52-448: Non-Intentional Lifeform or simply N.I.L. were an Australian band formed in 1995 and signed to Roadrunner Records . They had a minor Australian hit with their single "Living or Existing?", which appeared in the popular Australian television series Good Guys Bad Guys , among others. A video of 'Six O'clock Headshot' from Air Left Vacant appeared on Roadrunner Records 'Drilling The Vein' compilation video in 1996. Their album, Uisce ,
104-576: A New Model Army fan, convinced the other band members to include "The Hunt" on the record. Paulo joked that the money of the LP would go straight to new dentures for Justin Sullivan , the toothless singer of New Model Army. The latter 3 covers would be included as B-sides and also on the compilation Blood-Rooted . "Polícia" is also included as a bonus track on the Brazilian edition of the album. Up until
156-531: A US$ 15 million loan from Edel, Cees Wessels was forced to put 49% of the label's stock up for $ 30 million, attracting the interest of major labels such as RCA Records , Atlantic Records and Columbia Records . In July 2001, The Island Def Jam Music Group purchased a 50% stake in Roadrunner worth US$ 33 million, larger than the asking price. While there were fears of legal action from Edel, who owned 17% of Roadrunner's stock, negotiations allowed
208-409: A brief making of scene and Max explaining to a Japanese interviewer the song's theme. This leads to Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson interviewing both Max and Andreas, and they clarify the concept behind "Kaiowas" title and how it was recorded. The band plays the song live on MTV Europe and on their Monsters of Rock gig. More backstage antics are shown, now with tourmates Biohazard together in
260-538: A completely new line-up and they released a single "Pathogen" before folding. De Barra then formed Clann Zu . Andrew Day went on to found the electronic project Nightswimmer and then the London UK based post-punk band The Sound Movement whose first album was released on Oxford label Truck Records . This article on an Australian band or other musical ensemble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records
312-633: A few hours after the tournament final , in nearby Pasadena. Sepultura, whose members attended the match, took to the stage decorated in the Brazilian colors in celebration of the national team's triumph in the tournament. In November 1994, an old dream came true: Sepultura did a brief Brazilian tour with idols The Ramones . Fellow countrymen Viper and Raimundos were the opening acts. The tour spanned five dates, with shows in Curitiba , Florianópolis , Belo Horizonte , Porto Alegre and Santo André . Sepultura's second home video , Third World Chaos ,
364-486: A joke. You can't run a major corporation with that as your business strategy" . Chaos A.D. Chaos A.D. is the fifth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura , released in 1993 by Roadrunner Records . The album saw a stylistic departure from the band's earlier thrash metal style, by featuring a new groove metal sound. Chaos A.D. is also Sepultura's only album on Epic Records , who handled its release for North American distribution, as well as
416-512: A miserable fuckin' corporation that does not bend for their bands, does not give their bands anything and they're just terrible businessmen....They had 2 cash cows, Slipknot and Nickelback , and every other project they had rode backseat to those bands, and then the second that the new Slipknot record came out and didn't go quadruple Platinum in the first few hours it was released they fuckin' turned their backs on Slipknot. That label just wants instant gratification where it sells its units and that's
468-513: A percussive jam. The promos for "Refuse/Resist" and "Territory" are next. There's also older archival footage on Third World Chaos . One example is the "Arise" video, whose location shooting was California 's Death Valley , where the infamous Manson Family resided for a time in the late 1960s. There's also their first ever promo - "Inner Self" - a track taken from their Beneath the Remains (1989) album. Sepultura's newfound interest in
520-466: A spoof on Sepultura's "Troops of Doom" complete with the song's intro riff and Olodum-styled percussion. Last, but not least, there's Holy Land (1996), a concept album by Brazil's premier power metal band Angra . Lead guitar player Kiko Loureiro said that, when composing for their sophomore album, the MPB influence "came naturally". Despite this statement there was, indeed, a concerted effort by
