KitsuneInferno

High Voltage.

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is why we have noise rock and industrial. Doesn't make it any less of a terrible album.

How the hell do you die after completing a mission? It kinda reminds me of an LP I saw of someone playing GTA III. The guy was blown up by his targets' car, killing everyone. Pretty funny to see "MISSION PASSED!" over a circling view of the dead player character. It wasn't even a mission late in the game, it was still in Portland! No anti-heroic sacrifice, just pure shitting luck.

Limp Bizkit is why nu-metal deserved its death.

According to this, there's definitely more rapping than was present on Minutes to Midnight and a song reminiscent of Soundgarden. I am pleased for now.

Is anybody actually surprised? Linkin Park, love-'em-or-hate-'em, is a hit-making machine.

Maybe it's just me, but that "Cry Me a River" song sounds like it should be the theme to a James Bond film. I approve.

I'm sorry, I just didn't appreciate the fact that the first retort to my first post was something along the lines of a smug "you're new, so you don't matter". And I didn't necessarily claim everyone who loved the song were easily-led bovine. It's simply that I think a substantial (not all, probably not even the most) amount of praise "The Catalyst" is getting from the fanbase are from starved fans who are ecstatic that there's finally a new song out, which was a mindset I tried to avoid going into the song. It's kind of hard to take an objective stance when it's your favorite band you're critiquing. As for fanatics, they tend to make me embarrassed that I enjoy the very thing they go nuts for. Maybe it's because I'm generally not a loud person. Well aware of that.

Yes, I did. Because the opinions of most everyone else in this thread are very black and white. It's either epically awesome or epically shitty. Excuse me for being a little more moderate and having the time to critique the song. Because a real fan blindingly accepts what's handed to them. A real fan buys all of the hype. A real fan will call anyone who doesn't claim this is "the best song evaa" a "hater". There's being loyal and there's being cattle. What's the matter? I even said the song will grow on me because I plan on putting A Thousand Suns on repeat until well into the next year. Are you trying to invalidate my opinion because I'm a new member? Simply because I had something more to say than someone who loved the song and made a wall of text from the word "epic" or a detractor complaining about the overuse of the that word to describe "The Catalyst"? Ugh, this is why I usually avoid other members of the fanbase.

Wow, new Linkin Park single! Fucking sweet! I've been following the hype for this song for the past month. "The Catalyst" has been built up so much, I've got to hear it just once! LP have finally returned! *listens to song once* Uh... *listens to song again* ...Huh. *listens to song a few more times* Two years in the studio and that's what they came up with? Let me just say it, "The Catalyst" is a mediocre song. Not bad, mind you. However, I can't fathom why Linkin Park thought this song should have been the lead single. The song certainly doesn't deserve the massive buzz the band's generated. Yeah, as you can tell, I'm not that big a fan of the song. My major gripe with it is the singing and right off the bat, that tells me that something is wrong. The vocals are usually my favorite part of any LP song, mainly because usually they're consistently better than the actual music, which hardly ever sounds inspired. But with "The Catalyst", it's kinda flipped. Why are the lyrics so repetitive? Yeah, I heard the interview, too. I heard how Chester claims it's supposed to be like an anthem, but there's a problem with that. Unless you have a good ear, you're not gonna make out half of the lyrics through the watery vocoder! I don't know why the band thought that was a good idea; it sounds more like a piss-poor rip than something that was recorded in a studio only a best-selling band could afford! I was beyond relieved when it was finally dropped for the "Lift me up, let me go" part. Now for the music. I like a good electronic song as much as the next guy, but that's not where Linkin Park's strength is, which for the record, is with rock songs. Preferably, rap-rock with a touch of electronica for flavor. However, I don't think the band should restrict itself to that. I believe experimentation is healthy. And that nu-metal is dead and gone, but that's another story. I like Minutes to Midnight for not being the lighter and softer remake of Hybrid Theory most of Meteora turned out to be and I love "Breaking the Habit", despite my opinion on the rest of the album. But this? This sounds like a neutered Pendulum song. "The Catalyst" is a dance song, and not a very imaginative one. That being said, I actually enjoy the music. I thought the synth solo and drum outro were cool and I liked how up-tempo the song was. What's my opinion on the song? Linkin Park could have done a lot better. Hell, some of the remixes blew the actual song out of the water, such as the Manic All-Stars! But it's not gonna taint my perception of what the album's gonna be like. As some people have mentioned, "What I've Done" isn't very representative of Minutes to Midnight and I'm willing to bet it's the same case here. And like that song, "The Catalyst" is gonna grow on me during the next few months.