Halo

Halo
by Linkin Park
from the album LP Underground X: Demos
Recorded:	2002
Released:	November 17, 2010
LP Underground X: Demos tracklist
Unfortunate (Unreleased Demo 2002) What We Don't Know (Unreleased Demo 2007) Oh No (Points Of Authority Demo) I Have Not Begun (Unreleased Demo 2009) Pale (Unreleased Demo 2006) Pretend To Be (Unreleased Demo 2008) Divided (Unreleased Demo 2005) What I've Done (M.Shinoda Remix) Coal (Unreleased Demo 1997) Halo (Unreleased Demo 2002)

Background

"Halo" is an instrumental demo recorded in 2002 during the Meteora sessions. It was released in November 2010 on the LP Underground X: Demos CD.

Mike was asked about the song on Twitch in October 2020. He pulled it up, listened to it, and said he thought it was a demo from Minutes To Midnight at first but then realized once the heavy guitars kicked in that it was from Meteora. He said in the instrumental chorus part of the track, "Those guitar harmonics are very loud" and added later, "The beginning sounds later. I like the keyboard-y parts, I hate the guitar. The guitar is just not very inventive. Not really much going on there. I don't know. I don't remember a lot about that demo obviously. I like the harmonic, I wish it wasn't so distorted and so loud."

Again in November 2020, Mike was asked, "There was a Linkin Park demo called "Halo", it appeared on Underground X. Did you do it for a Halo video game soundtrack?" He answered, "No, we didn't do it for them, we were just playing a lot of Halo. And demos always needs names, so we just named it "Halo." It had nothing to do with that."

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Halo (Unreleased Demo 2002)	LP Underground X: Demos	3:42	2002	November 17, 2010