While listening to the XFM Radio (London), trying to record the Stone Temple Pilots interview, LESTAT caught radio's anchorperson talking about Linkin Park:

I had someone come in and play me brand new Linkin Park material in the wake. Someone from the management company. This is no lie. Came in to the XFM studio with a cop from America who would flown over with the one copy of the 6-track sampler of the new Linkin Park album and basically this cop's job was to guard it at all times. This is the true story. It really was the case of the new material being on the lock and key. But it was really good and actually very different. If you're one of those people who thought that Linkin Park have made the same album 3 times as far as their new studio releases go, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with this new one. There's rapping on it, but not the kind of rock-rap type of stuff that Mike Shinoda has done in the past. And the track is going to be the first single. At its full-length is almost proggy in places. It's very very good. Lots of take in, lots of new layers coming with the Linkin Park sound. And of course they have confirmed the full UK tour.

You can download this part here

I can't be any more excited.

Beautiful! Great catch!

Just gets ya more excited doesn't it

Thanks! Sounds like great news. I like Mike's 04-present rapping material a lot more than the other stuff.

Ooooo

Nice find!

Proggy definition: Used to describe pyschadelic music with progressive tone changes, ie, progessive music. This music is so progressive that it is foggy and the notes kind of just float mid-air, barely changing at all. Also can be used when touting progressive music that you feel is exceptionally trippy. A stoner type term.

Wow! I am so psyched I can't wait to hear this music!

Proggy means.. progresive? help !

That DJ seemed very surprised and if that guys think that this is really good
what we would think?? =D

the wait is almost over.. PLUS a 6 track sampler... these days a lot of stuff leaks so maybe someday we can get that sampler.

Now define 'foggy' and 'trippy' please

Very very interesting....

Think that the guy on the XFM said that the sampler was guarded by a cop, and most likely returned to where it came from... but maybe later on we'll be able to get our hands on it

Did you miss the part about the law enforcement officer protecting that disc. Warner has learned from years upon years of leaking music.

Nah, i read that part
but do you think that is the only cd sampler in existence???

no wayyyy, im positive that another sampler will leak.

very interesting, knowing how things are in the world of the Internet, I assume that the sampler will be leak soon

I'd be willing to bet it is, only because if one sampler is that important to have the cop, then they wouldn't be giving out other ones.

well if the song he heard is going to be the first single, I think that means that we'll be hearing it soon too...hopefully.

Agree on that for sure, pumped!

LOL... how long will it take til this shit leaks?? but NOW i'm getting pretty excited, too. hehe...

Pink Floyd...?

Much better than a tweet and/or a .gif image.

Sounds awesome. Maybe something will leak in the near future. I think most people knew that the music wasn't going to sound like HT or Meteora. They weren't going back to that. I'm still hoping for a M2M and HT mix (like Chester said) even though the chance of that actually happening is small. Absolutely hilarious how he talks about people who think that all three albums have sounded identical. The only people who still think that are people who have disliked the band so much from the start that they let their bias keep them from seeing that the band has evolved and changed. Or people that have serious comprehension problems.

I think the wait is coming to an end. And I bet this 'proggy' sound is like Lockjaw stuff or LOATR remix, like this modern drum n' bass stuff. And the rap I think is gonna be more agressive and straight, like Dedicated or the rap of Blackbirds, I hope I'll be right

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Well i don't like the word "different" , because the first think that comes to my mind is LPU8 .. xD

Anyways I am really hyped for this, hope that the new single will come in 2-3 weeks.

This is pretty awesome. I love how the new material is getting such positive feedback.

I'm 100% positive that it IS the only copy of that sampler in existence. The same exact procedure took place with Meteora and Minutes to Midnight, there was never more than one physical copy of the album in existence prior to the CD being sent to the manufacturing plant, and that single copy was flown all over the world for previews with magazines, radio stations, and other media outlets. There are several articles that mention this.

happiness is gone...now in the sad reality and go waiting to the new single or something else

i dunno what to say... seriously... you feel attacked by my comment or what??

so far, the single is scheduled to be released in August.

This is cool. Great catch man!

Dude, anglos have no sense of humor

EDIT: Just owned myself, he's germany and he has indeed sense of humor, drugs FTW

Great news, Linkin Park doing proggy stuff will be sick as hell! Especially with Mike's rapping.

I think Mike's rapping will be insanely aggresive on the next record

You've been on target with the Brazil stuff, but where are you hearing August from?

Mmmh...my bet for first single is mid-July, maybe early August for the music video, hope I'll be right though

will it be like Dedicated?

More agressive I guess, damn with insane electronic sounds, like New Divide's bridge.

All my hopes go into a fucking leak of that ep... But I think warner learned from previous shit so we son't able to get our hands on that fucking cd, but it would be fucking awesome!

And I guess the rapstyle is goint to be like the intro to blackbirds: raw and heavy...

Holy shitballs batman...i can't stand the anticipation!

Bands that are great examples of prog rock are Rush, Pink Floyd, and Genesis. Not saying the album will be in the same vein as these groups, but its a good indication of where things may be heading for this record.

Love Prog music, imagine a LP type version of A Perfect Circle, now that would be great.

Same here as they're already filming the video, hmm I could see LP doing something progressive, maybe like Disturbed is doing for their new album? Or better yet just have them go Dream Theater with more screamo and rapping, Linkin Park does Octavarium XD.

I wish I hadn't read that there's rapping on it. At least, it's the first single, the only song I'm going to listen to until I buy the album.

wow this is fantastic. Im super stoked

from Warner... but I think they will release before, in July.

this is going to be great haha

Don't even think about it, that'll never leak. The ones for MTM were never even heard of they were kept under such secrecy.