Mike Shinoda Minchin III, Nick Spanos, and Joe Hahn for the artwork of the band's second studio album "Meteora". Shinoda also produced the album, with his bandmates and Don Gilmore which was his first production experience. By the release of the Jay-Z and Linkin Park collaborative mashup EP, entitled "Collision Course" in 2004, Shinoda's involvement in the creation of the albums continued to grow. He produced and mixed the album, which won a Grammy Award for "best rap / song collaboration" in 2006. The band released their next album, "Minutes to Midnight", on May 14, 2007. On this album, Shinoda shared a
Midnight Syndicate On July 30, 2010 "The Dead Matter" movie was released on DVD along with a Midnight Syndicate "greatest hits-style" compilation CD called "Halloween Music Collection" and an EP entitled "The Dark Masquerade" featuring gothic artist Destini Beard performing operatic vocals and lyrics to various Midnight Syndicate recordings. "" was also released on July 30. The CD featured the score by Edward Douglas, other music that appeared in the film, and several remixes of Midnight Syndicate tracks by other artists. In August 2011, the band released its fourteenth studio album, entitled "Carnival Arcane". The theme of the CD surrounds a fictional