Moscow, RU – When it comes to worldwide fan favorite Linkin Park, their albums have always been the subject of high anticipation amongst all of their fans going back to the release of ‘Meteora.’ The effect they put into their material is utterly amazing, so with that type of thought perception, it is obvious that their album would take much time to plan, write, organize, and record. So with that, any news surrounding any new album from Linkin Park is newsworthy and will always capture headlines.

Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington who have always been the spokespersons for the band were recently interviewed by MTV News about a new album. The network caught up with LP during the recording of their performance of ‘Iridescent’ in Moscow’s Red Square for the premiere of ‘Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon.’   

According to Shinoda, the process of prepping the new album has already taken course.

These were his comments:

“We’re always writing. It’s hard to explain to people in simple terms what it means to us; the way we do it is a little weird and unique,” LP’s Mike Shinoda said. “We kind of write it and record it at the same time; we can do it on the road at all times. I mean, I was in my hotel room throwing something together at, like, 2 a.m. But what it takes to go from one of those demos to a finished song, I mean, we really obsess over it. It takes a while.”

Chester than added his own comments:

We do have a really great head start. We’ve got some great music, some good ideas. The creativity has continued to flow for us for the last few years, consistently,” Chester Bennington said. “So, we do plan on having this record out much quicker than what we’ve turned out in the past — that was one of our goals — and I feel like we’re in a really good place now.

And of course, the question that’s on everyone’s mind, including MTV, what will the album sound like?

“The fans, what they always ask is, ‘What’s it going to sound like?’ ” Shinoda said. “And, for us, when we go into a record, from the beginning until now, the attitude has been ‘We’re going to challenge ourselves, and try to be better songwriters, try and come up with something that’s original.’ And we can’t say, ‘Oh, it’s going to sound like one of our other records,’ because the goal is actually not to do that
 
At press time, Linkin Park’s ‘Iridescent’ Perfermance from Moscow’s Red Square in Russia will premiere on MTV, MTV2, and VH1 Classic on Friday, June 24 at 8:55pm.

Keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for more news on Linkin Park and their upcoming album.

Checkout the Official Video to Iridescent: