i listened to it briefly today. it really waste my time away!!! .\/.
man, the album totally suks! it isn't a rock album!
i found that mike's voice really really disturbs me. this is surely a FORT MINOR FEAT CHESTER & MR HAHN ALBUM, NOT LINKIN PARK! mike's singing and rapping piss chester away. (chester only 30% )
after reading the preview of ana few weeks ago, as she said that the style of this shit was like some bands and artists which i don't like (except muse), i started to worry some of the songs will sound bad. however, now i found that i dislike the WHOLE album.
if they make some kind of album sounding like MTM, i dont mind, because i can still find their own style even most tracks sounds different from HT & M. but i found that the band have lost themselvesin this album. they didn't know what they were doing.
also, mike lied, there are no heavy tracks but shitty tracks. in blackout, the soft instrumental and outro doesn't match the screamin at all. rappin in robot boy and W&K is disturbing and childish, i stopped them after half of the song. only catalyst and waiting for the end are good songs.
i cant express how disappointed i am with linkin park. today is the worst day of my life
lp totally fucked themselves up in this album. they'll probably lose lot of hardcore fans.
i hope i will change my opinion after further listening to it...