Living Things (Linkin Park album) Living Things (Linkin Park album) Living Things (stylised in all caps) is the fifth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released under Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Recordings on June 20, 2012, in Japan, and throughout the rest of the world during the following week. Production was handled by vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who both co-produced the band's previous two studio albums "Minutes to Midnight" (2007) and "A Thousand Suns" (2010). "Living Things" would be their last album to be produced by Rubin. The band states that "Living Things" combines elements from their
Midnight Syndicate On July 30, 2010 "The Dead Matter" movie was released on DVD along with a Midnight Syndicate "greatest hits-style" compilation CD called "Halloween Music Collection" and an EP entitled "The Dark Masquerade" featuring gothic artist Destini Beard performing operatic vocals and lyrics to various Midnight Syndicate recordings. "" was also released on July 30. The CD featured the score by Edward Douglas, other music that appeared in the film, and several remixes of Midnight Syndicate tracks by other artists. In August 2011, the band released its fourteenth studio album, entitled "Carnival Arcane". The theme of the CD surrounds a fictional