Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong: I feared I wasn’t cut out for the role IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 10
Linkin Park singer worried she wasn’t ‘cut out’ to take over from late frontman Chester Bennington Emily Armstrong, formerly of Dead Sara, joined the nu metal group in 2024 The Independent UK · Oct 10
Unshatter: Linkin Park documentary takes fans inside the grief behind their return Linkin Park became one of the defining rock bands of the 2000s The Independent UK · Oct 9
Money for something: why public funding for NZ’s live music scene needs retuning In March this year, Linkin Park played the biggest ever show at Auckland’s Spark Arena: 12,376 fans turned out to see the band perform for the first time in New Zealand since 2013. The Conversation · Oct 1
Thailand celebrates as teen rocker becomes first Thai to win America’s Got Talent The 16-year-old had been performing at a Phuket night market before her ‘Zombie’ rendition turned her ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition viral The Independent UK · Sep 24
Joe Hahn says Linkin Park had to 'not be afraid to show their scars' while making new documentary Unshatter Joe Hahn says Linkin Park’s new film Unshatter reflects the band’s journey through grief, reinvention and “repair”, revealing how they found a missing spark with new vocalist Emily Armstrong. BANG Premier · Sep 14
Netizens Call Carrie Underwood's Limp Bizkit Cover 'Cringe' and 'Embarrassing' Across Social Media Carrie Underwood's Limp Bizkit cover at Iowa's Velocity Festival divided online commenters, drawing 'cringe' criticism from some, while others praised the unexpected country-nu-metal crossover mix. International Business Times UK · Sep 8
Bring Me The Horizon follow in Metallica, Linkin Park and Slipknot's footsteps as they add one of their songs to Fortnite Festival The band's 2013 single will be added to the globally popular video game off-shoot later this week Metal Hammer · Sep 3
Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating Where the 80s series was all pastels and shoulder pads, the noughties action thriller has flip phones and Linkin Park – a better fit for a less optimistic world The Guardian - AU · Aug 11
AC/DC's Highway To Hell made Hollywood superstar Javier Bardem a metalhead for life Cape Fear star Javier Bardem on how AC/DC's 1979 album changed everything Metal Hammer · Aug 10
Linkin Park announce new documentary Unshatter and tie-in album; watch trailer and live footage of Somewhere I Belong here The film, directed by band member Joe Hahn, will hit cinemas on September 30 Metal Hammer · Aug 5
Linkin Park among music stars set to receive a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2027 Alternative bands Linkin Park, The Smashing Pumpkins and the Ramones will receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. BANG Premier · Jul 28
Linkin Park, the Ramones and The Smashing Pumpkins will receive stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2027 Actors Pedro Pascal and Adam Scott will also be immortalised on Hollywood Boulevard next year Metal Hammer · Jul 27
"He stands without question as being one of the greatest influences of our time." On the anniversary of Chris Cornell's birth and Chester Bennington's death, this is what the Linkin Park frontman had to say about the Soundgarden legend and his dear friend In summer 2017 following Chris Cornell's death, we spoke to his friend Chester Bennington about the Soundgarden man's legacy. Sadly, it'd prove to be Chester's final interview Metal Hammer · Jul 20
Guitar World · Jul 8 “He did all the Ozzy stuff you’d think he would do – he got down on his knees and performed. I was like, ‘Oh, my God. This is so weird’”: A hair-metal hero turned nu-metal synth-guitar maverick who impressed Ozzy Osbourne – who is the real Amir Derakh? Derakh replaced Craig Goldy in Rough Cutt, was edged out by Zakk Wylde for the Ozzy gig, and has been an undercover guitar-synth master all along
MusicRadar · Jul 6 “We were on tour with Linkin Park when Chester Bennington got hold of Ivan and told him, ‘Bro, you’re going to rehab right now. You can do it’”: Zoltan Bathory recalls the intervention that saved Five Finger Death Punch and the life of singer Ivan Moody “He actually flatlined once. He died for a few moments”
Metal Hammer · Jul 3 “The whole album is based around my friend who passed away.” Tragedy, black metal and Linkin Park: Gaerea might be masked and anonymous, but their story is deeply personal Gaerea began in the realms of black metal, but now the mysterious Portuguese group are pushing boundaries
Metal Hammer · Jun 30 "For me, metal is a way of living." Oscar-winning Hollywood star Javier Bardem reveals how Linkin Park, Slipknot and Bad Omens inspired his terrifying performance in new remake of Cape Fear "It's not that Iusethe music. It's that I can't live without it."
Metal Hammer · Jun 17 “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
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15 Download festival review – Guns N’ Roses flop and Letlive thrive as metal’s biggest fest enters the future Often criticised for booking the same old legends, the festival hosts a broad span of music’s heaviest genre, plus hip-hop, Indian folk – and, finally, its first female headliner
Metal Hammer · Jun 15 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 12 "If you want to believe we're a boyband, there's nothing I can say or do to make you change your mind." In early 2001, Linkin Park went stratospheric. Here's a snapshot of a band during blastoff Many questioned Linkin Park's authenticity. But one million albums later, that noise started to fade
MusicRadar · Jun 12 “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
Metal Hammer · Jun 8 "It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since
Metal Hammer · Jun 5 Linkin Park tease details of a new Unshatter movie inside European tour t-shirts Is Unshatter the title of the 2024 concert which was filmed in Brazil?