June 5, 201411 yr Author New Singles Wastelands Rebellion For those who want to spoil themselves, this is a track-by-track Analysis. Give thanks to Metal Hammer for analyzing, and lpassociation for posting the stuff. KEYS TO THE KINGDOM You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and with The Hunting Party it's evident that Linkin Park are out to shake up expectations from the off. Keys To The Kingdom explodes into life with a distorted Chester Bennington vocal, the singer barking “No Control! No Surprise!” like a cyborg Dennis Lyxzen, before a stop-start Brad Delson guitar riff kicks in. Mike Shinoda then weighs in with some tough guy rapping - “Got a different method, but I can still bring the pain...” / “Careful what you shoot for, cos you might hit what you aim for...” - before a trademark LP chorus crashes in. By the time the track closes out with some 'woah-oh-woah' massed vocals you'll be buzzing. ALL FOR NOTHING Helmet's Page Hamilton is on here somewhere: good luck to anyone who can locate his trademark staccato riffing in the mix. All Or Nothing largely adheres to the traditional Linkin Park formula, with a brash Mike Shinoda verse bleeding into a widescreen Chester Bennington chorus: the second verse sees Shinoda asserting: “Let me break this firetrucker down for ya, I really don't know ya... no I'm not your soldier, I'm not taking any orders, I'm a five star general...” There's also a pretty, tinkling piano outro, setting up 'the heavy shit' that follows... GUILTY ALL THE SAME If you've the slightest bit of interest in what Linkin Park are up to in 2014 you'll know this one already. It's huge – featuring a cool Matt Bellamy-esque riff, big portentous doomy piano chords, martial drums, and then a big monster chorus featuring a melody reminiscent of a section of My Chemical Romance's Thank You For The Venom. “You're guilty all the same, too sick to be ashamed,” sings Chester. “You want to point your finger but there's no-one else to blame.” When hip-hop legend Rakim steps in for the second verse it's impossibly exciting. THE SUMMONING A little pause for reflection. This atmospheric mood piece is one minute of FX pedal noise, synth washes and random clanging guitar chords: for reasons that probably make sense only if you're in the band, the run-out features what sounds like a sample of a kids softball game. “Watch the ball! Run, run, run!” WAR Woah, Linkin Park go Punk Rock! Ushered in with a classic “1-2, 1-2-3-4” count, this is 2 minutes 11 seconds of snarling punk rock attitude which sounds more like Trash Talk than Linkin Park. The pregnant pause before the chorus (“War! Destroyer!”) is particularly smart. You would never guess this was Linkin Park in a million years. Bracing. WASTELANDS And, in contrast to the previous track, this could only be Linkin Park. The band are on familiar ground here, with a cool, clatteringly funky rhythm, rapped Shinoda verses (“Every phrase a razorblade,” he brags) and then a big Chester B chorus referencing the “wastelands of today” where there's “nothing left to lose” and furthermore “nothing more to take.” UNTIL IT'S GONE The album's inevitable monster ballad. The lyrical sentiment is breaking no new ground, as Chester Bennington acknowledges when he sings “I've heard it said a thousand times, but now I know...” and the song's key lyric - “You don't know what you've got until it's gone” - is repeated like a mantra. REBELLION From the second the opening riff kicks in, you know exactly who the special guest on this track is. System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian's fingerprints are all over this, from that killer introduction to Bennington's hectic, bonkers screams of “Rebellion! Rebellion!” in the middle eight. The chorus runs “We are the fortunate ones, who've never faced oppression's gun”: hard to argue with that. MARK THE GRAVES The track's most experimental track, wrapping a chunky Helmet-esque riff, ambient noise and swooshing keyboards into a rather fractured, disorientating whole, which never settles into a formula. Interesting. DRAWBAR If the previously reported presence of Rage Against The Machine guitar wizard Tom Morello on this track has got you all in a tizzy you can calm down right now. This tasteful minor key instrumental could be Muse at their most low-key, with a sweet piano intro, marching drums and some unobtrusive, chiming processed guitar, presumably supplied by the RATM man. FINAL MASQUERADE More A Thousand Suns than Hybrid Theory, this is LP at their most controlled and meditative, a slowly unfurling, mid-paced anthem built around simmering keyboards, unfussy, low-tempo beats and palm-muted guitar. It features one of Chester Bennington's finest vocal performances on the album: “The light on the horizon was brighter yesterday, shadows floating over, the skies began to fade...” A LINE IN THE SAND The Hunting Party draws to a close with this 6 minute 35 second sci-fi themed epic, which builds from a static-flecked, chilling, 'last man on earth' transmission into something more powerful and menacing, featuring an echoing, double-tracked Shinoda vocal and some classic Bennington rage - “You'll get what's yours,” he seethes. “Give me back what's mine!” - before seguing into an almost Maiden-esque guitar part and finally dissolving into a reprise of the opening. They're okay.... #BringBackRickRuben I don't think Linkin Park's performed any of their new songs on TV....
