Linkin Park has launched their most modern single, Heavy Is the Crown, marking a return to their rap/rock roots, reviews Billboard.
The word, unveiled on Tuesday (24 September), is the legit anthem for the 2024 League of Legends World Championship and serves because the 2d kind of the band’s upcoming album From Zero, due out on 15 November.
Following the success of The Vacancy Machine, which marked Linkin Park’s first novel song in seven years, Heavy Is the Crown showcases the band’s signature laborious-hitting sound, blending aggressive rap verses with a high-vitality, screamed refrain.
The single functions Emily Armstrong, broken-down vocalist of Unimaginative Sara, who has taken on co-lead singer duties following the passing of Chester Bennington.
“Right here’s what you requested for, heavy is the crown/ Fire within the break of day, ashes rainin’ down,” Armstrong yells within the refrain, drawing parallels to the band’s 2007 hit Bleed It Out from Minutes to Heart of the night time.
Heavy Is the Crown may well be the band’s first collaboration with Riot Video games, creators of the globally standard multiplayer sport League of Legends.
