11/29/2023 0 Comments Hybrid theoryNevertheless, in spite of this, it’s the execution, dynamic, and the talent going into everything else that makes it the worthwhile experience it is today. Admittedly, the lyrics are rudimentary and a shade cringey when you sit and listen back to them in your thirties, but for a guy who grew up on this stuff it did the job at the time. Hybrid Theory, however, sounds surprisingly modern and full of vitality. Bearing in mind this record was responsible for making Linkin Park one of the pioneers of mainstream NU-metal, and lord knows there’s a LOT of albums from that era which have aged terribly and sound like withered products of their time. Going back to this album twenty years removed, I think it has aged like a fine wine, all things considered. That’s what makes Hybrid Theory, and by association Meteora, so effective. That said, even by removing such ruminations of the macabre, freeing the shackles of teenhood and thereby bringing in the context of adulthood, one’s own perception of Hybrid Theory is bound to be very different.Ĭhester Bennington, like many great artists, was deeply haunted – damaged even. My own mortality is something I ponder over from time to time, but these moments of consideration tend to be brought on from a piece of art that’s having an anniversary, and for me seeing the age of this record now, it draws the omnipresent cloud of my own mortality ever closer. ![]() Now consider the fact that all of the band’s members are still alive today to enjoy the adulation of their achievements. To put it into a more pertinent light: Black Sabbath’s first two seminal albums turned fifty this year. Then of course there’s framing the perspective on its creators and the untimely loss of Chester Bennington, who is no longer with us to enjoy this well-deserved celebration. Nostalgia is inevitably tied to the experience, but the way you listen to and process an album this far into its life and yours – through all of the trials and tribulations, experiences and glories you’ve gone through or had over the years – it puts a very different outlook on things. Indeed, for me and everyone who grew up in the hysterical bubble of Hybrid Theory in the year 2000, this twentieth anniversary milestone is a noteworthy one, albeit one that will no doubt elicit a couple of poignant emotions from its birthday celebration.īefore we delve into this timeless sonic peregrination it’s worth observing those poignant traits, which are now intrinsically a part of all of Linkin Park’s works these days, but in particular Meteora and this. Twenty years on and Hybrid Theory maintains its seminal status: bound by a prodigious amount of influence that sprawls across numerous genres of music and is still regarded as Linkin Park’s crowning achievement. This was the album in 2000 the gateway album for millions of angsty kids looking to channel their insecurities with an idiosyncratic blend of heavy metal, rap and electronics, all expertly crafted with a meticulously formed and digestible presentation for mainstream audiences. Even if I said Linkin Park’s barnstorming debut album held an unprecedented importance and a cultural significance that is still felt to this day – as well as being, probably, the most important record to have entered my life – I would still feel as though I was underselling it. I listened to that record on a holiday, repeatedly spinning it on my Philips Walkman, and with every spin came a change in my worldview on what music could truly offer me. Then Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory came onto the scene. I came from an upbringing where music held little significance in my life, there was no gravitational pull towards listening to it and I found more enjoyment from things elsewhere. Review Summary: Graffiti decorations underneath a sky of dust.
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