NEW YORK (RoadRunner Records) - 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 ?ckerfeldt
Rob Barrett
Matt Baumbach
Corey Beaulieu
Glen Benton
Keith Caputo
Max Cavalera
Dino Cazares
Dave Chavarri
Tyler Connolly
Mike D'Antonio
Steve DiGiorgio
Matt DeVries
Marcelo Dias
Dez Fafara
Dani Filth
Robert Flynn
Rhys Fulber
Michale Graves
Paul Gray
Justin Hagberg
Matthew K. Heafy
Andols Herrick
Tom Holkenberg
Steve Holt
Mark Hunter
Howard Jones
Joey Jordison
Johnny
Kelly King Diamond
Andreas Kisser
Andy LaRocque
Jesse
David Leach
Cristian Machado
Logan Mader)
Sean Malone
Roy Mayorga
Dave McClain
James Murphy
Tommy Niemeyer
Daryl Palumbo
Nadja Peulen
Dave Pybus
Josh Rand
Jim Root
Souren "Mike" Sarkisyan
Josh
Silver Acey
Slade Mike Smith
Peter Steele
Corey Taylor
Kyle
Thomas Jeff Waters
Jordan Whelan
Christian Olde Wolbers
Tim Williams
BANDS REPRESENTED:3 Inches Of Blood
36 Crazyfists
Annihilator
Brujeria
Carnivore
Chimaira
Coal Chamber
Cradle Of Filth
Cynic
Deicide
DevilDriver
Disincarnate
Exhorder
Fear Factory
Floodgate
Front Line Assembly
Glassjaw
Gruntruck
Ill Nino
Junkie XL
Keith Caputo (solo artist)
Killswitch Engage
King Diamond
Life Of Agony
Machine Head
Malevolent Creation
Mercyful Fate
Misfits
Murderdolls
Nailbomb
Obituary
Opeth
Sadus
Sepultura
Slipknot
Soulfly
Spineshank
Still Remains
Stone Sour
Suffocation
Theory Of A Deadman
Thorn
Trivium
Type O Negative
Vision Of Disorder
much more to come... 
