Linkin Park

[Volk9]

Like em or not, their one of the biggest mainstream bands out there today. Personally, their older stuff Pre-MTM =  Looking forward to their upcoming album, which is supposedly a concept album of sorts. My favorite album by them is Meteora, followed by Reanimation.

[faemir]

move along people, nothing to see here 

Nah, their old stuff was cool. I predicted the shift to rock after nu metal was no longer popular though, which made me really not respect LP at all 

[Global Laziness]

I listened to them years ago before I started listening to good music. But to be fair, I can probably credit them for serving as my introduction to metal in some respects.

[orcus116]

Same. Them, Disturbed and Limp Bizkit seem to be the trifecta of pre-real metal music. I listened the crap out of Hybrid Theory as a 12-13 year old.

[Blind_FaithX]

I used to be a fan of them like five or six years ago and then stopped listening to them. Now I just got back into them and they are pretty good.

And maybe I will hurt people's eyes and conscious with that but, they are the mainstream version of Pain of Salvation. Really really similar style.

[Global Laziness]

I used to be a fan of them like five or six years ago and then stopped listening to them. Now I just got back into them and they are pretty good.

And maybe I will hurt people's eyes and conscious with that but, they are the mainstream version of Pain of Salvation. Really really similar style.

I sure hope not if they're touring with Dream Theater this year. I was just about to pick up a couple of their albums, too...

[xterp]

Same. Them, Disturbed and Limp Bizkit seem to be the trifecta of pre-real metal music. I listened the crap out of Hybrid Theory as a 12-13 year old.

I'd say swap out Limp Bizkit for Slipknot.

[splent]

I've never liked them, and have hated them since hearing a vocal jazz acapella high school group do "crawling on my knees" or whatever that song is in a performance.  It was a terrible arrangement.  I was mad because I wanted to hear vocal jazz and got Linkin Park.

[MirzekDT]

I used to be a fan of them like five or six years ago and then stopped listening to them. Now I just got back into them and they are pretty good.

And maybe I will hurt people's eyes and conscious with that but, they are the mainstream version of Pain of Salvation. Really really similar style.

I sure hope not if they're touring with Dream Theater this year. I was just about to pick up a couple of their albums, too...

Of course not... Don't be afraid Pain Of Salvation are million times more diverse, deep and interesting then Linkin Park (though I like Linkin Park but they are just not enough interesting for more listens)... Definitely try some their albums, Remedy Lane is obviously the best starting album I think, that was the way I got introduced to them... And then The Perfect Element part.1

[sneakyblueberry]

Same. Them, Disturbed and Limp Bizkit seem to be the trifecta of pre-real metal music. I listened the crap out of Hybrid Theory as a 12-13 year old.

This

I've never liked them, and have hated them since hearing a vocal jazz acapella high school group do "crawling on my knees" or whatever that song is in a performance.  It was a terrible arrangement.  I was mad because I wanted to hear vocal jazz and got Linkin Park.

That sounds pretty freakin horrible

[Blind_FaithX]

I used to be a fan of them like five or six years ago and then stopped listening to them. Now I just got back into them and they are pretty good.

And maybe I will hurt people's eyes and conscious with that but, they are the mainstream version of Pain of Salvation. Really really similar style.

I sure hope not if they're touring with Dream Theater this year. I was just about to pick up a couple of their albums, too...

Of course not... Don't be afraid Pain Of Salvation are million times more diverse, deep and interesting then Linkin Park (though I like Linkin Park but they are just not enough interesting for more listens)... Definitely try some their albums, Remedy Lane is obviously the best starting album I think, that was the way I got introduced to them... And then The Perfect Element part.1

Well said

[emindead]

Oh, man! This reminds me of Super Dude's best post ever:
"That n00b raped my thread! "

[Dimitrius]

I'm looking forward to hearing something from their new album.

It can't be worse than MtM, right? RIGHT?!?!

[nightmare_cinema]

Linkin park were my introduction to 'heavy' music I remember hybrid theory as being the first solid album I actually grew to love (instead of random chart songs). For that I will probably always have fond memories of them even though my tastes have changed.

[Super Dude]

Oh, man! This reminds me of Super Dude's best post ever:
"That n00b rapped my thread! "

Actually it was more along the lines of:

"That noob just raped my thread. "




As for samples from the new album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp5hyPzeLsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEpqcoQrm8w&feature=related

[Zeltar]

I'm looking forward to hearing something from their new album.

