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*Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida uses "Bleed It Out" as his entrance music.

Best: Lost in the Echo, Powerless, Lies Greed Misery, In My Remains Good: I'll Be Gone, Burn it Down, Castle of Glass Average: Victimized Worst: Roads Untravelled, Skin to Bone, Until it Breaks

I think the order will be: I'll Be Gone (obviously) Lies Greed Misery In My Remains Powerless

What you said about Roads Untravelled is exactly how I felt about it.

It was a combination of both One Step Closer and In The End. I remember seeing the music video for OSC on MTV back around the time Hybrid Theory came out and was crept out by the video's cinematography and Mike and Chester's red and blone hair. I didn't know who the band was and at the time, being twelve, i was more into the mainstream Rap and Pop music from that time so I didn't really care for the song. Several months later, my friend told me about this band called Linkin Park and kept obsessing over their album. I told him I'd check them out and but never did. That was until I saw the band appear on TRL the day after their performance on the 2001 MTV VMA's where they premiered the video for ITE. Right there and then, I became an instant fan. I remember not soon after I saw a TV spot for Hybrid Theory featuring video clips from the OSC video and realized the same band I once didn't care for was now the band I adored. I kept wanting to buy the album, but both my parents were forcing me to wait to until Christmas..which was still three months away. During those months, I remember having the radio set to 99.5 everyday and waited impatiently for ITE to come on. Once Christmas time came around, all I cared to get was a Playstation 2 and Hybrid Theory. I also remember during the lead up to that year's Christmas, my stepsister grew a liking for the band and requested the album for a gift as well. To my disliking, she ended up getting the album before I did. In fact, it was one of the first gifts she opened. I as bumbed I didn't get the PS2, but when i unwrapped a 5'5"/5' cd that was Hybrid Theory, my spirits were lifted. I played that album day and night for as long as I can remember up until Meteora arrived. It was because of that album I transitioned from being a Rap/Pop fan to a Rock/Metal fan. Looking back on it now, it's kind of funny. Because now that friend that got me into the band is now more into the mainstream rap/pop music.

01. BROKEN PROMISES 02. THE WORST OF ME 03. BURN IT TO THE GROUND 04. MISERY 05. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT 06. FOR YOU 07. RIOT 08. GONE 09. ASHES TO DUST 10. KINGDOM COME 11. TINFOIL 12. BY YOUR SIDE

I wonder if their signals got crossed with WBM. Otherwise, I smell a lawsuit coming.

After a second listen, I still have the same feelings I did before. Tracks 7-10 sound like unfinished demos and Tinfoil is a complete waste of space. I feel like Roads Untravelled was a missed opportunity. It could have been just as epic as "Iridescent" had it been given a chorus. Victimized was severely overhyped. It's definitely not their heaviest song. In fact, I don't think it's heavier than most of the tracks on Meteora.

01. Lost In The Echo - 10/10 02. In My Remains - 8/10 03. Burn It Down - 9/10 04. Lies Greed Misery - 9/10 05. I'll Be Gone - 8/10 06. Castle Of Glass - 7/10 07. Victimized - 5/10 08. Roads Untravelled - 6/10 09. Skin To Bone - 4/10 10. Until It Breaks - 2/10 11. Tinfoil - 2/10 12. Powerless - N/A (Haven't heard it yet) Notes -I can see what they meant by this album being a culmination of the previous ones. First third is HT and Meteora influenced, second third is MTM, and last third is ATS. -The album starts off very strong but gradually loses steam after track 5. -"Lost In The Echo" is the album's best track. -"In My Remains" is the only song with turntable scratches. -"Until It Breaks" is the album's worst track and, IMO, one of the worst LP songs to date.

Sounds cool. Seems like these are the kind of gigs LP would've done back during the 2000-2001 era. Nice to see them getting back to these sort of things.

With Victimized being as short as it, I can see pretty much playing out like this:

I'm a be that nail in your coffin Saying that I soften I was ducking down to reload So you can save your petty explanations I don't have the patience Before you even say it I know You let your pride of your ego Talk's looking mean No, that is not the way I get down And look at how you lose your composure Now let me show ya Exactly how the breaking point sounds I want to see you choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery What is it you want me to tell ya I'm not the failure I would rather live and let be But you came with the right kind of threat To push me to let ya No, you can't intimidate me You disrepect me so clearly Now you better hear me That is not the way it goes down You did it to yourself and it's over Now let me show ya Exactly how the breaking point sounds I want to see you choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery I want to see you choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery You did it to yourself 8x I want to see you choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery

Song's already on youtube. Just go look it up.

Not true. They can still do stand-alone shows in between. The festivals aren't back-to-back-to-back, there's a couple day breaks in between some.

I'd like to see any episode of them deciding on song titles and tracklistings.

Watch MTM DVD.

It's an LPU show so anything is possible. Though I'm expecting 90-95% of the set will be singles.

I'm betting the Beastie Boys verse will be from "You Got To Fight For Your Rights".

...and barking.

Dingalberry, Hemophiliac, Resident Turd Face, Chunky Monkey, Clever Name, Song Q.

The next review will say Victimized is one of the more melodic tracks.

He sang on 5 tracks on ATS.

HT had rapping in 9 songs, 10 if you count the repeated lines in Runaway, and Meteora had rapping in 8 songs, 9 if you again count the repeated lines in Numb. With MTM and ATS we saw less rapping and more singing from Mike. This album should be a bit of an even bag. I say will see Mike rapping in 4 songs, singing in 5, and 2-3 songs that either don't feature him or have him singing background.

I personally don't see that as a bad thing. I mean Meteora had like 5 or 6 songs that were well under 3 minutes and many consider it to be their best album.

Safe to assume Tinfoil will be an instrumental track.