Indeed, let there be no doubts about Gregor's guitar tone, it is still massive and awesome as hell. But I will agree I was also let down by the new song as it just seems way too pop oriented, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but the last few albums it just seems as though PL has dumbed down their music substantially to appeal to a more radio crowd. This is all just conjecture even though I am still a huge PL fan.
BTW, hey Blakkheim, did you ever read that Terrorizer interview with PL shortly after One Second came out? I remember reading that the interviewer was playing Greg and the boys a lot of different cd's just to show them the type of lasting influence that they have had on metal. And inevitably, they play PL "Murder", which apparently left Greg drop-jawed as he said something to the effect of "Bloody hell!!! It took me months to get that guitar tone!!"(referring to "Gothic").
But I stray from the point, but will agree in hoping that the LP will be much more rewarding and won't suck Forever After. Ok, bad pun.