Linkin Park's second studio album, released in 2004, was Meteora.
=== 20152017: One More Light and Bennington's death ===Linkin Park began working on new material for a seventh studio album in November 2015
Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal, nu metal, rap rock, rap metal, and alternative rock sound with influences and elements from hip hop, and electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers

