Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. "Minutes to Midnight" was the band's follow-up album to "Meteora" (2003) and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. "Minutes to Midnight" takes its title from the Doomsday Clock. It is also the first Linkin Park full-length album to carry a Parental Advisory label.
Affiance (band) Affiance (band) Affiance was an American metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2007. They released one EP prior to their debut album "No Secrets Revealed", which was released on Bullet Tooth Records in December 2010. Vocalist Dennis Tvrdik sings of political and religious issues. Affiance formed and released their first 6-track EP entitled "Calm Before the Storm" in late 2007. After minimal success with the EP, the band signed a deal with Bullet Tooth records to begin production of their debut album. With their first EP released, the band began their first nationwide tour with Across The Sun and