The news is finally confirmed with the release of a single, “The Emptiness Machine”. Linkin Park They return as a group, share a single, announce an album and present their new vocalist to society, Emily Armstrongof the group Dead Sara.
Well, there will be no Linkin Park album with Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) as the bets anticipated, nor with Lizzie Hale (Halestorm), but with a female singer in the line-up, sharing vocal duties with Mike Shinoda). This is Emily Armstrong, who was part of the group Dead Sara, and who performed yesterday with the group in a concert that was streamed and that you can watch below these lines. In fact, for several months there had been talk that, almost certainly, they were going to opt for a woman as a singer, something that has been definitively confirmed with the signing of Emily.
As for the advance single, “The Emptiness Machine”, it is their first completely new song in seven years and has been recorded by the usual line-up (Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn) already with Armstrong on vocals.
Although Emily Armstrong She is not the only one who joins this new formation of the group, but the drummer, composer and producer also becomes part of Linkin Park Colin Brittain. Brittain has been over the years a producer and composer for bands such as Papa Roach, Basement, 5 Seconds Of Summer and One Ok Rock among others.
All this news also serves to announce the release of what will be Linkin Park’s new album. “From Zero”which will be published worldwide on November 15th.
On the signing of Armstrong and Brittain, Shinoda says, “The more we worked with Emily and Colin, the more we enjoyed their talent, their company, and the things we were creating. We feel very empowered by this new lineup and the vibrant, energetic music we’ve made together.”
The album will include the songs: “From Zero (Intro)”, “The Emptiness Machine”, “Cut The Bridge”, “Heavy Is The Crown”, “Over Each Other”, “Casualty”, “Overflow”, “Two Faced “, “Stained”, “IGYEIH” and “Good Things Go”.