Coronavirus has halted progress, however Linkin Park had started work on new material ahead of the coronavirus crisis, according to the band’s bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell.
The band went on a hiatus after frontman Chester Bennington took his own life back in 2017. In the intervening period, co-vocalist Mike Shinoda has released his debut solo album while Bennington’s former group Grey Daze are set to share a new record this summer.
Speaking in recent interviews, Farrell revealed that Linkin Park had been penning new music – but said sessions were currently “on pause” due to the COVID-19-enforced lockdown. “For us, with the band, we’ve been kinda writing and doing that before this all started,” Farrell said on a recent Dan Really Likes