Roadrunner Records (Roadrunner Music Group B.V.) is a record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The label was launched in the Netherlands in 1980 and was originally referred to as "Roadracer Records" in the United States. Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe. In 1986 Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York Cit...
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