Passage: Linkin Park vakadzokera kuzvidzidzo zvekurekodha muna 2006 kuti vashande pazvinhu zvitsva. Kugadzira dambarefu, bhendi rakasarudza mugadziri Rick Rubin. Kunyangwe pakutanga vachitaura kuti dambarefu raizotanga imwe nguva muna 2006, dambarefu rakamiswa kusvika 2007. Bhendi rakange rakarekodha nziyo makumi matatu kusvika makumi mashanu muna Nyamavhuvhu 2006, apo Shinoda akataura kuti dambarefu rakanga raitwa. Bennington akazowedzera kuti dambarefu idzva raizotsauka kubva parinzwi rayo rekare re nu metal. Warner Bros. Records yakazivisa zviri pamutemo kuti dambarefu rechitatu rebhendi, rakanzi Minutes to Midnight, raizoburitswa muna Chivabvu 15, 2007 muUnited States. Mushure mekupedza mwedzi gumi nemana vachishanda paarubhamu, nhengo dzebhendi dzakasarudza kunatsiridza dambarefu ravo nekubvisa nziyo shanu kubva pane gumi nenomwe dzepakutanga.
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