It seems like yesterday, but it’s already been 20 years since the second album of Linkin Park. Meteor marked a before and after in the band’s career, elevating it as one of the most important rock bands and selling 16 million copies worldwide. Now, two decades later, the group wanted to celebrate this anniversary by creating a new unreleased song that they have recorded in this glorious age.
Lost This is the subject that can already be heard on all digital platforms. It’s impossible for fans not to get excited hearing the voice of Chester Bennington, the singer who disappeared from the band, on this song which was not part of the final list of songs that ended up on the album. They did it with a video in which they become anime charactersa style that has always been very present in his music.
Mike Shinoda, the leader of the group, said he was very happy with the release of this new song. “Meet Lost It was like finding a favorite photo you forgot to take.as if he was waiting for the right moment to reveal himself,” said via the band’s official Twitter account.
This version of new hardware comes desperately in homage to Chester Bennington, the singer of the groupwho took his own life in 2017. The musician had never hidden the need to talk about his mental illness, the depression and anxiety he suffered from or the substance abuse, in addition to the consequences of the abuse he suffered. suffered during his childhood.
Lost will be part of the reissue of Meteor, which will arrive throughout this year to celebrate the two decades of its commercialization. With this release, the nu metal ensemble follows the path of what was conceived, having released an expanded edition of their debut feature, Hybrid theoryin 2020, when the anniversary of his debut was celebrated.
Posted on March 25, 2003, Meteor revalidated the great success of his first album, which sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week in the United States and entering directly at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Thanks to singles like Somewhere I belong, weak, numb, from within there break the habit it ended up shipping over 16 million copies worldwide, being, for now, the eighth best-selling album of the 21st century. The theme Session It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance the same year.
Unfortunately for the thousands of Linkin Park fans, there is no indication that the band will reunite again to release new material. This, yes, via his Instagram account, in May, announced that they would start “sharing a little more” with fans.
Also, last year, Mike Shinoda commented on Twitch about the group’s possible reunion, and he was very clear with the response. “The only news I have from Linkin Park is… Yeah, we talk every few weeks. I talk to the guys, or at least some of them. No tours, no music, no albums on the assembly line. Let me tell you, so you know it’s not going to happen.”