SOAD is way better very alt. sound no one really sounds like them lyrically, and musically. The instrumentation in there songs are very thought out. With the effects he puts on his voice to make it blend with the effects on Daren's guitar is amazing. The sudden stops and and starts. Going from hard mosh pit, head bangin music, to very melodic passionate music with in a count of a measure shows that they are great artisans at there craft.
Now Linkin Park. I hate them, there is now creativity in there music. No passion. And most of there music is quite boring and dull. There music isn't terribly hard to play. And most of there songs are exactly the same.