Actually, I hate to break it to you, but it has been said a million times. Due to the success of Minutes to Midnight, and because LP doesn't want to give the fans another Hybrid Theory, they are going to make nearly an exact replica of Minutes to Midnight. They want to show an EVEN softer side to Chester. Think of about 12 tracks of "Let Down", except no music what-so-ever. Just pure Chester.
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It's like everyone forgot all the past news posts we've posted of Mike saying how much different the new album will be. People, wake up before you post please. The new album will be different from the other albums.