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Looking for an outlet for some of his darker and moodier material written during the recording of
Minutes to Midnight,
Linkin Park vocalist
Chester Bennington created
Dead by Sunrise in 2005 as a way to explore different creative avenues. Recruiting
Amir Derakh,
Ryan Shuck,
Brandon Belsky, and
Elias Andra (whom
Bennington had been previously worked with as a part of the production team/synth pop band
Julien-K) as well as Anthony "Fu" Valcic,
Bennington shied away from
Linkin Park's nu-metal and
Julien-K's dark electro/synth pop in favor of a more melodic style of synth-tinged hard rock. After touring for
Minutes to Midnight was wrapped up in 2008,
Dead by Sunrise went into the studio and began recording their debut album, with
Bennington simultaneously working on the next
Linkin Park record. In October of 2009 the band released their debut,
Out of Ashes, on Warner Bros. ~ Gregory Heaney