Roadrunner Records

Originally a Dutch label.
Label Code: LC 9231 / LC 09231
Please use Roadrunner Records (6).

Roadrunner Records was founded in the Netherlands in 1980 by Sepultura. During the 1990s, the label changed to become more commercial, which alienated many of their heavy and extreme metal bands.

Roadrunner became one of the largest independent heavy metal labels until December 18, 2006, when Warner Music Group announced that it had signed a deal to acquire 73.5% of Roadrunner Records for 73.5 million dollars. Acquisition was first completed on January 29, 2007 due to regulatory approval in . In November 2010, Roadrunner Records was fully acquired by WMG. Cees Wessels was CEO of Roadrunner until April 2012, when the Dutch office was shut down. The US office was later moved to the WMG address.

Instructions about Intercord cat# on Roadrunner Records releases (used since 1990):
In the absence of distribution tag, please use:
-xxx.xxx or IRS xxx.xxx or D IRS xxx.xxx --> Distributed By - Intercord Record Service
-INT xxx.xxx or D INT xxx.xxx --> Distributed By - Intercord