The band met Dead Sara vocalist Emily Armstrong in 2019 and began working on music with her shortly thereafter, along with various other musicians, including drummer Colin Brittain.

[2] Over the next three years, the band released twentieth-anniversary reissues of their first two studio albums Hybrid Theory (2000) and Meteora (2003), with both containing previously unreleased material featuring Bennington's vocals.

[citation needed] On March 30, 2024, in an interview with KCAL-FM, Orgy frontman Jay Gordon sparked rumors of a Linkin Park reunion claiming he had heard that the band had recruited a new female singer but refused to elaborate further, causing rampant speculation.

[3][4] The following month, Billboard followed up on his comments and reported that WME was taking offers for a potential Linkin Park reunion tour and headlining festival dates in 2025.

An invite was sent to members of the band's fan club, Linkin Park Underground, revealing a five-hour event on September 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.

[12] It was released as the album's second single on September 24 as the main theme for Riot Games' 2024 League of Legends World Championship, and a redone version was also included on the soundtrack for the second season of the television series Arcane for which Shinoda and Armstrong recorded new vocals.

[16][17] When the band released the album, they introduced it with seventeen differently formatted physical editions; including eleven vinyl LPs, three CDs, one CD box set, and two cassettes.

The From Zero World Tour began at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on September 11, 2024, six days after the live show at RED Studios, and concluded at the Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 16, 2024.

[8][28] The initial 2024 tour became prominent for the band debuting their new singles "The Emptiness Machine", "Heavy Is the Crown", "Over Each Other" and album deep-cut "Casualty" for the first time.

[29][30][31] The band also performed two songs from their sixth studio album The Hunting Party live for the first time, "Keys to the Kingdom" and "All for Nothing", the latter with Helmet frontman Page Hamilton onstage.

[37][38] The tour will feature supporting acts from Queens of the Stone Age, Spiritbox, AFI, Pvris, Architects, Grandson, Jean Dawson and JPEGMafia on various select dates.

wrote, "Sure, not every song is something to write home about, and not everyone is going to be on board with a new singer, but as a piece of work, it’s a clear reminder of why Linkin Park reached the heights they did and continue to influence multiple generations of artists.

"[25] Donovan Livesey of MusicOMH wrote, "Compact and intense, the band's first album since the death of Chester Bennington is a powerful tribute to their legacy.

"[51] The album debuted at number one in 13 different countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

[61] All tracks are written by Linkin Park (Emily Armstrong, Colin Brittain, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda), alongside additional writers as noted.Notes Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.