Monte Conner: “It Never Dawned on Me that, 30 Years Later, People Would Still Be Talking About These Albums…”

Any metal fan worth their salt will own an album with the label Roadrunner Records on the back of it. Synonymous with heavy music for the last four decades, the discography reads like a who’s who of metal from iconic debuts from both Slipknot and Machine Head to game-changing extreme metal albums from Deicide, Sepultura and Obituary. To celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2005, Roadrunner Records put together an ambitious project under the banner of Roadrunner United. With the unique idea of four “Team Captains,” a cast of stars from the massive Roadrunner roster was pulled together culminating in one massive concert in New York on December 15th, 2005. Last Friday, the Roadrunner United – The Concert album was re-issued complete with extra bits n’ pieces. In our latest cover story, f...

Toxicity

Toxicity, the highly anticipated sophomore album from Columbia / American Recordings artists System of a Down, contains 14 brand new tracks written by the band. The 14 new songs are brilliant t, ominous hard rock tracks.

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