A Thousand Suns 6 Track Sampler Review

Good point, though it can be argued that's due to the lack of Promotion that Warner gave DBS

 

Warner is a douche for not promoting DBS very well. It really pisses me off too, since i really enjoyed the DBS album minus a couple songs.

 

Yeah....NO.

 

I know for a fact that a HUGE amount of non-LP fans loved Fort Minor....according to Chester, his ideas were rejected because of the band not knowing what to do with them. It sucked more musically than lyrically

 

I'm pumped!

 

i quite agree..Out of Ashes is much better than many other album who've had times better promotion...Songs like 'Fire','Into you','End of the wrold'..are outstandin..

btw..the main review appears to be given by practical or a rather diplomatic person..

 

this is going to be epic....im so pumped and excited for this...almost feels like back then waiting for meteora...*takes a look at the calendar: wow, its the 20th of July already* YIHA

 

Yes, DBS was a very good album, even if i still think it should have come out before MTM to make more enthusiasm by LP fans. I heared some songs i always wanted to hear by Chester. A love song for example, by him, was unexpected and i digged it and still do.

But i am writing because i also think the eventually "rock" or "guitar driven" part won't be anything like that, simply because Brad's style is not the DBS guitarist style. They have completely different kind of guitars themselves too, which forces to play in different ways. I can't imagine, for example, Brad doing those little solos as in Out of Ashes, but something with more taste and more originality.
Because is originality what LP is about since always, after all.

 

Alright....
After reading this....
I just cant wait anymore, i knew that they would make a album for the Hardcore fans this time!!!
OMG... They have made the songs much more un radio friendly(Sounds epic) I really cant wait, i love everything about the album i heard so far.
BTW Longer songs = Awesome album!
Now i just cant wait to buy the album, and listen to it from the start to the end... a song that reminds of what Breaking the habit was for meteora!(My favourite)
Believe me when i say this is going to be epic

 

I AM SO PUMPED FOR ATS AFTER READING THIS...THIS MAY BE LP's VERSION OF METALLICA's BLACK ALBUM..=] =]

 

I think one thing that may have hurt DBS MIGHT have been the name of the band. Some may have heard the name and decided the album was too dark for them (which it was dark in a lot of songs). I personally didn't care and absolutely loved Crawl Back in and Let Down and I liked the rest of the songs with the exception of GMYN. Warners lack promotion was probably the biggest problem. /offtopic

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS FOR THE CATALYST! Am I making this up or did I see something that said LP would release the song on their myspace before Aug 2?

 

Haha alright I think I did read it somewhere but the source must not have been legit. Thanks for clarifying!

 

YES, if the rest of album is just half as epic i will explode!

 

Honestly, I used to think that I liked Linkin Park because they were a "Heavy" sounding band, - in the same vein as most of my listening catalog - and to be perfectly honest, I was predominantly disappointed with MTM.

Recently, however, I have realized that it wasn't so much the hard-rock/nu-metal thing that was missing.. (which is all the more accentuated by how much I love Fort Minor, and generally disliked Dead By Sunrise..) I think what really disappointed me with MTM was the lack of delivery on the "experimental" hype... Sure a good deal of that was, in fact, "hype", but I do feel like MTM came across a lot more mainstream-rock/typical radio than the band had intended.

As for my hopes/expectations for the new album & sound , I agree that going back to the original (HT/Meteora) sound would be a mistake - especially after the purposeful separation from the 'nu-metal' genre that the band made a point of stating in interviews and the like. (I get why they needed to make those craftily placed anti-numetal-ish comments to prep the fanbase / stay on course toward continued relevance, but I wish the comments had been less "we didn't car much for that style" and more "we feel we've moved on".. they kinda made the old albums less cool to my hindsight.. oh well.)

I do hope A Thousand Suns delivers..which, thus far, seems plausible. My interest is at least piqued - if I am yet to be full-board excited..

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As a side-note: I've been dying to ask other LP fans if anyone else saw the candid similarity between DBS's "My Suffering" and Queens of the Stonage's "Little Sister". The tempos are different, but I found the chord progressions and song structures quite alike.

On a lesser note, I thought the verse vocals on DBS's "Condemned" reminded me a little bit of Nirvana's "Stay Away"...

Cheers All,
-Steve

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