HELL YES. The other half of the album will be heavy rock? This is fucking awesome news. All of those descriptions sound kick ass too. I can't wait for this album. I think it's going to be LP's best work to date by far. At first, I was skeptical about this album being good, but now I have a huge feeling it will be the best. September cannot come any slower! It seems like there will be a lot of Mike on this album too, which is awesome. We have a little bit of everything (Mike rapping/singing, Chester singing/screaming, Brad doing guitar solos, Joe doing electro shit, Rob tearing it up on drums, Phoenix probably owning on bass). I can't wait.
EDIT: Also, 12 tracks on the album? I love it. I love short and sweet albums, and LP always have 12 songs on their album, even if you count Meteora since Foreword really isn't a 'song'.