My Review Of Linkin Park "From Zero" Album... Or Not Really

Hello there!

My name is Denis.
As of today, I’m 24 years old. I have almost five years of verified commercial experience in software development, and around twelve years of overall experience with software in general.

At the moment, I’ve been working for almost three years at a fintech company called Sovcombank Technologies, where I serve as a lead software developer on several projects. My current specialty is backend development, but I also have experience in desktop applications, 3D visualizations, and web apps.

This is my first-ever blog post. I believe it’s quite common for tech people to want to build a personal brand — and I’m no different. I also don’t really have a personal audience to share my thoughts on tech topics with or to get feedback from, so I guess the internet is the right place to start.

The thing is, I set up this Ghost instance a few months ago, and it has been empty until now because I didn’t really know how to begin. I’ve already missed several good topics that I found interesting and had some professional results worth sharing… but still, I hesitated. So I guess “Hello there!” is a good start.

Also, today I let myself listen to the full From Zero album by Linkin Park. I wouldn’t call myself a fan, but I love when great vocals meet the right lyrics and emotional instrumentals. For some reason, most of the music I like happens to be rock. It lives with me — and I live with it.

So yeah, the review… From Zero.
“The Emptiness Machine” is just perfect. As for the rest of the tracks — I guess I didn’t quite understand them. Machine hits me so hard; the introduction of Emily Armstrong to this group couldn’t have been better. But after that first banger, the album hits me with… something so ordinary that I don’t really want to listen to it.

I tried to find something close to The Emptiness Machine, and I did — “Two Faced.” Good stuff. Just don’t watch the official music video — it’s horrible.