Album Rating: 5.0

Reanimation became my workout album for a few weeks last year. Whole thing just slaps for an hour.

Album Rating: 4.5

Poppy fronting LP would be so fucking epic but I don't think we live in a world that's that cool lol



Damnit you’re right. I know you’re right. Wishful thinking on my part.

Album Rating: 4.5

have so many formative memories of blasting Reanimation and playing the original cod zombies lol. first time i heard the Black Thought track seamlessly transition to High Voltage i had the stankface for about an hour straight





Haha hell yeah, fucking love this.

Album Rating: 4.5

It's interesting what endures and what doesn't. This album is legendary.

Album Rating: 4.5

why i never walked awayyyy

why i played myself this way

now i see

ure testing me

Album Rating: 4.5

simple ass lyrics but i love how they pull it off

Album Rating: 5.0

I'll never forget going home from the pool when the sun was setting, the smell of chlorine and this blasting. Simpler times

Album Rating: 5.0

The sun goes down...



7 years man.

Album Rating: 5.0

I couldn't get out of bed for like a month after he died. And I hadn't even listened to much LP in like a decade by that point

Album Rating: 4.0

Still can't believe Chester is gone. I'll probably never get over it.

Album Rating: 4.2

Same. And what's even worse is that he passed only two months after Chris Cornell. Two legendary voices gone in the blink of an eye



In particular, I remember exactly where I was when Cornell died. I was on my first underway in the Navy, and I was walking around Newport, Rhode Island (which was one of our ports). As soon as I heard about his death, I instantly paused what I was listening to and switched to Superunknown. I was distraught the entire day as I walked along the wharf aimlessly



Regarding Chester's passing, it was actually what made me do a deep dive into LP's music for the first time. I remember finding about his death while sitting at a Starbucks in downtown Norfolk VA, and I instantly checked out Hybrid Theory to find out what I'd been missing all this time. Even as someone who wasn't completely sold on nu metal yet, I was pretty enamored with what I was hearing. The music was angsty, but also so melancholic and insightful. And I've been an LP fan ever since



Sorry, I've been a bit emotional tonight lol. Just been reflecting on a lot of recent events in my life lately

Album Rating: 5.0

Super fascinating that you didn't check HT until after he passed. That's probably a super unique experience. HT was one of the first 5 albums that I got obsessed with when I was a tween with no income, it always takes me back to those days. Such an incredible album.



I wish I connected with their other output more, I always tried but nothing ever really hit the same. I feel like they were a band that suffered a severe identity crisis for a long time.

Album Rating: 4.2

"Super fascinating that you didn't check HT until after he passed"



Tbf, my aversion to nu metal as a teen was a big part of me being a late bloomer to the style. I didn't even check out SOAD until 2019 because I was predisposed to disliking the genre growing up. But that was quite a loss for me, because I was missing out on a lot of great bands (and a lot of shitty bands, to be fair) in the process. I was the fucking prog nerd growing up, lol

Album Rating: 5.0

I was the total opposite, nu-metal was a primary entry-point into music in general for me. As depressing as that is lol



I'm glad you found this album though, it really is a cure for an itch

Album Rating: 4.2

I wouldn't say it's depressing, especially in retrospect. Hell, enjoying nu metal is basically in vogue these days, and I can't say those people are wrong. I might have avoided the genre like the plague when I was younger, but now I totally see why it connected with so many people. I mean shit, I connect with a lot of it too -- and I'm almost 30. I'm even a Limp Bizkit fan/defender these days, and that's something I never thought I'd say when I was in high school or college



I think my musical trajectory was the opposite of what a lot of people go through. I started with all the tech/prog stuff, and then I gradually moved toward more simplistic and emotionally-driven music. Even as someone who still loves prog, I don't have much tolerance for the more wanky fringes of the genre anymore

Album Rating: 5.0

It's really interesting that you were a prog guy and didn't get into nu-metal until far after its demise. Most fans grew up with it. I guess it's made a bit of a comeback lately due to nostalgia, but let's face it, it just ain't the same like it was back then

Album Rating: 5.0

@koris try out Dry Kill Logic's The Darker Side Of Nonsense album and lmk what ya think. That was one of those Nu-Metal albums that go more towards the genre but a fun time all the way through imo

Album Rating: 5.0

This chat made me spin Reanimation today and I had a great time.

Album Rating: 4.2

"@koris try out Dry Kill Logic's The Darker Side Of Nonsense album and lmk what ya think. That was one of those Nu-Metal albums that go more towards the genre but a fun time all the way through imo"



I keep hearing about Dry Kill Logic, but I still haven't checked them out. I'll make sure to do so!

Album Rating: 4.5

I remember my mom picking me up and telling me right away "the guy from Linkin Park killed himself" because she knew I was a huge fan. I was in denial until we got home and saw it confirmed.