INSANE: Mike shinoda | Rare Historical Photos

Watch full, pro-shot footage of Linkin Park’s headline set at Rock In Rio Lisbon last week

If you missed the nu metal chart-toppers’ summer tour, this is the next best thing

Metal Hammer · Jun 25

“If it wasn’t us, it would’ve just been someone else, because there are so many great female-fronted bands”: Linkin Park react to becoming first band with female singer to headline Download festival

The nu metal hit-makers, now co-fronted by Emily Armstrong, closed the Donington weekender on Sunday

Metal Hammer · Jun 17

Emily Armstrong just made history with Linkin Park at Download - and they made it one hell of a celebration

Download's most significant set of 2026 ends the festival on a massive high

Metal Hammer · Jun 15

“I’d have to stop, gather myself, get through two lines, start crying, leave the room, come back in”: When Linkin Park exposed a different side of themselves with Breaking The Habit

Originally written by Mike Shinoda, this shining moment from 2003’s Meteora moved Chester Bennington to tears and helped Linkin Park break out of the nu metal bubble

Metal Hammer · Dec 29, 2025

"There were a few people in the band who were like, ‘Hey, stupid, this is a big deal. It’s Michael Bay, don’t be an idiot.'" How one of Linkin Park's biggest songs solidified their place as an essential part of the Transformers film franchise

At a pivotal moment in their career, a certain song took Linkin Park into a whole new world in more ways than one

Louder · Nov 26, 2025

"It’s about those times when you’ve got no feeling left or you just don’t care." The song that helped Linkin Park kiss goodbye to the nu metal era - and that got a new lease of life courtesy of one rap megastar

Few bands have two separate versions of one song celebrated equally as classics, but Linkin Park did that

Metal Hammer · Nov 18, 2025

“You’ll hear him say everything from, ‘I never wanted it to be a single’ to ‘I hated the song’”: The huge Linkin Park hit that Chester Bennington didn’t even want on Hybrid Theory

Even Chester admitted that he was wrong

Metal Hammer · Nov 1, 2025

“I didn't even want it to be on the record, honestly. How wrong could I have possibly been?”: How Linkin Park created their biggest song that has now racked up billions of streams

Chester Bennington was a little on the fence as to whether Linkin Park’s most enduring track was strong enough to be on their debut

MusicRadar · Oct 2, 2025

“All of a sudden, some of the other guitars weren’t really doing it”: Why Linkin Park’s new singer forced Mike Shinoda to change guitars

When Emily Armstrong was brought onboard, Shinoda had to go through his guitar collection to find one that would complement her register

Guitar World · Sep 5, 2025

Watch Linkin Park thrill 90,000 fans with a killer version of The Emptiness Machine recorded at their spectacular sold-out show at London's iconic Wembley Stadium earlier this summer

Watch the 21st century's biggest metal band on peak form at huge UK show back in June

Metal Hammer · Aug 5, 2025