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Hybrid Theory

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  1. Hybrid Theory Linkin Park

Overview

Like 311, Los Angeles quintet Linkin Park use two vocalists to capture alternate ends of the sonic spectrum. Chester Bennington provides angst and vulnerability with his alt-rock roar, while Mike Shinoda offers rancor and rhythm through a percussive hip-hop delivery. But that's where any comparisons to 311 end. Linkin Park are much darker and more aggressive, peppering their songs with lurching rhythms, dissonant samples, and brash, down-tuned guitars. The band's debut, Hybrid Theory, is impressively cutting-edge, fusing the industrial assault of Stabbing Westward with the insurrectionary charge of Rage Against the Machine. As confrontational as songs such as 'Papercut,' 'Points of Authority,' and 'By Myself' are, they're infused with enough melody to keep Linkin Park away from the blindly raging terrain of acts such as Slipknot and Mudvayne. And when the Park get kinda sensitive, as on 'In the End,' which blends delicate piano and soulful vocals with staccato raps and surging rhythms, they reach an entirely new level of hybrid.

In their debut album Hybrid Theory, you will encounter meaningful lyrics, heavy guitar riffs, rapping, and the occasional five or ten seconds of screaming. This Grammy Award-winning band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, with Hybrid Theory claiming title to almost half of them. The instrumentals are absolutely amazing. Chester mainly does the vocals in this awesome song. Mike has about four lines in it, but is still awesome. I don't know anyone who doesn't like Crawling. Runaway I loved this song the first time I listened to Hybrid Theory, like I love all of their songs.

Hybrid Theory Linkin Park

Today marks the 18th anniversary of Linkin Park’s monumental debut album, Hybrid Theory. To celebrate one of the most impactful, viciously catchy and commercially successful albums of the 21st century, we’ve compiled its 10 most epic moments into this Loud List.

There’s no heavy album from the 2000s with more memorable choruses than Hybrid Theory. The monster crescendos of “Crawling,” “In the End” and “One Step Closer” remain instantly recognizable nearly two decades later, and the piercing screams of Chester Bennington still cut to the listener’s core.

Of course, we had to show some love to Mike Shinoda’s bars. The push and pull between Shinoda’s rapping and Bennington’s singing was the heart of Linkin Park’s music and will be sorely missed as Linkin Park potentially move forward. Some of Shinoda’s finest moments come in Linkin Park’s most memorable verses, like “Papercut” and “With You.” Mike has always been a rapper focused on flow and atmosphere, so we did our best to highlight those definitive moments.

Ignoring Linkin Park’s instrumental section would be a crime, so we made sure to give the boys some love as well. DJ Joe Hahn takes center stage on “Cure For the Itch” with some killer scratching and mixing. We also made sure to include the huge breakdown in “A Place For My Head,” which sets a heavy foundation for Bennington’s screams and Shinoda’s rhymes.

Check out the 10 Most Epic Moments From Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory above. Revisit and celebrate the 18th anniversary of Linkin Park’s debut album here.

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