amor it or loathe it, there is no denying the creative efforts and raw talent that went into making 'Reanimation’. Produced por the bands own Mike Shinoda and mixed por Mark 'Spike’ Stent, the album boasted a series of big name collaborations, spanning from rap and hip-hop all the way through to rock and metal artists. The likes of which include world renound rapper Motion Man, Hip-Hop legends the X-Ecutioners, and Nu-Metal ícone Jonathan Davis.

But what is Reanimation?

Mike Shinoda describes it as: "Not just another remix album. With the help of over 20 friends in rock, electronic, and hip-hop,...

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again

You all assume
I'm seguro here in my room
Unless I try to start again

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean

I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again

I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

I don't want to...

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all” -Mario Savio

To save face / how low can you go
Talk a lot of game but yet you don’t know
Static on the way / make us all say...

God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't outmatched
It can't be outrun
No
2x

And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding lights
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under loaded gun

Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky

God save us everyone
When we'll burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hands
The sins of our souls
The sins of our fathers
The sins of our young
No
2x

And when I close my eyes tonight
To...

When Linkin Park agreed to let a MySpace user create a new version of one of their songs, “The Catalyst,” they had to know it would be tough to pick a winner. The band weighed all the options, and in the end the winner of the Linkin Park: Featuring You contest is a man who goes por the name “NoBrian,” but is otherwise known as a MySpace user from Poland. Yes, Poland.

Mike Shinoda surprised the winner, who goes por “Chex,” via webchat to inform him he had won the contest. Chex’s version of “The Catalyst,” which you can hear here, will appear on Linkin Park’s upcoming record,...

Release Dates Finally Confirmed!
Jul 8th
We finally have confirmation of the dates for the new album and single, plus information on an exciting contest LP are running from tomorrow. Heres the post Mike blogged & posted on the LPN:
No puzzles or hidden messages with this one. We’re excited to finally announce that our new album, A THOUSAND SUNS, will be released on September 14th.


The lead single for the album is called “The Catalyst.” It will be released on August 2nd.


Beginning tomorrow, July 9th, we’re teaming up with MySpace and MixParade for “Linkin Park, Featuring You,” a contest...

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shed but I made

I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me...