I got the whole album ( yes yes trow your flames at big mean ol' pirate misanthrope i dont care i have asbestos suit ) And i can tell you a few things.
There are certainly several nu metal elements, the most noticeable ones being the tunning and the rhythm guitars ( they tune to fucking A now and the is a lot of slipknotish rhythms on the rhythmic guitar ). Also on the song Dawn of a new day one can hear screams that sound like a carbon copy of linkin park ( in fact you could put the linkin park there so he sings them and you wouldnt notice, is THAT similiar, hell is even the same vocal melody present in a linkin park song )
Another thing to mention is that Friden, for better or ( most likely ) for worst uses way more clean vocals this time around ( ALOT more ) and honestly it still sounds like a horrible whining guy most of the time but not all the time, the most notable exeption being Metaphor wich is an acoustic sound that is solid and well executed, with the only minor detail of horrible country ( american country ) style violin work. If you let the violins get to you it really sounds like a country/alternative song rejecet hybrid.
Overall the album circles around typical inflames guitar melodies and harmonies on top of this new elements with some expetions on certain songs wich sound more "comercial" if you want.
The atempt at the use of electronic is a very respectable one, and althought no where as near well implemented as DT's recent atempts at including electronic elements, they are usually solid enough and fit the songs nicely to the point they are not really a problem to me and i suspect it wont be to some people.
In depth coments l8r ( if im requested to )