Lol I hope they put at least one or two songs that sounds like a Hybrid Theory song. they should name their new album Watered Down because they're getting rid of all the ridiculous sound effects and stuff like that. or so Chester said. Watered Down by Linkin Park lol.
Album title: Probably our last album because Dec.21.12 is coming 12 tracks: 21mins long, all empty sounds
Chester has never said that they were getting rid of the sound effects or multiple layers from ATS. The only thing he said close to that was from the Kerrang! interview where he said they were working on new music and that there wasn't a lot going on in the songs at the moment. But that's really only because the songs are still early and not completely fleshed out. Chester never affirmatively said they were going to make a "stripped down" record.