Jackson, 50, suffered an apparent heart attack at his Bel-Air home and was rushed to UCLA Medical Center around 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. His death was confirmed by Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Hospital officials were expected to make an announcement shortly.

Full Story from The Washington Post

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On behalf of the EraseThePain.net community:

We are deeply saddened by the passing of such a talented, selfless and kind person. Michael Jackson was one of the greatest musicians, a music legend, the king of pop, and so many other things, but simply put, he was an entertainer with a very, very big heart. He was a person who remained humble, selfless, hard-working, and honest, until the very end.

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery"

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The New Divide music video is on MySpace. Watch it HERE.

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The band posted the making of the video. You can see how the band gets a lot of bruises because of some ropes. That's what you get when Joe's directing a video.

Click here to see the video.

The video will premiere on the 12th of June.

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In an article posted today on Billboard.com, Mike Shinoda discusses Linkin Park's next album, due out 2010, and gives some insight on what fans can expect.

"It's moving," Shinoda tells Billboard.com. "I feel like we've been writing a lot. I'd say we've got about half the music done, though I shouldn't say halfway because who knows how long the next batch of songs will take. But all the material's just kind of coming together, and every week we meet up and assess the situation and for the rest of the week we just go and work on whatever we find exciting."

Shinoda says the group has decided on a producer but is not revealing that yet. He expects "an interesting transition" in the sound from 2007's "Minutes to Midnight," especially since singer Chester Bennington's upcoming solo project, "Dead By Sunrise" -- due out this fall -- "is much more of a rock album," leaving the door open for Linkin Park to experiment with other approaches.

"It's not going to be 'Hybrid Theory,' " Shinoda reports. "It's not going to be 'Minutes to Midnight.' And if we do it right, it'll have a cutting edge sound that defines itself as an individual record separate from anything else that's out there." He acknowledges that the rap element that was not a major part of "Minutes to Midnight" may be more prominent this time out, too. "I think I have some of the Fort Minor (his rap side project) energy in me that wants to come out, so you'll probably hear more rapping on it," Shinoda says. "I don't know if it'll be a little or a lot, but I now I've been sitting down writing a lot of verses, so there's a better chance of those making it on the record."

To read more about the album and other projects the band is currently involved in, please visit Billboard.com.

Source: LPAssociation

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Download the new Linkin Park single, New Divide. This is the first time where the track list has a instrumental and A Capella b-side instead of live tracks.

I remembered black skies / the lightning all around me
I remembered each flash / as time began to blur
Like a startling sign / that fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason / to prove me wrong / to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason / to fill this hole / connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide

There was nothing in sight / but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide / the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in / between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason / to prove me wrong / to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Across this new divide

In every loss / in every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret / and each goodbye
was a mistake to great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

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Most of you probably remember the song Chester recorded with DJ Lethal back in 2001. As of yesterday, the complete song can be downloaded at LPLive. The only thing missing from the version we've had all these years is that there's a intro, bridge and outro. There are no new vocals. You can download State of the Art right now at LPLive.

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We would like to wish all Erase The Pain members & visitors a very happy Holi! May the festival of colors bring peace, love and happiness to each of yours and your families lives.

For those who are unaware of holi check out this wikipedia description of the Indian Festival.

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According to MikeShinoda.com, Machine Shop Records has been put on hold and Styles of Beyond have been dropped from the label. Read Mike's blog for the full story.

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EraseThePain.net experienced some unexpected downtime as a result of billing issues with our host. We would like to announce that we are back up and running and any inconvinience is regretted. Please go ahead and continue enjoying the site and the forums.

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CBS has posted a preview of upcoming CSI episode named after Linkin Park's 'Leave Out All The Rest', the episode will air on Thursday, November 6 at 9pm ET.

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