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Sophomore albums are famously tricky affairs. Musicians
have their entire lives to pen their debut album, the theory goes,
and a relatively short time to follow it up. But what if the debut
in question is the biggest selling album in recent memory? And what
if the music industry has Hollywood-like expectations for another
instant blockbuster? That was the scenario Linkin Park faced when
they entered the studio to record Meteora, the follow-up to their
multi-platinum debut Hybrid Theory.
That album, which Rolling Stone called "twelve songs of compact
fire indivisibly blending alternative metal, hip-hop, and turntable
art", has shipped 14 million units worldwide to date. It was
the Number One selling album of 2001. It launched three chart-topping
singles including "In The End." And in 2002 it received
a Grammy® for Best Hard Rock Performance for "Crawling,"
as well as nominations for Best Rock continue
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Linkin Park has returned to the scene with their
third major label album (second original album), Meteora. This album
has everything one has come to expect from this “Nu-Metal”
band from heavy drop-tuned guitars to piercing vocals and angry
lyrics. In an age when the genre of rap-metal is disappearing as
quickly as it emerged, Linkin Park has refreshed our dulled memory
with a sound very similar to that of their debut release, Hybrid
Theory. Now, when Linkin Park first came onto the scene in 2000
their style of heavy guitar riffs combined with continue
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