Metal Reviews

Hi!

My name is Peter. I have been running a website about Black Sabbath for many years. It can be found at www.sabbath.se

For some reason I decided to start to collect Roadrunner CDs. All of them. And why not start from the beginning of the Roadrunner catalogue and move forward?

The first thing I wanted to do was to learn which of the Roadrunner LPs that also had been released on CD, by Roadrunner. So I started to make a list. From the early releases, the first LP was released in 1980, up until now. So far, I have managed to work my way into 1992. I think Roadrunner has released around 3000 albums up until now, so I have done about half so far.

Now I need your help. There are many holes in my list, i.e. records that I know the record number, but not the artist/title.

The list can be found at: http://www.sabbath.se/Roadrunner59.htm

I know, it's not a beautiful list, but hopefully it works.

If YOU are aware of, or are the owner of any of missing albums, PLEASE let me know. Mail me at blackblacksabbath@gmail.com, or write a comment here. And yes, I could be interested in buying if you are interested in selling.

Roadrunner are unique in the sense that their record numbers are backwards. Normally, a record label start with for example AAA 0011 as a record number, and their second release is AAA 002, and so on.
Roadrunner started with "RR 9999", their second was "RR 9998", their third was "RR 9997", and so on. So it's quite easy to follow their catalogue.

BUT, they have many releases through other record labels, and it's here that it's becoming tricky.
Roadrunner own record number always start with RR, RO or RC. There is no "RR 9432". BUT, there is a "LS 9432", so this release was released on some kind of collaboration with Restless Records in this case.

Emergo (a kind of sublabel) releases starts with EM instead. Hawker Records starts with HR. Restless Records starts with LS. Medusa Records starts with MD.
Lafayette records starts with LA. Triple X Records starts with TX. Taang Records starts with TG. Relativity Records seems to use Roadrunners RO or RR. Third Mind Records starts with TM.
So, to complete the Roadrunner discography, it seems you have to go through many other labels discography to get a full list.

Hoping to get your help!

And no, Roadrunner Records hasn´t answered my mails

/Peter

You had me at Roadrunner.

that is a terrible label and you are wasting your time my good sir

What.

Used to be decent like 20 years ago

they were good and then they decided they needed more money

Wow, I assume you don't like metal then?

Here's just some of the bands that have been on Roadrunner at one point or another:


Annihilator
Deicide
Malevolent Creation
early Sepultura
Cavalera Conspiracy
Fear Factory
Death (Symbolic)
Devin Townsend
Megadeth
Opeth
Grand Magus
Down
Artillery
Cynic
Suffocation
Type O Negative
King Diamond/Mercyful Fate
Obituary
Pestilence
Immolation
Brujeria
Satyricon


I'd also add Cradle of Filth, later Soulfly and early Machine Head as personal likes.

aren't the wombats on that label?
and that is terrible

So? Just cause they have a few mediocre rock and Nu-Metal bands on the roster doesn't make it a bad label.

Roadrunner is perhaps one of the most important labels in metal history.

And RR has also been more bad than good for a long time now.

Doesn't make them good either.

As stated they're a pioneer and they're the biggest primarily Metal label in the world.

Right now I don't think any labels are particularly great. I used to love Century Media, Nuclear Blast and Earache but all have very inconsistent lineups these days. Nuclear Blast has gone from championing Death Metal to championing over polished Euro pop metal. Century Media seems confused.

Metal Blade's been mediocre for a very, very long time.

Candlelight and Relapse have got too much wierd shit.

Stuff like Seasons in the Mist etc is all too small and often only have a couple of good bands and a ton of shit.

I don't know when RoadRunner started losing their
metal edge, but I'm sure signing Nickleback to their label was definitely a sign of change, and a sign that they could make a lot of money by doing so.