I’ve been anxiously awaiting a new Linkin Park album for quite some time. While Reanimation and Meteora were pretty good in their own right, they were nowhere near as good as the original Hybrid Theory. “One Step Closer” is probably the best Linkin Park song ever recorded and it was also their first.
Although it wasn’t named as such at the time, Minutes to Midnight was originally scheduled for release in mid-2006. And then it got bumped to the fall. And then they told us that it would hit shelves in “early 2007.” Only now do we finally get an official release date. Linkin Park’s return to the record store is now scheduled for May 15th. Rock on!
While I was waiting for this new album from Linkin Park, I dabbled in a few other rock-alternative bands like Three Days Grace. They’re good, but not Linkin Park good. When Chester Bennington opens it up and screams into the mic, it’s electric. And Minutes to Midnight is no exception.
The current single — What I’ve Done — can be viewed on YouTube and it shows the effects of war on poverty-ridden countries, with clearly some sort of anti-war sentiment directed at Dubya and the rest of the US Administration. In fact, that’s where “Minutes to Midnight” came from: it is a reference to a Doomsday Clock.
I had a chance to listen to a few other songs on the album and they are equally good, equally powerful. “Bleed It Out” starts out slow like most other Linkin Park songs, but as soon as you get to the chorus, the explosive energy comes bursting out. This is classic LP style and is exactly what I want to hear on their new album. “The Little Things Give You Away” is high energy throughout and easily gets you to bob your head to music.
So stoked… I can’t wait until May 15th to give the entire record a fair run-through. Looks like good stuff.
Track Listing:
1. “Wake”
2. “Given Up”
3. “Leave Out All the Rest”
4. “Bleed It Out”
5. “Shadow of the Day”
6. “What I’ve Done”
7. “Hands Held High”
8. “No More Sorrow”
9. “Valentine’s Day”
10. “In Between”
11. “In Pieces”
12. “The Little Things Give You Away”
And I thought Linkin Park had literally fallen off the face of the Earth. I agree, they were a great band. They hit the scene with instant success and the first album was great. I was looking forward to more great things from them… but it seemed that they fell into the same “trap” that happened with Limp Bizkit. They never released anything new. You can only remix something 1958 times before it gets old.
I just listened to the track you linked to on YouTube… its good… very different from what I expected. I’m not 100% sure I really “like” it… but I too am now looking forward to their new album release.
BTW if you are lookin for something to check out until then, Id recommend Aunt Flossie.
http://shawn.ocia.net/aunt-flossie-the-best-band-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
They were somewhat big back in early 2000’s but kinda disappeared also. Their album is wonderful; check it out.
Hi everybody!
Just want to let you know that our website Minutes2Midnight.com has been opened. There you can read the last news and special exclusives about Linkin Park and their new album “Minutes to Midnight”, which will be released on May 15, 2007 in the US (May 14, 2007 worldwide), download FOR FREE new songs and videos, read old and new LP’s lyrics, talk to other fans in our forum etc.
There is no doubt that nowadays Linkin Park is one of the famous bands in all over the world. Visit our website and you’ll know why these six guys have such great success!
There is a fake album of LP in a same name of “Minutes to Midnight” I’ve written about it in my blog, it may be interesting to you:
http://raizam.blogspot.com/2007/04/minutes-to-midnight-linkin-park-new.html
I love Mike Shinoda, but this new single leaves me speechless… just when I thought that LP couldn’t improve on Hybrid Theory or Meteora !!!!! … Thank you, Chester … for proving that music can still be original and brilliant (Dare i say Genius !!!)
The CD in May will be worth every Cent !!!
I love to listen LINKIN PARK, but in their present production i simply missed mIKE sHINODA…
I’ve heard the fake album of minutes to midnight….
its a lot different than LP….
frm the 1st moment i heard the songs, i knew it wasnt mike’s music…
Im so pumped up for the new album….
so all u LP fan get ready to bang your heads on may 15th..
New song is great, Linkin park are the greatest band ever mixing all different styles of music 2getha,i pre-orderd my new album a month a go still gotta wait a month but i dont care, check out http://www.lpstreetteam.com n try promote the new album 🙂 fanx
are they doin’ this album as group?
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