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This is an incredible video edit. This full show has to be released.

Wow this is really interesting to see Brad wearing the same clothes in this as the Unshatter scenes. Great idea to share that again right now.

From Zero group shot standing on stage in Brazil -> the Zero changes to Xero for From Xero -> bam, Esaul. Just fucking awesome by Joe. Hell of a tribute to Chester, really well done. Enjoyed the hell out of the movie. Brad, Dave, and Joe were especially very very well spoken about all of the things going on with the band and how to navigate it. Absolutely have to have that full Sao Paulo show, wow. And would love some of those unreleased songs that were shown... the first one is chills-worthy by Emily.

To celebrate the release day of the Unshatter film, Linkin Park has posted the In The End live video from Sao Paulo, directed by Joe! Directed by: Joe Hahn Live Camera Direction by: Mark A. Ritchie Produced by: WL Boyd, Joe Hahn, Igor Kovalik Live Concert Director of Photography: Kenneth Wales Edited By: Igor Kovalik Color by: Dave Hussey Concert Mix by: Neal Avron

Even something like this in the style of Lost Demos should blow up with the fans. Who wouldn't buy this? Rediscovered Demos No Roads Left Across the Line What We Don't Know Blackbirds Not Alone Chance of Rain Pretend to Be *No Roads Left (w/ Chester) *Unreleased song/demo (Ammosick?) *Unreleased song/demo (Dancer?) *Unreleased song/demo - something totally unknown *Unreleased song/demo - something totally unknown *Unreleased song/demo - something totally unknown *Unreleased song/demo - something totally unknown Million possibilities there. Dancer from Mall was an MTM song. The Last Line (Ammosick). They are likely sitting on a million cool things from MTM we don't even know about that could work here.

Who is seeing the film today?

He has done a really nice job with this material.

Joe Hahn is on the move and has already visited LPU members at the Seoul screening of Unshatter. In addition to promotional events around the release of Unshatter, he has stopped in to MBC Radio in Seoul for an interview. The interviewer asks when Linkin Park will be back in Seoul for a concert, where Joe says the band will make a new record first. He says it won't be too long, so "maybe 2028" for the next world tour. He says, "We were approached to do a concert film by CJ. We agreed to it and we thought the best look for us would be to film our album release show in Sao Paulo. That was our biggest show up-to-date. We wanted to do the biggest thing and we knew our Brazilian fans were waiting for us, so we said, "Okay let's take a risk and book this venue and see who shows up." It sold out. As we were making this concert film, which a lot of acts just put the concert out... I was reflecting on this moment and what it took to get to this point. I just wanted to just tell a little more story and context to how we got there. What ended up being a concert film and a little bit of explanation ended up being dominated by the documentary side." Much more in the interview above, which lasts about an hour. Joe speaks about the band members helping each other heal and finding the joy in making music with each other. This is a really in-depth look at Unshatter, where you can learn a lot about the film and the specifics on the band's comeback, including Emily and Colin joining the band. This makes a nice accessory to the film on release date!

Lot of songs you can use in a deluxe version: Crawling Points Of Authority Lying From You Burn It Down Castle Of Glass New Divide Joe Hahn Solo When They Come For Me/Remember The Name One Step Closer Breaking The Habit Kintsugi Transition Friendly Fire My December A Place For My Head Lost In The Echo Need a bone for the hardcore fans with a deep cut or two.

Really great. Seems like an obvious move would be in a few months to release all of the songs live digitally and on vinyl for fans.

The day before the Unshatter movie release, Linkin Park has posted Unshatter live from Munich 2026 on YouTube! This is the first live release of the song in any capacity and leaves just one song remaining, Let You Fade, for the band's YouTube playlist of every new song live on the From Zero World Tour. Credits: Directed by - Mark Fiore Produced by - Amigo & Company and Linkin Park Audio Mix - Kevin McCombs Front of House Engineer - Jim Ebdon Edited by - Mark Fiore IMAG Video Director - TJ Lievonen Additional footage - Chady Awad, Adam Ruehmer, Ed Mason, Ben Houdijk

What if there is a full on explosive track like QWERTY they have never released? The band is always like "LP fans act like there is some gem just sitting on the shelf that is unreleased"... WELL that has turned out to be true for a handful of their albums, especially MTM and Meteora. There is no telling what else exists... they recorded a billion songs in the MTM, ATS, LT, THP, and OML eras. Friendly Fire is not bad either.

