 In July 2011 , Bennington told Rolling Stone that Linkin Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months , and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come out in 2012 . He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album , saying " We just kind of began . We like to keep the creative juices flowing , so we try to keep that going all the time ... we like the direction that we 're going in . " Later , on March 28 , 2012 , Shinoda confirmed that the band is filming a music video for " Burn It Down " . Joe Hahn directed the video . Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album 's art , saying that it will " blow them [ the fans ] away ... the average person is not going to be able to look at it and go , I understand that that 's completely new , like not just the image but the way they made the image is totally new . So there 's going to be that . " 
