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NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

YES, WE HAVE A NEW BULLETIN BOARD!

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!

ROADRUNNER ON MYSPACE

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.

ROADRUNNER UNITED LIVE: THE PHOTOS

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

ROADRUNNER UNITED CONCERT SETLIST

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...

WIN A ROADRUNNER LOADED iPOD

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 Â 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.

RR 25, TAKE III

Today we give you more music from the upcoming Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions release, one of the songs from captain Joey Jordison, a death metal track titled "Annihilation By The Hands Of God." The line-up for the track is as follows: Glen Benton (DEICIDE) - vocals Matt DeVries (CHIMAIRA) - rhythm guitar Rob Barrett (CANNIBAL CORPSE, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) - rhythm guitar James Murphy (ex-TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY)- solo Steve DiGiorgio (TESTAMENT, SADUS) - fretless bass Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT) - drums "I had the idea of using Glen Benton on the song before even writing anything," tells Roadrunner United captain Joey Jordison. "However, instead of writing a typical death metal song, I wanted to do something a little more structured, even hooky, while still maintaining death metal and blast beat aspects." The result, a technical piece of death metal filled with the individual personalities of members from the bands Deicide, Chimaira, Malevolent Creation, Death, and Sadus...and of course, Slipknot, as Joey himself had written the song prior to the members from the above bands coming to town to record. "Steve (bass) comes out of left field, he's one of a kind. Rob (guitar) contributed greatly to a black metal tone of the song with his guitar parts over the blast beat sections, and Matt (guitar) with his picking style. Each guy had their own staple on how their parts of the song should go, all of which helped with the overall feel of the song," Joey praises. When asked for a favorite part of the song, Joey has no comment. "I write songs as a whole, with sections that move from one part to another and all make sense together in some way." That being said, he does say to check out the searing breakdown, crunch section, right before the last pre-chorus. As for the lyrics, they were all written by Glen himself, so you should have an idea of the lyrical content. If you have trouble following the words for now (lyrics will be posted online upon release of the CD), do know you get four "Satan's" in a row during the bridge of the song. "I couldn't be happier with it," Jordison tells of how "Annihilation By The Hands Of God" turned out. "Probably the favorite song I did...though, hard to pick as each of the four are so different from one another." With that in mind, check out "Annihilation By The Hands Of God," now in our MUSIC section, and come October 11th (release date for Roadrunner United) you'll be hearing all songs to have come from captain Jordison, and decide first-hand which is your favorite. Enjoy. Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions coming October 11th

IT'S HERE

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

MUSIC TIME IS CLOSER

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

THE DAGGER

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).

57 ARTISTS, 47 BANDS, 19 TRACKS, 1 RELEASE

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 Å£kerfeldt 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...

NAME THAT RELEASE
To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, later this year we will be releasing a CD that up until now we have been referring to only as the Roadrunner All Stars. For this historic release, Robert Flynn (Machine Head), Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), and Matt Heafy (Trivium) have each written four songs and have assembled their own group of musicians - past and present - that have appeared on RR throughout the years to record 'em. No musician appears on any song more than once (ceptin' for the four team captians), and over 50 musicians will be recording among the 12 songs. (click HERE for more detail) SO, WHAT DO WE TITLE THIS RELEASE? We are asking YOU for the answer. Come the end of July, we will be picking a name from your entries. The person coming up with the chosen name will receive a credit in the CD package liner notes, plus all the RR 25th Anniversary related releases: Sepultura Roots Fear Factory Demanufacture Mercyful Fate Melissa King Diamond Abigail Coal Chamber Coal Chamber Soulfly Soulfly Machine Head Burn My Eyes Killswitch Engage Alive Or Just Breathing + 2 more to be named later enter your choice at www.roadrunnerrecords.com/freeshit Good Luck, God Bless Us All...

