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the premium cd costs 5 euros. I bought it today..awesome thing! but the stickers are really small, only difference are the jewel cases: normal edition: thin premium edition: normal album Jewel case

It was okay. I like Joe's videos but I would have loved to see what others would have done with it (non-LPmember)... I dunno but this video is pretty monotone...but atleast you get the message and yeah for some people more mike. + Get used to see more mike. Because on ATS....

Kerrang has the best Pictures + Interviews. And "rebirth" is the perfect word for ATS

Oh awesome!!! I bet it's a signed ATS poster

I hope they are from 2008-present. I want to hear the evolution from the old LP sound to that completely different one!

Blackchester just asked Mike and Dave what the LPUX CD will contain and the answer is: 10 DEMOS!

merci and yes to me its the best. And I even say from the 20seconds Ive seen of the catalyst, that its going to be the best video clip of the year 2010. Screw 30 seconds to mars

I remember all of the song now and It was okay. Hated Chester's rap. Oh cmon do you always have to be that rude? I wonder how you truly are, outside of the internet. Hybrid Theory: 8/10 Meteora: 10/10 MTM: 7/10 about the dance thing: I told you this album is so complex. about the guitar solo: well I didn't noticed a traditional guitar solo, more a moment where the guitar was only playing...Ah okay yes it is exactly like on What Ive Done... (just before chester sings in the calm part)

*SPOIL ALERT!!!!* ATS NOTES So to all of you who don't care about knowing how the songs might sound like, I write down all the notes I took during the listening. Some of them might be weird to you, or dont fit but I had a lot of difficulties paying attention to all the different elements (and neither do I know all music genres) so here we go: 01. The Requiem [2:01] 1. mysterious - alien like 2. synth 3. keyboard -> is getting louder and louder 4. Submarine noise w/ Flanger (comes closer and closer) 5. Beat 6. Male choir -> uhhhh 7. female singing slowly (with a innocent voice) Don't save us everyone we are broken people living under loaded guns... 8. Voice from an General (like the remix of forgotten) "Two people lost, two people cried...." 9. "Now I become death..." Oppenheimer Speech 10/10 02. The Radiance [0:57] 1. Heartbeat + drums (Similar to WID) 2. Keyboard 3. Guitar -> electro/pop 4. Mike singing (autotune?) 7/10 03. Burning in the Skies [4:13] 1. Chester singing 2. Keyboard sounds a bit like modern Jazz/HipHop 3. Another flanger effect on the guitars 4. Mike and chester singing "I'm loosing what I don't deserve" -> a bit like blackbirds 5. Bridge with only guitar playing -> Fade Out 7.5/10 04. Empty Spaces [0:18] 1. Crickets 2. Bombs/Shooting in the Background 3. African warsongs 4. SUDDEN STOP (instrumental but fits perfectly) 9/10 05. When They Come for Me [4:53] 1. Heavy guitar w/ Distortion 2. Drum N Bass 3. Mike rapping -> really agressive 4. "I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey....MOFO!" 5. Chorus is sung by a crowd : Ohh ohh 6. Has a lot of Drum N Bass/Electronica/Rap beat 7. Song is a bit quiter 8. Chester singing: "And when they come for me, I'll be gone" 9. Fade Out to the african warsong 10. A melody (orient) fades in 50/10 06. Robot Boy [4:28] 1. Keyboard - really joyful 2. Drums fade in 3. An "Uhhh" choir sung by chester and mike 4. (The drums remind me a bit of Where did you go) 5. the guitar sounds like a soundgarden song 6. Lyrics: "You say you're not gonna fight, because no one's gonna fight for you" 7. Synth - Strings 8. "Hold on to the weight of the world..." 9. Guitar Outro w/ FX 8/10 07. Jornada del Muerto [1:34] 1. Chester and Mike singing 2. I cant clearly understand the language. Is it backwards or another language (was definately not spanish) 3. Guitar distortion/Drums 4. Building Up -> becomes louder and stronger 5. Sudden Emptyness 7/10 08. Waiting for the End [3:51] 1. Wow very punkish/trashy guitar riff 2. followed by a single key play 3. heavy song 4. Mike Rap -> Reggae/Jamaica Style 5. (emptyness) 6. Chester singing in a soft voice (beautiful): "Waiting for the end to come" 7. Drums fade in 8. A ballad, but could also be heard in a car while driving down a long road. 8.5/10 09. Blackout [4:39] 1. synth organ pipes 2. Fast army drums 3. Keyboard -> similar play as on all the songs of ATS 4. Sounds like the 80s/90s keyboard 5. Chester Rapping to a fast beat 6. WHAT A SCREAM! WHOAH!!! 7. back to the rap (acid rain?) 8. THE SCREAM!!! 9. The guitar sounds like it could be on a M. Manson album 10. It has some Dubstep elements. 11. Mike singing in a really soft voice: "Calm Down" to the beat from the beginning 12. Chester joins Mike (I hated the chester rapping part but the beat is chilling and mike's voice is really beautiful) 6/10 10. Wretches and Kings [4:10] 1. Public Speech 2. Guitar -> alien like 3. Heavy drums 4. Mike Rap 5. (song reminds me of the 2009 Lying From You intro) 6. Chester's voice is really really crazy, just like the one from skindred! Never heard him singing like that before!!!! 7. Obviously another crowd song 8. JOE SCRATCHES A LOT!!!!!!!!! 9/10 11. Wisdom, Justice, and Love [1:38] 1. Piano melody (very sad) 2. Public Speech...World War 2 like 3. "The end is near" 4. Building up choir -> the voice turns into an evil-voice 5. I can hear Martin Luther Kings speech. 6."Wisdom, Justice and Love" wow very powerful 9.5/10 12. Iridescent [4:56] 1. Piano - Mike singing 2. A very sad atmosphere 3. Chester singing 4. Song sounds just like Marchin On by One Republic 5. Obviously a Pop Ballad 6. Background guitar 7. WOW the whole band is singing in the end 7.5/10 13. Fallout [1:23] 1. Sound builds up 2. This sounds just like the bridge on "Buddha For Mary" by 30seconds where Jared sings: this is the life on mars 3. Chester Singing: "So Don't apologize" / "What I don't deserve" 8/10 14. The Catalyst [5:39] well it starts with a synth loop ..we know the song 9/10 15. The Messenger [3:01] 1. ACOUSTIC GUITAR! 2. Chester singing: "When you feel you're alone, your instict tells you to run" 3. THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE HERO OF WAR BY RISE AGAINST 4. "Love(or Life?) leaves us blind" 5. Chester becomes crazy and desperate but is not screaming like on Blackout 6. Piano follows the guitar 7. Ends with chester singing: "Back home, where love/life keeps us blind" overall: 9/10