572-922: A sub-label of Warner's Elektra Music Group division. In June 2022, Elektra Music Group, and subsequently Roadrunner, was merged into the new umbrella label group 300 Elektra Entertainment . Roadrunner Records UK operates out of the Warner Music London office. Their roster includes the addition of Alter Bridge , Down , Satyricon and Slash . Since the 1990s, Roadrunner Records has been criticised by several of its past alumni over its record contracts, business practices and management and promotion of its releases. Artists who have criticised Roadrunner include Megadeth , Slipknot , Obituary , Opeth , Chimaira , Vision of Disorder and Sepultura . Glassjaw members Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck continue to speak unfavourably of Roadrunner, years after
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#1732794443062624-608: Is a Dutch–American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as one of the most powerful independent metal labels of the 1980s and 1990s, it would eventually become a massive host of metal acts; most seen in Roadrunner United and the following live concert. Since then,
676-551: Is bad, just that it's in the wrong hands." By the time Chaos A.D. arrived, Sepultura were the biggest act of Roadrunner's roster. Aware of the band's increasing popularity, the label spent nearly $ 1 million on a "marketing blitz" which quickly guaranteed them silver and gold records in Belgium, France and the UK. The group also signed an exclusive distribution deal with a major label, Epic Records, home of Pearl Jam and Rage Against
728-434: Is such a small hardcore label, is totally surpassing Roadrunner... It's like the scourge of the music industry. Beck has said: "Seriously, don't ever support anything from Roadrunner – they suck!" Palumbo has said that Roadrunner didn't put the band on enough tours: "We never toured half as much as we wanted to, I just wish we got to tour more in support of [ Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence ]"; and, "They are
780-685: The Dead Kennedys . But Biafra wasn't interested in recycling old ideas and he suggested a song called "Biotech Is Godzilla", that he had written during his visit to Eco '92, a world conference about ecology organized in Rio de Janeiro . "Jello spent ten minutes explaining me his crazy theories", said Max to Anamaria G. of Bizz magazine, "he said that George Bush had sent a group of scientists to Brazil to test germs and bacteria on human beings and use them as guinea pigs. The lyrics claim that biotechnology created AIDS . But they don't say that technology
832-505: The Game of Thrones episode " The Rains of Castamere ". On April 26, 2012, it was announced that Warner Music Group would make substantial cutbacks throughout Roadrunner Records worldwide operations. According to staff working at the company, The UK offices and the Canadian offices of Roadrunner Records are to be closed completely, with severe levels of cutbacks occurring across the rest of
884-592: The Top 40 on the Billboard album chart. Type O Negative became the first Roadrunner band to receive a certification from the RIAA ; this was a Gold award (and later Platinum award) for the 1993 album Bloody Kisses , which was certified in 1995. The band also became the first Roadrunner band to receive radio play. In 2000, Slipknot became the first Roadrunner band to go Platinum. Nickelback were also very successful on
936-455: The '90s. It is one of Joe Duplantier 's top-ten albums, guitarist-songwriter for Gojira . In his opinion, Chaos A.D. "gave birth to the whole nu-metal scene." In fact, Korn were very inspired by the album when they started out. At least two members from Slipknot attested how Chaos A.D. was important to them. Chaos A.D. was ranked 29th on Rolling Stone 's and 63th on NME 's 100 greatest metal albums lists. "Refuse/Resist",
988-534: The Machine . This deal eventually went sour: Epic paid little attention to Sepultura, preferring to invest in Fight and Prong . The Chaos A.D. tour launched on October 23, 1993, with goth metal band Paradise Lost as the opening act . The tour went well, except for an incident where Berlin 's police received a false tip claiming that Sepultura's tour bus was loaded with a major cocaine shipment. Enraged by
1040-415: The Remains . The 1990s saw the arrival of acts such as Cynic , Deicide , Life of Agony , Machine Head , Suffocation , Type O Negative , and underground grunge rockers Willard . As the 1990s wore on, several of Roadrunner's bands managed to make an impact on the mainstream, most notably Sepultura and Type O Negative . Sepultura's 1993 album, Chaos A.D. , became the first Roadrunner band to crack
1092-665: The United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Russia and Canada. Early successes included albums from King Diamond (the first Roadrunner artist to enter the Billboard Top 200 albums chart) and Annihilator . The label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980s saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their respective genres: Obituary 's Slowly We Rot and Sepultura 's Beneath
