Review: All-Star Metal Jam Marks 25th Anniversary Of ROADRUNNER

December 17, 2005

Chris Harris of MTV.com has issued the following report:

It was billed as the event of the year ... for metalheads, at least. Members of more than 30 current and former acts on Roadrunner Records came together to rattle the baseboards at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday night for Roadrunner United, a celebration of the label's 25th year in the metal business.

The night's emcee, HATEBREED frontman and "Headbangers Ball" host Jamey Jasta, perhaps said it best: "You can't call yourself a metalhead or a hardcore kid without owning a Roadrunner record."

The metalheads in attendance — including "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice — were treated to 23 cuts of classic and contemporary metal supplied by the night's core group of SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, TRIVIUM frontman Matthew Heafy, ex-FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares and MACHINE HEAD bassist Adam Duce. Throughout the evening, the players changed but the feel remained the same, often coming off like a glorified jam session by one of the metal world's most gifted cover bands.

The night kicked off with a brutal rendition of BIOHAZARD's "Punishment", with the band's frontman, Evan Seinfeld, at the mic and on bass; BIOHAZARD guitarist Billy Graziadei, Cazares, Jordison and SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser backed the "Oz" star. The highlight of the energetic New York hardcore opener was Jordison's pummeling, seemingly effortless work behind the kit. Next, Jasta joined Kisser, Cazares, Jordison and SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray — who, like Jordison, was sans ghoulish mask and jumpsuit — for a pulverizing rendition of MADBALL's "Set It Off".

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