"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"
"stray away from its previous nu metal sound. Warner Bros. Records officially announced that the band's third studio album, titled ""Minutes to Midnight"", would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States. After spending fourteen months working on the album, the band members opted to further refine their album by removing five of the original seventeen tracks. The album's title, a reference to the Doomsday Clock, foreshadowed the band's new lyrical themes. ""Minutes to Midnight"" sold over 625,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the most successful debut week albums in recent years. The album"
"fans to use as the album art on iTunes. ""Minutes to Midnight"" received generally mixed reviews, based on an aggregate score of 56/100 from Metacritic, with critics showing approval, disapproval and indifference in almost equal measure. ""Rolling Stone"" gave ""Minutes to Midnight"" 4 out of 5 stars, stating that ""most of ""Minutes"" is honed, metallic pop with a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick"", and it was placed at number 25 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. IGN referred to it as ""definitely a step in the right direction and a stepping stone for things to"
"to Midnight"" received mixed reviews from critics. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007. It has sold more than four million copies in the US and 20 million copies worldwide. It was ranked number 154 on ""Billboard""'s ""Hot 200 Albums of the Decade"". In an interview, lead singer Chester Bennington explained that the album is ""a mix of punk, classic rock, and hip-hop standards"" and that ""Rick has brought more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel."" In another interview, Bennington stated: ""This time around, Mike Shinoda is singing a lot more. It"
"(2003), which featured heavier guitar riffs than ones in ""Hybrid Theory"". Linkin Park released their third studio album ""Minutes to Midnight"" on May 15, 2007 in the United States. For this album, the band strayed away from the style of nu metal style they had perfected in ""Hybrid Theory"" and ""Meteora"", and developed an entirely new sound. For Delson, this meant experimenting with different guitars and amps, both new and vintage. It also meant he needed to push aside his disinclination for guitar solos, which are featured in the tracks ""What I've Done"", ""In Pieces"" and ""The Little Things Give"
"Minutes to Midnight (song) Minutes to Midnight is the fourth track on the 1984 album ""Red Sails in the Sunset"" by Australian music group Midnight Oil. The song was written by band members Peter Garrett and Jim Moginie. The title and lyrics of the song allude to the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic timepiece published by the ""Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"", which represents the proximity of nuclear war (or more generally ""catastrophic destruction""), designated as ""midnight"". Nuclear confrontation was pertinent at the time of this song, the clock having regressed to a mere ""three minutes to midnight"" in 1984 from"
"the mid-to-late 2000s, many nu metal bands experimented with other genres and sounds. Linkin Park's third studio album ""Minutes to Midnight"", released in 2007, was noted for its complete departure from the band's nu metal sound. Nu metal bands such as Disturbed and Drowning Pool moved to a hard rock or standard heavy metal sound. Slipknot also departed from their nu metal sound and included elements of groove metal, death metal and thrash metal into their music. Staind and Papa Roach moved to lighter sounds. Staind's 2003 album ""14 Shades Of Grey"" does not express as much anger as the"
"in 2007. The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, with 3.3 million copies sold in the US alone.. Although sales of the album were lower than their two first studio albums, the album was more successful in terms of single's charting performance, with all of the five singles released reaching the Billboard Hot 100, and two songs reaching the Bubbling under Hot 100. Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World is a live album which features live versions of songs from the third studio album, ""Minutes to Midnight"". They were recorded in various cities around the world"
"Seven Minutes to Midnight (song) ""Seven Minutes to Midnight"" was the second and final single released by Pete Wylie's Wah! Heat incarnation. The band had made major line-up changes and bass guitar player Pete Younger was replaced by Colm Redmond, then Carl Washington who became Wylie's right hand. The recording included keyboard player King Bluff for the first time. It was during this incarnation that they recorded their only Peel Session on May 19, 1980. The release of the single also marked the departure of Colm Redmond (who joined Faction for a short while and then joined as a full-time"
