Opethian666
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Pain While Urinating
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I love Ghost Reveries and it has grown to be one of my favourite Opeth albums.
But I do get sick of Roadrunner Records killing a lot of bands for me by advertising the music on their label like some infomercial.
But I do get sick of Roadrunner Records killing a lot of bands for me by advertising the music on their label like some infomercial.
Heckelgruber
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Pain While Urinating said:
I know what you mean, they almost seem to try to be more than just a record company with their slick in-store displays et al.
Opethian666
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If I were in a truly grim and frostbitten band, I would get the maffia to distribute my records.
NineFeetUnderground said:
My thoughts were.... Death, King Diamond, Cynic, Septulura, Disincarnate, Deicide etc... were dropped/left for a reason...
...Nickelback, Devildriver, Cradle of Filth, Slipknot, Trivium... boy does RR suck now...
Then this quote rang through:
"Basically I got fucked, that's the best way to put it, with Symbolic. Roadrunner had a totally disillusioned idea of what metal is. And that's why Symbolic wasn't pushed. That's not their idea of metal, their idea of metal is Coal Chamber and Korn. Symbolic basically got shove to the side and that's why metal in America has been screwed because of choices made by bigger labels deciding what metal is suppose to be about.
I got shoved to the side and you know what I could have said, "fuck all of this and I'm quitting, but I didn't. I think the album(Sound of Persev..)'s a perfect example of, you know, coming back saying whatever. I'm not gonna let people discourage me.
Eventually Roadrunner are going to jump back on the heavy metal bandwagon and it's gonne be cute, it's gonna be really sickening to see a label jump right back on what they got big from, but basically what they've turned their backs on in the process."
-Chuck Schuldiner
NFU
I like pie.
You may want to take into consideration what label Death went on for the sound of perseverence...considering what bands that label is currently hosting now. Its the european sellout version of what roadrunner now is.
Regardless, the point is Opeth could possibly be the band to raise the bar for roadrunner a bit to realize that they can have a prosperous label without having to water down their entire band catalog. And Opeth certainly doesnt seem to care about making any compromises in a label's favor, so i dont know what there is to worry about. Frankly, i dont think or worry about Opeth enough at this point to even really give it anymore thought than that. Ill continue to listen to them while they produce quality material, but anything deeper than that, and i cant really give a shit.
Regardless, the point is Opeth could possibly be the band to raise the bar for roadrunner a bit to realize that they can have a prosperous label without having to water down their entire band catalog. And Opeth certainly doesnt seem to care about making any compromises in a label's favor, so i dont know what there is to worry about. Frankly, i dont think or worry about Opeth enough at this point to even really give it anymore thought than that. Ill continue to listen to them while they produce quality material, but anything deeper than that, and i cant really give a shit.
JoeVice
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SPLASTiK said:
no, the bigger labels don't decide that. the people do, and the label thrives off of it. the nu-metal scene was an extension of metal that had its time as a mainstream fad. it all comes and goes in cycles. in almost every genre, there is a go-with-the-trend sub-genre that purists despise. its not "tr00."
Sanzen
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JoeVice said:
yeah, but one would like to think that Roadrunner would recognize their former respectability among metal fans and at least try to stick with that instead of hopping from one metal trend to the other.
BUT guess what...they're a business. A pretty big record label. they want to make MONEY. The easiest way to do that is to provide the masses with what they want to hear...even if, sadly, that comes with the sacrifice of what RR used to be.
JoeVice
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JoeVice said:
I think they do to a degree. A big label finds a band like a Korn or whatever, gets them to record an album that's well recorded/produced and then promotes it. Gets it played on the radio or MTV, magazine ads, interviews etc.
And then usually if it explodes they tend to sign a bunch of similar bands in an effort to make a bunch of money. But it's the label that pushes the band out there and without them there's nothing for the people to decide. Chances are if you're promoted well more people will hear it and potentially like it, the labels decide how much to promote you.
JoeVice
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SPLASTiK said:
- if people don't buy it, they won't push it anymore. if the in-group digs it, it becomes a trend. then, that label has reputation points amongst the in-crowd, and people buy it because its associated with what is cool. any new band that joins this becomes cool too. and you're right, this is where the label power comes into play and makes decisions for the people who have already hopped on the band-waggon. but, its the demand of that person that has the real power.
steel102
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well one thing is, from a recent interview i read with blakkheim from katatonia, the main thing that's delaying the bloodbath dvd release is roadrunner, so that kind of sucks imo 
vampyrouss
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This was on the RR site:
I like the way they dont mind making fun of 90% of their rosters "moronic baggy clothes" :Smug:
I like the way they dont mind making fun of 90% of their rosters "moronic baggy clothes" :Smug:
JoeVice
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holy shit, that is fucking great!!! lol lol lol lol! wow, lol looks like a cylindrical face, showing only the laughing mouth.
