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 Rendezvous Midnight Rendezvous Midnight Rendezvous is an EP by the British heavy metal band Tokyo Blade, released in 1984 through the UK independent record label Powerstation Records. The songs were recorded in early 1983 when the band was called Genghis Khan and originally released as double 7" single "Double Dealin". The four tracks of the EP, combined with four tracks of the band's first album, "Tokyo Blade", were published as an LP during the same year by Combat Records in the USA, under the title "Midnight Rendezvous". This EP was included in the re-release on CD of the album "Tokyo Blade"