"Two Seconds to Midnight Two Seconds to Midnight is the first album released by the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, a Washington, D.C.-based big band. Released in 2003 through Sea Breeze Jazz Records, the album is composed of arrangements by Baylock on a number of jazz standards as well as some of his original compositions. The album featured guest appearances by pianist Kenny Werner. It was recorded at Bias Recording Studios in Springfield, VA. All arrangements are by Alan Baylock unless otherwise noted. The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra is composed of musicians from the D.C. area, particularly from the Airmen of"
"vinyl covers. 2 Minutes to Midnight ""2 Minutes to Midnight"" is a song by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured on their fifth studio album, ""Powerslave"" (1984). It was released as the band's tenth single, and first from the album on 6 August 1984. It rose to number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 25 on ""Billboard"" Top Album Tracks. The band's first single to exceed five minutes in length, it remained their longest until the release of ""Infinite Dreams"" in November 1989. A protest song about nuclear war, ""2 Minutes to Midnight"" was written by"
"""44 Best Songs of 2007"". The single became a favorite on LA radio stations and was featured on the HBO TV show ""Entourage"". It also featured on several Billboard charts: #7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, #20 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart, #21 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, and #74 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Midnight Life Midnight Life is a shelved studio album by Hip hop duo The Fixxers set to be released December 7, 2007. When Quik was released from a prison sentence for parole violation, he decided to form the duo"
"at midnight on December 31, 1999. The premiere was recorded live and released on Papillon Records in 2007. ""Spirito Sanctu"" was scored for chorus, organ, percussion, brass quintet, jazz ensemble, and gospel soloist, with the Mass conducted by David Schofield. Among the performers featured were vocalist Clairdee, keyboardist Matthew Clark, bassist Ruth Davies, percussionist Curt Moore, the San Francisco Brass, and the St. Dominic's Choir. In 2008, Papillon Records released ""The Best of Dmitri Matheny"", a compilation of tracks that had appeared previously in his discography, save one: a brief jump style arrangement of ""Take Me Out to the Ball"
"to Midnight"" (2007). The album topped the ""Billboard"" charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year. The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth album, ""A Thousand Suns"" (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. Their fifth album, ""Living Things"" (2012), combines musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, ""The Hunting Party"" (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound. Their seventh album ""One More Light"", a more electronic and pop-oriented record, was released on May 19, 2017. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest"
"2 Minutes to Midnight ""2 Minutes to Midnight"" is a song by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured on their fifth studio album, ""Powerslave"" (1984). It was released as the band's tenth single, and first from the album on 6 August 1984. It rose to number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 25 on ""Billboard"" Top Album Tracks. The band's first single to exceed five minutes in length, it remained their longest until the release of ""Infinite Dreams"" in November 1989. A protest song about nuclear war, ""2 Minutes to Midnight"" was written by Adrian Smith"
"Midnight Life Midnight Life is a shelved studio album by Hip hop duo The Fixxers set to be released December 7, 2007. When Quik was released from a prison sentence for parole violation, he decided to form the duo with longtime friend AMG. The group's name was chosen by AMG and Quik's manager Greedy Greg, and in their own words refers to their desire to ""fix music"" - ""We're fixing music out here. We're interchanging our LA people. Right now. Where it was all dry before, we're giving them a breath of fresh air that's homegrown"" - Quik. The group's"
"when Linkin Park's ""Minutes to Midnight"" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.) moved 84,000 via that format to debut at No. 1. The latter album slips to No. 2 this week with 198,000, a 68% sales decline. In the UK, it became his second album to reach the number one spot, but their first to debut atop the UK Albums Chart. In Australia, peaked at number five, lower than their first studio album ""Songs About Jane"" which peaked at number one in 2004. It peaked at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart and New Zealand. At number three in Ireland, Japan and"
