Linkin Park are Nu-Metal, which is a trendy version of metal. Nu-Metal does not seem metal to me at all. I hate Linkin Park just as much as I hate Limp Bizkit (d**k). Nu-Metal consists of rapped verses, buzzing guitars, and lumbering, rhythmic drumming. I would suggest that you should listen to REAL metal, my friend. Like Slayer, Anthrax, Meshuggah, Metallica, Fear Factory, Soulfly, Sepultura, and Pantera, these bands are real metal (thrash metal).
But sadly for Metallica, they are selling out rapidly. After the black album was released, everything for them turned the opposite way in their years and when St. Anger was released, it has become clear that Metallica are has-beens
And to think that I actually used to like Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit? I feel dirty and humbled