Officially the End of An Era: Roadrunner Announces XXX: Three Decades Of Roadrunner Records Box Set

In the past year, Roadrunner has been largely scaled back, and most of the people who made the label what it is don’t work there any more. So the announcement of the upcoming XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records box set is fitting; this is basically a “Roadrunner, Phase I” greatest hits collection. Or, you prefer to be slightly more cynical about it, the resumé to be included with Roadrunner’s obituary.

Because it’s 2013 and incredibly easy to either just compile a set such as this yourself or curate your own set (which presumably does not include Theory of a fucking Deadman) altogether — especially since three of these discs contain songs that come from revered metal albums practically everyone already owns, and the fourth is basically a coaster waiting to happen — the set will also liner notes by Decibel‘s Chris Dick, which will include an overview of the label’s entire history, including interviews with founder Cees Wessels, A&R legend Monte Conner, King Diamond, Max Cavalera, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Joey Jordison, and Matt Heafy.

Here’s the track list:

Disc 1 – “Foundations”

01. Mercyful Fate – “Evil”
02. Whiplash – “Power Thrashing Death”
03. King Diamond – “Abigail”
04. Carnivore – “Carnivore”
05. Obituary – “Slowly We Rot”
06. Annihilator – “Alison Hell”
07. Deicide – “Sacrificial Suicide”
08. Suffocation – “Infecting The Crypts”
09. Biohazard – “Punishment”
10. Type O Negative – “Christian Woman”
11. Brujeria – “Matando Güeros”
12. Cynic – “Veil of Maya”
13. Life of Agony – “Through and Through”
14. Treponem Pal – “Excess and Overdrive”

Disc 2 – “Horns Up”

01. Nailbomb – “Wasting Away”
02. Machine Head – “Imperium”
03. Dog Eat Dog – “No Fronts (Jam Master Jay’s Main Edit)”
04. Death – “Crystal Mountain”
05. Sepultura – “Roots Bloody Roots”
06. Coal Chamber – “Loco”
07. Soulfly – “Eye For an Eye”
08. Fear Factory – “Shock”
09. Slipknot – “Spit It Out”
10. Spineshank – “New Disease”
11. Chimaira – “Pure Hatred”
12. 36 Crazyfists – “Bloodwork”
13. Ill Nino – “What Comes Around”

Disc 3 – “And Metal for All”

01. Killswitch Engage – “My Last Serenade”
02. Trivium – “Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr”
03. DevilDriver – “I Could Care Less”
04. Cradle of Filth – “Nymphetamine Fix”
05. Hatebreed – “Destroy Everything”
06. Cavalera Conspiracy – “Inflikted”
07. Roadrunner United – “The Dagger”
08. Porcupine Tree – “Fear of a Blank Planet”
09. Dream Theater – “On the Backs of Angels”
10. Opeth – “Heir Apparent”
11. Megadeth – “Head Crusher”
12. Down – “Witchtripper”
13. Heaven and Hell – “Bible Black”
14. Gojira – “L’enfant Sauvage”

Disc 4 – “Rock for the Ages”

01. Nickleback – “Side of a Bullet”
02. Jerry Cantrell – “Anger Rising”
03. Stone Sour – “30/30-150”
04. Karma to Burn – “Ma Petite Mort”
05. Glassjaw – “Pretty Lush”
06. The Dresden Dolls – “Girl Anachronism”
07. Airbourne – “No One Fits Me (Better Than You)”
08. Murderdolls – “Dead in Hollywood”
09. Theory of a Deadman – “Bad Girlfriend”
10. Black Stone Cherry – “Lonely Train”
11. Korn feat. Skrillex – “Get Up!”
12. Rush – “Headlong Flight”
13. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Still Unbroken”
So, what, no Lenny Kravitz??? Lame.

The set drops October 1.

[via Metal Injection]