Linkin Park has a new singer and a new album is on the way

Linkin Park is back.

The influential rap-rock band announced their reunion on Thursday, seven years after the death of their frontman Chester Bennington in 2017. They plan to tour and release a studio album in the fall.

The group's new singer is Emily Armstrong, previously known as a member of the Los Angeles-based rock band Dead Sara. Linkin Park also has a new drummer, Colin Brittain, who replaces Rob Bourdon in the band. The remaining members of the group are rapper and producer Mike Shinoda, guitarist Brad Delson, DJ Joe Hahn and bassist Phoenix, all of whom formed the band in 1996 in Agoura Hills.

Linkin Park will release a new 11-track album called “From Zero” on Nov. 15, the band's first since 2017's “One More Light,” which came out just two months before Bennington committed suicide at his Palos Verdes Estates home. The LP's first single, “The Emptiness Machine,” was released Thursday.

In a statement, the four surviving founders – who called their band Xero before Bennington joined and they renamed it Linkin Park – said they started hanging out together in recent years to “regain the creativity and camaraderie” of their early days. The title “From Zero,” Shinoda said, “refers to both that humble beginning and the journey we're on now. Sonically and emotionally, it's about the past, present and future – embracing our signature sound, but new and full of life. It was created with a deep appreciation for our new and longtime bandmates, our friends, our family and our fans.”

“We are proud of what Linkin Park has become over the years,” he added, “and look forward to the journey ahead.”

Next week, Linkin Park will kick off a series of six concerts in cities around the world with a performance at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on September 11th; the band's other stops on the itinerary include New York, Hamburg, Germany, London, Seoul and Bogota, Colombia.

In 2017, members of Linkin Park paid tribute to Bennington with a show at the Hollywood Bowl, where they performed with members of Blink-182, No Doubt, Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me the Horizon, and System of a Down, among others.