With the release of "A Thousand Suns" ended a long period in which I was anxiously awaiting the new album from Linkin Park. Before "Minutes to Midnight", I admit that I didn't know Linkin Park as well as that, but when I heard the album I was immediately a fan of the band. Never a band or artist had achieved a work that summed up everything that really mattered to me until I heard that album. The…