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Trivium The Crusade Turns 20 With The Album That Changed Their Sound

Trivium’s The Crusade turns 20, revisiting the controversial stylistic shift that replaced much of the band’s screaming with clean vocals and classic thrash influences.

Tagged as: album anniversary, Ascendancy, heavy metal, Matt Heafy, metal, Roadrunner Records, Shogun, The Crusade, thrash metal, Trivium

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Type O Negative’s October Rust Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Type O Negative’s October Rust turns 30, revisiting the 1996 gothic metal landmark, its singles, history, humour and complete tracklisting.

Tagged as: 1990s, Bloody Kisses, Gothic Metal, metal, October Rust, October Rust 30th anniversary, Peter Steele, Roadrunner Records, Type O Negative

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Stone Sour’s Come What(ever) May Turns 20 As Band’s Biggest Album Reaches Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Stone Sour’s second album Come What(ever) May celebrates its 20th anniversary. The 2006 release became the band’s biggest selling album and featured the breakthrough hit “Through Glass”.

Tagged as: anniversary, Come What(ever) May, Corey Taylor, hard rock, James Root, metal, Roadrunner Records, Roy Mayorga, Stone Sour, Through Glass

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Slipknot Mark 25 Years With Deluxe Edition Of Groundbreaking Debut Album

by Noise11.com

Slipknot’s self-titled debut album landed on 29 June 1999 like a pipe bomb in the middle of the metal world. Twenty-five years later, that same record – the one that introduced nine masked maniacs from Des Moines, Iowa to the world – has been reimagined in a definitive deluxe edition, Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition), out now via Roadrunner Records.

Tagged as: Anniversary Releases, heavy metal, Knotfest, metal, music news, Roadrunner Records, Slipknot

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Roadrunner To Document 30 Years Over Four CD Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Roadrunner Records will celebrate thirty years of blistering metal with a 4CD box set cover the hard rock history of the label.

Tagged as: Cees Wessels, Korn, Nickelback, Roadrunner Records, Sepultura

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Amanda Palmer Could Raise $1 Million For Next Record

by Paul Cashmere

When Amanda Palmer took to Kickstarter.com to raise money for next album she raised over $100,000 in the first week. One week in, she has raised $598,142. Before the end of this month, Amanda Palmer may very well raise $1,000,000. That is a lot more than what a major label would put up these days.

Tagged as: Amanda Palmer, Dresden Dolls, Roadrunner Records

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Roadrunner Records Shuts Offices Globally And Absorbed Into Warner

by Paul Cashmere

Roadrunner Records was absorbed into parent company Warner Music worldwide today with many staff around the world either laid-off or moving to Warner.

Tagged as: 36 Crazyfists, Australia, Cees Wessels, Killswicth Engage, Korn, Machine Head, Megadeth, Nickelback, Roadrunner Records, Rush, Slipknot, Steve Miller Band, Stone Sour, Trivium, Underoath