Diamond-selling nu metal sensations Linkin Park have announced a documentary about their return and a tie-in live album.
The California six-piece have confirmed that their new film, Unshatter, will get a cinema release on September 30. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, August 13. Its soundtrack Unshatter: Live In São Paulo, recorded in Brazil during their comeback tour in 2024, comes out on September 25.
To accompany the news, the band have released Unshatter’s trailer as well as live footage of their performance of Somewhere I Belong in São Paulo. Watch both below.
Unshatter will tell the story of Linkin Park’s reunion in 2024, following their inactivity in the wake of former singer Chester Bennington’s death in 2017. Fans will see glimpses of early studio sessions in 2022, the recording of their comeback album From Zero, their return to the stage and the blockbuster 18-month From Zero world tour.
Joe Hahn, Linkin Park’s turntablist and Unshatter’s director, comments: “Unshatter follows a very particular moment in Linkin Park’s history and documents a path through loss, uncertainty, friendship, and reinvention.
“I hope longtime fans see parts of our journey they’ve never seen before, and I hope people who are just discovering our music come away with a better understanding of how we got here. But even beyond Linkin Park, I hope people connect with it as a story about relationships, resilience, and what it really takes to move forward when you don’t have all the answers.”
Linkin Park reunited with Emily Armstrong (Dead Sara) on lead vocals and Colin Brittain on drums, replacing ex-member Rob Bourdon. The reunion was initially controversial, with some fans expressing concern over Armstrong’s past ties to the Church Of Scientology and her previous support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson. She responded in a statement, saying, “I do not condone abuse or violence against women.”
Although Armstrong didn’t clarify whether she was or has ever been a follower of Scientology, the BBC reported that several of her lyrics in her rock band Dead Sara “suggest criticism and rejection of Scientology’s teachings”. It highlighted lines in 2018’s Heaven’s Got A Back Door, which criticised conservative religious attitudes towards sexuality.
Despite the furor, From Zero – released on November 15, 2024 – was a critical and commercial success. It topped the UK albums chart and hit number two on the US Billboard 200, and has since been certified three-times Platinum in Brazil and two-times Platinum in France.
The From Zero world tour was one of the biggest in the band’s history, drawing an estimated three million fans worldwide and grossing more than $200 million (£148,600,000). On June 28, 2025, they played their largest headline show ever at a sold-out Wembley Stadium in London. The following June, they headlined Download festival, becoming the first band with a female singer to top the bill at the grounds in Donington Park, UK.
In a BBC interview at Download, co-singer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda responded to the distinction: “I asked [Emily] and she said: ‘If it wasn’t us, it would’ve just been someone else, because there are so many great female-fronted bands.’ But, she’s so grateful, she wanted you guys to know, she’s so grateful that she is the one and that she’ll remember it forever.”
Linkin Park have no further shows on their schedule at time of publication.
(LouderSound)
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