вЂ‹ вЂњThey were all people that we really looked up to and wanted to collaborate with,вЂќ Joe Hahn told Kerrang! in this weekвЂ™s Cover Story. Released two years after Hybrid Theory, the band invited some of their DJ and rapper mates to reinvent the record, with varying degrees of success. The criminally underrated With You (with ChesterвЂ™s cathartic, guttural вЂ‹ вЂ With youuuuuuuuuuuuuвЂ™), the joyous вЂ‹ вЂ Hoo-hah!вЂ™ in Forgotten, the electro-wizardry of Cure For The ItchвЂ¦ this is more than an album of fourВ mega-singles.ДЄway from the record proper, we find ourselves in the midst of its kind-of sister album, Reanimation. And while itвЂ™s always great to hear the pained wails of Crawling, the simply timeless In The End, and nu-metal aggro of One Step Closer, thereвЂ™s still so much below the surface.

From the opening pulses of Papercut, few records strike at the heart of what it means to be cutting edge, the sound of aВ band determined to shake things up, pulling from influences as diverse as Depeche Mode and DJ Shadow. Listening to Hybrid Theory today is just as exhilarating as it was in 2000. Building on the foundations of their peers in Deftones and Korn, Linkin Park вЂ‹ вЂ™s debut had the accessibility turned up to 11, with shimmering production and lyrics so infectious youвЂ™d need gloves to handleВ them.ДЄnd, to mark two whole decades since its release, Linkin Park have opened their vault to bring us aВ chonking great six-record box set that follows the embryonic stages of the band вЂ“ originally known as Xero вЂ“ to the brain-mangling 2002 remix albumВ Reanimation. Merging the worlds of hip-hop and electronica (previously seen as enemies) with rock and metal, this вЂ‹ вЂhybridвЂ™ felt fresh, energising and the perfect sound to usher in aВ new millennium.

It was that perfect gateway drug for millions of teens around the globe to discover alternative music through its monumental hooks, bouncing beats and the unstoppable, never-bettered vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda. ItвЂ™s not hyperbolic to say that Hybrid Theory is one of the most important rock albums of all time.

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