| Roadrunner Records |
 | | Parent company | Warner Music Group | | Founded | 1980 | | Founder(s) | Cees Wessels | | Distributing label | Atlantic Records Group (In the US)
WEA International (Ouside US) | | Genre(s) | Rock, Metal | | Country of origin | NL | | Official Website | http://roadrunnerrecords.com/ | Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. The label was launched in the Netherlands in 1980 and was originally called "Roadracer Records". Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American metal into Europe. In 1986 Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in England, Germany, France, Japan and Australia. Early successes included albums from King Diamond (the first Roadrunner artist to enter the Billboard Top 200 albums chart) and Annihilator. The label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980's saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their respective genres: Obituary's Slowly We Rot and Sepultura's Beneath The Remains. Image File history File links Roadrunner_logo. ...
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King Diamond is the band that King Diamond formed after the split up of Mercyful Fate, following the departure of Hank Shermann. ...
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Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ...
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Cover of Cause of Death (1990) Obituary is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida. ...
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ...
The 1990's saw the arrival of acts such as Deicide and Type O Negative. As the 90's went on, several of Roadrunner's bands managed to make an impact on the mainstream, most notably Sepultura and Type O Negative. Sepultura's 1993 album, Chaos A.D., became the first Roadrunner band to crack the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart. Type O Negative became the first Roadrunner band to receive a certification from the RIAA. This was a Gold award for the 1993 album, Bloody Kisses, which was certified in late 1995. The band also became the first Roadrunner band to receive radio play. In 2000, Slipknot became the first Roadrunner band to go Platinum. Some consider their later switch of band types for more commercial fare to be a fall from grace. Beginning in 2001, Roadrunner was distributed by the Universal Music Group through a share of the label owned by The Island Def Jam Music Group. This deal has now expired. Deicide (pronounced Dee-uh-side) is an American death metal hate band whose hatred of Christians can be compared to Nazi Germanys hatred of Jews, despite the lead guitarist Ralph Santolla being a Roman Catholic. ...
Type O Negative is a gothic doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York. ...
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ...
Type O Negative is a gothic doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York. ...
Slipknot (sometimes written SlipKnoT) is a nine-piece musical group from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ...
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The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label formed in 1999, when Universal Music Group merged together its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings to create a super label. ...
Some of their current most successful artists include Still Remains, Cradle of Filth, DevilDriver, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Machine Head, Nickelback, Opeth,Dream Theater, Slipknot, Soulfly, DragonForce, 3 Inches of Blood and Stone Sour. Still Remains is also a song from the 1994 Stone Temple Pilots album Purple. ...
Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ...
DevilDriver is a Death metal band from California, United States. ...
Killswitch Engage, also known simply as Killswitch (or KsE) is an American metalcore band, originating in Westfield, Massachusetts. ...
Trivium are a metal band from Orlando, Florida. ...
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Nickelback is a post-grunge/hard rock band formed in Hanna, Alberta, Canada in 1995 by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger and Ryan Vikedal. ...
Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ...
Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed by three students at the Berklee College of Music in 1985. ...
Slipknot (sometimes written SlipKnoT) is a nine-piece musical group from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records. ...
Soulfly is a heavy metal band started by Max Cavalera in 1997 after his decision to leave Sepultura. ...
DragonForce are a British power metal band formed in London, England in 1999. ...
This article is about 3 Inches of Blood, the Canadian music group. ...
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Some of their most recent acquisitions include Black Label Society, Betzefer, The Dresden Dolls, Megadeth, New York Dolls, Porcupine Tree, Within Temptation, CKY, and Dream Theater. Black Label Society is a softcore Heavy Metal/Southern Metal/Sludge Metal/Junk Metal band formed by Zakk Wylde aka Jeffery Phillip Wiedlandt, with 8 albums released to date. ...
Betzefer is a four-piece Metalcore/groove metal band originating from Israel. ...
The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2001 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione. ...
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ...
The New York Dolls are a rock band formed in New York City in 1972. ...
Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ...
Within Temptation is a band from the Netherlands. ...
CKY (Camp Kill Yourself) is a rock band consisting of Deron Miller (vocals, guitar, bass), Chad Ginsburg (guitar, vocals, bass, producer), Jess Margera (drums), and Matt Dice Deis (bass). ...
Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed by three students at the Berklee College of Music in 1985. ...
Notable former artists include Biohazard, Annihilator, Coal Chamber, Deicide, Fear Factory (still signed to Roadrunner's international divisions), King Diamond, Life Of Agony, Obituary, Death, Sepultura and Type O Negative. Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. ...
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Coal Chamber was a nu metal band from Los Angeles, CA, USA formed in 1994. ...
Deicide (pronounced Dee-uh-side) is an American death metal hate band whose hatred of Christians can be compared to Nazi Germanys hatred of Jews, despite the lead guitarist Ralph Santolla being a Roman Catholic. ...
Fear Factory is an American death/industrial metal band that has toured with Black Sabbath, Pantera, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Dream Theater and Rammstein; performed at three Ozzfests and the inaugural Gigantour; and had singles in the Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums in the Billboard top 40, 100 and...
King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Denmark) is a heavy metal musician known for his wide vocal range and Satanic shock rock image. ...
Life of Agony (aka LoA) is a New York hardcore/hard rock band from Brooklyn, New York. ...
Cover of Cause of Death (1990) Obituary is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida. ...
Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ...
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ...
Type O Negative is a gothic doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York. ...
On December 18, 2006, Warner Music Group signed an agreement to puchase a majority in shares (73.5%) of Roadrunner Records' parent company, Roadrunner Music Group B.V.[1] This deal became finalized on January 29, 2007 after receiving regulatory approval in Germany.[2] In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...
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In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ...
Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...
January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
See also This is a list of record labels. ...
This is an article dealing with current and past artists on Roadrunner Records. ...
Roadrunner United was a project organised by the heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records to celebrate its 25th anniversary. ...
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