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#17327944430621144-495: The album's experimentation and sense of the band coming into their own. AllMusic declared it one of the best heavy metal albums of all time, calling it "a remarkable achievement not only in its concentrated power and originality, but also in the degree to which Sepultura eclipsed their idols in offering a vision of heavy metal's future." Entertainment Weekly proclaimed that "Sepultura will separate casual headbangers from rabid addicts fast... even nonmetalheads will be impressed by
1196-461: The album's first single , charted at number 26 in VH1 's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" list. In Rolling Stone Brasil' s list of the 100 greatest MPB records, Chaos A.D. held the 46th position. According to the magazine, the album was a "point of inflection" for the band and the heavy metal scene in general. It paved the way to "another essential record" - Roots - ranked #57 in the same list. All music
1248-417: The band came to see their home-country in a new light. Brazil's political issues and music then came to the fore. Sepultura targeted and denounced racism, discrimination, xenophobia and neocolonialism , and how they fueled destructive policies and power-hungry politicians. Writing for VICE , author J.J. Anselmi declared that the "social messages of Chaos A.D. are timeless and universal, making it one of
1300-417: The band's new direction. The song starts with the heartbeat of Max 's then-unborn first son, Zyon , followed by some Afro-Brazilian drumming reminiscent of Salvador, Bahia samba-reggae group Olodum . About the track's introductory guitar riff, Max acknowledged that it "could have been created by a death metal band." Diversity was the key to Chaos A.D. , revealed Max Cavalera. "Biotech Is Godzilla"
1352-486: The dark side of Sepultura. "Refuse/Resist" is an anti-police song – a real piece of anarchy. You could call the album riot music. It was full of heavy shit and some of it was risky, but it was just where we were coming from at the time." The next song, "Territory", dealt with the conflict between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. "Slave New World" — with its lyrics co-written by Biohazard bassist Evan Seinfeld —
1404-517: The drums on stage", lead guitarist Andreas remembers. "We decided to try the same thing. We rehearsed it once and it was wonderful. We haven't stopped playing the song live since." During recording sessions, Sepultura recorded a number of covers : "The Hunt", from New Model Army , " Polícia ", from Titãs , "Inhuman Nature", from the American hardcore punk band Final Conflict , and "Crucificados pelo Sistema", from Brazilian Ratos de Porão . Igor,
1456-545: The first album to feature Paulo Jr. on bass after having played with the band in a live capacity since 1984. The band considered a number of producers, including avant-garde jazz composer John Zorn and Al Jourgensen of industrial metal pioneers Ministry . They ultimately chose Andy Wallace , who had previously mixed Arise . Sepultura wanted isolation, and for that Andy Wallace suggested Rockfield Studios , located in South Wales . The recording sessions marked
1508-451: The first time Sepultura had recorded as a quartet as opposed to a trio, which saw Andreas Kisser handling both bass and guitar duties on their previous three albums; as such, Chaos A.D. was the first album to include Paulo Jr. , who had been playing live with the band since joining in 1984. "Kaiowas" was recorded live among the ruins of the medieval castle of Chepstow . It was an entirely acoustic track, with Kisser and Max Cavalera on
1560-409: The group to explore their Brazilian musical identity. It was partly a response to the criticism directed towards Angels Cry (1994), which drew many comparisons to Helloween , Iron Maiden and others. Holy Land and Sepultura's Roots were released a month apart from each other, and they both highlighted a major moment for Brazil's metal scene. Although it became a popular trend in the 1990s,
1612-476: The guitars and drummer Igor Cavalera and Paulo Jr. on percussion. When they recorded "Kaiowas", the quartet never even considered playing the track live, because they thought it would be too difficult to recreate the drumming on stage. They changed their minds after seeing a video of the American band Neurosis : "We saw in that live video that the Neurosis guys put down their guitars and everybody started to play
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1664-445: The label had continued to put out major releases, though by the 2020s, most major acts had left the label and it had been acquired by Warner Brothers, being relegated to something much smaller than before. The label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe. In 1986, Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in
