Final Masquerade

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"Final Masquerade"
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from the album The Hunting Party
ReleasedJune 10, 2014
Recorded2013–14
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"Final Masquerade" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was originally recorded by the band for their sixth studio album, The Hunting Party, where it appears as the eleventh track on the album and serves as the fifth and final single.[2] The song premiered on MTV on June 8, 2014.[3] The song was produced by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, and co-produced by Emile Haynie.

An acoustic version of the song was released for digital download on February 19, 2015.[4]

Composition

"Final Masquerade" has been described as an alternative rock and a hard rock song.[5][6] In an article from Metal Hammer, it was explained as "more like A Thousand Suns than Hybrid Theory, which Linkin Park gives at their most controlled, meditative, a slowly unfurling, mid-paced anthem built around simmering keyboards, unfussy, low-tempo beats and palm-muted guitar. The song features one of Chester Bennington's finest vocal performances on the album."[7][8]

MTV described the song as "a sharp, edgy, lushly harmonic heavy-hitter that falls perfectly in line with Linkin Park’s lengthy string of hulking, hooky hits."[3] In an interview with MTV, Shinoda explained:

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"I made some ‘alternative pop’ demos that sounded like they would fit in with what radio is currently playing. But then I came across a blog piece entitled ‘Rock Sucks Right Now And It’s Really Depressing,” he said. “It got me thinking. I ended up writing a response to it, and realized that what I had been working on wasn't really what I wanted to be making."[3]

Music video

The official music video for the song, directed by Mark Pellington, was released on July 29, 2014 for premiere on MTV.[9][10][11][12] A lyric video for the song was released earlier, as it debuted through Linkin Park's official Facebook page and in digital download format on June 10, 2014.

As of April 2026, the music video for "Final Masquerade" has over 140 million views on YouTube.[13]

Reception

In the track-by-track review by Billboard, the song is given a positive response and explained as, "Synths and palm-muted guitars carry the mid-tempo verses into a head-nodding hard rock chorus. With that, another love affair ends in epic fashion, and there's even a big stadium sing-along."[6]

Accolades

The song was voted as the second-best rock song on Kerrang!'s Rock 100 list. The song was placed after another Linkin Park song, "In the End".[14]

Track listing

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Personnel

Linkin Park

Charts

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Chart performance for "Final Masquerade"
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Portugal (AFP)[15] 22
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 106
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[17] 2
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[18] 47

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Final Masquerade"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide June 10, 2014 Digital download Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
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India Warner Bros. [20]
Italy August 1, 2014 Contemporary hit radio Warner Bros. [21]
Germany September 20, 2014 CD [22]
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  • Warner Bros.
  • Machine Shop
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Worldwide February 21, 2015 Promotional single [24]

References

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  1. ^ Final Masquerade-Shazam Shazam
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stream Linkin Park's 'Final Masquerade' Here!". MTV.co.uk. MTV. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SONG PREMIERE: Linkin Park's 'Final Masquerade'". MTV. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Final Masquerade (Acoustic) Download : Linkin Park". Linkin Park. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Linkin Park - "Final Masquerade" [Music Video]". Directlyrics. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Partridge, Kenneth "Linkin Park's 'The Hunting Party': Track-by-Track Review" Billboard June 18, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2018
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Linkin Park: Our track-by-track look at The Hunting Party". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""The Hunting Party" Full Review by Metal Hammer". Linkin Park Association. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LINKIN PARK "Final Masquerade" (Mark Pellington, dir.)". VideoStatic. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Twitter / MarkPellington: The Final Masquerade". Twitter.com. 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Twitter / MarkPellington: Shooting a new video for". Twitter.com. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Twitter / linkinpark: The video for Final Masquerade". Twitter.com. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Linkin Park (July 30, 2014). "Final Masquerade [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park". YouTube. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "In The End" and "Final Masquerade" have made it to the top of Kerrang!'s Rock 100 list Facebook April 15, 2015.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PORTUGAL SINGLES TOP 50". Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. June 15, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE". Zobbel.de. June 28, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. June 22, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Linkin Park Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Linkin Park: Final Masquerade". Google Play. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  20. ^ Final Masquerade by Linkin Park Saavn June 10, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Recine, Massimo. "Linkin Park – Final Masquerade (Warner)" (in italiano). Radio Airplay SRL. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Warner Bros. Records (August 1, 2014). "Final Masquerade 2-Track Single by Warner Music Germany". YouTube. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alternative Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FINAL MASQUERADE (ACOUSTIC)". Linkin Park. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.

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