LET THERE BE (BLACK) METAL
Much of the upcoming RR All Stars release has been recording, and steadily everything is falling into place (CLICK HERE for past news on this release). While we are planning some upcoming contests where we play you the music and have you guess who is playing what on each song, consider this a head start (thank team captain Matt Heafy of Trivium for the info below). Matt's 4 songs for this release (which will end up featuring around 50 different musicians in total) shape up as follows: Southern Rock-ish Stoner Metal Song Jesse Leach (Seemless, ex-Killswitch Engage) - Vocals Mike D (KsE) - Bass Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) - Drums Josh Rand (Stone Sour) - Guitar Matt Heafy - Guitar Punk Song Michael Graves (ex-Misfits) - Vox Sean (Cynic)- Bass Dave (Ill Nino) - Drums Matt Heafy - Guitar Black Metal Song Mike (Suffocation)- Drums Sean (Cynic) - Bass Per Wiberg (Opeth) - Keys Justin Hagberg (3 Inches of Blood) - Guitar Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth) - Vox Matt Heafy - Guitar Metal Song King Diamond - Vocals Matt Heafy / Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) - Guitars Mike D. (KsE) - Bass Dave (Ill Nino) - Drums 25th Anniversary All Stars release coming later this year

MORE ALL STARS ANNOUNCED
In celebration of Roadrunner's 25 Anniversary, we are releasing an 'All Stars' album...and more confirmations on this release are in. Press release on the news as follows: ROADRUNNER ?ALL- STARS? ALBUM, PROGRESS INCLUDES A NEW CAPTAIN AND NEW TEAM MEMBERS! New York, NY - Roadrunner Records has advanced in the process of putting together the groundbreaking ?Roadrunner All-Stars? record to mark the label's 25th Anniversary. The full-length release will contain original musical collaborations between past and present Roadrunner artists. Approximately 50 musicians are expected to participate in this record, making it a most elaborate collaboration project. Four central musicians have been chosen to produce and write all the songs. Previously announced were Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria) and Robert Flynn (Machine Head). The fourth writer/producer has recently been selected - 19 year-old metal prodigy Matt Heafy will take the lead of the fourth team. His band, Trivium, has been called ??the valedictorian(s) of the 2005 metal class? by HIT PARADER Magazine. ?It blew my mind to be asked to participate on this album and write a few tracks,? says Heafy ?It's an amazing honor to be able to record with artists that I used to emulate and listen to growing up.? These four musicians will not only play on the songs they have written but also assemble a unique team of Roadrunner artists to appear on each track. Notable progress has been made in Jordison's, Cazares' and Flynn's teams. Music has been laid down, but vocals have yet to be added. The vocalists for the tracks have not been confirmed as of yet. The artists that have contributed to the tracks recorded thus far are: Rob Barrett (Malevolent Creation) Matt Baumbach (Vision Of Disorder) Dino Cazares (Fear Factory/Brujeria) Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus) Matt DeVries (Chimaira) Marcelo Dias (Soulfly) Robert Flynn (Machine Head) Rhys Fulber (Fear Factory/Front Line Assembly) Paul Gray (Slipknot) Andols Herrick (Chimaira) Steve Holt (36 Crazyfists) Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) Logan Mader (Machine Head) Roy Mayorga (Soulfly) Dave McClain (Machine Head) James Murphy (Obituary/Disincarnate) Tommy Niemeyer (Gruntruck) Nadja Peulen (Coal Chamber) Dave Pybus (Cradle Of Filth) Souren ?Mike? Sarkisyan (Spineshank) Acey Slade (Murderdolls) Jeff Waters (Annihilator) Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) Futher contributions to the album are also expected from: Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) Mike D'Antonio (Killswitch Engage) Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) Tom Holkenberg (Junkie XL) Josh Silver (Type O Negative) Though no vocals have been recorded as yet, vocalists scheduled to appear on the album are: Glen Benton (Deicide) Keith Caputo (Life Of Agony) Max Cavalera (Soulfly) King Diamond (Mercyful Fate/King Diamond) Dez Fafara (DevilDriver/Coal Chamber) Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth) Matthew K. Heafy (Trivium) Mark Hunter (Chimaira) Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage) Brock Lindow (36 Crazyfists) Jesse Leach (ex-Killswitch Engage) Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw) Peter Steele (Type O Negative) John Tardy (Obituary) Kyle Thomas (Exhorder/Floodgate) The project is being overseen by longtime Roadrunner A&R man Monte Conner. ?I feel like Dr. Frankenstein, combining various musicians to form all these different monsters,? says Conner. ?It's an incredible amount of work but I am having the time of my life doing it. In the end, it will sound like a cohesive record. So far, Joey, Robert and Dino have all really worked their asses off, taking this project as seriously as they would their own bands. I am quite indebted to them. They've all done an unbelievable job.? Mixing duties will be handled by legendary hard rock producer, Colin Richardson. The album is tentatively scheduled for release in the Fall of 2005.

