I've only heard a few snippets and read people's reviews and some lyrics, and it doesn't great. I'm mixed.

Lyrically, the messages seem a lot less subtle and too "in your face" for my liking. With Fallen I could relate to so many songs in different ways, but here (keep in mind that I did not hear the full album, so feel free to correct me) the lyrics are just in-your-face, for example... "If you loved me, you would be here with me" as opposed to "I tried to kill the pain, but only brought more, so much more". Again, I did not hear the entire album, corret me iff I am wrong.

Lose Control and Cloud Nine: bad mixing. Does anyone else agree that the mixing was very weird? It sounds unpleasent to the ear and the vocals are not clear enough, even if they're good. I really hope that will be changed by the time the album comes out (not happening, eh?) because I feel like some of the bad reviews are coming from that. Please fix that, makes the songs sound unfinished.

With that said, a few clips and lyrics don't mean too much. I just hope the lyrics are as good as they are in Fallen, and the vocals sound clearer.

Lithium is amazing, by the way. WOW.