Perhaps the members of Linkin Park were simply being true to form when they told Kerrang! they didn’t want to say too much about their fourth album for fear of giving away its direction. This was, after all, a band still slow to warm to being interviewed, hesitant to explain the thoughts, feelings and meanings of their work because they believed they’d ultimately all be available to the listener via the words and music of whatever album they were working on. This time around, however, this reluctance seemed to stem less from frostiness and more from a desire to blindside listeners with something so different it would make the leap between Meteora and Minutes To Midnight look like a mere pigeon step – an idea given credence as the band discussed their hopes for the...