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Linkin Park, the inventive American rap-rock band who wove electronica into its heavy, melodic compositions, return with their first new album in seven years, From Zero..
Linkin Park debuted their first new music since the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington: a new song titled The Emptiness Machine, with new singer Emily Armstrong of the band Dead Sara and drummer Colin Brittain, joining returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn..
More melodic moments may sound like the work of another band entirely when performed by Armstrong, like on Over Each Other," but that's quickly abandoned for the nu-metal ferocity of the track that follows, Casualty..
Shortly after the new lineup debuted, the singer posted a statement on Instagram that many took to mean her appearance at an early court hearing for That 70s Show star Danny Masterson, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the rape of two women in 2023..
Shortly thereafter, Benningtons mother, Susan Eubanks, told Rolling Stone she had no idea the band was going to continue on without her son and that they previously said they'd give her a heads up; they did not..
