Earlier this month, we went back through our history and put together a look at the classic live albums we've released over the years, including titles by Slipknot, Machine Head, Opeth, Sepultura, Type O Negative (well, sorta) and many more. Now we want to know which of these is your favorite.
Story by Leonard Pierce Live albums can be a tricky proposition. The worst of them are cheap cash-ins, inessential releases for collectors only; but at their best, they come close to replicating the unforgettable atmosphere of actually being there when a great band hits a groove in front of an energetic and responsive audience.
Metal has always been strongly drawn to the dark side of existence, and that's reflected in album art every bit as much as in the music itself. In honor of Halloween, we've dug through our archives and unearthed 15 of the creepiest, most unsettling album covers ever released—by Roadrunner artists or, frankly, anybody. Sepultura's breakthrough album, 1993's Chaos A.D., came wrapped in a cover featuring dark sci-fi imagery that was fairly typical of metal at the time, but there's something about it that's more disturbing than other similar depictions.
Here's another video from the Roadrunner archives - this one is a profile of the label originally shot for and aired in Europe in 1993. It features Monte Conner discussing the Roadrunner approach - expanding beyond metal, signing bands based on whether they've got something unique and interesting to say - and includes footage of bands like Death, Obituary, Deicide, Sepultura, Biohazard, Annihilator, Gruntruck, and several acts that were only on Roadrunner in Europe, like Corrosion of Conformity, Sick Of It All, and the all-female mainstream metal band Phantom Blue.
1990. Where it all began for Florida's Deicide. And whether you think this band is a real threat to Christianity or just a comic book laced with horror, there's no doubt that they DEMAND a re
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