Yes, thought the same. Has it ever been confirmed anywhere Alec recorded drums on White Noise @Astat? Can't find the THP trailer that has White Noise in it. This article says Mall was being worked on in 2013, which we knew, but White Noise was definitely around then and in the THP sessions. But Rob has no credit on it. More importantly, Rob has no credit on the other full songs from the era which, even if they are Mike demos, they usually always credit the full band on release. Hypothesis is that Rob did actually record on White Noise and was obviously in the sessions for the other songs like Ammosick but he and Brad just aren't credited on Mall (for whatever reason; we've really never been given context on that).

Billboard has posted a new interview with Joe about Unshatter - here are a few highlights. Hahn considers the film’s Sao Paulo performances (Linkin Park played two shows, also on Nov. 16, before nearly 97,000 fans each at the Allianz Parque stadium) to be incendiary highlights. “There couldn’t have been a better place to do it,” he says. “The Brazilians have always begged us to come play there; we hadn’t played there very much before that. And they were just…insane.” Unshatter references the band’s history, including some early rehearsal footage with Bennington during the end credits, but maintains a focus on recent events. It treads lightly on drummer Rob Bourdon’s decision not to return but goes in-depth with guitarist Brad Delson about his initial reservations, ultimately contributing to From Zero but opting not to tour with Linkin Park. “I feel like this film is just perfect timing for us,” Hahn says. “It’s bookending everything we’ve done from From Zero and reflects on what it took for us to get here. Everyone was like, ‘OK, let’s make sure we take at least a month off and then let’s get back to work,’ so we’re now writing music again. There’s no timetable, but I think there’s an urgency. We know we can work fast, ’cause we’re so excited to output a lot, so it’s not going to be another five years or a long time before we come out with something new. At the same time we’ve been so in your face a lot with (From Zero) that it’ll be nice to give people a little bit of a break and then reconvene and come up with something really great.” Read it in full here.

USA Today interviewed Joe and Emily about Unshatter. A few highlights: Was there any footage that you were hesitant about using, but did anyway because it felt essential to tell the story? Hahn: "Exposing some of the talking about Chester and talking about (former drummer and co-founder) Rob (Bourdon). And even Brad (Delson), who was hesitant to come back … But I just decided to say, hey, this is how things unfolded. I think the whole thing was very therapeutic for us to go through these motions. This was two years of reflecting and putting it to a presentation and everyone was really proud of what it took to get us here." Emily, your vocal transformation is incredible to witness, from just talking in a normal tone to screaming in the recording booth. How do you take care of your voice for live performances? Armstrong: "I take care of it very well, even down to my diet. It’s a very not fun place to be on your days off when you have to mime everything, but it’s worth it. I try to get as much sleep as possible. And our crew works so hard to make sure my schedule allows for me to have sleep and food. But it was definitely an adjustment being out there for two hours instead of 45-minutes as the opening band." Hahn: "She trains like an athlete. It’s beyond what I’ve ever seen anyone do. There’s a lot of sacrifice because there might be opportunities to do something fun or be careless. But she knows people want to see her sing." Read the full interview here.

