Linkin Park - The hunting party (17-6-2014)

"The guitars are back, for sure," he told The Pulse Of Radio. "We challenged ourselves to get that 16, 17-year-old kid that was like so excited about what was going on in rock music — we wanted that kid to be excited again. And that was something that we feel, right now, I mean, with all the great music that's out right now, there seems to be this vacancy for that kind of music — really aggressive, really energetic music that just kind of doesn't exist right now."

¿Pero esta parida la dice en serio?

there seems to be this vacancy for that kind of music — really aggressive, really energetic music that just kind of doesn't exist right now

Nose quien es peor, el que ha escrito eso o vosotros que aun no sabeis como funciona esto.

La entrevista, al margen de las flipadas del entrevistador, me parece muy buena. De las mejores que he leído últimamente. Y la respuesta sobre A Thousand Suns me parece muy interesante.


Honestly I thought you’d get mad at me for saying you were mainstream. People are weird about that.

We’re at peace with the fact that not just we can go to many countries and play shows and people come, but also with the fact that that’s how we’re seen. I would have fought that early on when we were getting bigger, like “No, I don’t want to be seen as a pop group, fuck that.” But I do think there’s a difference between being accessible and mainstream and being pop or whatever you want to call that. It’s more about intention, whether you’re talking about aesthetics or how you lay out a set or what your video looks like or whatever. Our threshold for trying to push it and do something that’s interesting to us and also challenging the fans is pretty high. Two records ago when we put A Thousand Suns out, we knew that it was going to be a totally polarizing album. Before we even let anyone hear it, we were like, “Fuck, are we 100% sure that we want to alienate this many people?” Because some people were going to be like, “That’s it, I’ve had it, fuck this band, they’re not making music for me anymore because all I want to hear is heavy guitars and there isn’t a guitar to be found on this record. They’re singing about the world’s ills and there’s a bunch of electronic bleeps and blips, fuck these guys.”

I heard a great quote by Nas around that time. He said that every once and a while he likes to make a project to shake off his pop fans. To intentionally get rid of them. If you’re a casual Nas listener, he’s going to let you know at a certain point that you’re not welcome to his party. I love that, I thought that was so cool.

‘Keys to the Kingdom’: Right off the bat this track has an old-school punk vibe with a new twist. The hasty drums and explosive riffs a hardcore element to it. Vocalist Chester Bennington unleashes melodies and the balance of Shinoda’s rap verses makes for a powerful combination. Although the band will be playing arenas on their forthcoming Carnivores tour, this song has an underground feel that would welcome them to a small, beat up venue in Brooklyn, N.Y.

‘Wastelands of Today’: This tune starts with a hip-hop verse and the song has a lot of groove with heavy drum and bass. The chorus is catchy yet sludgy and has some grit to it. Watch out for the heavy breakdown in the middle of the song. Linkin Park take you on a sonic roller-coaster ride as they play around with the tempo and ambiance of the song.

‘Until It’s Gone’: It’s a more mid-tempo track with softer lyrics provided by Chester Bennington, who really shows his vocal versatility. The dreamy and atmospheric sounds are enough to whisk you away but Bennington brings you back down to earth as he belts out their take on a familiar chorus: “’Cause you don’t know what you’ve got / No you don’t know what you’ve got / You don’t know what you’ve got / Until it’s gone.” This catchy song is one that’s bound to get stuck in your head for a long time.

‘All for Nothing’: This one, when performed live, will get the crowd moving for sure. With a hip-hop flow in the first verse this quickly turns into almost a punk anthem. The song is relentless and unapologetic, with a stellar guitar solo by Brad Delson. It’s no surprise that this heavy tune is hardcore especially since it features a guest spot Helmet vocalist and guitarist Paige Hamilton.

‘Rebellion’: With a name like ‘Rebellion,’ as a listener you would expect pure chaos and mayhem and that’s exactly what Linkin Park give you. The vibe is almost thrashy with its speedy riffs and galloping drums. While listening to it one might think that it could even fit on System of a Down’s first album — that’s probably because none other than Daron Malakian of System of a Down is featured on this song.

