I still regret to not see Linkin Park live 😢😢, i wish i saw them live

I'll never forget the day Chester passed. My old band had a practice scheduled and we all showed up without really saying a word. We had never practiced it as a band but our guitarist started playing the intro to numb. Then our bassist joined in. Our drummer. Then my co vocalist and I performed the entire song by memory, and it to this day still feels special, Like there was a different energy in the room when it came over us. RiP Chester. You inspired millions

The "Chester falsetto vocals", the backwards sounding thing is actually Mike! And it's not actually backwards. They are messing with us so hard 😂

You didn't ruin it Nik, it's kinda cool how you just improvise and it adds an extra layer.

Linkin Park Metal or Not they are Goated. They’re Rock Metal in the heart! And idc what anyone says

This song has big “Faint” vibes! So refreshing to have that same feel and sound released now. RIP Chester ❤

Always love when modern musicians pay credence to these guys. They were my gateway to metal, and they'll always be my favorite band.

The riff is so dang good and fat. The lyrics are so good.. I have had it on repeat a lot the last few days to make up for not having it the last 20 years

That smile as soon as you heard the rif 😂 Ultimate LP kids vibe.

Hey Nik, I just wanted to let you know that today a big rock radio station in my country (Austria) played your Rammstein song, "Nein!". I was hugely surprised and it really made my day. Keep doing what you're doing, it seems to be working ;)

One of the reason I love Linkin Park and Rammstein (not really the same genre I know) is because of the simple yet incredibly tasty riffs in their songs. It just works.

Not gonna lie but Linkin Park saved my life. They will always be one of my favourite metal band.

I have fallen in love with this song. Lost was good but this song is the perfect 2000s throwback, yet still feels new and exciting.

Meteora was the 1st album I bought and it changed my music taste forever. I didnt realize till recently how much LP led me to bands like ERRA and invent Animate today. Hearing more of this album 20 years later is mind blowing.

Bands have been trying to recreate this sound for 20 years, whether it's the guitar tone, Chester's vocals, the groove, the dynamics or the seamless Nu Metal blend. Turns out Linkin Park's cutting room floor has more bangers than most. Crazy how much they perfected this sound while basically being one of the first to do it.

saw Linkin Park on the Meteora tour, they were needless to say excellent, wished I had seen them again but it wasn't to be

This just kicks so much ass dude...I feel like a young,stupid 2000s ish teen again. Chester,you will never be forgotten. Much love from a random metalhead from Uzbekistan 🤘🏼🇺🇿🤘🏼

As a guitar player, I enjoy the guitar reactions. It’s like a reaction video and a tutorial in one. Rick Beato often plays along in his reactions so it’s nice to see you doing it too!

3:50. This This is what music Is made for This is why music is so beautiful A band is special if it's able to make you just want to jam and create your own music Linkin park is special. Edit: it was nice seeing you be happy and hype over the music you listen to Continue on with whatever you wanna do!

Had a lot of mixed emotions with this song. The fucking SECOND the guitar starts you're just smacked in the face with THAT sound. That Hybrid Theory/Meteora sound. Then the chorus kicks in and it's Chester just doing a vocal style he hadn't done really since Meteora. It made me so happy at first and then the chorus hit and I got so sad cause we'll never get this thing again. I hate that Chester is no longer with us. This was the band that got me into anything heavier then rap back in the day. It changed the path of my life in regards to music. It means SO much to me and I don't even think I realized it

The verse and riff are reminiscent of Papercut and the chorus has all the power of Faint. This is the sound of Linkin Park we all fell in love with.

I feel like Linkin Park is still ahead of its time, from Hybrid Theory - Living Things, they all sounded unique and fresh, The Hunting Party is amazing for being heavy, while One More Light on the other hand its a Pop Album and not to discredit them, i think they can make Pop music work, its just Chester's vocals were to raw for some of the songs. Still every album they made still sounded different from each other and still sounds they were ahead of the curb, even One More Light the pop music made sounded so much better then what other pop artist have made.

Giving some “Lying From You” vibes from Meteora, which is one of my favorite tracks to jam to - now I’ve gotta learn this one! LP is definitely a groove to play guitar with

2:09 It's a simple riff but it's brilliant and a breath of air in these modern metal days, where everything has to be unnecessarily technical, just to impress other guitarists.

They’re music in general was a head of its time.

Linkin Park is to my music tastes what The Office is my taste in TV shows. I can endlessly replay them both, and they never feel dated. With thay said, these new (old) songs are like when The Office Superfan extended episodes started coming out. It's all nostalgic, yet new at the same time.

Picked up Hybrid Theory in 5th grade when it first came out. It changed my life forever. They were my introduction into heavier rock/metal. I’ll always love them, these “new” songs are amazing to hear and just brings me back to simpler times.

