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Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight

by [Mordigen]



Review :: Minutes to Midnight   -by [Mordigen]

Release: May 15, 2007
Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Minutes to Midnight
Tracklist:
1. Wake
2. Given Up
3. Leave out all the rest
4. Bleed it Out
5. Shadow of the Day
6. What I've Done
7. Hands Held High
8. No More Sorrow
9. Valentine's Day
10. In Between
11. In Pieces
12. The Little Things Give You Away


Four years in the making, Linkin Park's third album, Minutes to Midnight, has opened up a whole new genre and outlook for this band and their fans alike. Trying to reinvent themselves, their views and their sound, they have steered away from the 'Nu Metal' label that has been put on them, at the same time staying close to their unique style that makes them who they are. 

With this new, rather eclectic album, it is sure to please both the diehard Linkin Park fans, as well as open new eyes to this ever-rising band. Minutes to Midnight has a unique sound all its own, with tracks harbouring a strong and undeniable sound inspired by U2, old-school punk, new-wave Emo Punk and even some of their old Nu-Metal sounds. It is an awe-inspiring mix of intriguing melodies and the eye-opening, blatantly truthful and enlightening lyrics they have become known for. 

The overall feeling of this new album is both heartbreaking and enlightening, with such soft emotional lyrics as "When my time has come, forget the wrong that I’ve done, help me leave behind some reasons to be missed", found in Leave out all the Rest, and the anti-establishment, anti-government, politically driven yet mournful lyrics as found in Hands Held High and Bleed it Out. It holds a definite reminiscence to the late 80s early 90s days of U2, Depeche Mode and Nirvana, all of which lead vocalist, Chester Bennington, listed as a few of their inspirations for the album.

All in all, this has turned out to be one of my all-time favourite albums, leaving something for everyone that I'm sure wont leave you disappointed. I highly recommend everyone to check out this album, and keep an eye out for Chester Bennington's debut solo album Snow White Tan due to be released in early 2008, said to hold the same inspirations and feel as Minutes to Midnight.

-[Mordigen]


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