Linkin Park reunites with 7 years after Chester Bennington's death, with new music

Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee to Music@lemmy.world – 1 points – Linkin Park reunite 7 years after Chester Bennington's death, with new music
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As someone who grew up loving Linkin Park, I am hesitantly excited. The single they released is actually pretty good - The Emptiness Machine.

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She's a Scientologist. Yuck.

Is or Was? Big Difference here.

Is.

Proof?

https://www.vulture.com/article/linkin-park-new-singer-emily-armstrong-scientology.html

Or next time, you can just google it.

Did you even read your own link?

But uh, is Armstrong a Scientologist?

That’s the big question! Armstrong has never publicly identified with the Church of Scientology, though she did attend a gala in 2013.

The "evidence" is that she attended a gala over a decade ago? I'm not saying she's not a scientologist, but a celebrity attending a single event over a decade ago doesn't make them a member of the group.

Yes, but you obviously didn't read the entire article. Multiple Scientologists have come out stating that she was heavily involved in the group, she just wasn't open about it. She also supported a rapist, also a Scientologist.

But since not only your research skills are wanting, but also your reading comprehension, I'm done with this conversation. Adios.

It's the same person making all of the accusations.

No shit? I’ve clearly not done any research on the internet before typing my comment. There is no way I already read the article you posted. /s

That said, I’m guessing this is the part of the article you were referring to?

But uh, is Armstrong a Scientologist?

That’s the big question! Armstrong has never publicly identified with the Church of Scientology, though she did attend a gala in 2013. More recently, Armstrong supported actor and prominent Scientologist Danny Masterson at his 2020 rape trial, where he was convicted on two counts.

To summarize, she showed up to a single preliminary court date in 2020, but cut contact after details emerged? She also attended a gala a decade ago where her family was present? That’s not really proof of anything.

Yes, but it was that she showed up without looking into it because they are in the same cult. Plus multiple Scientologists have come out stating that she was heavily involved in the group, she just wasn't open about it.

Sure it's not the slam dunk that she's obviously in it, but you'd have to be pretty damn stupid to not be able to come to the obvious conclusion.

But since not only your research skills are wanting, but also your reading comprehension, I'm done with this conversation. Adios.

Having a victim of childhood sexual assault being replaced by a rape supporting Scientologist, and then censoring their YT comments of any mention of it, is an absolute disgrace for the band and Chester's legacy. Complete hard pass on that one.

Hot take: I hate when bands switch their singer or a lot of their members and still stick to the old band name.

The only reason to do it is to get the instant reach, but you will always be sandbagging on a name that means something else and a lot of fans will only compare your new lineup to the old one.

Making a new band name means you have to start fresh, but sometimes you can already take some relationships and prestige into your new project (Mike shinoda is a household name outside of Linkin park) and no one will expect a specific style out of you. It just feels like the better thing to do in most circumstances.

I'm torn. I wanna like them and I wish them the best, but this name brings back memories and also expectations. It sticks like tar to every new release and even though that's not fair, it won't change until they rebrand into something new.

System would never.

(Can’t wait for this one to age poorly)

A band dies with its lead singer.

not a chance. an example of the top of my head is Alice in chains, Duvall has done an amazing job and their sound didn't even change, he sings nearly exactly like Layne, I had to see the list of singers to even know it wasn't the same person.

She was great. She's able to hit those vocal ranges that Chester was able to. Kinda sounds like him too in certain songs.

Looking forward to this new era of LP.

She definitley can't hit the vocal rangers of Chester. Sounds very unnatural when she tries to do that.

She did a good job but this really made me appreciate how unique Chester Bennington's voice was.

Edit: I take it back. She's a Scientologist. Gross.

You realized it before this 😉.

But agree with you. I do like what I'm hearing, so take the rest of this comment as microcritique.

... it sounds too polished to me. It sounds too much like their later albums (fine), but i feel like I'm not given any time to fall in love with the raw vocals and the raw sound. It just sounds too polished out of the gate, especially for a live show.

I think the underproduced to overproduced sound happens with everyone, so not knocking it, but id really love to hear some more raw (less overproduced) music with this band and this singer.

That being said I've only listened to the first song! Ive bookmarked it for this weekend .

I saw the live performance of Somewhere I Belong, and the final verse when it goes "I will never be anything else until my wounds are healed" Chester delivers the line with such intensity and aggression. I was hoping to hear Emily match that. Instead she turned the microphone to the audience. It was the right move for a live performance, but how do I accept you when you can't prove that this band is somewhere you belong in that performance?

I think she has great potential, the new song definitely sounds like the direction that Linkin Park has been going, and I am excited to see where they go with Emily. But I will forever miss Chester.