"Vincent Calloway went on to produce such acts as Teddy Pendergrass, The Deele and LeVert- the latter with whom they had their biggest success with the song ""Casanova"". Belinda Lipscomb appears on Reflection Eternal's 2010 album ""Revolutions Per Minute"" on the album track ""Long Hot Summer"" as well as the second single ""In This World"". Lipscomb also contributed additional background vocals on ""Toyz N Da Hood"" from Snoop Dogg's 2011 album ""Doggumentary"". Midnight Star Midnight Star is an American group that had a string of hits in the 1980s. The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by"
"track LP ""Endless Summer"", followed in 2017 with the release of ""Nocturnal"", which spent several weeks as a best seller on the music distribution website Bandcamp and reaching #17 on Billboard's dance/electronic charts October 2017. The band went on to perform their second sell out concert, taking place at the Globe Theatre on Broadway in Los Angeles in November 2017. The Midnight (band) The Midnight is a synthwave band composed of New York based singer-songwriter Tyler Lyle and LA based Danish-born producer, songwriter and singer Tim McEwan. The band was formed as a result of Tyler and Tim meeting during"
"their third studio album ""Minutes to Midnight"", as the first and introductory track on this album. The single was released almost after two years of the release of the album, due to the release of their fourth album ""A Thousand Suns"". This album is one of the albums released via Download to Donate. In 2011, a sequel to the album, titled ""Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0"", was released. The project was started by Music for Relief, who is working alongside United Nations Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Dave Matthews Band's BAMA Works to provide food, water, medical supplies"
"the following August. The group resurfaced in 2007 with Lion the Girl, which featured new bassist Ryan Wood and drummer Sandra Vu, with Olivier handling keyboard and vocal duties and production by Steve Fisk. The band's final show was at Spaceland (now The Satellite) on June 16, 2008 and have since broken up to pursue other projects or to spend time with family. The sound of Midnight Movies conjures a certain Los Angeles - but it's no sun-drenched, glamorized metropolis. This is a decidedly noir L.A., replete with mystery, desire and yearning. On Lion the Girl (New Line Records), their"
"Placebo, and many others. They also played numerous shows in Europe, Asia, and Australia which included a performance at Live Earth Japan on July 7, 2007. and headlining Download Festival in Donington Park, England and Edgefest in Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band completed touring on its fourth Projekt Revolution tour before taking up an Arena tour around the United Kingdom, visiting Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester, before finishing on a double night at the O2 arena in London. Bennington stated that Linkin Park plans to release a follow-up album to ""Minutes to Midnight"". However, he stated the band will"
"After Midnight Project After Midnight Project (commonly abbreviated ""AMP"") is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. As of 2012, they no longer perform together. After Midnight Project began in 2004 in Los Angeles, California. They are known for their energetic live shows, extensive touring, and close connection to fans. They are also featured in the end credits with their song ""Take Me Home"" for the game ""Prey"". With the release of their EP, ""The Becoming"", in 2007, they caught the attention of Universal Motown and were signed. They entered the studio with renowned producer, John Feldmann, upon being"
"The Last Goodnight The Last Goodnight was an alternative rock/pop band from Enfield, Connecticut, USA. Their major label debut, ""Poison Kiss"", was released on 28 August 2007. The first single from the album, ""Pictures of You"", became a pop radio hit in the summer of 2007. In June 2005, the Enfield, Connecticut band, Renata, performed at the Whiskey A Go-Go in Los Angeles. The band caught the eye of RCA Records A&R Sr. VP, Jeff Blue. Blue left RCA to develop the band in his house for three years. Blue brought the band to Virgin Records and eventually produced the"
"Note, Army Blues, and Navy Commodores jazz ensembles. This album also featured renowned jazz pianist Kenny Werner as a guest artist on tracks ""Cottontail"" and ""Sea Changes"". Two Seconds to Midnight Two Seconds to Midnight is the first album released by the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, a Washington, D.C.-based big band. Released in 2003 through Sea Breeze Jazz Records, the album is composed of arrangements by Baylock on a number of jazz standards as well as some of his original compositions. The album featured guest appearances by pianist Kenny Werner. It was recorded at Bias Recording Studios in Springfield, VA."
