Released 16/06/2014
Disc 1: Keys To The Kingdom All For Nothing (Featuring Page Hamilton) Guilty All The Same (Featuring Rakim) The Summoning War Wastelands Until It's Gone Rebellion (Featuring Daron Malakian) Mark The Graves Drawbar (Featuring Tom Morello) Final Masquerade A Line In The Sand
The Hunting Party is the upcoming sixth studio album by the American rock band Linkin Park. The album, self-produced by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, will be released by Warner Bros. Records in Friday-release countries on June 13, 2014 and in North America on June 17, 2014. The album is the first since Minutes to Midnight not to be produced with Rick Rubin, after producing the band's previous three studio albums. The Hunting Party is a departure from the band's recent electronic rock sound of their previous two studio albums. The album, described by Mike 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 members of the band. The album also features guest appearances from Page Hamilton, Rakim, Daron Malakian and Tom Morello; the band's first featured musicians on a studio album.