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The Linkin Park star spoke to Metal Hammer a year before his death

IN FOCUS: Nu-metal was once shorthand for terrible fashion and even worse music. Now, with a new Linkin Park album and Limp Bizkit announcing their most extensive tour in years, this genre once considered the nadir for rock’n’roll has made a surprising comeback, writes Ed Power

4/5 Armstrong’s new flavour is balanced by the familiarity of the nu-metal band’s crowd-pleasing chord progressions

Linkin Park's new album nods to every era of the band's career so far while still sounding fresh, new and like the band have something to say

They sold millions as the most poppy and emotional band in nu-metal. Now, returning with Emily Armstrong as frontwoman, they remain just as dynamic

The big comeback is making a big comeback. Having owned the culture section news cycle — and your gobby uncle’s wallet — for weeks, the Oasis reunion is now expanding into North America, Asia, Australia and South America, en route to a rumoured £400 million rake-in. Meanwhile, rap metal titans…

Linkin Park and new singer Emily Armstrong roll out the hits and some promising new material for a delighted London crowd

Back on the road with vocalist Emily Armstrong making their back catalogue her own, the hybrid metallers have found a new audience and a reinvigorated sense of purpose

Controversial new frontwoman Emily Armstrong is respectful of the band’s legacy as she roars her way into the hearts of fans

Mike Shinoda says new lineup is ‘not a rewrite’ of band after late frontman’s family criticises comeback with new vocalist

Susan Eubanks says her son’s former band are ‘trying very hard to erase the past’