Members:
- Cliff Rigano - vocals
- Dave Kowatch - bass
- Scott Thompson - guitars
- Phil Arcuri - drums

Believe it or not, there were as many people who thought we were April Fooling about the launch of our new Bulletin Board as did the Avril Lavigne gag!

Yeah, yeah, we know a RR BB upgrade was long overdue, but what do y'all take us for? Never mind, don't answer, just get on over there and sign up already, will ya?

You may also have noticed we have an outrageous number of incredible contests (free iPod, free PSP, free V-Cast cellphone, etc.) going on in our Free Shit section, so if you feel lucky (well do ya...punk?) sign up now!

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We have a new page for you to bookmark alongside our main hub here at RoadRunnerRecords.com...

Our newly revamped and relaunched official home on MySpace - come take a look at www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecords.

Once there, you can join our network of friends, make new ones to talk music and whatever else you please with, and enjoy everything from pictures, to banners, to videos and jukeboxes, to special promotions and prize giveways for all your favorite Roadrunner artists.

We're looking forward to seeing you there and welcome your feedback to help us make Roadrunner's MySpace page the best that it can be.

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This past Thursday (12/15), will go down as one of the greatest shows in Roadrunner's history. Many great artists got together and performed some classic Roadrunner tunes with once in a lifetime dream pairings.

If you missed it, our friends in METAL Injection got you covered. They captured the night in over 200 photos, including photos of members of SLIPKNOT (unmasked), KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, DEICIDE, BIOHAZARD, HATEBREED, HIM and many more. The photos are available for viewing by CLICKING HERE.

Roadrunner United:The All-Star Sessions is in stores now

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We wanted to thank all those who joined us at this groundbreaking show - as well as our friends both in the U.S. and abroad who helped spread the word about it.

Happy Holidays from all at Roadrunner Records and here's what we banged our heads to Thursday night at the Nokia Theater, in NYC:

BIOHAZARD's "Punishment"
Evan Seinfeld / Billy Graziadei - vocals
Billy Graziadei - lead guitar
Dino Cazares / Andreas Kisser - rhythm guitar
Evan Seinfeld - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

MADBALL's "Set It Off"
Jamey Jasta - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

LIFE OF AGONY's "River Runs Red"
Keith Caputo - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

OBITUARY's "The End Complete"
Glen Benton - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

MERCYFUL FATE's "Curse of the Pharoahs"
Tim "Ripper" Owens - vocals
Andreas Kisser / James Murphy - lead guitar
Jeff Waters - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

KING DIAMOND's "Abigail"
Tim "Ripper" Owens - vocals
James Murphy - lead guitar
Jeff Waters - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums

ANNIHILATOR's "Alison Hell"
Tim "Ripper" Owens - vocals
Jeff Waters - lead guitar
James Murphy - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums

DEICIDE's "Dead By Dawn"
Glen Benton - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Steve Asheim - drums

TRIVIUM's "Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr"
Robert Flynn / Matthew K Heafy - vocals
Cory Beaulieu - lead guitar
Matthew K Heafy - rhythm guitar
Paolo Gregoletto - bass
Travis Smith - drums

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's "My Last Seranade"
Jesse Leach / Howard Jones - vocals
Joel Stroetzel - lead guitar
Andreas Kisser - rhythm guitar
Mike D'Antonio - bass
Justin Foley - drums

TYPE O NEGATIVE's "Black No. 1"
Ville Valo - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Nadja Peulen - bass
Joey Jordison - drums
Rob Caggiano - keyboards

FEAR FACTORY's "Replica"
Matthew K Heafy - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Joey Jordison - drums
Rob Caggiano - keyboards

CHIMAIRA's "Pure Hatred"
Jamey Jasta - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

ROADRUNNER UNITED's "Tired And Lonely"
Keith Caputo - vocals
Matt Baumbach - lead guitar
Acey Slade - rhythm guitar
Nadja Puelen - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

STONE SOUR's "Bother"
Corey Taylor / Keith Caputo - vocals

ROADRUNNER UNITED's "The Rich Man"
Corey Taylor - vocals
Robert Flynn - lead guitar
Jordan Whelan - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Andols Herrick - drums

ROADRUNNER UNITED's "The Dagger"
Howard Jones / Robert Flynn - vocals
Andreas Kisser / Jeff Waters - lead guitar
Jordan Whelan - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Andols Herrick - drums

ROADRUNNER UNITED's "The End"
Matthew K Heafy - vocals
Logan Mader - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Nadja Puelen - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums
Rob Caggiano - keyboards

SOULFLY's "Eye For An Eye"
Brian Fair - vocals
Logan Mader - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums

SEPULTURA's "Refuse/Resist"
Robert Flynn - vocals
Andreas Kisser / Scott Ian - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums

SLIPKNOT's "Surfacing"
Robert Flynn - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums

MACHINE HEAD's "Davidian"
Robert Flynn / Matthew K Heafy - vocals
Andreas Kisser / Logan Mader - lead guitar
Dino Cazares - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

SLIPKNOT's "Sic"
Corey Taylor - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Dino Cazares / Scott Ian - rhythm guitar
Paul Gray - bass
Joey Jordison - drums

SEPULTURA's "Roots Bloody Roots"
Robert Flynn - lead vocals
Roadrunner United Group and special guests - vocals
Andreas Kisser - lead guitar
Scott Ian - rhythm guitar
Adam Duce - bass
Joey Jordison - drums


Nice huh? If you were there, you know what a special celebration of heavy metal it turned out to be - thanks coming!

If you missed it - DOH!

But if it's any consolation, you can still experience the spirit (and share our hangovers!) from our 25th anniversary concert by entering to win iPods loaded with Roadrunner music, and autographed by Roadrunner United's four team captains.

Click here for details.


Other celebrities who were in the house for this amazing evening of Metal... Max Weinberg (E-Street Band, Conan O'Brien show band leader), David Draiman and John Moyer (Disturbed), Bo Bice (American Idol), Steve Padulla (Thursday), Tera Patrick (porn star), Johnny Kelly and Josh Silver (Type O Negative), Jennifer Arroyo (ex-Kittie), Andy Sneap and Colin Richardson (noted Metal producers), KC Armstrong (ex-Howard Stern Show), John Fattorusso (Five Year Stare, ex-StereoMud), members of Every Time I Die, Unearth and Shadows Fall...

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Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label's 25th Anniversary. Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions is IN STORES NOW and it  is a master-class in hard rock/metal.

'Captains' Joey Jordison ( Slipknot ), Dino Cazares (ex- Fear Factory/Brujeria ), Robert Flynn ( Machine Head ) and Matthew Heafy ( Trivium ) play on the songs they have written and have also assembled a unique team of artists to appear on each track. I n cluding contributions from such metal luminaries as Corey Taylor, Paul Gray and Jim Root of Slipknot, Howard Jones and Mike D. from Killswitch Engage, Peter Steele and Josh Silver from Type O Negative, Dez Fafara of DevilDriver/Coal Chamber fame, Mark Hunter of Chimaira, King Diamond and members of Opeth, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Trivium, Sepultura, Soulfly, Deicide, Life of Agony and many, MANY more - this is an album in which the whole is even greater than the sum of it's parts.

If you are a fan of METAL - be it black, death, thrash, trad, 'core or whatever the hell you want to call it - pick this album up because it is truly a testament to 25 years of the best metal has to offer all on one CD. Also includes an hour long bonus DVD on the making of the album.

Click here to preview music from the album, in stores now.

YOU COULD WIN A ROADRUNNER LOADED APPLE IPOD
How well do you know your Roadrunner history? In celebration of this landmark release, we are holding a Roadrunner Trivia Contest, and the top 4 winners of the contest will recieve brand-new Apple iPods with engraved signatures of all 4 captains, as well as the entire Roadrunner discography loaded onto it! So, what are you waiting for, start playing today.

