Poll of the Day > wait, the new linkin park album came out in may?

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what

i thought it was like october or some shit

last month?

holy crap how terrible is it that NO ONE even mentioned it

The band, specifically frontman Chester Bennington, have lashed out in response to the negative reception of One More Light's material. As documented through Spin magazine, in an interview with Music Week, Bennington, at the accusations that the band had "sold out", suggested that those people should "stab [themselves] in the face" and "move the fuck on" from the band's past sound.[55][48][56] Similarly, in a separate interview with Kerrang, Bennington, in response to claims of selling out with the album, responded "I will punch you in your fucking mouth ... You're a fucking pussy."[57][56] In the same interview, Mike Shinoda also rejected the claims that they had made the album "for monetary reasons", responding that "That's not how I operate".[58] Bennington explained that the accusation of "selling out" angers him because he sees it as a personal attack, concluding that "when you make it personal, like a personal attack against who we are as people, like, dude, shut up. That means that I can actually have feelings about it and most of the time my feelings are 'I want to kill you.'"[58][59]

In response to the comments, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor stated that he understood Bennington's frustrations, but advised him to "be fortunate for what you have, be fortunate for that fact that people are still coming to see you to hear the music. Give it a little time, you have to give it a little time."[60] Bennington later responded that he agreed with Taylor's statements, saying:

"...I agree with him. I do appreciate our fans%u2026 I%u2019m human and sometimes take things too personally. Most of our fans have been very positive lately. Some%u2026 not so much. Either way%u2026 there is a lot of passion on both sides and I am grateful to all of our fans. Corey is a good dude and I appreciate him too%u2026 Time to recalibrate my perspective. So I say to all of our fans%u2026 Thank you and I love you all. Peace, love and happiness."[61]

hahahahaha, maybe if you have EVERYONE telling you your new shit sucks, you might want to listen
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fuck, they're just getting shredded with this album

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 46 out of 100 based on 7 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average" reviews.[45] NME criticized the album's quality, giving it a 2/10 score and concluding that "It’s harsh to criticise a great band for trying something different, and it’s not an issue that this is a pop album. The issue is that it’s weak and contrived commercial move (perhaps to compete with the likes of Twenty One Pilots)".[51] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic agreed, stating that "The issue isn't that it's a pop effort; indeed, they get points for a brave attempt so outside of their wheelhouse. The problem is that much of One More Light is devoid of that visceral charge that previously defined much of their catalog... there's no feral screaming from Chester Bennington, there are barely any riffs, and DJ Hahn has disappeared beneath the textured studio sheen."[46] Team Rock criticized the move away from rock music, stating that the album "makes Ed Sheeran sound like Extreme Noise Terror...With One More Light, Linkin Park have waved goodbye to rock."[47] Troy L. Smith at The Plain Dealer described "Invisible" and "Nobody Can Save Me" as "well-rounded pop songs," but also noting "That won't stop Linkin Park diehards from getting a sweet tooth from the whiny "Halfway Right" or the boring title track. Heck, even Skrillex-like EDM can't save "Sorry for Now" from corny territory."[53] Consequence of Sound criticized the album for sounding like it was trying to "chase the trend of pop-EDM in an attempt to capitalize on its ubiquity" and sound "as if they were selected by committee", leading the album to sound like "a muddled mess of a record from a band that completely abandoned any sense of identity".[48]

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