In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. Shinoda told IGN that the new album would be ‘ genre-busting ,’ while building off of elements in Minutes to Midnight . He also mentioned that the album would be more experimental and “hopefully more cutting-edge”. Bennington also addressed the media to confirm that Rick Rubin would return to produce the new album. The band later revealed the album would be called A Thousand Suns . While working on the new album, Linkin Park worked with successful film composer Hans Zimmer to produce the score for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . The band released a single for the movie, titled ” New Divide “. Joe Hahn created a music video for the song, which featured clips from the film. On June 22, Linkin Park played a short set in Westwood Village after the premier of the movie. After completing work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , the band returned to the studio to finalize their album.
Fourth album announced
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