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Dry Kill Logic is heading out on the New Levels Of Aggression tour presented by Vestal.

Dates confirmed thus far are as follows:

Sep-13 Boise, ID @ The Bouquet
Sep-15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas
Sep-16 Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece
Sep-17 Kearney, NE @ Cunningham's Journal
Sep-18 Cedar Falls, IA @ The Reverb
Sep-20 Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
Sep-21 Madison, WI @ The Annex
Sep-22 Springfield, MO @ The Rockwell
Sep-23 Dallas, TX @ Galaxy Club
Sep-24 Longview, TX @ Canton's
Sep-25 Austin, TX @ Red Eyed Fly
Sep-27 Houston, TX @ The Engine Room
Sep-28 Baton Rouge, LA @ Clicks
Oct-01 Jonesboro, GA @ Breakers Music Hall
Oct-02 Nashville, TN @ Exit / In
Oct-05 Augusta, GA @ The Mission
Oct-07 Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
Oct-11 Jacksonville, NC @ Planet Rock
Oct-13 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club

For more details and up to the minute tour dates, check out www.drykilllogic.com.

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We've been talking about it all week, and now it's here, the first track from the upcoming Roadrunner United The All Star Sessions release (coming October 11). The song "The Dagger" (unmastered) is now available for download in our MUSIC section.

Go ahead and download, and rather than us tell you about the track and more on the release, read the words below from the writer of "The Dagger" (and Captain of the team that recorded the song), Machine Head's Robert Flynn:

"Hey Fuckers!

"Greetings from Derka Derkastan! And as we say there, "Fuck...derk, derk, allah...sherpa, sherpa...Muhamed jihad" (Yes, I've been watching WAY too much "Team America"). Just got back from doing a bit of press for the Roadrunner United album. RR flew me down to LA for a couple of days, and then to London, England to do some international press. As I'm sure most of you have read or heard by now, Roadrunner have decided to take on the seemingly ridiculous challenge of gathering, organizing and managing 60 musicians for a giant collaborative metal all-star effort.

"Brainchild of Senior VP of A&R; (and longtime Machine Head champion) Monte Conner, these all-star sessions would follow a few basic "rules". Roadrunner would choose four "Captains", each Captain would write 4 songs, then assemble a "band" for each song comprised of other RR artists, past and/or present, currently on or off the label. Each Captain would record the 4 songs they had written with their chosen group, and then choose four different singers, one for each song.

"When Monte originally left me a voicemail about this, I thought to myself, "Oooo-kaay...Monte's back on the crack again". I figured if I simply didn't return the call, it would all just disappear into the ridiculously complex crack-pipe haze that it had emerged from. But lo and behold, that guy managed to pester and prompt nearly 60 of us self-absorbed fuckers to be a part of this, and god damn if he didn't make shit happen. Hails and salutations to Monte Conner!

"Team Flynn was comprised of 5 main musicians: Andols Herrick (ex-Chimaira) on drums, Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) on bass, Jordan Wheland (Still Remains) aka "The Pick Slide King" on rhythm guitar, Jeff Waters (Annihilator) on face-peeling shredder solos, and myself on rhythm guitar, keyboard and vocals. I wrote the music for 2 songs myself, "The Dagger" and "Rich Man", Dave McClain co-wrote the song "Army Of The Sun" with me, and Phil Demmel contributed a riff for "Independent". I produced and arranged all of the tracks at the same location used for the recording of Through The Ashes Of Empires (Sharkbite Studios) along with the honorable Sir Markus O'Keatonus on Lead Pro Tools. We rehearsed and recorded the songs in a week and a half, and I want to give a special shout-out to Andols for being the burger worshipping, drum-part-writing-out, saving the day super-slayer! He WROTE all of his drum parts out in drum-ese (drum-erican, drum-ish, drum-adian) and ate burgers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, every day for 3 days...FUCK YEAH!!

