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ROADRUNNER RECORDS Retrospective Article Available Online

A lengthy overview of Roadrunner Records' 25-year history, featuring interviews with a host of the label's employees and artists, has been posted online in PDF format at this location. The article, which was originally published in a Danish metal magazine, includes commentary from Roadrunner A&R...
January 23, 2004
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PAUL BARKER Leaves MINISTRY

Bassist Paul Barker has left MINISTRY after 18 years with the industrial-metal pioneers, according to MTV.com. "Last summer Al was extremely enthusiastic about the possibilities of what the band could do, and I wasn't as excited. I thought, 'What are we going to do and what am I going to get out of...
January 22, 2004
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Former M.O.D./MINDFUNK Bassist Joins MINISTRY

John Monte (M.O.D., MINDFUNK, DRAGPIPE) has joined MINISTRY as the group's new bassist/guitarist. Monte is currently with the band at Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, Texas recording the follow-up to 2003's "Animositisomina", entitled "Houses of the Molé". A spring release through Sanctuary Records i...
January 20, 2004
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COAL CHAMBER: Previously Unreleased Song Available For Download

Roadrunner Records has posted a previously unreleased COAL CHAMBER track, titled "Headstones And The Walking Dead", at this location. "Headstones And The Walking Dead" comes off the group's forthcoming collection of B-sides and rarities, "Giving The Devil His Due", due on August 19. Says Roadrunner...
August 2, 2003
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Lawsuit Over Guitarist's Death Kept Alive By Judge

Brian Anderson of Contra Costa Times reports that an Alameda County judge has preliminarily declined to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the California Department of Transportation of failing to keep safe a section of Interstate 580 in Livermore where an up-and-coming heavy metal guitarist was killed last...
July 8, 2003
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SEPULTURA Sign North American Deal With SPV RECORDS

SEPULTURA have officially inked a North American and Australian deal with SPV/Steamhammer Records. The Brazilian metallers, who were previously signed to SPV only for the European continent, are expected to release their new album, "Roorback", in the U.S. later in the summer. The follow-up to 2001's...
June 22, 2003
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MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN Takes On His A&R Guy In THE VAULT's 'Battle Of The Month'

Roadrunner Records Head of A&R Monte Conner and MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn go head-to-head in this month's "Battle Of The Month" — a friendly competition designed to test their knowledge of Roadrunner history. Each month in The Vault — a special section of the Roadrunner web site where h...
June 10, 2003
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HATE PLOW, ROTTEN SOUND, DEBAUCHERY to Tour Europe

Florida death metallers HATE PLOW, featuring current MALEVOLENT CREATION frontman Kyle Simmons, will embark on a European tour with Finland's ROTTEN SOUND and Germany's DEBAUCHERY during June. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 29 – GER @ Fuck The Commerce Open Air Festival Jun. 04 – Arnhem, NETH @...
May 26, 2003
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SEPULTURA Announce European Tour

Brazilian metal veterans SEPULTURA will embark on a European tour in late May. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 31 – Donnington, UK @ Download Festival Website Jun. 01 – Istanbul, TUR @ Maslak Jun. 03 – Derry, IRE @ Nerve Centre Jun. 04 - Belfast, IRE @ Limelight Jun. 05 - Dublin, IRE @ ...
May 8, 2003
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ROADRUNNER RECORDS Launches THE VAULT!

Roadrunner Records U.S. have launched a special section of their official web site called The Vault where you can buy digital files of all Roadrunner music — past and present, deleted and current. Check it out here. In conjunction with the site's launch, SLIPKNOT drummer/MUDERDOLLS guitarist and an...
May 2, 2003
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IRON MAIDEN: New Album Mastered

IRON MAIDEN have finished mastering the much-anticipated follow-up to 2000's "Brave New World", due later in the year through Sony/Columbia Records. The following is producer Kevin Shirley's latest posting to his official web site: "Woah - New York is such a fun city and now I'm in 'clear air chop'...
April 10, 2003
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PRONG To Release '100% Live' In October

The reunited PRONG — now consisting of singer/guitarist Tommy Victor, drummer Dan Laudo, bassist Brian Perry and touring guitarist Monte Pittman — will issue their first live album, entitled 100% Live, on October 29th through Locomotive Music. The full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01....
September 4, 2002
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PRONG Ink Deal With LOCOMOTIVE MUSIC, Prepare To Issue Live Album

The reunited PRONG — now consisting of singer/guitarist Tommy Victor, drummer Dan Laudo, bassist Brian Perry and touring guitarist Monte Pittman — have inked a worldwide recording deal with Locomotive Music and will release their first live album on October 15th, to be followed by a new studio recor...
August 13, 2002
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DOWNTHESUN Officially Sign With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records have officially announced the signing of Kansas City's DOWNTHESUN. "Roadrunner has always signed the greatest bands," commented bassist Lance "Kuk" Collier. "Stuff that we grew up on, to some of the more recent bands." It was SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan that first...
June 25, 2002
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GUNS N' ROSES: "Chinese Democracy" Scheduled For September Release

The current incarnation of GUNS N' ROSES—led by sole remaining original member Axl Rose—have reportedly set September 2nd as the release date for their perennially-delayed Chinese Democracy CD—nearly three years after the original release date, according to Undercover. Rose is said to have recorded...
June 24, 2002