linkin park's new album

[samsaBEAR]

being the avid fan i am, heck these guys were THE band that got me into the music i like. without them, id still be listening to pop music, or i wouldn't be listening to music at all.
because of this i couldn't just ignore the fact that demonoid finally had a real torrent of the new album, minutes to midnight.
i humbly waited for 20 minutes. let me tell you know. its was not worth it.
if you have been, like myself, keeping your fingers crossed for an awesome album since meteora came out, then tightened them when the crap that was collision course was released, do not get this album.
sure, it retains the linkin park syle. ish.
the sound, is different. completely different. no more nu-metal, hardly any mixing that i can hear. and swearing. i know swearing in songs nowadays is hardly big, but linkin park are famed for not swearing. they've gone down hill.
the sound is crap, its basic rock. it isnt what you'd expect from them. chester seems to have lost his proper voice, he sounds so different.
imo, this is possibly the worst album they have released, with the exception of collision course.
i am very let down. very very let down.
if you're interested, here's a link to the torrent. (http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1142882/4702342/)
of course, my opinion may change. but i very much doubt it

[FlyingJesus]

I'm in agreement, LP weren't as influential for me as you say they were for you but still I expected better than this. They used to have such a unique sound, and now as you said it's just basic rock, and not even done that well. Very unfortunate.

[Seren]

doesn't let me download it ;[

anyone got a spare account for that site?


nvm, got it elsewhere.

[Seren]

Just downloaded it and I agree, it's really bad compared to the old stuff. They swear too much these days.

[samsaBEAR]

i know, its stupid. their old songs were awesome, written perfectly, without the need for swearing to get the emotion or w/e they wanted across to the listener

[hobo]

i bought it but it aint here yet.
hope it aint as crap as you lot are making out :|

[Axel]

Linkin Park was the first band that got me into the music I like too... if the rest of the songs are as bad as What I've Done, I'm sadly not expecting it to be a good album. I'll try download it now.

I can't downlod it cos I don't have an account and it won't let me register...

[--ss--]

I loved the song in the end (From their first album Hybrid theory) and numb encore ( from when they released an album with Jay-Z)
But i have never actualy liked their other songs.

[Axel]

Numb Encore is a joke.

[Seren]

Linkin Park was the first band that got me into the music I like too... if the rest of the songs are as bad as What I've Done, I'm sadly not expecting it to be a good album. I'll try download it now.

I can't downlod it cos I don't have an account and it won't let me register...
What I've Done is like the best song on the album. Also, www.mininova.org (http://www.mininova.org) < That's where I got it from.

[Axel]

What I've Done is like the best song on the album.

Oh dear.

I didn't really listen to it alot, maybe it was good but just not good enough to listen to more than once.

[samsaBEAR]

Numb Encore is a joke.
that whole album was a joke

[Axel]

I'm listening to their new album atm, I've listened to Track 1, 2 and 3 so far. Sure, it isn't the same as their previous albums at some parts, but it seems alright to me...

Track 4 is freaky....

[@xP]

Not heard it yet i might download it.

[Axel]

It really isn't as bad as people are making it out to be...

[:Jamie]

Hope it isnt as bad as you say >.>

[RedStratocas]

Im not really a fan, but I read an interview with them. They said they were trying to get away from the whole Nu-Metal scene because they didnt like the other bands associated with it. Which I can really understand. I would hate being associated with a genre that I hate too.

Im not saying the album is good, I havent heard it. But I think, if the album is as bad as you say it is, they were just trying to do something they really liked and miserably failed. If this album is a dud, it's probably their demise.

[English]

Anyone who says Collision Course was rubbish is a fool.

[Tash.]

Yeah tbh I quite liked Collision Course & i'm no fan of Jay-Z or that type of music. Anyway, I haven't heard the new album but I won't be buying/downloading it because by the sounds of it it's not all that great.

[Axel]

Some of the songs are boring, the rest are good. Quite a few of the songs have political messages, mainly track 6 + 7.

[samsaBEAR]

ive listened to it a couple of times through now
im kinda warming up to it
but i still think this is the worst album they've done

[Neil]

Anyone who says Collision Course was rubbish is a fool.

Collision Course was rubbish, it was the worst LP album ever made


This one is pretty dull, they need to stick with Nu-Metal, only two of these songs are actually good, What I've Done and No More Sorrow, the rest is too quiet and boring

[piddle2k6]

Hmm i like it, its a change and i think thats what they need as their music imo sounds all the same although i still like it it gets a bit repetitive

[Axel]

I like Given Up and Bleed It Out the most.

[mangle]

All the stuff they did with Jay-Z sucked imo. But tbh like most bands it has gone in order of best album first , second best second and third best last. I've only heard the ones on LP's website but im looking forward to it as it is on pre order. Mind you I like anything really that linkin park do , I even downloaded the Hybrid Theory EP songs and the underground stuff.

[Josh-H]

Wow, I can't believe so many people in this thread had the same 'first rock music experience' with linkin park. Somewhere I belong did it for me.

[Axel]

I guess In The End was the first I heard, the whole Hybrid Theory album got me into rock ish music though.

[samsaBEAR]

yeh same with me
in the end was like the best song ever back in the day
now i really dont like it
but i can still sing the first verses really really quick, and get the words right
thats how kl i am

[Axel]

I like memorized every Linkin Park track. 8)

[samsaBEAR]

i have too mostly, its only like lines in a couple of songs i dont know

[summer]

Yeah, I'm with most people. I think it was Meteora that got me into guitar music in general. I used to listen through it all the time. Not so much now though. I also think the new album will be crap.

[mangle]

They got me into rock aswell. Neighbour had Meteora on TOO loud and tbh i loved it. I fell in love with them that day :)

[samsaBEAR]

there's hardly any mixing in this album, thats why it sounds wierd
compared to meteora at least

[Neil]

I was into rock way before I heard LP for first time :P Nickelback got me into rock, then I heard SlipKnoT for the first time, didn't like it, second time I loved it and that got me into metal :P

[distraction]

lol linkin park were always awful but this is a new low.