Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

Linkin Park They have changed in Minutes to Midnight, and the metamorphosis isn't a positive one.This album lacks the heavyweight that characterized its predecessors. Most of the tracks are soft. Gone is the Points of Authority style headbanging except maybe that guitar solo part of What I've Done.Undoubtedly, this album is the type that grows each time you play it, but it simply doesn't do what fans of the band wanted it to do and seems I've always preferred Chester's raspy vocals to Shinoda's rapping, but he's so underutilized on this album that you realize that he's an integral part to the Linkin Park sound MC Mike Shinoda drops the two best verses of his career, blending vocal styles with singer Chester Bennington for a moving song piece.Mike Shinoda's rapping presence is minimal.The fusion of his rapping and Chester's vocals combined with excellent beats and melodies makes the band.

this album is the type that grows each time you play it, but it simply doesn't do what fans of the band wanted it to do. There are a few hints of where the band has been but I must admit that their intent to sound different did not produce good results.This change was not a welcome one, and anyone who loved the first two albums may doubt with this Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

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