SLIPKNOT JORDISON LEADS ROADRUNNER ALL-STAR COLLABORATIONS

(VIDEO) In what is sure to be the ultimate collection for any metal and hardcore fan, Slipknot’s Joey Jordison was one of the “team captains” for the Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary album. An unmasked Jordison talks about the project on camera!!

Slipknot’s Joey Jordison is one of the all-star members of Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions, which is set to hit stores on Tuesday. The album is a collection of fresh songs written from four team captains; Jordison, Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory), Robert Flynn (Machine Head), and Matt Heafy of Trivium.

Each of the members were in charge of writing songs with members from the label’s illustrious 25 year roster of bands from modern day to bands like Annhilator and Type O Negative. The unmasked Slipknot drummer talkes about working with such a stellar line-up of hard rock, metal and hardcore musicians.

“Basically it was a chance to work with a bunch of killer musicians that I’ve been influenced by growing up through a lot of my old bands and everything. And I tried to write in a bunch of different styles that I’ve never written before and and and it was a real challenge and I really had a lot of killer memories of what all these people had brought to my songs. it was just mindblowing. What everyone did was just amazing. I got to learn from a lot of killer people so…”

Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions features 56 artists, 45 bands, and 19 tracks of fresh, brand new material. Asisde from it arriving in stores today, various members of the group plan on performing a special concert in December to perform songs off the album. Details are forthcoming.