Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic

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From telling the Guardian about being sexually abused in childhood to screaming in songs about inner demons, to the frenzy surrounding his 2017 suicide, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington’s life and death were played out very publicly. A year on, his bandmate has released a musical diary of an equally visible grief. Indeed, you wonder whether there are any filters here, or if Shinoda is similarly letting everything pour out.

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On his debut solo album, the Linkin Park rapper and producer mourns the death of his bandmate Chester Bennington but never translates that grief into candid lyrics or inspired songwriting.