BEST OF 2004
Surely amongst your web travels you are finding everybody and anybody's Top 10 of 2004 releases. From Shoutweb.com's aggregate Top 10 Artist picks (where Killswitch Engage had the honor of making it for the 2nd time, making them the 1st artist to accomplish such a feat at Shoutweb) to even a website such as the Tucson Weekly, where they polled their music geeks (their word, not ours) on the best of 2004. It's all around ya...and 2004 had a lot to offer. In fact, you can now check out Roadrunner staff top picks of the year HERE. Happy New Year.

HOLIDAY GIFTING
The perfect solution to your holiday gifting (or for how to spend that $20 spot you get from uncle each year) is here: An online store dedicated fully to Roadrunner Records CDs. Having trouble finding that Annihilator CD? Malevolent Creation? Or perhaps you are just too lazy to go outside and pick up the latest from Killswitch Engage, Machine Head, and Slipknot...whatever the case check out the online CD store HERE

FEARING KARMA
Karma To Burn - an instrumental band before their days with Roadrunner...were more or less told to get a vocalist for their full length Roadrunner release (oh, and to give their songs real titles too)...back to an instrumental band after leaving Roadrunner...regardless, still one of the most rocking bands ever on the label. Well, word has it that the next recording from Karma To Burn will have vocals, and that Fear Factory frontman Burton Bell might be singing some of them vocals. Recording is expected to take place over the next couple months.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Just heard this last night and thought it was a pretty cool random fact. Here we go: did you know? Karma To Burn's original drummer was Nathan Limbaugh. What's in a name? Well, Nathan's cousin is actually Rush Limbaugh. put that in your pipe and smoke it...

RIDING THE CLUTCH
Are you ready for this shithead? The live Karma To Burn show in its full glory may be coming to a town near you! This is an act that was born to play live. We could go on with detailed descriptions of what they sound like, but their grooving music and heavy, rooted riffs speak for themselves. Upon the release of their latest effort Almost Heathen, Karma To Burn is hitting the road in support of Clutch. Current tour dates are as follows: Sept-26 Anaheim, CA House of Blues Sept-27 San Jose, CA Cactus Club Sept-29 Tuscon, AZ The Rock Sept-30 Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad Oct-1 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theatre Oct-3 Austin, TX Emos Oct-4 Dallas, TX Canyon Club Oct-5 St. Louis, MO Galaxy Oct-6 Edgerton, WI Club Raven Oct-7 Grand Rapid, MI (Orbit Room) or Flint, MI (Razzmatazz) Oct-8 Indianapolis, IN The Patio Oct-10 Baltimore, MD Recher Theatre Oct-11 Scranton, PA Tinks seriously, do not let this show pass you by...

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS
We are not even sure how to introduce you guys to this band, so we'll start with the name - Karma To Burn. Next, we'll move onto a quote said by a fellow employee here once a couple years back, "by far, the most rocking band ever on Roadrunner." He refers to their wicked groove, guitar driven style of rock. Ever hear of them? After your travels amongst our site today, you will have... They are noted for incredible rocking songs, song titles that are numbers instead of names, songs that have no words...basically sex, drugs, & rock n' roll... Hailing from West Virginia, we bring you Karma To Burn, a group that was on Roadrunner here in the US in the late 90's. And yes, the group is still around today, groups that rock this hard just don't go away... We'll give you more history on them as time goes by, but for now we'll just leave you with some music & video, and some bare bones info on them that can be found on their newly created ARTIST page here on the site. Oh, a couple last quotes. Our very own new media cat here, Carl, saw these guys play last weekend. Carl's band Nora was playing at HESSFEST 2 in Cleveland at the Agora. Karma To Burn, along with Clutch, Converge, Boulder, and others, was also on the bill. Carl's thought's after seeing them for the first time? "It's mad rock n roll"..."Their guitar sounded big as fuck"..."Basically, anyone that had a beer in their hand was all over these guys"... Honestly, don't think anyone could have put it any better. Welcome to Karma To Burn. For video, check out our VIDEO section. For more tracks and info on the band, check out their ARTIST page.