However unlike previous rapping on the album, this song adopts an identical rhythm to the one in When They Come For Me. Straight after the chorus, the song takes another twist, as Mike starts to rap. Before you know it, Chester’s violent scream of ‘ Victimized’ is being thrown into your face. After the storming introduction, more haunting vocals are sung by Mike, but this time it’s building up to something huge. After a very short break, thunderous drums and intense electro/guitar break in to the song. Victimized doesn’t wait to introduce its aggressive, lively sound. If you’re feeling a bit mellow after listening to Castle of Glass, don’t settle down just yet. Castle of Glass is a simple song, yet one that catches the listener’s attention. After a Chester takes a soft interlude, the song bursts back into the chorus, more lively and louder. There’s another round of the haunting verse and chorus, this time more upbeat. After the first chorus, the song builds up with pounding drums and the synth line again, which effortlessly sounds good. Their voices complement each other well as they claim they’re ‘ only a crack, in this castle of glass’. In the chorus, Mike and Chester’s voices sound similar, but you can still hear the difference. The verse is haunting, with the deep vocals. The song begins with a pounding electronic drum and it soon comes in with an interesting and catchy synth line. Track 6 is Castle of Glass, and this song stood out for me. It isn’t a bad song, but it doesn’t capture your attention as much as Lost in the Echo and Lies Greed Misery. It sounds fairly similar to Minutes to Midnight and New Divide. I’ll Be Gone is track 5, and similar to In My Remains.
The song also shines at the end with attacking screams. It’s a solid track electronic beats and edgy hip hop in the verses with an aggressive chorus ‘I wanna see you choke on your lies, swallow up your greed, suffer all alone in your misery’. Lies Greed Misery comes bursting through afterwards. The third track and first single Burn It Down is next, and as I stated earlier, I wasn’t a huge fan of the song. In My Remains is quick to follow, which is a good track an electronic track with big Minutes to Midnight sounding guitars and vocals. This song sets the tone for Living Things and it’s a very strong album opener. I thought it would be similar to Blackout, a very toned down and somewhat powerless scream however with the pounding guitars in the background, it works perfectly. The use of screams and electronic mixing is used very well here. Luckily I was wrong the screams burst out after the second chorus which instantly gives power to the song.
At first, I thought Lost in the Echo would repeat this, and the song wouldn’t be taken anywhere interesting or more energetic. In my opinion, Burn It Down was a fairly average song the song never really went anywhere. Mike raps on the verse with aggression, reminiscent of A Place for my Head, and Chester’s clean vocals sweep the chorus in a very Minutes to Midnight-esque fashion. The band has managed to capture the raw energy from Hybrid Theory whilst adding in fresh high energy electronic elements. Lost in the Echo, the album opener is one of the strongest songs on the record. Tracks that stand out majorly for me are Lost in the Echo, Castle of Glass, Victimized and Until it Breaks. It contains features on at least one song that will appeal to a Linkin Park fan, old or new. If they hadn’t have released Hybrid Theory or A Thousand Suns, then there would be no Living Things. Living Things is a truly unique album, and somewhat of a summary of what Linkin Park is capable of. Living Things combines musical elements from all of the bands previous albums from the aggressive drop C guitars to the more recent electronic aspects of songs. However don’t dismiss ‘Living Things’ as another disappointing release, because it isn’t. The short answer to that question is no, they haven’t gone back to their roots. After this somewhat risky release, followers of the band were left wondering if Linkin Park had changed their sound for good, or if they were to return to the gritty nu-metal sound which gave the band their place in the industry. Some fans were fond of the new sound however some, including me, were disappointed with the drastic change in direction for the band.
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2010 saw the release of Linkin Park’s fourth full length studio album, the experimental, multi-concept album A Thousand Suns.
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