STOP POSTING SPOILS! I WILL OPEN A THREAD WITH ALL MY NOTES and THERE you can spoil. yes capslock! edit: http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=5182 -> DONT CLICK IF YOU DONT WANNA SPOIL THE ULTIMATE SURPRISE

haha you will hear it ill mark down my notes: 1. synth organ pipes 2. fast army like drums 3. synth 4. 80s synth like 5. Pop Pop - Chester Rap 6. CRAZY SCREAMING 7. Chester Rap 8. CRAZY SCREAMING 9. guitars -> heavy in a marilyn Manson style 10. Dubstep 11. Mike singing "calm Down" 12. Slow duett by mike can chester

thats the song I didnt like.(and at least 5 others too) note: this is not rock, neither heavy metal...this is a pure POP song edit: aww you are all hyped but ...I dont spoil anything...26 days left or so...

Iridiscent - Track 10 sounds like Marching On by One Republic. Very similar.

NOT THE AUTOTUNING IN THE T-PAIN ETC. STYLE: They put a lot of layers and effects over the voices maybe autotune is the wrong term...yes it is sorry.

It sounds similar to the beginnings of almost every song by Innerparty System and has a HALO flair. This album fits perfectly on games like Halo, Lostplanet and all these modern combat/ space ego-shooter

