Bayan da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin shekara ta 2006, Linkin Park ya sake dawowa zuwa ɗakin studio don yin aiki a kan sabon abu. Don samar da kundin, ƙungiyar ta zaɓi mai gabatarwa Rick Rubin. Duk da cewa da farko ya bayyana cewa kundin zai fara a wani lokaci a shekara ta 2006, an jinkirta kundin har zuwa shekara ta 2007. Kungiyar ta rubuta waƙoƙi talatin zuwa hamsin a watan Agusta 2006, lokacin da Shinoda ya ce an kammala kundin. Bennington daga baya ya kara da cewa sabon kundin zai ɓace daga sautin nu na ƙarfe na baya. Warner Bros. Records a hukumance ya sanar da cewa kundi na uku na kundi, mai suna Minutes to Midnight, za a sake shi a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 2007 a Amurka. Bayan da aka shafe watanni goma sha huɗu yana aiki a kan kundin, 'yan ƙungiyar sun zaɓa don kara inganta kundin su ta hanyar cire biyar daga cikin waƙoƙi goma sha bakwai. Takardar kundin, wanda ke magana game da Doomsday Clock, ya ba da labarin waƙar band din a farkon shekara ta 2007.
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