Linkin Park drummer 'blew his back' making new album The Hunting Party

Linkin Park's drummer Rob Bourdon drummed so hard on the band's new album The Hunting Party that he left himself with a serious back injury.

If anyone was ever in any doubt that the new album from Mike Shinoda and company will be pretty hardcore then the news the drummer bust his back recording the record should put things at ease. Well, not for him... According to Shinoda he drummed for 10 hours a day during the recording process and unsurpringly managed to injure himself (all in the aid of metal).

"Rob was killing himself. He played 10 hours a day for seven days straight and blew his back. He had to see a chiropractor," Mike Shinoda told Q magazine in a recent interview. 

Meanwhile the anticipation for the new album is ratcheting up with the track list being revealed along with the guests who will feature on the album. Daron Malakian from System of a Down, Page Hamilton from Helmet and none other than legend Tom Morello. Rakim also featured on the first single from the album 'Guilty All the Same'.