THE HUNTING PARTY
| Linkin Park
THE HUNTING PARTY
The Hunting Party is the sixth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. The album, produced by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, was released by Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop on June 13, 2014. It is the first album since Meteora (2003) 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. -Wikipedia
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Consequence of Sound
The Hunting Party is the sound of a band with long-term tenure trying to find its place in modern rock, but its experiments seem more like an attempt to fling every trend from the past decade at the wall to see what might constitute a new direction.
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Rolling Stone
a retro-neo-aggro sound that would’ve been too intense for modern-rock radio in 1999
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NME
an energetic effort at least.
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The Guardian
Linkin Park certainly know their audience, and here delicately navigate the gulf between their own aspirations and a fanbase who will celebrate the band's loud return to rocking hard.
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tuffgnarl.com
a sharp breath of hot, humid, smack-your-face rock music.
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Sputnik Music
I wouldn’t be surprised if history ends up remembering The Hunting Party as the most important album that the Agoura Hills outfit made for themselves
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Loudwire
'The Hunting Party' offers a variety of hard-hitting songs
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Immortal Reviews
t makes you feel alive and makes you question what you are. It’s really a cruel reality.
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The Telegraph
it is sleek, exciting and committed enough to suggest there is life in the rock beast yet
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Tiny Mix Tapes
a difficult, painful, rarely rewarding album
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Pop Matters
it feels too repetitive, uninspired, and generic to equal its immediate predecessors
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The National
It all makes for one of the more exciting entries in the Linkin Park catalogue
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All Music
nevertheless packs a visceral punch
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FHC Today
I’m pretty disappointed about the band’s performance on this album
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Music Mayhem Magazine
Amazing album.
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The Washington Post
this is the first album they’ve ever made that feels false
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Culture Mad
They are brilliant live, have gone through a number of phases and remain capable of bringing back the rock.
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The Circle Pit
It is instantly a solid third best effort behind Hybrid Theory and Meteora.
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Riff You
I recommend this record
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Cryptic Rock
Linkin Park creates something genuine and unique.
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Altwire
If you’re looking for a truly blistering and full throttle hard rock experience, you need not look any further than The Hunting Party.
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The Pop Break
The Hunting Party will invigorate a new generation of listeners to discover the endless possibilities of rebellion when heavy metal is unified with hip-hop.
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Craig Reviews Music
definitely falls into the ‘better’ section of the bands discography, sounding like a meatier Minutes To Midnight and a more dynamic A Thousand Suns
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New Zealand Herald
just gets on with the task of rap-rocking like it's 1999 all over again
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W.L. Swarts Reviews the Universe
a flat-out disappointing, musical mess that is more jumbled than it is stylistically diverse
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Hit the Floor
Their re-discovery of heavier riffs is more than welcomed
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Nouse
If you just listen to the opening you can firmly say that the scream is back!
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Spectrum-Pulse
it works for what it is. In fact, it works pretty damn well, with some of the heaviest riffs and most potent melodies of their careers.
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Sound Link Magazine
This album has something for everyone, the heaviness will catch the metal heads ear on one track, but then the next track will have something for the punk rockers out there.
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The Metal Observer
It features some solid riffs and fun guest performances
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Mind Equals Blown
an album that is much-needed in a current era where mainstream rock is dominated by rock bands that try to sound cool by using this fancy equipment and sounding “indie”
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Renowned for Sound
it’s great to see them back doing what they’re best at; writing, and this time self-producing a great heavy rock album
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India Times
This is the sound of a band that continues to evolve with each album.
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Sound Sphere
The variety of sounds alone in this album is enough to keep you intrigued without overwhelming you.
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The Front Row Report
For the fans who have stuck with Linkin Park since day one this is a great reward for the loyalty and will silence any doubters that Linkin Park still have what it takes to make a powerful record.
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Steemit
enjoyed not from the content of the lyrics, but how articulation of music that is able to amaze
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Amino
It's beautiful and hideous, magnificent and horrible.
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Baligitha
an excellent album
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The Ringer
interesting enough to make the band feel current nor authentic enough to appeal to longtime fans
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Weird with a Point
It’s a forceful album, with a lot of passion and frustration balled up in each song. It’s the lion’s snarl of Linkin Park albums.
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The Edge
They’re angry. They’re loud. They’re fierce. And they’re very, very good.
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Metal Wani
Linkin Park is back musically reformed, and they command authority with their music once again like they used to do
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Eric Mack Attacks
just a straight-up metal album, which suits the band decently well
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The Cross Culture
After an album mostly full of overly conventional music hinting at hardcore that’s ultimately, well, junk, ...
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Highlight Magazine
a great record ... it’s worth listening to and there are quite a few gems on it
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Kill Your Stereo
hey certainly have made a pretty solid rock record
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Mithun on the Net
a Linkin Park album worth adding to your collection
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The Hindu
almost the kind of album you would have expected from the band before their debut album, Hybrid Theory – it’s raw, with hints of electronica and rightly aggressive
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My Sports & Musical Journet
this is a great album
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New Music Reviews
quite frankly it’s a welcome return to form
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Audio Breakdown
a fine creation
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Home of Entertainment
it’s easily the best thing the band have done for a decade
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Strife Magazine
'The Hunting Party' has a few of the band's heaviest tracks on their entire discography
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Matter of Sound
In general a really great album with loads of nice songs and cool riffs.
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The Mezzanine Music
Overall, the album isn’t a stunner (not even close).
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