[1] Meteora has a similar sound to Hybrid Theory, as described by critics, and the album took almost a year to be recorded.

[2] Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From the Inside", and "Breaking the Habit".

Meteora received generally positive reviews, although some critics felt the album's style was too similar to its predecessor.

They released a previously never-before-heard outtake from the album titled "Lost" as the lead single of the reissue.

[4][5] In 2000, Linkin Park worked with music producer Don Gilmore to record and release their debut album, Hybrid Theory.

Initial writing for a second album dated back to early 2001, while still touring in support of Hybrid Theory.

[6] Rough song ideas written then would find its way to the final album; notably the intro for "Somewhere I Belong".

Lead singer Chester Bennington recorded guitar notes for it,[1] but found it too folk rock sounding.

However, bandmates Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn reworked it, adding effects to it, and then played it backwards, molding it into something the band was happy with.

The experience led the band to want to co-produce their second album, while still working with Gilmore, hoping to expand on the sound of Hybrid Theory with more experimental ideas.

[9] In early 2002, after the touring, the writing continued in Mike's home studio, pre-production of the album began there.

I think Meteora was an extension of that.Linkin Park had finished rough versions of many songs before entering the studio to begin recording.

Mike and I are two different people, so we can't sing about the same things, but we both know about frustration and anger and loneliness and love and happiness, and we can relate on that level."

Dave, Joe, and Chester elaborated that just like how Meteora, the rock formation in Greece, is very epic, dramatic, and has great energy, the band wanted the album to have that same feeling.

The promotion for the album began well ahead of its release, as pictures of the band recording were distributed to the media.

The second single off the album was "Faint", released before the band started its world tour.

"From the Inside" was released as the fourth single off the album before the North American leg of the world tour.

The album was also released on a very limited quantity of vinyl records (spread across two LPs) under Warner Brothers.

In 2014, Linkin Park released a demo version of Shinoda singing the song, on their 14th annual fan club CD, LPU XIV.

As a result, half of the music video of "Numb" was shot in Los Angeles and the Czech Republic.

Linkin Park played various special shows worldwide, including "Reading Ireland", as well as performing during the Kerrang!

Awards, "Livid", "X-103's Not So Silent Night", "The End's Deck The Hall Ball" and "KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas", in promotion of the album.

Meteora received generally positive reviews, although critics noted that the album's musical style was similar to its predecessor, Hybrid Theory (2000).

[28] Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the album as "nothing more and nothing less than a Hybrid Theory part 2.

[40] All tracks are written by Linkin ParkIn January 2023, the band started teasing the 20th anniversary of Meteora by updating their website, featuring a countdown to February 1, where it was speculated that they would be announcing something related to their second album.

[42][43] By the time that the countdown concluded, the website was updated again in the style of an interactive game that progressed every day up until the announcement of "Lost", on February 6, to commemorate the album's 20th anniversary.

[44] The previously unreleased track was released on February 10 as the lead single alongside the official announcement of the 20th anniversary reissue.