"Pope. Album Single Midnight to Midnight Midnight to Midnight is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released in February 1987 by Columbia Records. ""Midnight to Midnight"" was produced by Chris Kimsey, who was known for his work with the Rolling Stones and had recently produced Marillion's best-selling album ""Misplaced Childhood"". A more overtly commercial effort than the Psychedelic Furs had previously recorded, ""Midnight to Midnight"" was their highest-charting album in the UK, reaching number 12, yet frontman Richard Butler later characterized it as ""hollow, vapid and weak"", and the album has been described as"
"be reforming. Middian Middian was a doom metal band from Portland, Oregon, United States. The band comprised guitarist Mike Scheidt (founder of YOB), bass guitarist/vocalist Will Lindsay, and drummer Scott Headrick. They released one album, titled Age Eternal. Guitarist Mike Scheidt formed Middian after his previous band, YOB, disbanded in 2006. He recruited Will Lindsay and Scott Headrick, who played bass guitar and drums, respectively, and formed the band Middian. The group's debut album, ""Age Eternal"", was released on Metal Blade Records in 2007. The album was also released on 12-inch vinyl. Middian toured throughout the United States in support"
"of bassist Hrothgar and the establishment of a full line-up. The new line-up debuted on July 20, 2007 delivering a setlist comprised half of songs from the ""Entranced By Twilight's Gaze"" album and new material, which featured a faster, more aggressive sound while still including melodic and epic passages. Inquinok Inquinok is a symphonic black metal band out of Seattle, Washington State. The band was founded in the late summer of 2000 by Krelian and Andrew and had its first full line-up by May 2001. The band released their demo entitled ""Shadows Amongst the Moonlight"" in 2003, which received great"
"Midnight to Midnight Midnight to Midnight is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released in February 1987 by Columbia Records. ""Midnight to Midnight"" was produced by Chris Kimsey, who was known for his work with the Rolling Stones and had recently produced Marillion's best-selling album ""Misplaced Childhood"". A more overtly commercial effort than the Psychedelic Furs had previously recorded, ""Midnight to Midnight"" was their highest-charting album in the UK, reaching number 12, yet frontman Richard Butler later characterized it as ""hollow, vapid and weak"", and the album has been described as ""over-produced and underwhelming""."
"Fright Nights'. Midnight Syndicate Midnight Syndicate is an American musical group that has been working primarily in the genre of gothic music since 1997 and is based in Chardon, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The band refers to their CDs as ""soundtracks for the imagination"" or ""soundtracks to imaginary films"". Their songs are characterized by a blend of instrumental music and sound effects and are commonly used to provide atmosphere during the Halloween season, in haunted attractions, theme parks, and in the role-playing game industry. Composer/filmmaker Edward Douglas formed Midnight Syndicate in 1996 shortly after releasing a micro-budget, direct-to-video horror"
"surroundings for an audience dressed largely in period costume. The duo has been successful enough to inspire a number of international tribute bands including: ""Renaissance Night"", the Italian ""Morning Star"" and the ""Midnight"". They have also performed the music for MagiQuest, a live simulation game. In 2006, Night performed a duet with Andi Deris on Helloween's ""Light the Universe"", which was released as a single in certain countries and is available on their album """", released in the same year. On June 27, 2008, the duo released its seventh studio album called ""Secret Voyage"", a mix of medieval-sounding tracks and"
"Middian Middian was a doom metal band from Portland, Oregon, United States. The band comprised guitarist Mike Scheidt (founder of YOB), bass guitarist/vocalist Will Lindsay, and drummer Scott Headrick. They released one album, titled Age Eternal. Guitarist Mike Scheidt formed Middian after his previous band, YOB, disbanded in 2006. He recruited Will Lindsay and Scott Headrick, who played bass guitar and drums, respectively, and formed the band Middian. The group's debut album, ""Age Eternal"", was released on Metal Blade Records in 2007. The album was also released on 12-inch vinyl. Middian toured throughout the United States in support of this"
"""Commercial Break"" chapter), a book by Augusten Burroughs. The music video for ""Given Up"" is available on iTunes, along with a live concert video of the band playing the song. The live video was taken from the DVD. The song can be heard in the film ""Red 2"". On the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, ""Given Up"" was the least successful single of ""Minutes to Midnight"". The single charted on Billboard's Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in May 2007, following ""Minutes to Midnight""'s release. However, on the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, it peaked"