So glad I saw them in 2008 in OKC. Chester was sick and couldn’t sing well but on In the End the whole crowd sang all of his parts while Mike held the mic to the crowd and he was just blown away it was amazing. I’m pretty sure I sang every word the whole show lol. Great reaction Nik! As a guitarist myself, I appreciate a musicians input too!

Am I the only person who heard hints of Hit the Floor in Mike's rap parts?

Linkin Park never fail to make me smile 😂

Loving these new style of videos that go a bit more in depth it's acctualy really inspiring me to learn some more. I've been in this creative rut but idk seeing you work out the songs as you listen just makes me wanna do the same!

This has a slowed down Papercut vibe with the riff and Mikes flow in the verses. Still sick. Still love it. Will always love this band. Definitely a life changing band for most of us here

much love nik!!!! loving the new content!

So happy I got to see them all original members

I actually really like how you've been improvising and trying to play along in these new reactions it's awesome I love it, and it's unique I don't see someone trying to learn it during their first listen often or probably ever come to think of it.

it's sad that these songs went unreleased until now, but at the same time it's awesome, cause we get more LP and Chester to listen to. i've never been so conflicted in all my life!

These reactions-analysis are super cool, please, do more of them! Song is outstanding as expected :D

Linkin Park was my first concert in the 7the grade (I’m 34 years old now) and soooo beyond blessed to be blessed with Chester’s voice🙏🤘

Mike is doing with this 20th anniversary edition the same as with the original album. They released Somewhere I Belong first, which was a more subtle approach to the sound they were known for with HT, but it was a bang too and could easily be compared to Lost. Then they released Faint, which, while it sounds even harder than Fighting Myself, it still hits harder than the former single. It's like Mike wants to repeat even the way they promoted the album. By the way, that backing vocals of Chester singing "inside of me" in the last chorus reminds me of Hoobastank. They do that a lot as well and it's a band of which I like many songs

That major key change towards the end was such a staple on Meteora. I immediately thought of Somewhere I Belong when that last chorus switched.

There are two notes added to the chords. 3rd fret + 7 on the d string. 5th fret + 8 on the d string. It's the cherry on top. Love it❤

Linkin Park was my first contact with (real) music when dad brought home the Hybrid Theory CD over 20 years ago.. I was like 8 years old. - Haven't stopped listening to the band ever since, and it's honestly the only band I NEVER get bored/tired of... Legit still enjoying it as much as 2 decades ago. Absolutely iconic, legendary, hall-of-fame type of band. Not just in the rock/metal/alternative scene, but just music in general.

This is now one of my favorite songs! Thanks Nik for this reaction/jamming :) It's always nice to see you do that

I completely love this new format. So much more interesting to see reactions happen in real time from your musician standpoint. Please keep doing it. RIP Chester

An interesting about the intro I don't see anyone else talking about is the reversed intro has the exact same formula as Somewhere I Belong The message is reversed, but the order of the words still are reversed as well, just like how they did the guitar intro. Reversed, the order is 4 - 3 - 2 - 1, they clipped the audio tracks to put them back in the order of 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. The original message just reversed is "happen to this wanted never I." -> "I never wanted this to happen." So cool!

I dig this style of video man keep em coming :)

I definitely love this way of reacting, watching you play over and talk about different musical choices etc is great. Keep it up! :)

Without Linkin Park we literally wouldn't have the bands we have today

Just went to LP tribute band last weekend and it made me realise that LP bridge parts of the songs are so high energy, at least Hybrid Theory and Meteora. And obviously Chester is one of a kind.

These Coactions are the best. Keep it up Nic!

Saw LP in Massachusetts in 2015 and it was an unbelievable show. They nailed every song and Chester's voice held up.

So thankful I got to see them live, one of my favourite bands of all time!

Love how effortless you came to the song

I like playing along as you react. It's different and your perspective as a musician adds value to your reaction.

Chills man, chills

Keep going with these type of reactions, I think they're sick. It adds something else to the video so keep it up!

I've been listening to them since they came out, love them so much, they're my number 1 favorite band. Chester's singing is just so beautiful and haunting. I can't get enough of it, and LP has simple riffs that mange to punch through and be memorable, and their songs age like wine

I really enjoy this react format with you jamming along, it's fun ^-^

I'm still listening to old albums Linkin Park I swear, they never getting older, its just that good

This song is pretty much a trip down memory lane that is able to feel different. Makes me remember watching Meteora Live in Texas, over and over again with my older brother in a DVD and being amazed by the sheer stage presence of Chester and his energy. Fond memories.

Great videos Nik, never stop never stopping

You are up there as one of the top “reaction” channels for me and it helps promote the music because every time you’re riffing over it (which is part of what I enjoy the most) I’m also thinking more and more, omfg I really just need to hear how it actually sounds now

I like the whole jam/reaction concept you got going on Nik.

I really like this new format man

*breakdown senses tingling* 😂 It's impressive how you effortlessly just knew what to play! I love this Linkin Park song and video. Really nostalgic. Almost comforting, their familiar sound.

