Pasika: Linkin Park vakadzokera kunorekodha studios muna 2006 kuti vashande pane zvinyorwa zvitsva. Kubudisa album, boka rakasarudza mugadziri Rick Rubin. Pasinei pakutanga kutaura kuti album yaizotanga imwe nguva muna 2006, album rakanga kunonoka kusvikira 2007. Bhendi akanga akanyorwa nziyo makumi matatu kusvika makumi mashanu muna Nyamavhuvhu 2006, apo Shinoda akataura kuti album yakanga iri hafu yapera. Bennington akazowedzera kuti album itsva yaizotsauka kubva kune yayo yapfuura nu metal sound. Warner Bros. Records yakazivisa zviri pamutemo kuti album yechitatu yebhendi, yakanzi Minutes to Midnight, yaizoburitswa musi waMay 15, 2007 muUnited States. Mushure mekupedza mwedzi gumi nemana ichishanda pa album, nhengo dzebhendi dzakasarudza kuwedzera kunatsiridza album yavo nekubvisa zvishanu zvezvinyorwa gumi nenomwe zvepakutanga.
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