Linkin Park has become known for successfully integrating rock and hip-hop into a style of their own. Their highly anticipated, and longest album, Minutes to Midnight hits stores today. The style has changed a little bit in this new album, with less of the Mike Shinoda’s MC rap vocals, instead offering a bit more harmony. Lead singer Chester Bennington shares, “[Minutes to Midnight] is more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel.”

What this means to you: We’ve had Linkin Park queued up since the Jay-Z collaboration Collision Course so we’re anxious to get this loaded into our iPods, as should you.

Cost for Special Edition CD/DVD/MVI: $23 @ Amazon

Cost for CD: $10 @ Amazon