Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) come". "Herald Sun" writer Karen Tye gave it 3½ out of 4 stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, "Who knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park so well?". Despite commending the band for their ambition, "The Guardian"s Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived "their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre" as a weakness, while writing that "the sound still pivots on the interplay of walloping guitar chords and self-flagellating lyrics". Among those with a more negative view of the album was Stephen Thomas
Midnight Peacocks & vocals) and form the Midnight Peacocks. The new band immediately flew to Germany to record the group's first album "It's a Brutal Machine". The album was released in 2006, with such songs from the album as: "Brutal Machine", "Indian Sun", "Island of the Sun" and "Ganja to the Chairman". In the end of 2006, Matan decided to leave the group to focus on his work with punk rock band Got No Shame, and the guitarist position was taken over by Ron Bunker (ex-member of Squid). In 2007, the group released its second studio album "Shalosh" (from the Hebrew word