I'm trying to identify with the things Geki is talking, so i keep my expectations low. That's the best way to be surprised. With LT and THP the band said too much about the albums, about how the music was amazing. And i think this was one of the reasons the albums got older fast for us. We were expecting epic songs, and they were good but not epic. I'm always amazed when i watch LT making of, the buried at sea demo (burn it down). When Mike and Chester try and fit the chorus on the song, they both get so excited like "wow, this is amazing, this is the best song ever, this is the one." So it's an example of how their word about their own music is something we should not take so seriously.
And now, every album they're doing something different and something new. We already are always expecting something innovative, and this creates a big hype. I wish LP did some "normal" albums in a sequence (2 or 3 very similar), so the next one would imply a bigger impact. Trying to always be innovative can be a shot on your feet.