Keep mixing your reactions up like this, it's awesome seeing how your brain processes the music with a guitar in your hands

Thank you Nick! This was absolutely genuine reaction! You playing guitar along the song. It felt so real! No, you were definitely not destroying song. I could feel your excitement! I hope there will be more occasions to see you geek out so much😍😊

This was great! Keep doing em

chester's screams heal my soul in a way i cant explain , they arent even my fav band or anything but they always heve been special , i regret not ever being able to see them live and its gonna hurt forever

been with them since Hybrid Theory. every one of these new releases just makes me so damn happy. This one has been my favorite so far

Really amazing content!

6:35 you nailed it

0:15 Linkin Park, Slipknot, and Breaking Benjamin mostly from what I've noticed, but sometimes Korn, Three Days Grace (w/ Adam), Deftones, and Otep are other late 90s-early 2000s alt-metal bands that influence later metal bands.

Love how the world always comes together with music. Rest in peace Chester,bringing people together even in passing.

I have been a big Linkin Park fan since the Meteora era, my family and I have been big fans. but I am not used to hearing other people speak positively of them... it is so nice to hear somebody else really enjoy their music ❤️

I was listening to hybrid theory just today on the way to work and it hit me just how amazing it is that such an influential album to this day and 20 yrs later, every song still holds up and I honestly believe always will. Unless something incredibly drastic changes in music haha.

2005, linkin park and evanescence were the first 2 bands i heard in IT class in high school and they were the gateway into this world . this track brings back so many memories

I can listen to Hybrid Theory and Meteora start to finish without skipping. Anytime I hear early LP it is instant nostalgia from my teenage years.

Dig that, do it again! Guitars on reactions is always top tier!

I love your channel, Nik! YOU ROCK!

Background reversed vocals are actually Mike Shinoda's processed voice :D He said it in Howard Stern interview.

I love Linkin Park. One of the very few bands that had albums that I could listen to front to back, and they had 2 of them, Hybrid Theory and Meteora. They were my gateway into rock music at 10 years old when Hybrid Theory came out. I still listen to them more than 20 years later.

This song sounds like bits and pieces of the other sings from the album! Very cool!

This is the next level, learning the whole song while listening to it for the first time xD I forgot how fast you learn songs haha

the bridge is the best part. Melody is so on point

Linkin Park has such a unique sound that it's pretty much iconic. I can instantly tell by the opener for most of their songs that it's them playing. Chester left behind a legacy that no one could take away from him.

Love the guitar addition you threw in

This Song reflects exactly what I loved so much about Linkin Park back in the days and what they were missing past MtM. This is really really good Old Hybrid Theory/Meteora stuff

I was waiting for your reaction, thanks man. That was fun

Kind of crazy how they released full albums, had the linkin park underground releases, and they still have songs from that era unreleased that are this high quality.

I'm super lucky and honored to have seen them at Pinkpop fest 2007, 2012, and Amsterdam in 2014. Hearing Fighting Myself really brings me back to the early days when you used to saw Linkin Park on MTV. Gosh.. i miss Chester

This brings tears to my eyes 😢

PLEASE do a Phrygian guitar cover! I learned of the Phrygian scale from you and you're the only great source of guitar play that truly bring the beauty of it out, in my opinion. You would make a beautiful cover!

Its been on repeat. I love the instrumental

this song is SUPER strong. Especially love it because its bsically lyiing from you. LOVE those 5ths

have fun. its fun to watch.

You do know it's actually a good thing if your audience is more of people who haven't subscribed, that means your videos are always reaching a larger audience

I've been thinking about this song for six days and decided to deliver my story about Linkin Park that I had. When it comes to Linkin Park I believe I heard them first in 2005. At that time I experienced many different things for the first time: like anime called Naruto and I was very much into AMV's, and during one I heard "Somewhere I Belong" by Linkin Park. Since then it was the song that slowly became my favorite from Linkin Park. I enjoyed the sound of it more than any other and when I started to understand English language it resonated with me on a deeper level. Just like Chester I needed "to find something I wanted all along. Somewhere I belong.". I already found many people that I can call as my greatest friends and I still have my family that I deeply love. ❤Still this song "Fighting Myself" starts to resonates with me more than even that "Somewhere I Belong". When I think about it I remember every moment when I kept some secrets from my mom. I just didn't wanted to be "another source of problems for her". This is the lesson that I learned the hard way and I want other people to know it. It's important to adress the issues, that You are dealing with to people, that You can trust. Otherwise You will be overwhelmed with those problems, explode with "anger that is constantly inside" You and still become "another source of problems for the closest ones" , and feel like: "It would be better, if I would adress those problems way earlier" (just like me). That's a long story I know. But I think I needed to get it off from my chest. 😂Great reaction!😃

honestly my new lp favourite song; listening to chester's voice again made me cry

I LOVE this song! If it had been on the original Meteora release, it would've been one of my favorite tracks. I love the chopped up Chester vocals in the beat so much 🤘