It’s a great time for rock music fans, as Linkin Park (LP) has released its newest album, From Zero to the band’s momentous discography. This is the first album the band has released since 2017’s One More Light and the tragic passing of former frontman Chester Bennington.

The sound takes two of the band’s most iconic albums, Hybrid Theory (2000) and Meteora (2003), clashing them into a symphonic nostalgic feeling that gave the iconic nu-metal vibes which launched the band into stardom 20 years ago.

New singer Emily Armstrong makes her stellar debut with glorifying vocal ranges and haunting screams heard throughout the album, specifically in “Heavy is the Crown” and “Casualty.” LP founder Mike Shinoda returns to the mic adding his trademark flair with hard-hitting rhymes but also heavier vocals.

Up on the drums, Collin Brittain makes his mark picking up where original drummer Rob Bourdon left off. Brittain does a great job throughout the album maintaining the signature beat that serves as the base of every Linkin Park song.

“Casualty” has to be the heaviest song amongst the 11 tracks with Shinoda and Armstrong weighing in with a mix of screams and hard-hitting vocal sequences. The instrumentals behind the vocals follow suit with distorted guitars and a punk-themed beat from the drums. Both Armstrong and Shinoda’s parts mesh really well together contributing to a new song yet keeping that old feeling of listening to a Linkin Park album.

The instrumentals of “Heavy is the Crown” feel like the love child of the albums Meteora and Living Things. The overall composition draws inspiration from the 2003 hit “Faint” while the electronic aspect of the songs adds some spice from Burn it Down (2012).

“Over Each Other” takes note as being the only song that features Armstrong’s solo vocals. It’s the classic break-up song that describes a deteriorating relationship. The instrumentals of the song resemble a pop-rock rhythm and aren’t as heavy as any of the others which gives a little break from hard driving beats.

Reviving a familiar beat from the Living Things album is “Cut the Bridge Down.” This track is definitely the one to make a hype song before a big game or even during a workout. The powerful high notes Armstrong hits make a heavenly match with blazing guitar chords. It takes the foundation of “Bleed it Out” and reworks it to fit the overall rambunctious and punchy structure of the album.

When it comes to “Overflow,” it throws the flow of the entire listening experience off a bit from where it started. It comes too late in the album as the previous songs are coherent with one another and transition nicely. It didn’t feel like it fit the LP identity as it felt more like a song Kendrick Lamar would have passed on as it sounded too close to his song “Humble.” The real sound of the band doesn’t come till the latter part of the song where the instrumentals and vocals return to the album’s powerful rock aura.

The overall execution of From Zero makes an emotional return of the band to the limelight. It ushered in the new members with exceptional finesse. Shinoda and the team honed in on having the band’s sound return to the days of early Linkin Park, repurposing some shelved songs and building a new album around them. The new era of Linkin Park is here, and it is like no other.