Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
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Free Music Review: HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
Hit: 1 Stars
I'm going to try not to sit here and repeat everything that everyone else has already said so I'll sum it up for you as quickly as i can...
I am a HUGE linkin park fan and have been since the release of hybrid theory. They developed a new sound through a mixture of chester's raging vocals, intertwined with mikes rap style vocals, finally backed up by one of a kind samples from Joe Hahn. Everything that made them who they are today has changed...EVERYTHING that sold them 40 million records worldwide...they changed. The music is weaker, the rapping is mostly gone (and what they do have of it is VERY corny sounding for the most part), and chester never really tears it up like he use to on previous albums. I for one understand the need to evolve music but no matter who you are, once you've sold 40 mil records wouldn't you recommend sticking to your roots? They will most def gain more support from pop commercial friendly fans but as well lose alot of respect from the current nu-metal/rocker style fans like me.
Well, I've gone on too long but, at best i can commend linkin park for taking a brave step in a new direction. The album does have some poppy hit-worthy material, however it's certainly nothing like most current linkin park fans are probably expecting. I know they put over 14 months into this record but it definitely does not show any appreciation for the fans that got them to where they are today.....All current fans who buy this records will surely get a surprise like taking a sip out of a wine glass and getting whisky...its not terrible, but its definitely not what you expected or wanted.
If it werent for the success of the previous albums and the name they have progressively built up for themselves, i would not have bought this album.
Free Music Review: Are you sure?
Hit: 5 Stars
Are all of you that have heard the "new album" sure it was their new album? If it was bootleg it probably was not the actual new album. There is a set of songs out there right now that are floating around that is labeled "Minutes to Midnight" when in fact they are a bunch of songs from the former band Grey Daze, Chester's old band before Linkin Park. They had a grunge type sound and what you are describing sounds more like their style. And there was no rapping. Be weery of this. This fake pre-album floating around is probably starting to make people scared of the actual album. Their single release does sound a lot like Linkin Park, but yes you will hear differences.Free Music Review: Different...
Hit: 3 Stars
I got an advance copy of the album and I must say this album is quite different from Linkin Parks' previous releases. While the electronic overtones of there previous albums is still present, it is to a far lesser degree. Chester does take up a lot more of the rapping duties and sings a lot more hardcore. My ultimate take on this is that it is very similar sounding to Limp Bizkit. If you like classic Korn or Limp Bizkit you will like this album. If you are looking for more of the Nu-Metal Linkin Park you will be disappointed.Free Music Review: Um you haven't heard the real album
Hit: 5 Stars
In response to the other reviews who have crapped all over the new LP album, you haven't heard the real album. There are numerous fakes being thrown across the internet. Mike Shinoda is still the rapper, and chester doesn't sound grungy, he still sounds like chester. If you listen to the first single off the album, what i've done, you can hear the electronic overtones. And they don't use the acoustic guitar either. So please, before you trash the album, make sure you aren't fooled by the fakes. Give me a break.Free Music Review: Hmm.....what happened?
Hit: 1 Stars
I had the great fortune(or rather mis-fortune) of hearing Linkin Park's new album, "Minutes to Midnight", before it is going to be released...and lets say that I was not impressed, and very suprised.
While it is natural for true artists to evolve their musical sound in conjunction with the personal life evolutions that we all encounter, the evolutions that Linkin Park embody on "Minutes to Midnight" are not for the better, but in actuality for the worse.
Many, many fans will be utterly suprised, and some will even be turned off at the "new" sound of Linkin Park.
Let me break it down like this:
As soon as you hear the first track, you will notice that something is different. Gone are the electronic overtones that pervaded all of Linkin Parks other releases. And the guitars, they are calmer, more radio friendly(as if Linkin Park was not radio friendly enough!). Then, when you hear Chester's voice, if you are like me, you will cringe with pain.
For some reason, Chester seems to have ditched the singing lessons for a more rugged grunge style sound. It sounds HORRIBLE. Memories of Silverchair and Pearl Jam spring to mind, though Chester is NOT on those levels of talent. His voice is both cheesy sounding and way too under-developed for this type of singing, not to mention it reeks of emulation.
He even took over the rapping duties, and their original rapper is no where to be found. Sadly, Chester's rapping sounds like a mix between Fred Durst and Vanilla Ice, and is rathe drab and not creative at all, and sounds like much filler.
The music is rather simplified as well, almost as if the band has de-evolved instead of evolved. Guitar riffs are simple and generic at best, as are the drums and the bass. Acoustic guitar is used much more frequently on this album, but it neither sounds good nor creative. The electric guitar work and the riffs emulate 90's grunge rock and other such styles that have already been done to death.
Seriously, this album is bad beyond bad. They did it right by trying something different, but what they are trying has already been done before, and all of their efforts to sound different have only made them sound the same.
I admit, that when I first heard Linkin Park way back in the day, I didn't like them at all. They sounded like spoiled, angry suburbanites who mixed rap/rock and electronic elements to form another brand of NU-Metal. Gradually, over a period of 5-6 years, I grew more of an appreciation for them, enjoying their blend of hip hop/rock and electronic. They actually had something somewhat original with their first style. This new style is completely unoriginal and weak sounding.
All in all though, one does have to keep in mind that from the start, Linkin Park has always sounded like a band that was "put-together" by money grubbing producers in the same vein of NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, so after making truck loads of money in the Rap/Metal industry, why not try their hand in the grunge area? Makes sense I guess...