Blank Mag has interviewed Alec Puro about his work with Linkin Park, and he specifically mentions working with Rob and Chester in the past as well as detailing his work on Unshatter. "Years later, Bourdon asked him to help the band score Mall, which Hahn had directed. At first, Puro went to their weekly band meetings and teed things up so they could do it themselves. Then they left for three weeks in Australia and asked him to lay the groundwork, and it became a true collaboration. "Anytime I get to go back to the band feeling of things, because that's really just where my roots are, it's just so fun." Shinoda later passed him a docuseries, and he and Hahn scored Blade of the 47 Ronin together. "When you're in a band at that level, you really do have to trust the people you're working with," he says. "There is that inner circle." All of which is to say that the credits aren't really the main point. Rather, it's the trust behind them. There’s one particular day that will always stay with Puro. Bennington brought his son to the studio, who was interested in scoring, and when his son left, he stayed. "He spent the day with me, just me and him," Puro says. Bennington put vocals on one cue. "He would do that signature Chester scream just over and over, like it didn't hurt his voice. I feel super fortunate and lucky to have worked with him like that one-on-one."" About the Unshatter score: "A good score, for him, belongs to someone else, "you're there to serve a bigger vision. It's not about you," he says. "Once the music leaves my studio, it's really not mine anymore." When Hahn approached him about Unshatter, he didn't hesitate, though he hadn't realised how heavy the story would be. He admires the way the band rebuilt, "rather than trying to replace Chester," and remembers meeting Emily Armstrong at the mix: "You're like, 'Ah, that person's a total star.'" He describes his score as "very Brian Eno ethereal," adding, "It's stuff I love doing." For him, the film is "super sad, but at the same time, not sad, because second chances, not a lot of people get that." Read the full interview here.

Joe saying Rob is "still on his journey" might mean he's mentally... not doing totally ok with some things in his life. Not trying to imply things negatively here at all - just meaning that he may not even be at a point where he wants to say something publicly or realizes he maybe should say something to fans. Didn't Mike say he was on a spiritual journey or something on Twitch, or was he kidding? To be in personal, business, and public relationships with 5 people for 20+ years (even longer with the other 4 minus Chester), worth tens of millions of dollars or more, and travel the world with them for decades, but never say anything publicly again is indeed a... very shocking decision as you all are already saying. Without diving deep into speculation, it may mean something in his personal life is just off. Rob has always been the one hard to reach in the band, the one who didn't speak TOO often to the press, etc, but even this is quite a leap for him.

It's hard to figure out the Chester solo stuff. Talinda is who got Out of Ashes (Deluxe) released for Ryan and Amir. She also blocked this, though: https://linkinpedia.com/wiki/Crazy Chester is in 2024 promo videos from LP and they are releasing songs he wrote (songwriter credits) on Unshatter Live in São Paulo. By all means, at least so far, it seems like they could release anything they wanted to with Chester when it's related to LP. Anything released or unreleased should be covered by his recording contract since he recorded it while signed to Warner Records, so anything like Friendly Fire or a demo of In the End or something. My opinion is that it just hasn't been the right time to release Chester stuff when you're trying to promote Emily, but material he wrote is all over the São Paulo show and that should count for something in a legal sense in terms of what is allowed/authorized and what isn't since his estate is benefitting monetarily from they release (and likely anytime LP itself is used in any commercial sense anywhere - merch, etc). Rob too. It is going to be hard for the band marketing-wise if something goes insanely viral again (like Lost) for MTM20, so therefore we may get a subdued release or celebration on a much smaller scale. Just one unreleased CB song with LP could go #1 again with rock music surging globally still. And that isn't a good brand-wise decision when you're trying to sell Emily's recorded material with LP. Let's see what happens in May. At the very least, they should put all the b-sides on streaming and toss us a live show or two, or three, plus the Making of MTM Webster Hall unreleased footage. Make one of the shows Rock am Ring 2007. That isn't that much to ask for and it's just honoring the album and time period.

It seems just coming from the fan POV that it's much harder to get stuff released for Chester solo, as Talinda/CB family may have the a majority of the say over that, versus getting LP unreleased music with Chester released. LP has been able to do it three or more different, significant, times now - Hybrid Theory 20, Meteora 20, Friendly Fire, and also OML Live. The contract Chester signed with Warner for his record deal might give that decision making power to the band as a whole, or a band/label/mgmt combo, as opposed to the family of a single member. Notice there are no hold ups from Chester or Rob on these projects. But for Chester solo it's an entirely different case - Slash said Talinda controlled that stuff. But there surely is a label stake in that too. It seems so complicated and you'd need a really good music lawyer to try to understand it with a best *guess* if you aren't directly in the LP or Warner camp. There doesn't seem to be a problem whatsoever with LP using Chester's name, photos, videos, songs, recordings, live shows, etc as they have done it a million times since 2017 and even since 2024. Our best guess is the contract he signed in the early days, and likely later renewed during their career, detailed specific language about this stuff. Warner probably has some of the best lawyers in the history of the world, lol. Otherwise someone likely would have put their foot down when the CB family drama was peaking in 2017-2019. Definitely need some sort of MTM celebration in May.

