
On the day of the game's release, Linkin Park made a post on their Facebook explaining that the song used to promote the game would be included on a new remix album, entitled, which was released on Octoon CD, vinyl, and digital download.

Similar to Reanimation, the album features remixes of ten of the songs from Living Things, with contributions from other artists, such as Ryu of Styles of Beyond, Datsik, KillSonik, and Rick Rubin. The band also worked on the soundtrack for the film, which was directed by Joe Hahn. Bennington and Shinoda performing live in on August 23, 2014In an interview with, Shinoda confirmed that Linkin Park had begun recording their sixth studio album in May 2013.ĭespite being considered nu metal, the band never considered themselves as such.Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal, nu metal, rap rock, rap metal, and alternative rock sound with influences and elements from hip hop, and electronica, utilizing and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from regarded it as 'a to an already overdone musical style,' whereas described their song ' as 'risky, beautiful art'.In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established sound and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of genres and styles, a process compares to a stage in 's work. Only two songs on the album's tracklist feature rap vocals and the majority of the album can be considered alternative rock.The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park's music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the vocalist. On Linkin Park's third album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda sings lead vocals on 'In Between', 'Hands Held High', and on the B-side 'No Roads Left'. On numerous songs from band's fourth album, such as the album's singles (', ', '), both Shinoda and Bennington sing. The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band's musical career, having a stronger emphasis on electronica.Ī Thousand Suns was described as, electronic rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, rap rock, and.Their fifth album, is also an electronic-heavy album, but includes other influences, resulting in a harder sound by comparison.