1716-483: The label to switch "immediately" to Island Def Jam and its distributor, Universal Music & Video Distribution . On December 18, 2006, Warner Music Group signed an agreement to purchase a majority in shares (73.5%) of Roadrunner Records' parent company, Roadrunner Music Group B.V. This deal became finalized on January 29, 2007, after receiving regulatory approval in Germany. On June 11, 2008, Roadrunner Records
1768-811: The label worldwide. It has also been announced that the Roadrunner office in The Netherlands is to close, and that the label's founder Cees Wessels is stepping down from his role of CEO. The following years saw several major Roadrunner acts leave the label, including DevilDriver and Alter Bridge (who both moved to Napalm Records , with Devildriver's catalogue being sold to The Echo Label ), Opeth , Machine Head , Slipknot (After releasing The End, So Far in 2022) and Soulfly (all of whom followed former A&R of SVP Monte Conner to Nuclear Blast ) and Dream Theater (who signed with InsideOut Music in 2017) In July 2017, British rock band Milk Teeth signed with Roadrunner Records. In June 2018, Roadrunner became
1820-528: The label, although they were signed to another label in their native Canada. Derek Shulman ran the label in the late '90s. In 2005, the label launched a new project called Roadrunner United to commemorate the label's 25th anniversary. Roadrunner Records ran into financial trouble in 2001 after its distribution deal with RED Distribution through Edel Music was aborted after Edel ended up in US$ 400 ;million in debt. As Roadrunner had just taken out
1872-435: The land of their ancestors. "Nomad", written by Andreas, talked about people expelled from their homelands. On Chaos A.D. , Sepultura honored one of their biggest idols, Jello Biafra . Max had called Biafra asking him to contribute to the album with a song about the growing neo-Nazi movement. "I asked for something like 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Part 2'", remembers Max, referring to the anti-Nazi song " Nazi Punks Fuck Off " by
1924-564: The latest edition of Brazil 's Hollywood Rock music festival , taking place in January 1994. The event would happen simultaneously on São Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro. Chaos A.D. has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. The North American leg, which was co-headlined by Pantera , coincided with the 1994 FIFA World Cup , with the concert in Irvine, California , taking place on July 17,
1976-400: The mixing of metal and percussion remains a controversial topic in the Brazilian scene to this day. One example is the "tribal" thrash metal of Krucipha, which takes inspiration from Pernambuco 's maracatu through the states' manguebeat movement. The band's music still divides opinions, enraging metal purists. Chaos A.D. received positive reviews from music critics, with many commending
2028-463: The most important metal albums ever recorded." The lyrics of "Refuse/Resist" mention "tanks on the streets, confronting police, bleeding the plebs." Its chorus ("Refuse! Resist!") resembles a protest march slogan, and when released as a single featured a photograph of a South Korean student rushing at Seoul 's riot police contingent while holding a Molotov cocktail . Speaking to Kerrang! , Max Cavalera remembered: "This certainly got in touch with
2080-696: The music and socials ills of Brazil inspired - or ran parallel to - their fellow countrymen's own MPB /metal experiments. One particular case was Overdose, Sepultura's former Cogumelo labelmates. Overdose's 5th album, Progress of Decadence (1993), opened with "Rio, Samba e Porrada na Morro", an industrial -meets- samba intro five years in the making. The rest of the album segues into their own brand of groove metal. Furthermore, Overdose inserted political themes in their lyrics, although they had being doing such way before Sepultura. A worthy mention also goes to "saravá metal" group Gangrena Gasosa . Their Welcome to Terreiro (1993) debut opened with "Troops of Olodum",
2132-411: The problems the band experienced with them. They openly advise people not to buy their first full-length so as not to give the label money, and have repeatedly told fans at shows to illegally download the record. Palumbo has said: "Roadrunner is a joke. Roadrunner's not even a real label. It has the power to be one of the superpowers in the heavy music industry. While labels like Victory Records , which
