Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions [PA] (CD - 2005)

ROADRUNNER UNITED: THE ALL-STAR SESSIONS features members of Roadrunner bands collaborating as four different "teams." Bands include: Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Type O Negative, Trivium, Chimaira, Coal Chamber, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Life Of Agony, King Diamond, Cradle Of Filth, VOD, Sepultura, Opeth, Soulfly, Misfits, DevilDriver, Glassjaw, Ill Nino and Obituary.

Personnel: Robert Flynn (vocals, guitars); Keith Caputo (vocals, piano); Glen Benton, Howard Jones, King Diamond, Mark Hunter, Max Cavalera, Daryl Palumbo, Dani Filth, Kyle Thomas (vocals); Dino Cazares, Matthew K. Heafy (guitars); Josh Silver (keyboards, background vocals); Nadja Peulen (electric bass); Joey Jordison (drums).

For Roadrunner's 25th anniversary, the pioneering heavy metal/hard rock label came up with a novel concept: four super groups composed of current and former Roadrunner artists, with more Roadrunner alumni guesting on each track. ROADRUNNER UNITED: THE ALL-STAR SESSIONS is the result. Based on core bands led by Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, ex-Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, Machine Head guitarist/vocalist Robert Flynn, and Trivium leader Matthew Heafy, the album covers a wide swath of aggressive styles, from the proggy thrash/death metal of "Annihilation by the Hands of God" to the old-school stoner boogie grooves of "Blood and Flames." minimize