N'agbanyeghi na ha buru ụzọ kwuo na album ahụ ga-amalite n'afọ 2006, a na-egbu oge ruo afọ 2007. Ndị otu ahụ edekọla abụ iri atọ ruo iri ise n'August 2006, mgbe Shinoda kwuru na album ahụ agwụla. Bennington mechara gbakwunye na album ọhụrụ ahụ ga-apụ na ụda nu metal ya gara aga. Warner Bros. Records kwupụtara na a ga-ewepụta album nke atọ nke ìgwè ahụ, nke a kpọrọ Minutes to Midnight, na May 15, 2007 na United States. Mgbe ọnwa iri na anọ na-arụ ọrụ na album ahụ, ndị otu ahụ họọrọ imeziwanye album ha site na iwepụ ise nke egwu iri na asaa mbụ. Aha album ahụ, nke na-ezo aka na Doomsday Clock, mere ka ha nwee ihe nkiri egwu egwu egwu nke ìgwè ahụ n'etiti ọnwa isii gara aga.
Ọgọst 2006