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2184-419: The songs in the album are tuned down to D standard , except for "Kaiowas", which is in drop C ♯ tuning. Max Cavalera said he "had to fight Andreas over" retuning the guitars to D, partly because all of Sepultura's songs, until then, were written in standard tuning . He argued that Black Sabbath also played in D, and they could do the same. After travelling extensively abroad for their Arise tour,
2236-565: The time the album was due, the title was originally Propaganda after track 6, but Max Cavalera changed it to Chaos A.D. after the Misfits ' Earth A.D. Out of the boredom of playing the Arise songs for two years straight and concerned about the threat of musically stagnating, Sepultura pushed the envelope on Chaos A.D. The new material came out slower, with more emphasis on groove than speed. The first track, " Refuse/Resist ", revealed
2288-427: The unjust search and seizure procedure, Max re-wrote "Antichrist", from their 1985 Bestial Devastation EP , as "Anti-Cop", and then the band proceeded in playing the song live throughout the tour (a recorded version is available on the combined re-release of Bestial Devastation / Morbid Visions and The Roots of Sepultura albums). While touring Europe, rumors floated around that Sepultura would be part of
2340-410: The variety in [ Chaos A.D. ]: they're not averse to slowing things down." Chaos A.D. was a watershed moment for the band. The quartet faced many challenges with the record. For one, they made a risqué transition from their earlier death/thrash sound. Sepultura also traversed the radical shift in the rock music scene of the 1990s, with the sudden popularity of alternative rock . "We made a record that
2392-444: The videos on their channel, however, are still viewable. On November 11, 2010, Warner Music Group announced they had acquired the remaining of Roadrunner's stock, acquiring the company fully. However, WMG maintained that Roadrunner would still continue to operate as a distinct brand. Cees Wessels, the label's founder, remained as CEO. Employees at Roadrunner nicknamed WMG's acquisition of the company "The Red Wedding", in reference to
2444-469: Was "pure hardcore", according to the elder Cavalera. "Nomad", with its characteristically slow riffs, was described by lead guitarist Andreas Kisser as their answer to Metallica 's " Sad but True ". The album also featured Sepultura's first all-acoustic incursion, "Kaiowas". "It's like a mixture of Led Zeppelin , Sonic Youth and Olodum", said Max of that particular song. Chaos A.D. was their first record to utilize some lower guitar tunings . Half of
2496-508: Was a protest against censorship. Massacres were a major part of Chaos A.D. ' s overall theme. "Amen" tackled the massacre of David Koresh 's followers in Waco, Texas . "Manifest" had a faux-radio report of the Carandiru massacre , and "Kaiowas" was made in honor of a Brazilian Indian tribe that committed collective suicide in protest against the government that wanted to drive them off
2548-668: Was released in VHS format in June 27, 1995. It features interviews, music videos , behind-the-scenes footage, and portions of concerts and jam sessions from the Chaos AD tour. The video starts with a live (and sped-up) rendition of their Motörhead cover "Orgasmatron" from their 1994 Monsters of Rock show, at Donington Park, UK . It segues to a series of press clippings with Roy Mayorga 's "Chaos BC" remix serving as background music. The "Slave New World" promotional video comes next, with
2600-422: Was released in 1997, and the band toured with Korn , Marilyn Manson , Kiss , Helmet , Dubwar , Grinspoon and Superheist , as well as playing shows with The Prodigy , Deftones , The Living End , Fear Factory , The Mark of Cain , Cosmic Psychos , The Avalanches , Shihad and Bodyjar . The band split up in 1998. After the split, Adam Pedretti joined Killing Heidi . Declan de Barra played briefly with
2652-475: Was very metal", said Max Cavalera; there "was an explosion of grunge and nobody wanted anything to do with metal." Despite everything, Chaos A.D. was ultimately a triumph. "It was a magical and very inspiring time" remembers the elder Cavalera. Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe credits Chaos A.D , along with Pantera , for developing the groove metal style, which would later influence other artists in
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#17327944430622704-492: Was voted as the "Best Metal Label" by Metal Hammer at their Golden Gods Awards , an award that it has won the past four years in a row. The award was accepted by Sharon den Adel and Ruud Jolie of Within Temptation , one of Roadrunner's biggest acts. Roadrunner Records was significantly affected by Warner Music Group's legal dispute against YouTube, including having their account's YouTube partnership canceled. Most of
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