I. OPENING THOUGHTS
So the next record to be inducted into the DVSNGH record collection is
ROADRUNNER UNITED'S "The All-Star Sessions" super-album (2005),
which consists of members of various rock/metal bands, past and present
(at the time) on the American major (record) label Roadrunner Records.
So like, each song on this record here, would contain a band member (ie.
vocalist+guitarist+bassist+drummer+other) from a different band, and yeah,
the songs would sound like a transformation of all their bands put into one
(in most cases, although some songs, takes the style of just one band).
Not sure, if such record had ever been done before, with other rec. labels,
aside from charity ordeals, but here, it was a real treat for 'metalheads'.
II. THOUGHTS ON ROADRUNNER UNITED
So yeah, as I kinda mentioned already, Roadrunner United is not "a band",
but a mix-up of bands, or "supergroups" lead mainly by 4 members of
already-established metal bands like Slipknot (drummer, Joey Jordison),
Machine Head (vocalist, Robb Flynn), Trivium (vocalist, Matt Heafy)
and Fear Factory (guitarist, Dino Cezares), each producing various tracks.
Tho, it did come out 9 years ago, the music (to me) still sounds 'current',
and yeah, those who've enjoyed it, are all hoping for a "follow-up" record
to come, but highly unlikely there will be one, since the purpose/concept
of the record was to celebrate the (record) label's 25 years in existence.
Who knows, maybe they might do a "40th anniversary" project, for 2020.
III. TRACKLISTING
1. "The Dagger" (5:31)
Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage) - Vocals
Robb Flynn (Machine Head) - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) - Rhythm Guitar
Jeff Waters (Annihilator) - Guitar Solo
Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) - Bass
Andols Herrick (Chimaira) - Drums
2. "The Enemy" (4:44)
Mark Hunter (Chimaira) - Vocals
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) - Rhythm Guitar
Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) - Solo/Acoustic guitar
Paul Gray (Slipknot) - Bass
Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour) - Drums
3. "Annihilation by the Hands of God" (5:33)
Glen Benton (Deicide) - Vocals
Matt DeVries (Fear Factory) - Rhythm Guitar
Rob Barrett (Cannibal Corpse) - Rhythm Guitar
James Murphy (Obituary) - Solo
Steve DiGiorgio (Death) - Fretless Bass
Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls) - Drums
4. "In the Fire"(4:07)
King Diamond (Mercyful Fate) - Vocals
Matt Heafy (Trivium) - Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic guitars
Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
Mike D'Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Dave Chavarri (Ill Niño) - Drums
5. "The End" (3:35)
Matt Heafy (Trivium) - Vocals/Solo
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) - Rhythm Guitar
Logan Mader (Machine Head) - Melodic Guitar Harmonics
Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly) - Keyboards/Programming
Nadja Peulen (Coal Chamber) - Bass
Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour) - Drums
6. "Tired 'N Lonely" (3:37)
Keith Caputo (Life Of Agony) - Vocals/Keyboard
Matt Baumbach (Vision Of Disorder) - Rhythm Guitar
Tommy Niemeyer (Gruntruck) - Rhythm Guitar
Acey Slade (Murderdolls) - Rhythm Guitar
James Root (Slipknot, Stone Sour) - Solo/Harmony Guitar
Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls) - Drums/Bass
7. "Independent (Voice of the Voiceless)" (4:51)
Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura) - Vocals
Robert Flynn (Machine Head) - Guitar, Keyboards
Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) - Rhythm Guitar
Jeff Waters (Annihilator) - Solo
Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) - Bass
Andols Herrick (Chimaira) - Drums
8. "Dawn of a Golden Age" (4:09)
Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth) - Lead Vocals
Matt Heafy (Trivium) - Vocals/Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Justin Hagberg (3 Inches of Blood) - Rhythm Guitar