It can't be worse than MtM, right? RIGHT?!?!

Holy christ, MTM wasn't THAT bad! Surely it was disappointing but songs like Given Up, No More Sorrow, and Bleed It Out are amazing. Well, those three are really the only great ones but the other ones aren't THAT bad.

[Super Dude]

I don't know about you, but Leave Out All The Rest made me wanna curl up in a ball and die.

Oh yeah, and apparently Linkin Park's next single was secretly debuted in the new Transformers trailer.

Edit: Not only that, but they're helping compose the score for the movie.

[Dimitrius]

I'm looking forward to hearing something from their new album.

It can't be worse than MtM, right? RIGHT?!?!

Holy christ, MTM wasn't THAT bad! Surely it was disappointing but songs like Given Up, No More Sorrow, and Bleed It Out are amazing. Well, those three are really the only great ones but the other ones aren't THAT bad.

Yes they are that bad!!

You just mentioned the only songs worth a damn in that album.

[Wrath42147]

the recent one is worse then the other two

[Dimitrius]

the recent one is worse then the other two

Talk about the shocker of the century.

[Super Dude]

 

I think we've found a new Arcaeus.

[Global Laziness]

I used to be a fan of them like five or six years ago and then stopped listening to them. Now I just got back into them and they are pretty good.

And maybe I will hurt people's eyes and conscious with that but, they are the mainstream version of Pain of Salvation. Really really similar style.

I sure hope not if they're touring with Dream Theater this year. I was just about to pick up a couple of their albums, too...

Of course not... Don't be afraid Pain Of Salvation are million times more diverse, deep and interesting then Linkin Park (though I like Linkin Park but they are just not enough interesting for more listens)... Definitely try some their albums, Remedy Lane is obviously the best starting album I think, that was the way I got introduced to them... And then The Perfect Element part.1

That's reassuring then. I listened to the song Perfect Element and I loved it, so hopefully their other material will continue to impress me.

[Super Dude]

New single coming out in five days!!!

[Blind_FaithX]

Really? Is it me or it feels like they just have released their last album?

[Super Dude]

I dunno what you mean, but the next one comes out either late this year or early next year, IIRC.

[Volk9]

New single coming out in five days!!!

Really? Cool. I hope they go back to their older roots.

[Zook]

I used to like Linkin Park alot. I was disappointed when I thought Reanimation was an actual sophmore album and almost wrote them off, but Meteora was an excellent follow up. I played Numb to death long before it was a single. I traded the two albums in a long time ago, and I'm not into Chester's ridiculous screaming anymore and Minutes to Midnight WAS terrible, and lastly, I don't care about the new album.




AND.

[AcidLameLTE]

One Step Closer is fun to play on Rock Band.

[Global Laziness]

I used to like Linkin Park alot. I was disappointed when I thought Reanimation was an actual sophmore album and almost wrote them off, but Meteora was an excellent follow up. I played Numb to death long before it was a single. I traded the two albums in a long time ago, and I'm not into Chester's ridiculous screaming anymore and Minutes to Midnight WAS terrible, and lastly, I don't care about the new album.




AND.

...and what? AND WHAT?!

[Super Dude]

  I was tempted ask as well.

[Global Laziness]

So why don't we get our answer?

[*The Voices*]

I haven't really listened to Linkin Park in while, but if you wanted to listen to nu metal, just go with Slipknot, or just don't listen to nu metal. There's a lot of other, better, bands to listen to.

[Silent Voice]

When I was 13 and Hybrid Theory came out I liked them a lot. I can still stand to listen to the odd tune off that album, but it's only really for nostalgia and I really can't stand anything else they've ever done

[blackngold29]

I like to listen to them when I'm exercising, good running music.

[Super Dude]

I rediscovered Meteora recently.  I think that's really the stronger album of the two because this "rediscovery" thing still happens to me every once in a while; I still find things in songs that I never noticed before that pique my interest or I remember why I liked a certain song to begin with.

To some extent it's true with Hybrid Theory as well, but Meteora has more interesting songs in my opinion.  That said, Hybrid Theory was an incredibly strong debut; I often come back to it and wonder how it was possible start off so strongly.

Countdown to the new single: 1 day, 3 hours, and 23 minutes.