
Linkin Park had long established themselves as the most successful rock band of the 21st century by 2014, but their journey had taken some unexpected twists and turns to get there – ones that longtime fans weren’t always happy with. But with that year’s The Hunting Party album, the US band rediscovered the heavy – as Metal Hammer found out when we caught up with the band in Los Angeles on the eve of their fourth and final headlining appearance at Download.