Sean Malone (Cynic) - Fretless Bass
Mike Smith (Suffocation) - Drums
9. "The Rich Man" (6:49)
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) - Vocals
Robert Flynn (Machine Head) - Rhythm Guitar/Keyboard
Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) - Rhythm Guitar
Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) - Bass
Andols Herrick (Chimaira) - Drums
10. "No Way Out" (3:27)
Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw) - Vocals
Matt Baumbach (Vision Of Disorder) - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
Junkie XL - Programming Synths
Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls) - Drums/Bass
11. "Baptized in the Redemption" (3:19)
Dez Fafara (DevilDriver, Coal Chamber) - Vocals
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) - Rhythm Guitar
Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) - Solo Guitar
Paul Gray (Slipknot) - Bass
Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour) - Drums
12. "Roads" (2:24)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath) - Vocals
Josh Silver (Type O Negative) - Keyboards/Backing vocals
13. "Blood & Flames" (5:38)
Jesse David Leach (Killswitch Engage) - Vocals
Matt Heafy (Trivium) - Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic guitars/Vocals
Josh Rand (Stone Sour) - Rhythm Guitar
Mike D'Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative) - Drums
14. "Constitution Down" (5:04)
Kyle Thomas (Exhorder) - Vocals
Matt DeVries (Fear Factory) - Rhythm Guitar
Rob Barrett (Cannibal Corpse) - Rhythm Guitar/Trade-Off Solo
James Murphy (Disincarnate) - Intro solo
Andy La Rocque (King Diamond) - Trade-Off Solo
Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Testament) - Fretless Bass
Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls) - Drums
15. "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)" (2:02)
Michale Graves (Misfits) - Vocals
Matt Heafy (Trivium) - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Justin Hagberg (3 Inches of Blood) - Rhythm Guitar
Mike D'Antonio (Killswitch Engage) - Bass
Dave Chavarri (Ill Niño) - Drums
16. "Army of the Sun" (3:48)
Tim Williams (Vision Of Disorder) - Vocals
Robert Flynn (Machine Head) - Rhythm Guitar
Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) - Rhythm Guitar
Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) - Bass
Andols Herrick (Chimaira) - Drums
17. "No Más Control" (3:01)
Cristian Machado (Ill Niño) - Vocals
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) - Rhythm Guitar
Souren "Mike" Sarkisyan (Spineshank) - Harmony Guitar
Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) - Harmony Guitar
Marcelo Dias (Soulfly) - Bass
Dave McClain (Machine Head) - Drums
18. "Enemy of the State" (5:08)
Peter Steele (Type O Negative) - Vocals/Keyboards
Steve Holt (36 Crazyfists) - Rhythm/Acoustic/Slide Guitars
Josh Silver (Type O Negative) - Keyboards/Samples
Dave Pybus (Cradle of Filth) - Bass
Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Murderdolls) - Drums
IV. TRACK REFERENCE
6. "Tired 'N Lonely" ★★★★★
5. "The End" ★★★★★
17. "No Más Control" ★★★★★
8. "Dawn of a Golden Age" ★★★★★
9. "The Rich Man" ★★★★★
2. "The Enemy" ★★★★★
18. "Enemy of the State" ★★★★★
11. "Baptized in the Redemption" ★★★★
1. "The Dagger" ★★★★
10. "No Way Out" ★★★★
16. "Army of the Sun" ★★★★
12. "Roads" ★★★
7. "Independent (Voice of the Voiceless)" ★★★
13. "Blood & Flames" ★★
3. "Annihilation by the Hands of God" ★★
4. "In the Fire" ★★
14. "Constitution Down" ★
V. FAVORITE TRACK
So my favorite song on "Roadrunner United", yeah, is an unlikely favorite,
a dark horse, I guess you can say, but for me (track 6) "Tired N' Lonely".
Now, as far as the group (of band members) who assembled this song,
so it features the vocals of Keith Caputo, of a band called, Life Of Agony
(I'm not that fond of), the guitars of Jim Root, and drums of Joey Jordison,
both of Slipknot (a band I'm very fond of), and the added guitars, from a guy
named Acey Slade, from The Murderdolls (a band I did like at one time).
