coreydimond Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Billboard review of the the single "The Catalyst" ARTIST: LINKIN PARK SINGLE: THE CATALYST (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros. Records) For the lead single to upcoming fourth album "A Thousand Suns," Linkin Park offers a nearly six-minute anthem of aggression with two distinct parts. "The Catalyst" lets the band dip its toe into electronica in its first half, with rave-ready blips surrounding Chester Bennington's dystopian cries. At the three-minute mark, however, the track morphs into a slow, emotional dirge, with Bennington singing, "Lift me up, let me go," over a beat tailor-made for a stadium's worth of slow claps. "The Catalyst" recalls Muse's epic vocal chants as well as Green Day's political commentary, but Linkin Park creates an original, if a bit awkward, transition from twisty techno to fist-pumping rock. The band's interesting fusion of ideas -- and the fact that "Catalyst" is its first No. 1 debut on Billboard's Rock Songs chart -- proves that Linkin Park still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Source: uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67C4VW20100813 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladygaga Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 the song died in itunes top 100 hopefully the video will reanimate the song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkViper30000 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) Linkin Park HAS something up their sleeves, apparently. It's amusing, really, that some noobies think this album is crap. It's just their first single and it doesnt represent the entire album sound. Edited August 14, 2010 by Square_Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotsa_spaghetti Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 but new divide was the sountrack, was featured in transformers 2 trailer, and they released the video few days after the music release What are you talking about? The video for ND was released in June, the song was released in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkindude92 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 What are you talking about? The video for ND was released in June, the song was released in May. Video Shot - 14th and 15th May Song Premier - 18th May Video Premier -15 June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarky Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 (edited) i don't think the single is doing very well at all, from what i can see it's doing pretty badly. But i also wonder, since this album is so different, if they maybe opened with the single most different, to get the shock out of everyone's system before bringing out the awesomeness. From what I understand, the Kerrang! crew are pretty meh on the single, but where pretty excited by the Six track sampler. It's not that the Catalyst is a bad song, it has an awesome opening and a great ending, it just has a very messy and basic synth in the middle. Edited August 15, 2010 by Smarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarky Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 i don't think the single is doing very well at all, from what i can see it's doing pretty badly. But i also wonder, since this album is so different, if they maybe opened with the single most different, to get the shock out of everyone's system before bringing out the awesomeness. It's not that the Catalyst is a bad song, it has an awesome opening and a great ending, it just has a very messy and basic synth in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridThe0ry97 Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Great reply, I agree. I'm worried as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarky Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 "The Catalyst" Video Premiere - August 26, looking forward to seeing it. But yes i am a bit worried, I have generally been the one that got pretty pissed of with the haters previously on other stuff the band has done, but have to admit, really struggling with this song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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