ask our readers to livestream the show, if anyone reading this finds a stream or you're streaming it, let us know so we can watch along with you.
Shows left on this run:
February 03 - Guadalajara, Mexico
February 05 - Monterrey, Mexico
Are you going to any shows on this run? Are you going to any shows this year, and if so, have you made it known in the meet-up thread? What do you think the band will do with the setlist? Come and discuss in our forums.
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SETLIST FROM MEXICO CITY:
ACT 1 (Inception Intro A)
01. Somewhere I Belong
02. Crawling
03. New Divide - Short Moscow Intro
04. The Emptiness Machine
ACT 2 (Creation Intro A)
05. The Catalyst - Shortened (No third chorus; no breakdown)
06. BURN IT DOWN
07. Over Each Other
08. Waiting for the End - 2024 Intro
09. CASTLE OF GLASS
10. Two Faced
11. Joe Solo - with Colin
12. Mike Solo Medley - with Colin
13. Casualty
14. One Step Closer - 2024 Intro & Outro
ACT 3 (Collapse Transition)
15. Lost - Hybrid version; Live Debut
16. Good Things Go - Live Debut
17. What I've Done
ACT 4 (Kintsugi Transition)
18. Overflow - Extended Intro; Live Debut
19. Numb - Numb/Encore Intro
20. In the End
21. Faint - Extended Outro
ACT 5: Encore (Resolution Intro A)
22. Papercut - Extended Intro
23. A Place for My Head
24. Heavy Is the Crown
25. Bleed It Out - Extended intro; Extended bridge with 'Cut the Bridge' bridge; Extended outro
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Back in October, the Linkin Park fanbase received a nice surprise, a 65 minute podcast conversation between Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong. In the podcast they talked about being excited to reveal to the world what they had been working on, new songs, Linkin Park coming back and other topics.
Now, we have received another surprise, a part two to the podcast! In it, Mike and Emily talk about everything that has happened since the first episode. I don't wanna spoil anything so make sure to check out the episode below.
What do you think of the episode? Will we get more episodes in the future? Come and discuss in our forums.
Linkin Park has been announced as nominees in four categories at the upcoming iHeartRadio Music Awards. The band itself is up for two categories, Alternative Artist of the Year and Rock Artist of the Year, while From Zero's high-impact lead single "The Emptiness Machine" has earned nominations for Alternative Song of the Year and Rock Song of the Year.
iHeartRadio's Music Awards celebrates artists and songs that have earned the most spins across the iHeartRadio platform, including various radio and digital streaming services. This year's awards ceremony will take place on March 17 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with live broadcast via Fox. You can check out the full list of award categories and nominees here.
Linkin Park has built a strong relationship with iHeartRadio over the years, launching a Linkin Park radio station on the platform, performing at live events, appearing on podcasts, premiering new music, and beyond. Prior to 2025, the band has had two iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations: in 2018, the band's studio album One More Light won Rock Album of the Year, and, in 2024, the single "Lost" was nominated for Alternative Song of the Year.
Source: Linkin Park on Twitter
Linkin Park has announced that a cappella tracks for their latest album, From Zero, are set to be released this Friday, January 24, 2025!
Linkin Park has previously released two official acapella and instrumental albums for their studio releases. The first was in 2012 for their fifth studio album, LIVING THINGS, and the band followed suit with their next studio outing in 2014, The Hunting Party. Linkin Park did not release instrumentals or acapellas for 2017's One More Light, but an instrumental of the title track was officially released with their instrumentals release for the Papercuts single compilation in 2024.
This announcement is exciting news for Linkin Park fans, especially here at the Linkin Park Association, where the remix albums Reliving Things and Viscera were created using the acapella and instrumental tracks from LIVING THINGS and The Hunting Party. Viscera was even officially released by the band through the Linkin Park Underground fan club!
Which song are you most excited to hear with isolated vocals? Do you have any plans for remixes using these tracks? Join the discussion on our forums!
Source: Instagram via @Serious Dave
Guitar publication Guitar World has put out their recent interview with the reclusive and mysterious Brad Delson of Linkin Park, following a preview article late last month. The interview touches on the process of crafting Linkin Park's recent studio album From Zero, and the live shows that have unfolded as part of the subsequent album cycle.
On readying Alex Feder as a replacement for the live shows:
“In terms of getting Alex up to speed, he learned everything. He and I went back and forth to make sure the feel was right. There are certain songs where, even if they’re not the most technical, there’s a feel that’s unique to my playing. I really wanted Alex to get that right, especially on the iconic songs.”Speaking about choosing the guitars and other gear used on From Zero, Delson cleverly describes Linkin Park's sonic arsenal as "tools in a tool chest":
“The PRS really defines Hybrid Theory and Meteora. With From Zero we gave ourselves permission to use iconic or identifiable elements of our sound that we loved from the past but that we’d moved away from to experiment.Delson also speaks on his own personal album highlights, "Two Faced" and "Casualty":
“In some ways, From Zero was a homecoming and a kind of unlocking of all the tools in our tool chest. Rather than trying to reinvent – though there are moments of reinvention – it was a chance to rediscover our favorite tones and guitars, and blend them all together.”
“I think Two Faced is really fun to play. It has the nuances of a classic Linkin Park or even before we were called Linkin Park – when we were called Hybrid Theory. I don’t know if Two Faced represents me in the present, the past, or all of the above.
“Then, stylistically, Casualty feels like a bullseye to me in terms of energetically going hard and taking the training wheels off. It just feels full throttle – I love it.”You can read the full Guitar World interview here.
Source: Guitar World