But yeah, I remember listening this song ALOT, on the (bus) way home from
Bramalea mall, at the time (2005), having known it for only "a year", now
here I am, 9 years later, sick of Bramalea mall... even MORE tired n' lonely!
VI. OTHER STANDOUT TRACKS
So this fuckin record, what can I tell you, SOOO many songs I liked from it,
don't think I'll be able to cover half of them in this short space, but I'll try.
Starts of with such HIGH momentum with "The Dagger" and "The Enemy"
(tracks 1 and 2), but yeah, (slight downer) the songs are random in its order,
but putting that aside, when listening to this record, you are gonna find/hear
some of THE BEST DAMN *****METAL***** EVER MANUFACTURED (lol),
especially with tracks 8 ("Dawn of a Golden Age"), 17 ("No Mas Control"),
and 11 ("Baptized In The Redemption"), and then, thrown in *by surprise*,
you'll get a pop song (track 10 "No Way Out") or a somber/campfire song
(track 12 "Roads"), I guess, to 'cool your ears down' between MASSACRES!
VII. LEAST FAVORITE TRACKS
So yeah, the Roadrunner United record compilation is meant to please fans
of the bands (on and off) Roadrunner Records, also to of which, includes
bands/musical styles I DON'T LIKE, but whatever, we all have our tastes,
and since this here is indeed a record to please all (or most) METAL FANS,
you gotta please those who love their DEICIDE (track 3 "Annihilation") and
those who love their (sissy) KING DIAMOND (track 4 "In the Fire"), and
eventhough I do like THE MISFITS, sorta, the misfit 'flavored/themed' song
(track 15) "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)" wasn't really all that good.
But of all the heavy metal "dream teams", on this record, I gotta give the
cake to Team "Constitution Down" (track 14) for the most boring song.
VIII. ARTWORK
So the artwork of the Roadrunner United "The All-Star Sessions" record
shows a huge embroidered logo, similar to that of a sports (soccer) team,
stitched ontop of a (Navy + Maroon) pinstriped "sports jersey"-like material,
ALMOST looking like "the real thing", but yeah, when you actual get it
(either by CD or LP), yeah, you'll see it's indeed a PAPER PRINT-OUT.
Not that it really matters to me, idunno, maybe ALL THE BAND MEMBERS
(who participated on the record) got a copy made with 'real jersey fabric'.
Still a cool looking cover, to say the least, but yeah (like millions of others
who own/like this record) hoping to see a SEQUEL/FOLLOW-UP one day.
Owning this record feels (almost) like holding a symbol of HEAVY METAL.
IX. CLOSING THOUGHTS
So if you weren't aware, but these records aren't FREE, by any means,
costing me some money to get these, saying for example, like (uh) the $95
it cost me to get a (used) copy of Marilyn Manson's "Anti-Christ Superstar",
as fucked-up as it kinda is to be buying *that* to begin with (I know, eh).
This (used) copy of Roadrunner United cost me "28 Pounds ($51 Dollars)",
coming to me from Germany, btw, so quite "the hobby" I got going here.
And I may as well break 'news', of the fact I just surpassed my credit limit
(of $7000) yet again, oh and course, how my (restaurant) job is 'at risk' atm,
due to my on-and-off ordeals with "the law" (ie. my recent 'semi-arrest'),
so yeah, I may as well repoint myself as "Dave Bieber", from this point on.
(FRONT COVER)
(BACK COVER)
(INLAY, FULL)
(INLAY, HISTORY)
(INLAY, CREDITS)
(VINYL 1 & 2)
(VINYL 1, SIDE A)
(VINYL 1, SIDE B)
(VINYL 2, SIDE A)
(VINYL 2, SIDE B)
(ALL TOGETHER)
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