In this week's issue of Kerrang! magazine, out in stores tomorrow, there is an interview with Chester about the new album.
A preview is available here- http://www.kerrang.com/blog/newissue/
On the cover, it says "New album exclusive! The guitars are back!"
May be able to give you guys screenshots of the article when I get the magazine tomorrow.

Can't wait to see scans! This album is going to kick ass!

got the same article on LPA and according to them also Chester sad:

"The new songs are about finding a positive twist in the darkest moments..." - Chester Bennington

still can't wait for the scan of the entire article to read it fully

I don't know whether to be skeptical or excited that the guitars are back

But it doesn't matter, as long as the songs are good, I'm happy.

I'm happy the guitars are returning

GUITARRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSS! ...Sorry, hopefully that's a good thing!

But...there were guitars all over ATS.

Always enjoyed LPs darker songs. I have a feeling I will enjoy this album

This!

i hope they bring in some piano. My December is so good, so haunting with that piano.

Just read what LPA scanned. The 'Linkin Pie' looks good! Sounds like a fun balance!

I wonder why would they do it: "Our forum members FoxxPS and Hawk have typed up a transcript of the article. Check it out below!". Don't they know of OCR?

Whatever it sounds like, Ill listen to it and support it, BUT, i don't like the description o this new album at all. Could be wrong though, I just hope it isn't anything like the first 2 albums. Excited though were so close to release.

I know it's just an interview and it could mean anything but it sounds good ^^
Really excited for this new record.

i just wanna hear some heavy metal riffs and hardcore , screaming make my dream come true Lp IN THIS ALBUM finally hahahhaha

Just read the interview! Maxed hyped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's get this album here now!

I just read the interview too ! Maybe it could be the best album after Hybrid Theory. Very exciting

so true, ATS was full of guitar parts, just more subtle and understated...

will go have a look at the scans in a sec too
EDIT: tidy. still no actual release date stuff via chester though

don't ya'all expect screaming now. NOTHING was said about screaming

I like what I'v read

Where can i read the interview?, I cant find that magazine in my country...

Bye bye to shitty ATS music! CANNOT WAIT.

LOL ATS music wasn't shitty, it was just different! But still, I'm happy to see there won't be an ATS.20 (at least it seems so)

Scans are online on site LP association

Lol interviews like these make people more bitchy when it actually comes out and it's not what they wanted to hear.
In my opinion, I'd rather not have every song be up tempo. As much as I love jumping around at shows the softer songs seem to be more the ones that I can relate to.
Then again I have no idea what any of it will sound like I'm just happy it's getting closer!

FINALLY! NO MORE SLOW SONGS

Chester said that they really want to give us an upbeat album =D

I'm fucking excited. But I'm afraid that some people dont understand what the band mean. Because i think alot of people expect it to sound like HT and M, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to at all.

I really hope it's the kind of music I'm picturing in my head right now

LPA has the scan . check it out . It is interesting

Don't get me wrong, I like the guitars a lot and I like Hybrid Theory through Minutes to Midnight more than A Thousand Suns. However, I still like A Thousand Suns and the way I see it, it's like they've come too far in their sound evolution to go back now. I don't think it's going to sound JUST like Hybrid Theory by any means, but I still see this as a step back in the evolution process and to me it's like, how can they tell us two years ago that they're going through this great change in sound and they're sick of the nu-metal sound, then go right back and go back to it.

I can't help but think that money/sales/popularity played a big role in this. Sure, maybe they just wanted to bring back guitars, etc. but you can't tell me that when they saw less album sales and half-filled arenas (at least the show I went to), that played a part in the decision to partly revert back to old ideas.

Again, I didn't hate A Thousand Suns, but it was probably my least favorite album in terms of individual songs, but I see this new transition of sound as being forced based on what they saw in fan support, rather than what they WANT to do, like Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns were.

Don't get too excited guys, this album still isn't going to sound like HT or Meteora. If anything, it'll still be more like ATS, just as they've said "more upbeat and big choruses". Do NOT take this interview out of context and think that they''re going back to nu-metal. That would just be stupid and pointless. Regardless, this is very exciting news and I can't wait to see what they have in store as summer draws closer.

I have the feeling some people are getting it wrong. I don't see it at all like a step back to Nu metal. Seriously, I see zero chances of getting songs like Forgotten, By Myself, Hit The Floor, or Don't Stay again. Apparently, if what they've said so far is true, the new album will be more of an uptempo record, while the last two were mid-tempo records, and in that way, it would reconnect with the old "full of energy"' LP. You can be "heavy and fast" without sounding nu-metal. And it wouldn't be a step-backward IMO.

