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OH, GOD NO: LINKIN PARK ARE PLANNING A CONCEPT ALBUM FOR NEXT RECORD

 Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 12:47pm by

linkin parkFile this under “things the world absolutely does not need,” right between “Limp Bizkit reunion” and “Sarah Palin presidency;” Billboard reports that apparently Linkin Park have a concept record in the works for their next album. The band will start recording next month, just before their new live album drops around Thanksgiving.

Singer Chester Bennington is choosing to be coy on the matter: “I’m not sure I’m allowed to say what the big plan is,” he says, but the band “never envisioned ourselves doing a concept record, but we see an opportunity to do something really cool so we jumped on it, and we’ll see how it comes out. I think it’s a challenge and we’ll see if we can rise to the occasion.”

Here’s to hoping Linkin Park absolutely do not rise to the occasion. Lord knows we could always use something else to laugh at around here.

-VN

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  • Trent Reznor

    Look, stop stealing from me, and stop playing Wish at your shows.

    Pricks.

  • http://hookssobig.blogspot.com Wayne

    I thought they already did a bunch of concept albums about how daddy doesn’t love them and how they have cocks like Ken dolls. Or were those “loose” concept albums?

  • Kye

    I’m excited

    Because I like Linkin Park

    And I absolutely don’t give a fuck what anyone has to say about that.

  • http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/82/image1llrk5.jpg Revrant

    Ladies and gentlemen, the AC/DC of our generation.

  • Fantum

    Nothing they do could be worse than Minutes To Midnight and nothing they do could be better than Reanimation so concept album or not, they’re passed their prime.

  • hoc

    Here’s to hoping Chester gets testicular cancer and dies before they can record any new material CUZ IM ABOUT TO BREAK!!!!

  • Kye

    Hybrid Theory was better than Reanimation….which doesn’t help to prove against the prime thing…but I’m just saying, they’ve done stuff better.

  • Conduit

    Calling them the ACDC of our gen is a huge shit-covered insult to what once was a respectable band. I’d hope this band dies in a plane crash but then that goofy “singer” would be propped up like a metal jesus, or something. Fuck

  • dthrasher

    Has anyone else noticed that half the time something is described as a “concept album” that doesn’t really end up meaning anything anyways?

  • cornblood

    here’s a concept: don’t make shitty music.

  • http://metal-scene.com Dan

    Damn you cornblood! Stay out of my mind!

  • http://metal-scene.com Dan

    Quick Follow Up:

    Anyone else notice the 4 Linkin Park advertisements on the left of this page?

  • Fantum

    Yeah the Linkin Park ads kinda add some much needed irony. Any guesses as to what concept they’ll end up with? My hope – bite off a chunk of Cradle Of Filth and go with some obscure sadistic fairy tale. Could be redeeming for LP.

  • Karl

    My guess: S & LP.

  • http://www.myspace.com/corrosivefate Rohit

    Well the ads are probably done by google. So it’s not like its done on purpose. Google just picks up on the phrase and they put what they think would be relevant .

  • Kev

    Should be interesting, and this is good news to me because, at the risk of being “not-metal” (rolls eyes), I quite enjoy Linkin Park. My top band for sure, no matter what any of you say :D

  • http://www.myspace.com/unholy2 Zack

    I remember getting the first Linkin Park CD when I was a freshman in high school, the week it came out, and before anyone know who they were. It wasn’t that bad, really.

    They have, however, taken a very, very sharp downhill turn since then. Meteora sucked and the last one wasn’t even worth bittorrenting.

  • Jon

    I hope Gaahl gets a hold of everyone of the faggots in Link men park and anal rapes them till they bleed to death so I never have to hear another one of their song on the gaydio

  • LP LOVER

    FUCK ALL YOU HATERS IF I COULD I WOULD FUCK LINKIN PARK AND HAVE LITTLE LINKIN PARK BABIES CAUSE YOU KNOW ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN LP IS THE SHIIITTT.

  • Matt

    poor bloke; hes gonna have to face his family next year with linkin nailing the album. $10 says he’ll get disowned, not only from them but from society. poor, poor bloke.

  • http://jas09.deviantart.com/ JAS09

    I hope Chester catches throat cancer from breathing in the cigar smoke of the music label executives he spends time around. If he doesn’t die, then at least he’ll lose his voice and be unable to do his pathetic excuse for singing.