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When Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington in the year 2017, most of the fans probably thought they would never hear new music from Him again.

But this weekend, a new album with vocals Chester for More Than 20 years, will be streamed around The World .

It is based on songs he wrote, with Grey , The Band that he was in a Daze before Linkin Park , and features guest stars from the Music Industry , and Chester's family.

"it felt like It gave me a little bit of closure to losing Him , Something to work with, I was able to for a couple of years in his honor," Grey Daze drummer Sean Dowdell Says beat Radio 1 News.

"And I believe, as I do My Friend justice, you know?"

Chester Bennington , pictured here in 2001, has sold over 70 million albums with Linkin Park

During their career, Linkin Park , tens of millions of albums sold, won two Grammy Awards , and released a collaboration album with Jay-Z.

But Sean Says - Even with all of these - in fact, it was Chester's idea of the reform of the 90s band Grey Daze .

"In 2016, we decided we wanted to make sure that people heard This Music ," he Says .

Linkin Park 's debut album, Hybrid Theory , came out in the year 2000

Chester never got the chance to go Back To his singing, But Sean still wanted to finish The Project , But he could.

That meant keeping the original vocals intact, But re-recording absolutely Everything Else .

"This is one of the reasons this took two and a half years, because we had to turn round in the new Territory - we engineer this songs.

"And I think we have done a great job. I think we created a Masterpiece . "

Grey Daze album to be streamed to the fans is Changing for the First Time this weekend

The Album , called, features not only Grey Daze original line-up, But also Chester and friends of bands, including Korn and Breaking Benjamin and Even members of His Family .

"About half way through the recording process-a kind of lightning struck me in the chest," Sean Says . "I realized that we can actually give Something Back To Chester during this process.

"We recognized that we had come of his children, and sing these songs with Him - Something to do that he never, while he was alive.

"So we had Chester's son Jaime think in to sing backing vocals on a track called Soul Song, and I, his father would be very proud of the work he has done. "

Jaime Bennington is Says a of Chester, and of the six children of

Sean, going Back To The Old music was sometimes difficult, But in the end, it felt like he and Chester were Working Together again.

"We wrote all the lyrics together, and while I was writing from more of a philosophical point of view, I can see clearly now he's gone, there were real pain points, that he might live in his life.

"When you write, it is a meaning, And Then , after she takes to lose your friend, and you look Back on a whole new meaning. "

The Album was originally released on April 10 But because of the coronavirus lockdown, this was pushed Back To June.

Not wanting to disappoint people, though, The Band will hold this weekend, where fans can sign up to hear the record before It Comes out.

"Chester was a Rock Star in my world, he was the only one of my best friends," Sean Says .

"One of the tragic things about Chester was that he was so giving to Other People and put them so much higher than himself that he never really to a point of appreciation of self, or love.

"the tragedy in all of this is that Chester led really never felt like he was enough for everyone and it is one of the things this path with his depression.

"But he was a wonderful man. "

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Source of news: bbc.com