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ROADRUNNER UNITED – THE ALL-STAR SESSIONS, 57 ARTISTS, 45 BANDS, 19 TRACKS, 4 TEAM CAPTAINS… 1 GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM

New York, NY - Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label’s 25th Anniversary. The group is called Roadrunner United and the album titled The All-Star Sessions. This full length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a ‘master-class’ in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner’s past and present bands, the album will contain original tracks that are collaborations between numerous Roadrunner stars.

Four central musicians were originally chosen to produce and write the songs. Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria), Robert Flynn (Machine Head) and Matthew Heafy (Trivium). These four musicians play on the songs they have written and have also assembled a unique team of artists to appear on each track. In order to cover as wide a spectrum as possible, no musician has played for more than one writer/producer and each song features a different vocalist.

In addition to these stellar teams of musicians, there will also be special additional tracks from ex-Roadrunner artist, Josh Silver - Type O Negative's longtime producer / keyboardist. In the spirit of the project, Silver has included Roadrunner artists on his tracks as well… Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt appears on the Silver-written “Roads.”

Track names from the Jordison team include “Constitution Down” (with vocals by Kyle Thomas of Floodgate), “Tired ‘N Lonely” (with vocals from Keith Caputo of Life of Agony) and “Annihilation By The Hand Of God” (with vocals from Glen Benton of Deicide) among others. Flynn’s camp has completed songs like “The Dagger” (with vocals from Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage) and “The Rich Man” (with vocals from Corey Taylor of Slipknot) among others. “The End” (with vocals from Matt Heafy of Trivium) and “The Enemy” (with vocals from Mark Hunter of Chimaira) are some of the team-Cazares product. And tracks from Heafy’s sessions include “The Dawn of a Golden Age” (with vocals from Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth), “Superheroes” (with vocals from Michale Graves of The Misfits) and “Blood and Flames” (with vocals from Jesse Leach – ex-Killswitch Engage singer).

PARTICIPANTS:

Michael Åckerfeldt
Justin Hagberg
Daryl Palumbo

Rob Barrett
Matthew K. Heafy
Nadja Peulen

Matt Baumbach
Andols Herrick
Dave Pybus

Corey Beaulieu
Tom Holkenberg
Josh Rand

Glen Benton
Steve Holt
Jim Root

Keith Caputo
Mark Hunter
Souren “Mike” Sarkisyan

Max Cavalera
Howard Jones
Josh Silver

Dino Cazares
Joey Jordison
Acey Slade

Dave Chavarri
Johnny Kelly
Mike Smith

Tyler Connolly
King Diamond
Peter Steele

Mike D’Antonio
Andreas Kisser
Corey Taylor

Steve DiGiorgio
Andy LaRocque
Kyle Thomas

Matt DeVries
Jesse David Leach
Jeff Waters

Marcelo Dias
Cristian Machado
Jordan Whelan

Dez Fafara
Logan Mader)
Christian Olde Wolbers

Dani Filth
Sean Malone
Tim Williams

Robert Flynn
Roy Mayorga

Rhys Fulber
Dave McClain

Michale Graves
James Murphy

Paul Gray
Tommy Niemeyer

BANDS REPRESENTED:

3 Inches Of Blood
Keith Caputo (solo artist)
Theory Of A Deadman

36 Crazyfists
Killswitch Engage
Thorn

Annihilator
King Diamond
Trivium

Brujeria
Life Of Agony
Type O Negative

Carnivore
Machine Head
Vision Of Disorder

Chimaira
Malevolent Creation

Coal Chamber
Mercyful Fate

Cradle Of Filth
Misfits

Cynic
Murderdolls

Deicide
Nailbomb

DevilDriver
Obituary

Disincarnate
Opeth

Exhorder
Sadus

Fear Factory
Sepultura

Floodgate
Slipknot

Front Line Assembly
Soulfly

Glassjaw
Spineshank

Gruntruck
Still Remains

Ill Nino
Stone Sour

Junkie XL
Suffocation