Linkin Park

Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight is about a week-and-a-half away from hitting stores on May 15. The album features a new direction, and an increase in the vocal load for Chester Bennington.

Vocalist/instrumentalist Mike Shinoda, who did most of the rapping on Meteora and Hybrid Theory, said he's happy that Chester is taking most of the vocals on the album.

"In a lot of cases I did a lot of writing, and then I gave it to Chester and he did a lot of singing, which, I think he's one of the best singers of our generation. So, I really love to hear him sing. I was really happy to have him singing more on this record."

Minutes To Midnight comes in two deluxe versions with a DVD, and Shinoda says it's well worth the purchase. On them fans will get a chance to hear songs from the album with Shinoda doing early vocals on the tracks.