LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington recently spoke to MTV.com about the band’s third studio album, due next year.

“We’re going for the music that inspired us, rather than the nü-metal type of sound,” he said. “We’re ripping that out. It’s completely gone.”

In its place is a mix of punk and classic-rock elements with vintage hip-hop beats, the singer said.

classic-rock & vintage hip-hop…it’s Retro-Nü-Metal! a whole new hypen genre!