I'm so tired of people complaining that LP needs to return to the Hybrid Theory/Meteora style. I'm not seeing that here yet, which is good, but LP returning to that style would go over about as well as a lead balloon. Change is inevitable. It happens to almost everyone, and there are VERY few artists/bands that can get away with not changing. LP's not one of them.
Besides, other than maybe one or two songs, this and "The Catalyst" blow Minutes to Midnight out of the water. Looks like the new album is shaping up to be a winner.