At a livestreamed event on September 5, Linkin Park announced the band's comeback, including Armstrong and

Brittain's entry into the band.[1][242][243] In addition, the band performed and released "The Emptiness Machine", the
lead single of the group's eighth album From Zero, which was released on November 15, 2024.[1][242][243] The band's
decision to add Armstrong was met with some criticism due to her connections with the Church of Scientology and
perceived support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson.[244][245] The Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who
had first directed the aforementioned accusations towards Armstrong back in 2023, stated that Linkin Park was "not
doing their due diligence before hiring her";[244] one of Bennington's sons said that Linkin Park "betrayed the trust" of
the fanbase with the change.[245] Armstrong responded to the criticism via an Instagram story, stating that she had not
been in contact with Masterson since attending his 2020 court appearance and that she condemned his crimes;[246]
[247] however, she did not clarify her status with Scientology.[244][246] Though, BBC noted that the lyrical content she

wrote for Dead Sara suggests Armstrong's rejection of their teachings.[248]

Linkin Park embarked on a nine-date arena tour across four continents on September 11 at the Kia Forum in
Inglewood.[243] After Alex Feder performed in his place at the comeback event, Delson announced his decision to
withdraw from touring to concentrate on the "behind the scenes" aspects of the band.[249] The tour is scheduled to
conclude in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 16, 2024.[250] According to Shinoda, Linkin Park will be "touring
heavily" in 2025.[1][242] The album's second single, "Heavy Is the Crown", was released on September 24, 2024, and
Emily Armstrong performing with
was used as the main theme for Riot Games' 2024 League of Legends World Championship.[251][252] The album's Linkin Park in November 2024
third single, "Over Each Other", was released on October 24, 2024.[253] The album's fourth single, "Two Faced", was
released on November 13, 2024.[254][255] Not long after the album's release, the band entered the studio again, sharing
clips on social media.[256] On March 17, 2025, the band announced a new song titled "Up from the Bottom", released on March 27.[257][258]

Philanthropy
On January 19, 2010, Linkin Park released a new song titled "Not Alone" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief called Download to Donate for Haiti in
support of the Haiti Earthquake crisis.[259][260][261] On February 10, 2010, Linkin Park released the official music video for the song on their homepage.[260][261]
The single itself was released on October 21, 2011.

On January 11, 2011, an updated version of Download to Donate for Haiti was launched, called Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0, with more songs to
download.[262] For the updated compilation, the band released Keaton Hashimoto's remix of "The Catalyst" from the "Linkin Park featuring YOU" contest.[262]

Shinoda designed two T-shirts, in which the proceeds would go to Music for Relief to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disasters.[263]
[264] Music for Relief released Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan, another compilation of songs, in which the proceeds would go to Save the Children.
[265] The band released the song titled as "Issho Ni", meaning "we're in this together", on March 22, 2011, via Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan.[266]

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the "Music for Relief: Concert for the Philippines" in Los Angeles, and raised
donations for victims.[267][268] The show was broadcast on AXS TV on February 15.[267][268] Other artists during the show included the Offspring, Bad Religion,
Heart, and the Filharmonic.[267][268]

Musical style and influences

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine alternative metal,[295] nu metal,[296] rap rock,[297] rap metal,[298] and alternative rock[299] sounds with elements of hip
hop and electronica,[300][301] utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already
overdone musical style,"[302] whereas Rolling Stone described their song "Breaking the Habit" as "risky, beautiful art".[303]

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 Los Angeles Times compares to a stage in U2's work.[304] Only two songs on the album's tracklist feature rap vocals and the majority of the album can be
considered as alternative rock.[305][306]

The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda played as a major part within Linkin Park's music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist
and Shinoda as the rapping 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 the band's fourth album, A Thousand Suns, such as the album's singles ("The Catalyst", "Burning in the
Skies", "Iridescent"), 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.[307][308] James Montgomery, of MTV, compared the record to Radiohead's Kid A,[309] while Jordy Kasko of Review, Rinse, Repeat likened the
album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon.[310] Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced
by Chuck D and Public Enemy. He elaborated: "Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their records because although they seemed political, there was a
whole lot of other stuff going on in there too. It made me think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course, and show where
we were at creatively".[311] One of the record's political elements is its samples of speeches by American political figures.[312] A Thousand Suns was described as
trip hop,[313] electronic rock,[288][314] ambient,[313] alternative rock,[315] industrial rock,[293] experimental rock,[316] rap rock,[317] and progressive rock.[318]

Their fifth album, Living Things, is also an electronic-heavy album, but includes other influences, resulting in a harder sound by comparison.[319][320] The band
returned to a heavier sound compared to their last three albums on The Hunting Party, which was described as an alternative metal,[321][322][323] nu metal,[324]
hard rock,[321][325] rap rock,[326] and rap metal album.[327] Their seventh album, One More Light, was described as pop,[328][329] pop rock[291][330] and
electropop.[331]