"When it came to the songs, I began writing them based around who I would like to sing them and then catering it to the singer. There was no guarantee that I would get the singers I wanted, as they could obviously go with any of the other Captains for whatever reason. But, being the humble fella that I am, I figured I'd go for the biggest and best singers on the label... why not huh? All that they could do was say no. I started envisioning Max from Soulfly/Sepultura on an old school Chaos A.D.-style thrash track, I imagined Corey from Slipknot on a long, slow, eerie, Sabbath-heavy track, I imagined Howard from Killswitch on a More Things Change-style track, and I imagined Tim Williams of VOD/Bloodsimple fame (and one of my favorite singers of all time) on a melodic but heavy, Muse-style track. Well, lo and behold, I got all four singers I wanted, and I haven't the slightest fuckin' clue how I managed to pull that off.

"Max, Corey and Tim recorded their parts near their hometowns of Phoenix, Des Moines, and New York respectively, while Howard asked me to produce his vocals here in Oakland. Mr. Jones flew out to Sharkbite for a couple of days, and we bounced ideas around while grubbing on bomb-ass vegetarian-chicken fried rice from Golden Lotus and ass-kickin' pollo adobado burritos from Cancun Taqueria. I had written a vocal melody and some lyrics for a melodic part that he loved, and as we were banging ideas back and forth, he asked if I'd sing on the track with him. At first I was like, "Nah, this is all you dude!", and he was like, "No man, I really want you to sing on this with me", but I was still like, "I don't know man", then he was like, "Dude, I really want you to sing on this with me", and ya know...Howard is a very large man, who just happens to be built like a brick fucking shithouse...so, I enthusiastically said "OK!" and we rocked the fuck out. I ended up singing some of his lyrics on the pre-chorus, we both sang the melodic hook, did some screech trade-offs, and basically kicked that fucker's ass! So much so, that at one point, we joked that this duet was the frickin' "Ebony and Ivory" of Metal. For me, it was probably the toughest song to part with musically, since it could have easily been a Machine Head song, but Mr. Jones fucking KILLED IT, so if it had to go, at least it went in supreme style. Amazing singer, really good dude, killer vibe.

"I gotta say, all of their contributions were phenomenal. Max's voice sounds hard as fuck, Tim's vocals are incredible and so damned original, and Corey Taylor just sounds fucking PISSED - very politically charged, and his voice has that mesmerizing quality that takes me back to something like "Bother" from Stone Sour, before kicking into that satanic vocal heaviness, like something off of the first Slipknot album. I LOVE this song!

"The coolest thing about this is that, as amazing as everything had turned out going into the music stage of it all, I think it's the singers who really brought the final touch to the table and made these songs come alive. I feel like I gave them some good songs, and these guys made them great songs. Even though it felt like I was cheating on my band the whole time, I'm really stoked with the results, and want to thank my guys for patiently allowing me to take part in this very unique project. Having heard many of the other tracks from the other Captains, this record is going to be fuckin' awesome for a metal fan."

Cheers, Fuckers!

-Flynn

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We are but two days away from hearing the first music off the upcoming Roadrunner United The All Star Sessions release. This first track titled "The Dagger" comes from captain Robert Flynn, and will be mastered tomorrow. As for the team Robert assembled for this track?

On vocals is Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage). On bass is Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory). Rhythm guitar duties were handled by captain Flynn and Jordan Whelan (Still Remains, currently on tour - check TOUR section for details). Drums are being handled by none other than Andols Herrick (ex-Chimaira), and on the lead guitar, Jeff Waters (Annihilator).

More to come...music online this Friday...

Roadrunner United The All Star Sessions in store October 11th

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Come the end of this week, you will be hearing the first sounds from the upcoming Roadrunner United The All Star Sessions release (CLICK HERE for details on this release).

The first song you will be hearing is titled "The Dagger," and it is one of the four tracks on the release coming from captain Robert Flynn. More details to come as the week progresses...with the song going online this Friday (9/2).

