On A Thousand Suns there were still a lot of irons in the fire. For so early in the project, they are much further along than they have been on the last two albums we did. "Typically we'll have a once-a-week meeting to go listen to the songs that they're coming up with and talk about them. The band's co-lead vocalist and rapper, Mike Shinoda, and Rick Rubin served as producers for the album.
There aren't a whole lot of noises going on, but there are a lot of good songs." The music is great and we're well ahead of where we're expecting to be. He explained, "We've been working on a new record for the past two months. In June 2011, lead singer Chester Bennington revealed to Kerrang! that Linkin Park had begun working on new material for their fifth album. The recording of Living Things started in March 2011 and ended in April 2012.
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). Records and Machine Shop Recordings on June 26, 2012, in Japan, and throughout the rest of the world during the following week. Living Things (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park.