Kabar Buruk Dari Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records (Roadrunner Music Group B.V.) adalah perusahaan rekaman yang menerbitkan musik rock dan metal, didirikan di Belanda pada 1980 dengan nama "Roadracer Records". Mereka mulanya mengimpor produk dari AS ke Eropa. Pada 1986 mereka membuka cabang di New York City dan kemudian di Inggris, Jerman, Perancis, Jepang, dan Australia. Terbitan awal mereka yang berhasil adalah King Diamond dan Annihilator. Mereka juga mengedarkan album-album awal Metallica di Skandinavia. Pada akhir 1980-an mereka menerbitkan dua album yang sekarang dianggap klasik: Obituary's Slowly We Rot dan Sepultura's Beneath the Remains. Pada tanggal 26 April 2012 ini,  Roadrunner Records dikabarkan ditutup. Kabar ini berhembus ketika penutupan kantor kantor Roadrunner Records di bagian Eropa. Berita ini juga diperkuat oleh statements Slipknot di Facebook, yang berisi seperti berikut :
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Today is a sad day. It has been brought to my attention that many Roadrunner offices around the world have been closed permanently. This means to us, Slipknot, in my opinion that a lot of our very close friends and comrades will no longer be around to help the art and business known as the Slipknot family. This is very disheartening because our whole career has consisted of being involved with this personal family. This comes as very shocking news and in my opinion only, this is completely unwarranted and unacceptable. Money should not dictate art. Art should dictate money. It only proves that the business side of things dominates the art side of things and again in my opinion art is what changes the world. Everyone who no longer works with Slipknot will be greatly missed and as far as I’m concerned things will never ever be the same. I personally will not let anybody new into the vision of art because the art has been supported by so many from the beginning of my career to now. Things will never ever be the same. My heart hurts for my friends all around the world and for their families and I know that all things that are meant to be will come back around. All I can say at this point from the bottom of my heart is THANK YOU for everything you have ever done for our band Slipknot, our families, and other bands who have been trying to live out their dreams. I’m sorry and we love you all. The music industry as a whole will always continue to fail but the love for art and music will always be on an up rise. And because of this art will always need people who understand it. Now that the wheel is being expected to change everyone should know outside the family that the wheel known as Slipknot will become bigger, stronger, and more dangerous than ever. It will have no sympathy and no forgiveness and will roll over all the wrongdoing. This is simply unbelievable to me. In fact it is everything that is wrong with the world today. You will all stay in my mind and my soul and my art and I will continue to reach out and remain as close as possible to as many of you as possible as I can. The experiences that I have had with you over the years have been part of the dream and have made the dream a reality, something that I have dreamt of since I was a child. Thank you for pushing me as hard as you have over the years so that I could be the best that I can be for our culture. As you know I want my dream to be aligned with people who believe as passionately as we do and will continue to every step of the way. Things will never be the same from this day on and I am tired of things always changing in this business because of politics and people that have not taken the time to fulfill the duty to understand us as an art form representing a culture that is one of a kind and more importantly as people with families ourselves. I also know how important these people who no longer will be working with Slipknot and Roadrunner are and how much of a difference they made to the most important people of all - the fans. I believe the fans should also be able to voice their opinion as well if the industry is going to continue making the decisions they have based on my life, our art, and our fans. Please feel obligated to voice that opinion on our page and give the respect to those who have helped with the vision of Slipknot. Again I am very very very sorry. You are in my thoughts and prayers now forever. I will always consider you close friends and I will make every attempt to stay in touch with as many of you as possible. And if I had my way we would align our forces for our culture to continue what is most important and that is the art and philosophy of Slipknot. Thank you for everything from the bottom of my heart. Your friend, your brother - The Clown. 

Thursday, April 26th 2012

This is not the end.