a route through the discography

One voice was born from two.
Then it split apart again.

Linkin Park is convergence and branching. While everyone was busy with the 2000s hits, that part slipped past. Separate roots merged into one band, side projects grew out of it, and after a pause a new voice arrived. Listen in order, and you will hear the whole arc.

↓ scroll · top to bottom, from today back to the roots
01 — the band's path

From the return to the roots

The central axis is time, running from 2024 back to 1994. Albums alternate sides; a node's color and icon show its type, and the bands mark eras. ▶ — search the track on YouTube.

FZ2024
From Zero
revival
11 tracks#1 chartsnew vocals
«Guess who's back»
Seven years of silence, then a return with Emily Armstrong. A new voice ties the modern sound back to the roots.
▶The Emptiness Machine — an instant hit▶Heavy Is the Crown — fury and melody
← the Dead Sara branch merges in
DS2008–
Dead Sara
emily armstrong · hard rock
LA rockEmily's vocals
«the voice that would become From Zero»
Emily Armstrong's Los Angeles rock band. This is where the voice took shape that would become the voice of Linkin Park in 2024.
▶Weatherman — their calling card, 2012▶Mona Lisa — another single
→ merges into From Zero (2024)
PT2018
Post Traumatic
mike · solo
16 trackssolo debut
«Watching as I fall»
Mike Shinoda's solo branch — a personal reckoning with the loss of Chester.
▶Crossing a Line — a step out of grief▶Over Again — on the stage without his friend
branch: side project
The experimental era · 2009–2017
OML2017
One More Light
pop · farewell
10 tracks#1 USlast with Chester
«Who cares if one more light goes out?»
Their most pop, most emotional album. The last one with Chester, who passed away in July 2017.
▶One More Light — every person matters▶Heavy — a duet with Kiiara
THP2014
The Hunting Party
heavy rock
12 tracksback to heaviness
«I'll face myself to cross out what I've become»
A deliberate return to guitars and aggression — an answer for everyone who missed the early sound.
▶Final Masquerade — the melodic peak▶Guilty All the Same — a monolith with Rakim
STP2013
Stone Temple Pilots
chester · frontman
EP · 5 tracks
«We're out of time»
Chester steps in as STP's frontman for a spell. The result was the EP High Rise.
▶Out of Time — Chester's debut with the band▶Black Heart — the EP's second single
branch: parallel project
LT2012
Living Things
synthesis
12 tracks#1 US
«I'm lost in the echo»
The band pulls it all together: the heaviness of the early records and the electronics of the later ones.
▶Burn It Down — big choruses▶Castle of Glass — Mike on vocals · Medal of Honor
DBS2009
Dead by Sunrise
chester · electro-rock
12 tracks
«I crawl back in»
Chester's electro-rock project — the album Out of Ashes.
▶Crawl Back In — the lead single▶Let Down — the melodic peak
branch: Chester's side project
ATS2010
A Thousand Suns
electronica · concept
15 tracksconcept album
«God save us everyone»
Their boldest, most conceptual album. Electronica, ambient, almost prog.
▶The Catalyst — an electronic anthem▶Waiting for the End — hope through loss
The turn · 2005–2007
MTM2007
Minutes to Midnight
alt-rock
12 tracks#1 US
«Forgive me for what I've done»
A sharp turn away from nu-metal. Wider, more grown-up, and politics enters the frame.
▶What I've Done — the Transformers theme▶Shadow of the Day — a ballad in the vein of U2
FM2005
Fort Minor
mike · hip-hop
16 tracks
«Remember the name»
Mike Shinoda's hip-hop project — The Rising Tied, with a guest turn from Jay-Z.
▶Where'd You Go — the big hit▶Remember the Name — a motivational anthem
branch: Mike's hip-hop
MET2003
Meteora
nu-metal · peak
13 tracksmulti-platinum
«I've become so numb»
The same DNA, honed to a razor's edge. Many call it the band's high point.
▶Numb — a generational anthem▶Breaking the Habit — gut-wrenching
HT2000
Hybrid Theory
nu-metal · debut
12 tracksdiamondGrammy
«In the end, it doesn't even matter»
The debut that defined the sound of an era. This is where the two root lines merge — the birth of Linkin Park.
▶In the End — the anthem of the 2000s▶Crawling — Grammy
the two root lines converge here
Roots · before LP · 1994–1999
XERO1996–99
Xero
root · mike + brad
demo · 1997
«My pen and paper cause a chain reaction»
The band's first name, with Mark Wakefield on vocals. This line becomes the trunk of LP.
▶Reading My Eyes — a track from the demo tape
root: core of the trunk
GD1994–97
Grey Daze
root · chester before lp
2 albums+ Amends 2020
«What's in the eye?»
Chester's post-grunge band before Linkin Park. The second root line — it merges into Xero.
▶What's in the Eye — early Chester▶Sickness — an Amends re-recording
root: the incoming voice
02 — by the numbers

The scale

8
studio albums
4
side projects
3
root bands
2
vocal eras
97
tracks in the database
03 — how to listen

The whole arc in one listen

Go from the bottom up — from the roots to today — and you will hear the whole journey.

Chester's post-grunge→ the birth of nu-metal→ Mike's hip-hop→ electronics and pop→ the pause→ the return with Emily
04 — all tracks

The track database