"Before Linkin Park, our first band name was Xero. This album title refers to both this humble beginning and the journey we're currently undertaking. Sonically and emotionally, it is about past, present, and future - embracing our signature sound, but new and full of life."
Guitarist Steven Van Zandt noted the band's unusual need for rehearsal after a six-year hiatus, highlighting the significance of returning to the stage after such a long break.
"But then we'll probably be playing quite regularly through until the next anniversary - the 2028 anniversary that's just looming on the horizon. The 2018 one, I started to think about in late 2016, thinking, 'I've got a year and a half, it's easy!' And I still didn't manage to get there in time. Now, I'm starting to think, '2028, I must get things in order;' so [that's] the documentary film and various other things like that."