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ROADRUNNER UNITED ? THE ALL-STAR SESSIONS,
57 ARTISTS, 45 BANDS, 19 TRACKS, 4 TEAM CAPTAINS? 1 GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM


New York, NY - Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label's 25th Anniversary. The group is called Roadrunner United and the album titled The All-Star Sessions. This full length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a 'master-class' in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner's past and present bands, the album will contain original tracks that are collaborations between numerous Roadrunner stars.

Four central musicians were originally chosen to produce and write the songs. Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria), Robert Flynn (Machine Head) and Matthew Heafy (Trivium). These four musicians play on the songs they have written and have also assembled a unique team of artists to appear on each track. In order to cover as wide a spectrum as possible, no musician has played for more than one writer/producer and each song features a different vocalist.

In addition to these stellar teams of musicians, there will also be special additional tracks from ex-Roadrunner artist, Josh Silver - Type O Negative's longtime producer / keyboardist. In the spirit of the project, Silver has included Roadrunner artists on his tracks as well? Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt appears on the Silver-written ?Roads.?

Track names from the Jordison team include ?Constitution Down? (with vocals by Kyle Thomas of Floodgate), ?Tired 'N Lonely? (with vocals from Keith Caputo of Life of Agony) and ?Annihilation By The Hand Of God? (with vocals from Glen Benton of Deicide) among others. Flynn's camp has completed songs like ?The Dagger? (with vocals from Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage) and ?The Rich Man? (with vocals from Corey Taylor of Slipknot) among others. ?The End? (with vocals from Matt Heafy of Trivium) and ?The Enemy? (with vocals from Mark Hunter of Chimaira) are some of the team-Cazares product. And tracks from Heafy's sessions include ?The Dawn of a Golden Age? (with vocals from Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth), ?Superheroes? (with vocals from Michale Graves of The Misfits) and ?Blood and Flames? (with vocals from Jesse Leach ? ex-Killswitch Engage singer).

PARTICIPANTS:

Michael ţkerfeldt
Rob Barrett
Matt Baumbach
Corey Beaulieu
Glen Benton
Keith Caputo
Max Cavalera
Dino Cazares
Dave Chavarri
Tyler Connolly
Mike D'Antonio
Steve DiGiorgio
Matt DeVries
Marcelo Dias
Dez Fafara
Dani Filth
Robert Flynn
Rhys Fulber
Michale Graves
Paul Gray
Justin Hagberg
Matthew K. Heafy
Andols Herrick
Tom Holkenberg
Steve Holt
Mark Hunter
Howard Jones
Joey Jordison
Johnny Kelly
King Diamond
Andreas Kisser
Andy LaRocque
Jesse David Leach
Cristian Machado
Logan Mader)
Sean Malone
Roy Mayorga
Dave McClain
James Murphy
Tommy Niemeyer
Daryl Palumbo
Nadja Peulen
Dave Pybus
Josh Rand
Jim Root
Souren ?Mike? Sarkisyan
Josh Silver
Acey Slade
Mike Smith
Peter Steele
Corey Taylor
Kyle Thomas
Jeff Waters
Jordan Whelan
Christian Olde Wolbers
Tim Williams

BANDS REPRESENTED:

3 Inches Of Blood
36 Crazyfists
Annihilator
Brujeria
Carnivore
Chimaira
Coal Chamber
Cradle Of Filth
Cynic
Deicide
DevilDriver
Disincarnate
Exhorder
Fear Factory
Floodgate
Front Line Assembly
Glassjaw
Gruntruck
Ill Nino
Junkie XL
Keith Caputo (solo artist)
Killswitch Engage
King Diamond
Life Of Agony
Machine Head
Malevolent Creation
Mercyful Fate
Misfits
Murderdolls
Nailbomb
Obituary
Opeth
Sadus
Sepultura
Slipknot
Soulfly
Spineshank
Still Remains
Stone Sour
Suffocation
Theory Of A Deadman
Thorn
Trivium
Type O Negative
Vision Of Disorder

much more to come...

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