by Zach Shaw | Nov 14, 2012 | Label Moves
Roadrunner Records have gone through many obvious changes behind the scenes, with staff around the world getting laid off or stepping down. Now we can add one more major name leaving the metal label: Jonas Nachsin. After twenty years at Roadrunner Records, the last...
by Zach Shaw | May 1, 2012 | Label Moves
Back in December of 2009, Roadrunner Records had signed Baptized In Blood. Signing the Canadian thrash group was a hopeful sign to many that Roadrunner would continue to work with “heavier”/ non-mainstream acts (a fear caused by the success of Nickelback). However, in...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 1, 2012 | Label Moves, Rumors and Gossip
It’s not uncommon nowadays for bands to consider other distribution options outside of record labels. However, it’s slightly a bigger deal when the band in question is Metallica. Ever since they completed their recording contract with Warner Music Group with the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 9, 2012 | Digital Media
Back in November, King Crimson and Relapse Records gave a glimpse behind the curtain of digital music streaming service Grooveshark, claiming that it was next to impossible to get their music, which was put on the service without permission, taken down. Universal...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 8, 2011 | Gloom And Doom, Label Moves
That’s what a recent article on Digital Music News cites a source inside the company as saying. Warner Music Group was acquired for $3.3 billion by Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries back in May. Now, according to the source, Blavatnik...