A Thousand Suns review

More early reviews of A Thousand Suns from various sources.

From Entertainment Weekly

Rap-metal is, by and large, a pretty stale bizkit. Yet Linkin Park have outlasted the genre’s brief ’90s boom, consistently pulling digestible melodies from staticky storm clouds of sound. On A Thousand Suns at times the band’s odd mélange of industrial grind, hip-hop swagger, and teenage-wasteland angst feels jarring — but that should matter little to the kids who clamor for their headphone catharses. B

From Noisecreep

‘Blackout’ is one of the screamiest Linkin Park songs we’ve heard in quite some time. The aggro vocals are punctuated by plenty of scratching and loads of thumping beats. Three minutes in, it gets contemplative before bursting into a full-on sonic assault.

Once you get your fix from ‘Blackout,’ you can move on to ‘Waiting for the End,’ which will satisfy your jones for the perfect rap-rock fusion and is one of our favorite songs of the year. The song is erected on a thunderous beat and boasts pretty, mellow and ultimately chill vocals.

Linkin Park essentially achieve the impossible with ‘A Thousand Suns,’ which is to meld urban rhythmic thrust with rock ‘n’ roll intensity and aggression — without sacrificing either genre’s hard-fought integrity. It’s another beautifully bipolar exercise in mood and tempo dynamics, so strap yourself in and let Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda and Linkin Park take you for a ride. You’ll be bobbing your head and flailing your fists in the space of the four minutes.

From AOL

With new song ‘Blackout,’ Linkin Park continues to tantalize their fans by leaking tracks from their upcoming album ‘A Thousand Suns.’ ‘Blackout’ is available for fans to preview via the band’s Myspace. The song features the classic combination of hard rock and hip-hop that Linkin Park fans have grown to love. The closing portion of ‘Blackout’ features softer vocals from singer Chester Bennington with a more mellow, slightly electronic backing beat.

And Kerrang magazine gave the album 4 KKKK, see scans at LPA

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