StuckNMove Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I've been putting some thought to the last 3 LP records, and how they form a trilogy. Think about it, Minute to Midnight is taken from the Doomsday Clock, the closer the clock is to midnight, the closer the world is estimated to be to global disaster, such as a nuclear war. A Thousand Suns is a reference from the Manhattan project dealing with nuclear warfare. Living Things well we don't know much yet about the feel of the record, but the album art suggest Nuclear Winter, and the title may suggest the resurfacing of 'Living Things' after the Nuclear War is over. It's far to say too that some of the songs and song titles touch on similar feelings an emotions Bleed It Out/Burn It Down When They Come For Me/I'll Be Gone Wisdom Justice Love/Lies Greed Misery Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorast Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Except that Living Things is way more personal than MTM and ATS were (moreso ATS), and from what we've heard about the album it'd be more in line with HT and Meteora, though it's by no means a continuation of those two, either. My thinking is that it starts another "reinvention" of sorts for the band, but this time the reinvention comes from combining the previous two eras into one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckNMove Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 My thinking is that it starts another "reinvention" of sorts for the band, but this time the reinvention comes from combining the previous two eras into one. Isn't that what would happen after an all out nuclear war? New life and a reinvention of how it all comes together? Learning or using knowledge from the past but adapting and changing at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Interesting theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Interesting theory Agreed. Also thought about this a week ago...seems likely to me. LP continuing the trilogy. Sounds possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxstar Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Very-very likely for me also. 2 first albums were a duology and now we're going to see complete trilogy with all the sounds we like in new album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgr Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 this is a really interesting idea. I too have always thought that MTM leads onto ATS, I'm not sure if the band have done this intentionaly though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inky Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I think MTM is actually really personal to the band members, ATS obviously wasn't. LT is also very personal to the band. I'm not sure if I buy the whole trilogy thing, because MTM's title was based off the Doomsday Clock, but none of the songs on the album really have an apocolyptic feel to them, unless you want to interpret them that way. ATS definitely had a really dark, apocolyptic feel to the album, and LT we will see in due time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgr Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I'm not sure if I buy the whole trilogy thing, because MTM's title was based off the Doomsday Clock, but none of the songs on the album really have an apocolyptic feel to them, unless you want to interpret them that way. ATS definitely had a really dark, apocolyptic feel to the album, and LT we will see in due time. well MTM feels like it builds to destruction - which is what we eventually get in ATS. WID, Given Up, NMS, HHH all feel like they build to something that's about to happen granted there's a lot of songs that don't though - In Pieces, In Between, TLTGYA... etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiilite Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 While I don't think it's 100% intentional, the fact that the ideas behind each album directly follow the theme of a trilogy sounds almost too coincidental. I guess we'll find out if this theory is true come 6/26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero21 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 LP actually commented on any MTM-ATS connection around the time ATS was coming out, and they said it was not intentional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[High_Voltage] Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I feel like the world kind of ended and was reborn on the end of ATS (The Catalyst and The Messenger), so.....I think Living Things will be it's own thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardyWilderness Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I personally don't think ATS is a "sequal" to MTM, but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I personally don't think ATS is a "sequal" to MTM, but that's just me.same don't see it at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakolp Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I personally don't think ATS is a "sequal" to MTM, but that's just me. agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgr Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 i too wouldn't say they're sequential, but alot of themes seem to be concluded or continued in ATS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-Stone55 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Heres what I think, LP has always pushed the boundaries of the rock and electro fusion genre right? Well, I think M2M was created to establish the rock side of the band, while ATS focused on them shining in the world of electronica. At the same time they were trying to prove they weren't nu-metal exclusive. So basically each album was the genres of HT/Meteora split in two, if that makes sense. Now that the band has shown everyone that Hybrid Theory wasnt mean't to be nu-metal exclusive, they feel comfortable in recapturing the essence of the fusion of genres in Living Things. So in conclusion, it can be regarded as a trilogy of sorts, but it is a purely coincidental trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 yeah, 'conicidental' was the word I was looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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