Linkin Park Confirm June Release For 'The Hunting Party'
Friday, 11 April 2014
Written by Huw Baines
Photo: Brandon Cox
Linkin Park will roll out their new album, 'The Hunting Party', on June 16.
The release follows a day after the rock giants' scheduled headline slot at Download Festival, where they will play their breakthrough album, 'Hybrid Theory', in full.
Mike Shinoda recently discussed the pressures associated with some of the more difficult moments on 'The Hunting Party' in an interview with Noisey. He said:
"The way we treat this is, “We live and breathe this. If this fails, you get to go home and have your jobs, but we don’t.” We also go to our fans and try to get them to see our point of view. On this record our first single is aggressive, it’s six minutes long, and radio won’t play anything over three-and-a-half minutes. Pop radio won’t play anything over three minutes, and they also won’t play anything with aggressive guitars, they definitely won’t play anything with screaming in it.
"There’s a ton of rules. And unless you’re Rihanna and Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga, they won’t play anything cold—they need it to be a success elsewhere. They’re only going to be on the winning team. And from my perspective, I can’t live in that world. It’s a business, do what you’ve gotta do, but that world’s very foreign to me. When I make a song I don’t do math. I think what’s the point I’m trying to get across, how do I learn to be a better writer, better producer, whatever."
Linkin Park have also unveiled the video for Guilty All The Same, which features bars from Rakim. You can check that out below.
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