{"id":124705,"date":"2024-11-27T11:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=124705"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:30:23","slug":"review-linkin-park-from-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/review-linkin-park-from-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Linkin Park<\/b> – From Zero<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even beyond the various controversies orbiting From Zero<\/em>, Linkin Park<\/strong>‘s new era unfortunately doesn’t add up to much.<\/p>\n

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Post-reunion, Linkin Park is a band with heavy baggage. Reforming after the tragic passing of lead singer and nu-metal powerhouse Chester Bennington was never going to go over well with a large segment of the fanbase, as, in many ways, Chester Bennington was<\/em> Linkin Park. This isn’t meant to take away from the talents of the rest of the group, who were responsible for the instrumental ingenuity of classics like Hybrid Theory<\/em> and Meteora. <\/em>Still, we are lying to ourselves if we don’t acknowledge how much Bennington’s vocals came to represent the band in the collective cultural mind. Even then, the band’s replacement for him, Emily Armstrong of the alt-rock act Dead Sara<\/strong>, proved to be more controversial than anyone could’ve expected.<\/p>\n

Armstrong’s family is historically active in the Church of Scientology (specifically her mother, who was accused of being a part of the secretive inner circle of the “religion”<\/a>). Emily herself had supported and potentially been friends with now noted sex criminal and fellow Scientologist Danny Masterson (which she has since then apologized for, stating that “Unimaginable details emerged…”\u00a0 – take this how you may<\/a>). As for whether or not Armstrong is still a part of the church is anybody’s guess, but it’s important to keep in mind that Scientology is an infamously controlling and manipulative cult\u2014Emily publicly speaking out on her time in the “church” could serve to potentially put herself in danger. Seeing as she was born and raised in the cult, it’s hard to judge how these details reflect on her as a person.<\/p>\n