Linkin Park has confirmed they are recording new music for their new album, the follow-up to From Zero, their first effort with Emily and Colin. LP took a quick month-ish off after the tour and proceeded to start recording the next album already. Joe says LP was recording on tour, during the band's off days, together in studios on the road. This and more in the new NME interview. In other recent press, Joe has said the following: USA Today interview, Joe Hahn: "We’re an old band (originated in 1996), but you see in the film that with the last two years of touring, we’re a brand new band. With that comes much excitement, so even when we’re on the road with a day off, we find a studio and just make noise. But I cannot say any more. It would be cool if there was a new record we were working on right now." Billboard interview, Joe Hahn: "I feel like this film is just perfect timing for us,” Hahn says. “It’s bookending everything we’ve done from From Zero and reflects on what it took for us to get here. Everyone was like, ‘OK, let’s make sure we take at least a month off and then let’s get back to work,’ so we’re now writing music again. There’s no timetable, but I think there’s an urgency. We know we can work fast, ’cause we’re so excited to output a lot, so it’s not going to be another five years or a long time before we come out with something new. At the same time we’ve been so in your face a lot with (From Zero) that it’ll be nice to give people a little bit of a break and then reconvene and come up with something really great."

Very specifically about the WFTE mix, the intro sample is too quiet before the main WFTE sample. Compare it to the tour (live videos and in person) and that first sample isn't that quiet.

It is dangerous to assume anything about Rob. It isn't clear that he wasn't comfortable with the band continuing. For all we know, he is happy for them. He stepped back before Meteora 20 even happened, before Colin and Emily even joined the band. He introduced Mike to Emily in the first place. He doesn't owe the fans anything but it would be nice to hear from him.

Rob himself has elected to not attend anything. They would be more than happy to have him at *everything* if he elected to - premiere, shows, everything. That's solely on him, and it's sad to hear for sure.

Happy release day to Linkin Park's Unshatter (Live in Sao Paulo) live album! Let us know your thoughts on this new live release by the band as it makes its way across the world to September 25th local time in your area. The track list for this release, which is on vinyl, CD, and digital release is: Inception Intro (Castle of Glass) Somewhere I Belong The Emptiness Machine Creation Interlude (Castle of Glass) The Catalyst Waiting For The End Casualty Two Faced Break/Collapse Interlude Lost What I’ve Done Leave Out All The Rest Over Each Other Numb In The End Faint Resolution Intro (Castle of Glass) Papercut Heavy Is The Crown Bleed It Out In the track list, "Two Faced" was moved down from Act 1 in the show and was placed after "Casualty". During the From Zero World Tour in 2025 and 2026, "Two Faced" was performed in Act II. The following songs were performed at the night 1 show but are not included in the release: "Crawling", "Lying From You", "New Divide", "Burn It Down", both Joe and Mike's solo portions of the show, "One Step Closer", "Breaking The Habit", "My December", and "Lost In The Echo". Although portions of the audio might include pieces of night 2, there are no songs performed exclusively at the night 2 show on the release. Four of the five interludes in the show are included in some capacity - "Inception", "Creation", "Break/Collapse", and "Resolution", with only "Kintsugi" not being included. The album will be available on all popular digital platforms with max quality of 24-bit/48.0kHz lossless. The release date for the live album is September 25, 2026 globally. To celebrate the release, Linkin Park has released the highly-anticipated "Waiting For The End" live video for fans.

Yes, Alex is part of it all now. Hopefully they keep him permanently if Brad doesn't want to play. The band was so consistent for so long with the same lineup that any change like this immediately makes (the normal) people want to welcome in the new folks.