Una review normal y sin emocionarse xD.

Por lo que dice parece que habrá mucho rap de Mike y eso siempre mola, estribillos pegadizos típicos de Chester y protagonismo de guitarras. 'Rebellion' dice que es como si fuera del primer disco de SOAD, la verdad es que es la canción que más ganas tengo de escuchar y ver con que nos sorprende Daron.

Le toca a la revista rolling:


Keys to the Kingdom" and "All for Nothing

That mindset permeates the five songs off Linkin Park's sixth record, The Hunting Party, that Shinoda played Rolling Stone at a recent listening session in New York City. Tracks like avant-metal jigsaw riffs of "Keys to the Kingdom" and the punkish "All for Nothing" indeed sound like Linkin Park at their angriest and most adrenalized. It's undeniable Linkin Park at their most pure, since they produced the album, other than one track, themselves.

Similarly, the band members took the ethos of the bands that inspired them and, rather than go on a nostalgia trip, tried to "modernize that aggression sonically," to use Shinoda's words. "Keys to the Kingdom" opens with an affected, robotic-sounding voice yelling and then manages to make some disjointed-sounding riffs work. "I wanted you to listen to the song and be disrupted at regular intervals," Shinoda says. "I wanted that to be jarring or distracting, just kind of fuck you up."

"Until It's Gone", "Wastelands" and "Rebellion"


"Until It's Gone" kicks off with the sort of warbling synth effect that was the group's calling card on their 2000 breakthrough debut, Hybrid Theory, but builds into a brooding, textured gloom rocker that reminds listeners, via singer Chester Bennington, that "[you] don't know what you've got until it's gone." "Wastelands of Today," produced by Rob Cavallo, boasts a similar message – that there is "nothing left to lose" – over a herky-jerky big rock riff. And the final track he played, "Rebellion," uses a speedy riff and a jackhammer-fast drum line that splits the difference between hardcore and disco that, together, charges toward a chorus with the message "Rebellion – we lost before we start." The album, which will contain 12 tracks, isn't finished yet, but Shinoda is working on mixing it this week in advance of its June 17th release and the band's summer tour.

He tenido que entrenar rob para tocar la bateria del disco:

Rob's drumming for "The Hunting Party":
This approach was especially difficult for drummer Rob Bourdon who ran himself ragged trying to keep up with the music. "It's probably the hardest stuff he's ever played on one of our albums," Shinoda says. "He had to physically work his way up to it. He had to go running, lift weights, work with a trainer." Then with a laugh, Shinoda says, "He eventually went to a chiropractor because he threw his back out playing drums. I don't want to put the guy in the hospital, but it was fun for both of us to make something that was challenging to him. And he definitely feels that at the end of the day, he's a better drummer for it."

Os estais pajeando demasiado por oir una guitarra, yo de estos no espero nada de nada

Os estais pajeando demasiado por oir una guitarra, yo de estos no espero nada de nada

Me llevo pajeando desde el año 2000 con ellos y aun sigo haciendolo asi que ya ves tu la importancia que le doy a la guitarrita.

Os estais pajeando demasiado por oir una guitarra, yo de estos no espero nada de nada

Me llevo pajeando desde el año 2000 con ellos y aun sigo haciendolo asi que ya ves tu la importancia que le doy a la guitarrita.

con cualquier cosa te pajeas tu entonces

Yo lo que digo es que estas previews son una puta gilipollez si de las 6 canciones mostradas 4 de ellas ni siquiera se han terminado de mezclar Joder, es que es putamente absurdo. Es como analizar una película con dos minutos de trailer donde a veces ni siquiera están terminados todos los FX o meten escenas o planos que luego no incluyen Que bobada, dios.

Os estais pajeando demasiado por oir una guitarra, yo de estos no espero nada de nada

Me llevo pajeando desde el año 2000 con ellos y aun sigo haciendolo asi que ya ves tu la importancia que le doy a la guitarrita.

con cualquier cosa te pajeas tu entonces

Con cualquier cosa que me guste A MI. Gracias por el aporte.