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
Devil in a Midnight Mass number 98. On 102.1 The Edge's top 102 Canadian new rock songs (March 10, 2007) "Devil In a Midnight Mass" came in at number 52. Devil in a Midnight Mass "Devil in a Midnight Mass" is the first single released from Billy Talent's second album, "Billy Talent II". There are two differing versions of the song: the album version, and an unpolished demo version released in December 2005 via their Myspace account. In the album version Ben Kowalewicz shouts "Yeah!" at the beginning of the track; in the other, this is omitted, and the pre-chorus and second verse sound significantly