I wasn't suggesting that it would sound exactly like Hybrid Theory or Meteora. Obviously, there is almost no way we're getting songs like that. Honestly, I see it as a cross between Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns, but with less slow songs. I just feel like bringing back more guitars is kind of their way to get more older fans interested again. In my opinion, instead of just doing what THEY want to do, like Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns, they are letting fans tell them what to do a little bit.

Either way, the album is still going to sound great, and I'm very excited.

I'm thinking that musically, it's gonna sound like a mix of Sum41's Screaming Bloody Murder, LP's ATS, and throw in a bit of Rise Against's Siren...Counter Culture.

But maybe THEY want the guitars backs. Just saying...

And more guitars doesn't necessarily means more heavy guitars. LP could experiment with tons of guitar pedals to get weird noises /original guitar textures. See what bands like Joy Formidable do with guitar pedals, it's pure awesomeness.

the pie chart said HT guitars, so hopefully that means heavy guitars.

Sure it will sound nothing like HT or Meteora but I feel the songs will be heavy maybe like Given Up, and they will be upbeat kinda like Waiting For the End and maybe fast like the said, a long the lines of Sum 41's new album Screaming Bloody Murder where the songs have slow and fast parts

We can speculate all we want but we're obviously not going to know how the album is going to sound like until its released.

No doubt there will be disappointed people if the album does not sound how they were expecting it to be.

I just want the first single, because maybe the album as a whole will be somewhat resembled in the first single

Give us some guitar solos.

I hope for this too, love the one in In Pieces especially

Im about to read it, but first thing first Chester look fucking bad ass in that picture!

I really hope bringing back guitars doesn't mean boring ass distorted powerchords from the first two records, because that would be a real step backwards. I mean there is so much more you can do with guitars. I sorta hoped that LP would go even more experimental with the next record, but it looks like its not happening. Oh well, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it.

This.

if they work this album right it could be their best album ever

Agreed

Not agreed. Too easy and too generic judgement. If distorted guitars are used the right way and in the right moment, they can be very pleasant.

I'm envisioning something that sounds like Reanimation. I approve!

Pie chart could very easily have been Kerrang pandering to fans and doing baseless speculation.

@Qwerty18 not the way LP did it. That's what the person you quoted was referring to.

Now, let's not blow this interview out of proportion. We're not getting Hybrid Theory 3 (not that anyone said we would). "More guitars", considering what LP has been doing the past few years, probably just means "more prominent guitars" because ATS was covered in guitars, but in a subtle, quieter fashion that added to the soundscapes the album built.

I think what Chester is trying to convey is similar to what Nine Inch Nails did in regards to The Fragile and With Teeth - The Fragile was an epic two-disc, two-plus-hour masterpiece with numerous overarching themes, and a loose storyline throughout the album, tied together by repeating motifs and complex soundscapes. With Teeth, on the other hand, was most definitely an album of songs - some of them shared themes, sure, but there wasn't an overarching theme that tied it all together. The songs all stood on their own.

What I was most interested in was Chester's mentions of the lyrical content; glimmers of hope, of positivity. That's something I'm not used to seeing with LP. That's what I'm definitely most interested to hear more about.

I don't understand why all you ATS lovers think this album will sound like ATS. All the interviews leading up to this album since the very first one say differently. ATS is not LP's sound. Neither are the other albums, they always do something different than before. This new album will not sound like ATS, nor will it sound like any others either. It's it's own album. Phoenix said aggressive vocals, Chester says guitars are back, Mike says big electro sound and not afraid to make music like old LP, etc.

I agree, it will not be like ATS, nothing points to it and all their albums are changing

I'm not trying to bash ATS because I don't like it very much, I'm just saying that the album won't sound like ATS did, nor will it sound like anything the band has done prior. Don't forget, LP always does something different. It won't be Hybrid Theory Part 3, either. Honestly, I'm expecting an album instrumentally similar to MTM, but with ATS lyrics.

Hey, who's even saying that it's going to sound like ATS? I haven't read a single post saying that. I've seen people hoping it'll sound like ATS, but no, everything we've heard so far in interviews and such indicates that they're moving away from the ATS sound and to a harder, heavier sort of deal.

I personally wouldn't mind an album similar to ATS, but I wouldn't beg for it either and I won't shit on an album that's not ATS 2.

I'm interested in hearing how the electronic elements will manifest themselves in a heavier album, personally. I think that has the potential to make a fuckton of fans happy.