You already know that Linkin Park truly got put through the wringer -- metaphorically and almost quite literally -- for their new video, "The Catalyst," directed by Joe Hahn. But we had no idea they'd go to such great lengths to portray what looks and feels an awful lot like the apocalypse ... and even waterboarding.
Chester Bennington nearly drowns, Mike Shinoda gets gassed in a car and pretty much everything comes crumbling down around them in this steamy, dreamy, quite petrifying video. There's no lack of clarity here: something very bad just happened, and things might get worse.
Images of bombed-out buildings, broken glass, gas masks, chemical invasion and general damnation leave no doubt that "The Catalyst" sets Linkin Park within the grips of a nuclear holocaust. But their desire to break free from the chaos -- echoed by the lyric "lift me up/ let me go" -- casts a vaguely hopeful caul over the video. But do they survive?...
Watch Linkin Park's "The Catalyst" video now and tell us what you think happens to the band.