The rise to stardom has been kind to the boys of Linkin Park. They are currently coming off of a chart topping hot streak with a No. 1 song (Tranformer 2’s “New Divide“), and a No. 1 album (2007’s “Minutes to Midnight“). Most musical success stories have a definitive sound that their audience can easily remember and recognize, but Linkin Park has seemingly done the opposite of that. Obviously the adrenaline rushing vocals of singer Chester Bennington easily distinguishes their band, but each album that they have put out has walked a different path. Linkin Park’s other vocal leader, Mike Shinoda, gave Billboard a little idea of what is coming. “We mentally want to get back to [2000's "Hybrid Theory"] not because we want to sound like [that], because I don’t think we do. But we want to make this record a record with identity, hopefully not one you’ve heard before. One you can listen to and say, ‘That’s brand new… It’s definitely Linkin Park, but it’s definitely different.’” It was said that their newest album should be released during the first half of 2010.

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Linkin Park’s own Chester Bennington has completed his first album with his side-band, Dead By Sunrise. The band is awaiting the release of their first album “Out of Ashes“, which is due in stores on October 13th.

The anticipation for the opening of Transformers 2 is killing us, so we needed to get our fix somehow. Check out the new music video for the film by Linkin Park