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Saddening news broke yesterday evening that Roadrunner Records will be closing its UK offices. As of yet, there is no official statement from our good friends at the company, but a number of bands on the Roadrunner roster have responded with their thoughts...  

In the light of the 100% shit news that Roadrunner UK is closing, we dedicated this week's Metal Hammer to one of the greatest record labels ever. Plus, we chat the new issue, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson saving the world, Mission To Lars, Dillinger Escape Plan in London, Guns N' Roses, AxeWound and much more. Let's go!  

Following our the article we publish yesterday which told of Roadrunner Records apparent decision to shut down their UK and European offices, (http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/172217/9) it now appears that staff at their all-important US offices could be losing their jobs too.  

Industry News: Roadrunner Records' remaining staff are determined to keep the label's values alive after its parent company hacked the headcount to pieces last month.  

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the troubles Delain were having with corporate interference affecting the release date of their album “We Are The Others”. That story appeared to have a happy ending, but sadly it was just, an … Continue reading →  

Roadrunner Records UK is closing, so we dedicated this Metal Hammer Podcast to a truly legendary record label. Here's the video, also featuring chatter on Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Bruce Dickinson and more!  

Vivendi is denying reports that it may spin-off Universal Music and Activsion. The company says it "learned with stupefaction of the claims made by Bloomberg in a story published tonight about its strategy... (they) are unfounded and based on anonymous sources." Longstanding Roadrunner Records appears to be on the way to extinction with Warner Music gutting the label including founder and CEO Cees Wessels along with about 36 staffers. U.S...  

ROADRUNNER RECORDS, home to many of metal's finest, is a virtual graveyard... Even further proof that the music industry as we once knew it is a rapidly dying animal: Roadrunner Records, long-time home to many of metal's finest acts and one of the earliest ...  

Rumours that the European and UK offices of the huge Roadrunner Records label are shutting down are flying around the Internet today, something which could affect some of the biggest names in metal and rock.  

As a result of the 2010 merger with WMG... Billboard reports that Roadrunner Records (home of Slipknot, Korn, Megadeth and Nickelback, among others) CEO/founder Cees Wessels is leaving the label seventeen months after it was sold to the Warner Music Group.  

In a changing of the guard at Roadrunner Records, founder/CEO Cees Wessels is leaving the label 17 months after the completion of its sale to the Warner Music Group. Concurrent with his departure, approximately 36 staffers worldwide were let go today ...  

System of a Down will be hitting the road with the Deftones for a U.S. tour later this summer. In a cost cutting move, Warner Brother Records has fired the entire staff of Roadrunner Records U.K. and Canadian offices today. The label has also laid off ...  

Iconic metal label Roadrunner Records, whose artists include Slipknot, Korn, Megadeth and Nickelback, shut its offices in the UK, Germany and Canada and Australia this week following the completion of its sale to Warner Music Group 17 months ago.  

As reported earlier today, Roadrunner Records, one of the most prominent and influential metal and hard rock labels over the last 30 years, has been slashing jobs left and right today in a cost-cutting measure by parent company Warner Music Group.  

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has issued the following ... It's a small niche compared to mainstream music. Bands have no label support anymore, thus won't get any tour support, so they cannot go out and build a live profile / make a name as a good ...  

will close UK offices in the next few weeks, with the label's Canada and Germany offices to suffer a similar fate. This latest news comes as another huge blow to the rock music industry, following the loss of Sonisphere festival from this year's summer circuit.  

will close UK offices in the next few weeks, with the label's Canada and Germany offices to suffer a similar fate. This latest news comes as another huge blow to the rock music industry, following the loss of Sonisphere festival from this year's summer circuit.  

"You should TAKE THE TIME TO THANK IN WRITING ALL THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT BELIEVED IN YOUR FAVORITE BAND BEFORE YOU EVEN HEARD THEIR NAMES ...." Trivium's Matt Heafy wrote on Twitter: “I wish I knew who or what to blame ...  

Roadrunner Records is the premier music label for Heavy Metal & Rock bands. Interact with the bands, discover live show, view concert pics, promos, and music videos!  

It's almost that time of year when we all drink too much, dance around like idiots, cover ourselves in mud and listen to music louder than a jet engine. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Download 2012 is almost upon us! To celebrate, Roadrunner Records is ...  

Roadrunner Records is the premier music label for Heavy Metal & Rock bands. Interact with the bands, discover live show, view concert pics, promos, and music videos!  

Rush has made their highly anticipated album Clockwork Angels available for pre-order via iTunes starting today. All pre-orders include an instant download of their new single "Headlong Flight," with the remainder of the ...  

Rush have unveiled details of their highly anticipated new album, Clockwork Angels. This is the renowned trio's first new collection of original material in over five years and their first studio release via Anthem/Roadrunner ...  

Megadeth Films Guitar Center Session. By Phil Freeman · April 11, 2012 3:52:37 PM UTC. Add your opinion ». Tags: photos guitar center Artists: Megadeth · Megacenter1 Dave Ellefson - Megade... Megacenter2 Megadeth - Guitar Cent.  

Roadrunner Records is the premier music label for Heavy Metal & Rock bands. Interact with the bands, discover live show, view concert pics, promos, and music videos!  

Opeth recently played a few shows in Japan, and their Japanese fan site, Opeth.jp, filmed segments of their soundcheck, so here's some video of the band running through bits of "Here Come the Tears," Judas Priest's "Dying ...  

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - To hear Tenacious D tell it, hard rock music is dead and they plan to resurrect it. That's no joke. Comedy-rock duo Tenacious D, formed 18 years ago by actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, drop their third album, "Rize of the Fenix," next Tuesday, aiming to save what they see as a dying musical genre. Six years after their last album, "The Pick of Destiny," they claim to be ...  

Industry News: Roadrunner Records is to close its UK and Canada offices, and is making huge cuts across its worldwide operation.  

Global job losses at iconic rock label as founder Cees Wessel departs  

Roadrunner Records have posted a free 13-track sampler in honour of this year's ridiculously awesome-looking Download festival! Get your Download tickets inside.  

Five years after buying the Hard Rock brand for nearly $1 billion, the Seminole Tribe of Florida is launching Hard Rock hotels in Mexico as part of a larger global expansion.  

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Albuquerque Chooses Avigilon High-Definition Surveillance System for Unsurpassed Image Quality