Artist: LINKIN PARK
Album: THE HUNTING PARTY (CD)

Release date: 2014
EAN/UPS: 93624937593
Media type: CD

The Hunting Party is the sixth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. The album, self-produced by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 13, 2014. It is the first album since Meteora not to be produced with Rick Rubin, after producing the band's previous three studio albums. The title, The Hunting Party, is a contextual metaphor: Linkin Park is the party that is hunting to bring back the energy and soul of rock.

The Hunting Party is a departure from the band's recent electronic rock sound of their previous two studio albums. The album, described by Shinoda as simply "a rock record", serves a statement by the band against contemporary mainstream and active rock bands, accused by Shinoda as "trying to be other bands and playing it safe". Packaged by an artwork by Brandon Parvini based off an original drawing by James Jean, the album took under a year to record and produce, with material being improvisationally written in the studio by the band. The album also features guest appearances from Page Hamilton of Helmet, Rakim, Daron Malakian of System of a Down, and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

The album was promoted by the band and Warner Bros, with multiple promotional teasers and interviews produced and published in the lead-up to the album's release and listening parties of the album being held worldwide on multiple dates. The band are also set to embark on the Carnivores Tour, a double-headline tour with Thirty Seconds to Mars, in support of the album. Before the album's official release, five tracks had been released as singles in promotion of The Hunting Party; "Guilty All the Same" in March 2014, "Until It's Gone" in May 2014 and a triple-release of "Wastelands", "Rebellion" and "Final Masquerade" in June 2014.

All songs written and composed by Linkin Park, except where noted.

TRACKLIST CD:

1. "Keys to the Kingdom"     3:38
2. "All for Nothing" (featuring Page Hamilton)   3:33
3. "Guilty All the Same" (featuring Rakim) Linkin Park, William Griffin 5:56
4. "The Summoning"     1:00
5. "War"     2:11
6. "Wastelands"     3:15
7. "Until It's Gone"     3:53
8. "Rebellion" (featuring Daron Malakian) Linkin Park, Daron Malakian 3:44
9. "Mark the Graves"     5:05
10. "Drawbar" (featuring Tom Morello)   2:46
11. "Final Masquerade"     3:37
12. "A Line in the Sand"     6:35

Total length: 45:12

LINE-UP:

Chester Bennington – vocals
Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion
Brad Delson – lead guitar
Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar
Joe Hahn – turntables, sampling, programming
Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards