Breaking away from Rick Rubin, with whom they had a three-album association, Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda co-produce this time around and retreat from the moody electronica that characterized many of those records. Instead, The Hunting Party is designed as a return to rock, evoking the group's earliest records. Reconnecting with the past is a standard move for a heavy band 15 years into its career, but The Hunting Party is effectively aggressive, partially due to how far into the ether Linkin Park strayed on Living Things and, especially, A Thousand Suns. Written and recorded over the course of a year, The Hunting Party nevertheless packs a visceral punch. Hints of the murky, meditative darkness linger -- especially on "Until It's Gone," which builds upon its atmosphere to reach melodramatic heights; "Final Masquerade" is subtler in its approach -- but there's good reason why Page Hamilton and Tom Morello both guest on the record: this is a grinding, metallic workout. Far from sounding as if they're grasping at straws, Linkin Park seem rejuvenated, proving there is value in the cliché of returning to roots.
Linkin Park - THE HUNTING PARTY (2014)
General
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 104 MiB
Duration : 45mn 15s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : The Hunting Party
Album/Performer : Linkin Park
Part/Total : 1
Track name/Total : 12
Grouping : Alternative Pop\Rock/Heavy Metal/Alternative Metal/Post-Grunge/Rap-Metal/Alternative\Indie Rock/Rap-Rock/Nü Metal
Performer : Linkin Park/Rakim
Composer : William Griffin/Daron Malakian/Linkin Park
Encoded by : Callixtus
Publisher : Warner Bros.
Genre : Pop/Rock
Recorded date : 2014
Writing library : LAME3.98r
Copyright : Callixtus
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Encoder : Callixtus
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 45mn 15s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
1 Keys to the Kingdom
2 All For Nothing (feat. Page Hamilton)
3 Guilty All the Same (feat. Rakim)
4 The Summoning
5 War
6 Wastelands
7 Until It’s Gone
8 Rebellion (feat. Daron Malakian)
9 Mark the Graves
10 Drawbar (feat. Tom Morello)
11 Final Masquerade
12 A Line In the Sand
