Linkin Park

Linkin Park announced a 'Meteora' 20th anniversary set and shared "Lost," an unreleased song with Chester Bennington vocals.

The 20th anniversary reissue of Meteora follows the 2020 release of Hybrid Theory: 20th Anniversary Edition, which toasted Linkin Park’s diamond-selling 2000 debut. “Lost” will be among six unreleased songs on Meteora 20, in addition to demos, live shows, B-sides and previously unaired footage with the band. “For years, fans have been asking us to release something with Chester’s voice, and I’m thrilled we’ve been able to make that happen in such a special way.

Shinoda shared the news in an interview with KROQ, where he was largely discussing the upcoming celebrations for the 20th anniversary of Linkin Park's landmark ...

He added of its significance: “For years, fans have been asking us to release something with [late frontman What happened is they had reached out about: ‘Will you help us with music for the movie?’ And in the conversation I played them something and they were like, ‘Oh my god, can we use that?’ And that’s not even everything we’re gonna be doing around this for Linkin Park fans. [Bennington died in 2017](https://www.nme.com/news/music/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-died-aged-41-2113661) but recently said they planned to communicate with their fans [“a little more regularly”](https://www.nme.com/news/music/linkin-park-to-begin-sharing-a-little-more-regularly-with-fans-3217750) in the future. “I do have a new song that’s gonna be in the movie Scream. Shinoda shared the news in an interview with KROQ, where he was largely discussing the upcoming celebrations for the 20th anniversary of Linkin Park’s landmark second album ‘Meteora’.

Not only were they ascending to the apex of nu-metal and rap-rock, they also happened to possess one of the greatest rock vocalists we've seen this century.

“Lost” is still teeming with the same agitation that made “Crawling” and Meteora’s “Breaking the Habit” so urgent, and it’s a rousing reminder of why this band had captivated so many angsty listeners 20 years ago. This was a band that had honed in on universal feelings of rage and alienation, but when you hear Bennington sing of these topics after his suicide, it’s deeply affecting to consider the vulnerability of those statements both then and now. Find these songs and more on our [Spotify Top Songs](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JzEbTrAnmxkwoEYLBHw03?si=38008e719ab8457a) playlist.

The previously unreleased B-side was initially recorded during the Meteora sessions two decades back, and in a new interview with KROQ, co-vocalist Shinoda ...

"But it's also a song that was this close to being on the record," Shinoda added. To commemorate the 20-year milestone of their smash, seven-times-platinum album, Linkin Park have launched several Meteora box sets that repackage the album in vinyl and CD form. And that's what I like about the lyrics of the song." In the case of this song I think there was a bunch of not-so-good stuff. "At the time, if I remember right — it was a long time ago. The previously unreleased B-side was initially recorded during the Meteora sessions two decades back, and in a new interview with KROQ, co-vocalist Shinoda racked his brain to remember the intended meaning behind the song's lyrical message.

A 'lost' masterpiece, an East-meets-West banger, and more.

In their first comeback of the year, the J-pop/K-pop hybrid show off their strength as a team with “Shooting Star,” a dynamic and passionate anthem of self-confidence. [“En Garde.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEMaPKuSu1c) Next, he drew me into “The Party”, his second release with an entrancing verse taken from Beach House’s “Master of None” and sampled in The Weeknd’s “ [The Party & The Afterparty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-zb_aP0So),” which surprised me with sweet nostalgia. “Shooting Star” marks the beginning of what will likely be a bright and exciting year for East Asia’s newest it-girls. “I’m afraid of your flaws, and the pain that you carry.” It’s not the solution, but it could be the start of one. I can honestly hear “The Party” in a coming-of-age movie, specifically playing at the part where our lead characters scope out the party scene and get lost in its persuasion. K-pop’s “year of the girl group” charges on in 2023 with debutants XG leading the pack. [Jessie Ware ](https://www.instagram.com/jessieware/)delivers another decadent dance daydream with “Pearls.” The track was co-written by Stuart Price (the prolific producer behind Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor and Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite), Clarence Coffee Jr., and Sarah Hudson — and it sparkles like a dazzling disco gemstone. [Kicksie](https://www.instagram.com/kicksie/?hl=en) is one of the very best that scene has to offer. It reaches a peak with its nominative hook: “Mere dil pe tere saaye (Your shadow’s on my heart).” Recently hitting a million digital streams, the collaboration is an example of the breadth of talent that exists within Pakistan’s underground EDM scene, which is seemingly (and hopefully) getting closer to the light every day. The star record is “Don’t Remind Me,” a tough tune that transitions midway with both ends of the song jam-packed with powerful personal and political imagery. With Chester Bennington’s gale-force vocals and swirling electronic textures, the result was singular and unmistakable — and the [legacy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlF2FMv968) [speaks](https://www.mtv.com/news/2shpud/chester-bennington-linkin-park-favorite-band) for [itself](https://www.mtv.com/news/cqxrrl/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-anniversary-artwork-frank-maddocks). Producer Turhan James brings Pakistani EDM to the world with “Saaye,” a lo-fi love song for the modern millennial.

How do you follow up an album like Hybrid Theory? With the eyes of the world firmly fixed upon them, Linkin Park sought to do the impossible: bottle…

For now, he spoke of being in the clutches of substance abuse as a teenager, of thinking about shooting up because he’d grown bored of the usual highs, and how his emaciated frame had once prompted his horrified mother, a nurse, to liken his appearance to that of a concentration camp prisoner. Its only single, Numb/Encore, nabbed a GRAMMY in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – though, for some reason, that wasn’t until 2006, two years on from its release. For Chester, that meant revisiting the darker periods of his life, which he’d detail with increased frequency during interviews to promote the album, and would continue to do on subsequent releases. On Hybrid Theory they’d learned to be a band; on Meteora they were dealing with the pressures of being bona fide rock stars – though Chester, for one, didn’t want that change of status to bleed into his work. They’d approach many of Meteora’s tracks again on Collision Course, a 2004 collaborative EP with rap giant Jay-Z that illustrated the breadth of mega talents they could share a stage with. Not only did it confirm their continued pulling power – becoming the fourth biggest-selling remix album of all time – it piqued their interest in the technical aspects of making a record, and how they could be harnessed for greater levels of experimentation. The experience had a profound effect on the band. In reality, save for the RV bit, there was a same-song-second-verse quality about Meteora, starting with the band’s return to NRG Studios in North Hollywood. There was a key difference this time around, though: Don had the added pressure of sharing production duties with his charges. But instead of simply playing the song on a different instrument, or building up the elements around it, Mike and Joe Hahn reversed the sequence to give it the sweeping quality you hear on the finished song, before cutting it up into sections and reassembling the chord progression Mike had been so taken with. The album’s second single, Faint, came from a riff Brad Delson had played to a click track at 70 beats per minute, the resting heartbeat of the average human. Even a cursory look at the state of the scene gave reason for worry.