Label: Warner Bros.
Linkin Park’s first single The Catalyst takes a big risk by not using the traditional verse-chorus-verse structure, instead picking every single idea they’ve had for the past three years and putting them into something that may sound like a concept album… or not.
What makes this a magnificent album? The intros to every song, the tribal sounds mixed with great sequences and environmental sounds. To top it all with top-notch vocals, new instrumentation with pianos, as well as the melancholic spirit that surrounded the whole project, which also feels a bit more commercial than previous work.
Some people may think the record lacks the energy, that the band is selling out, but it seems like the sound is a natural progression for a band that’s grown up and are experimenting with their talent to try to take it to the next level.
Rating:4/5
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