June 9, 201411 yr New Single: Final Masquerade - Mike's not in it, but the sound is freaking awesome. The last two seconds is a nice smooth crossover to A Line in the Sand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCGhPk9c66U Edited June 9, 201411 yr by Xamtweth-ReMIXed
June 9, 201411 yr Author New Single: Final Masquerade - Mike's not in it, but the sound is freaking awesome. The last two seconds is a nice smooth crossover to A Line in the Sand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCGhPk9c66U It's nice, but seriously, what's up with the lack of Mike songs?
June 9, 201411 yr It's nice, but seriously, what's up with the lack of Mike songs? Something tells me its gonna be like Meteora situation. All non-singles will have Mike's rapping.
June 12, 201411 yr <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> Post by Linkin Park. Just watched a few minutes ago. Very vigorous in my opinion. We gotten like 5 singles, so we should expect 4 more music videos. (3 if you want to count that Project spark video).
June 12, 201411 yr Author Just watched a few minutes ago. Very vigorous in my opinion. We gotten like 5 singles, so we should expect 4 more music videos. (3 if you want to count that Project spark video). Are you sure they're all singles? I know artists release songs a lot but they aren't always singles.
June 13, 201411 yr Are you sure they're all singles? I know artists release songs a lot but they aren't always singles. I recently purchased the deluxe album from Linkin Park, and it came with all five of the released songs. I can confirm they are singles. Come to think of it, it's been since 2007 when Minutes To Midnight had 5 singles. (unless you want to count the promotional singles and songs that became singles in other countries). -- After the day the album releases you can watch Linkin Park perform the album live as well as their other songs on iHeartRadio livestream. Since I preordered mine and it wont come in for a week, I probably gonna watch this instead of spoiling myself through itunes and youtube. http://news.iheart.com/articles/iheartradio-live-485840/linkin-park-to-perform-at-iheartradios-12454978/ The event starts on the 18th, at 10pm EST, and 7pm PST. Edited June 21, 201411 yr by The Granas Girl
June 16, 201411 yr Author After the day the album releases you can watch Linkin Park perform the album live as well as their other songs on iHeartRadio livestream. Since I preordered mine and it wont come in for a week, I probably gonna watch this instead of spoiling myself through itunes and youtube. http://news.iheart.com/articles/iheartradio-live-485840/linkin-park-to-perform-at-iheartradios-12454978/ The event starts on the 18th, at 10pm EST, and 7pm PST. iTunes actually let you stream the entire album the last few days. Lol.
June 16, 201411 yr iTunes actually let you stream the entire album the last few days. Lol. I mean for purists who would rather listen to the album that comes out on the official day it releases. "lol."
June 21, 201411 yr Author I cant belive this is new LP album sounds so garbage. It's called hard rock.
June 21, 201411 yr Author Guess Im always gonna be Nu-metal and altrock fan Fair enough. I'll admit it's my least favourite Linkin Park album too, but I still like it.
June 25, 201411 yr Author Until It's Gone features in the Launch Trailer for the new Transformers video game!
June 25, 201411 yr No matter what, Linkin Park is always gonna be involved with Transformers in some form.
July 1, 201411 yr I always love watching how Linkin Park creates music videos, and most of the time, how they create their music. Can't wait to see some more content in the future.
July 29, 201411 yr New music video for Final Masquerade. Mark Pellington directs the video rather than Chairman Hahn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvoh77oJUs This has to be the rawest, hardcore music video I have ever watched. I have to say that the cut aways are very unnecessary, for it hurts the tempo of the song. In terms of video meaning. I would have to watch this a couple times before figuring it out. I'm having a hard time trying to connect the lyrics to the video, for the lyrics talk about relationships, but the video talks post-apocalypse. I was scared for the video because if you listen to the ending of Drawbar, it connects to Final Masquerade beautifully. (I wish in the CD version they didn't include a 3 second gap between those two songs, and just transition them like what they did between Wastelands and Until It's Gone). I'm glad they were able to connect Drawbar to Final Masquerade and end the song with Drawbar outro. That was done beautifully. The ending made me want to see a music video for A Line in the Sand, but we know that ain't gonna happen. I probably post what the video is about some other time, but I know it has to do with Illuminati, the creators of War (not the song), and the baby is connected to the boy we see in the video.
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