ATS Pre-listening. We entered a room with chairs and a couch where obviously Mike and Phoenix will sit. They handed us wireless in-ear headphones so we could listen to ATS all on our own (the band wasnt there while we where listening to the album) I won't say too much about the songs because I dont want to spoil it but what I can tell you is that you are going to be shocked. Side Note: I couldnt clearly say when it was a new song, because they didnt pause to tell us the name and you hardly can hear it. #1: You can clearly say that It's a journey through an apocalyptical athmosphere and it's starting with a mysterious sound, similar to aliennoises and builds up into a keyboard play. This track is featuring a Choir and a female voice singing "Don't save us everyone, we are broken people living under loaded gun.." and ends with an original, digitally edited speech by Oppenheimer. #2: The second song begins with an heartbeat drum and is followed by a electric/pop guitar and Mike singing. The keyboard sounded like electro mixed with jazz elements and after that they sing "I'm loosing what I don't deserve" and the guitars fade out and you can only hear the keys and mike singing the end. #3: Starts with crickets and bombs in the background and later you can hear afican soldier marchsinging. There is a sudden break in the song and a heavy distorted guitar fades in (I've never heard Brad playing such heavy guitars before) and a heavy rap rythm drops in. Mike raps: "I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey....." And on this Linkin Park record, you hear Mike saying motherf**** for the first time ever (2x in the song) and what comes after that swearing is a perfect part for the crowd to sing (Ohhh's in the rythm to the heavy beat -> sounds like soldiers preparing for war) It ends with chester singing: "When they come for me, I'll be gone" and the same african soldier marchsinging as the beginning (it also features some oriental music) #4: Starts with a Piano and Mike and Chester singing Ohhh The genre reminds me of Soundgarden, older rock style Chester singing "You say you're not gonna fight because no one's gonna fight for you" And on this song (and also on the whole album) you can hear synthesizer strings and a similar fast drum beat as on the previous songs. "Hold on to the weight of the world" is one of the main messages of this song. #5: Mike and Chester singing in another language (or english backwards) and followed by a guitar distortion and a drum beat in WID style. It builds up slowly and fades out into an empty space. #6: Rough Guitar Intro (repeats 4x) followed by single key notes and on this track Mike is rapping in a reggae style but still fitting to the guitars. Another break fades in where it calms the speed of the song down and chester sings: "Waiting for the end to come" A ballad tunes in and the whole song has a cruising (californian beach style) rythm ) * A song you can actually dance pretty well to it in the club* #7: (WORST SONG) Its starts with a synth organ pipe and is underlined with a fast drumroll. This song reminded me of the 80th Pop style with the cheap synthesizer keys but the most shoking was chester rapping the song really fast and (to me) awful. And you think this song is going to be POP with Chester rapping, but in the chorus he screams his lungs out (Mike mentioned in an interview that he's loosing his mind) This song is really weird and disturbing because the pop/rapping (autotuned) by chester don't fit at all to these crazy screams. #8: When the guitar fades in, it reminded me of a electro-rock/trash song by Marylin Manson and the beat was dubstep like. And the song has a really fast speed but its being calmed down by mike singing in a soft voice "calm down" and it ends with another singing by Mike and Chester together. We all somehow messed the tracklist up but I can cleary tell you #10: Wretches and Kings Starts with a public speech (obviously from the WWII era) The guitar sounds very strange and the beats style is similar to the 2009 Lying From You Intro. Mike is rapping on this one and chester sings with a very dirty (similar to skindred) voice and its another perfect song for the crowd to sing. On this track Joe is really present. #11(must be wisdom justice and war) A very sad keyboard intro with a historical speech by Martin Luther King. An unknown male voice says "the end is near" and turns slowly (by effects) to an evil-like voice. (At the end you can hear MLK saying wisdom, justice and war) #12: Iridiscent Starts (again) with a piano to which mike sings in a sad voice (very emotional) Chester joins Mike to it and the beat is similar to a one republic song (marching on) -> To me it's a Pop Ballad (similar to SOTD) <- The song ends with a choir by the whole band. #13: Fallout (reminds me of the song Buddha For Mary by 30 Seconds to mars -> the beginning with the distorted voice) #14: The Catalyst. #15: The Messenger Very similar to Hero Of War by Rise Against Acoustic Guitar with chester singing: "When you feel you're alone, your instinct tells you to run.." (I marked that chester became angrier with his voice) The piano follows the acoustic guitar and chester repeats "Back home, where live/love keeps you blind...) I'm really sorry that I can't remember everything really well and that I messed up the beginning but it was really difficult to hear whenever a new song is played. About the guitar: The guitar is mostly in the background, and has a lot of effects (Flanger, Disortion) but sounds totally different from MTM, HT and Meteora. Sometimes the whole beat stops and you can only hear the guitar. About the singing: With this album you say that Mike is the lead singer, and chester just the second voice. Because most of the time they sing the songs together (30% autotune) and on only 1 song chester is singing all alone. About the album: This album is mostly a new Fort Minor album featuring Linkin Park record. The drums sound all electronic and hip hop like, there is a lot of different percussion (e.g bushdrums) and as I mentioned before Mike is much more present than Chester. Chester only screams 2x. My personal statement: This album totally blew my mind off. It doesnt sound like Linkin Park at all. If you carefully listen to all the remixes Mike has done (and also the intros of WID/Ambulance, LFY) you could compare this style to the new album. Linkin Park risks a lot with this totally different direction and fans will either love it or hate it. I do like it, and you cant tell the genre because it features so many. It sounds like: Soundgarden, Muse, Metric, 30 Seconds To Mars, Rise Against, Dr.Dre, Eminem, Pendulum, Dubstep, Electronica etc. etc. I hope this review didnt confuse you too much. It is really really hard to describe the new album and I can't compare it to a specific style. edit: length ~50mins

Dave and Mike will be in Hamburg on friday

I'm not going. So I hope micha asks them about figure09 And good luck to the others

its not about being afraid, its just respecting the band's decision. If they want previews, they'll give you some.

yeah anne and me got through...no chance

CONGRATULATIONS! WOW finally somebody from the LPL..

meet and greet contest 2008; guy won and asked: "euhm whats the band's name again?" As a LPUer I feel totally dissapointed. whatever. Ill try to get in anyway so maybe someone can help me with questions?

ive recorded the small report on ATS here: http://phoenix-farrell.org/downloads/1live.mp3 they say the genre will be synth pop or something..

there no spots for the LPU. I wonder why? Does LP really want to preview and held a conference with "fans" (some of them might be)...and exclude the LPU? really good deal to me... -.-

I didnt win. a girl came through and didnt know that crawling is on Hybrid Theory. Shame on you