So on to the title :). So as you saw I got insanely hyped for linkin park releasing the first single "The Catalyst" off their upcoming album "A Thousand Suns". But since then they have released 2 more songs on their myspace page. The 2 new songs are "Wrenches and Kings" and "Waiting for the End". I am just gonna get it out of the way, These songs have completely gotten me in a frantic craze counting down the hours i can go to best buy and buy the album. Both songs are able to keep linkin park's "old" sound in grasp but somehow feel so new and amazing that its like hearing linkin park for the first time. The band has really evolved into pure musicians. They are no longer holding anything back. Just from the 3 songs we have been given you can tell that they are willing to try and put anything into the music they create.
So lets start with "Wrenches and Kings". The song starts with a very emotional speech about men rising up against machines in what seems like "the final days". Then the song kicks off into what is the best match of guitar and beats that the band (or anyone else in my opinion) has ever done. You can tell there are loud blazing guitar but it perfectly matches the heavy hard hitting beat, listening to this song was the first time i felt like i could head band to a song that sounded like it was pure beat. Then Mike comes in rapping about the theme that the person at the begging is ranting about. The biggest thing that I noticed is that mike put a huge accent into his rapping, it feels very jamaican. Then Chester comes in with the chorus, again putting what seems like a jamaican accent into his loud screechy vocals. What he sings is the bone of the song "Steel unload, Final Blow, We the animals take control, hear us now clear and true, Wrenches and Kings we come for you". Every time I hear the chorus I get chills all down my body, this song to me is linkin park taking on political views, like "Rage Against The Machine" did, but in their own way. Its not taking on anything happening yet, but could very well happen if mankind doesn't keep control of their ambition. The whole new album is a concept album. Meaning that the whole album follows a story or a theme. It seems that the theme for the new album will very cyberpunk and dystopian. Think Fallout meets the matrix.
The score I give "Wrenches and Kings" is...
9.5/10
Now for the song they released today on their myspace page, "Waiting for the End".
The song starts out with a feeling that it might turn into a more hard song. Mike starts the song with a very good blend of singing with a rapping rhyme. Once again using auido tone, but I don't want to sound like a broken record, but somehow they use it to sound amazing. Its serene and beautiful, also having a jamaican feel to it. I guess the dystopian world they are trying to show us is in jamaica :). anyway, Then Chester comes in and completely blows away everything he has done in past records, in terms of just emotional beauty, that i have heard so far. I guess there is another song on the record that the bands bassist Phoenix says is the most beautiful thing he has ever heard. So I am really exited to see what is in store. I don't know how to explain what he does, he has never sounded so clear and just natural. There is such a calming feeling to his voice. He has done really amazing in past albums with "shadow of the day" and others. But he really has reached a new height with the new album. And in the middle of the song they even have a vocal solo that sounds like they put Chester's voice on a guitar. Obviously not, but it is a cool effect :). This song i feel shows what new ways linkin park is evolving. Just amazing.
10/10
once again Linkin Park's new album will be out on sept. 14th, just one small week. And duh i will review the whole album. :D
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