Editing Roadrunner Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use American English|date=June 2024}}

{{infobox record label
| bgcolor = #000000
| name        = {{color|white|Roadrunner Records}}
| image       = Roadrunner Records logo 2016.svg
| image_size  = 250
| parent      = [[Warner Music Group]]
| founded     = {{start date and age|1980}}
| founder     = Cees Wessels
| distributor = {{ubl|[[Atlantic Records Group|Atlantic Music Group]]|(in the U.S.)|[[Warner Music Group]]|(outside the U.S.)}}
| genre       = {{hlist|<!-- infobox genres should be kept few and general; please don't add subgenres --> [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[hard rock]]|[[alternative metal]]|[[extreme metal]]}}
| country     = Netherlands
| location   = New York City
| website    = {{ubl|{{URL|www.elektramusicgroup.com/roadrunnerrecords}} (US site)|{{URL|roadrunnerrecords.co.uk}} (UK site)}}
}}

'''Roadrunner Records''' is a Dutch–American record label focused on [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[hard rock]] music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of [[Warner Music Group]] and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as one of the most powerful independent metal labels of the 1980s and 1990s, it would eventually become a massive host of metal acts; most seen in ''[[Roadrunner United]]'' and the following live concert. Since then, the label had continued to put out major releases. However, by the 2020s, most major acts had left the label; it was also acquired by Warner Brothers, being relegated to something much smaller than before.