Roadrunner Records

The worst metal label currently in the mainstream, only matched by Earache in its scuminess and trend hopping.
In the past 25ish of its 40 years of existence, Roadrunner Records has provided the rock and metal world with either the mallcore-ready reheated leftovers of a band's previously good sound (Sepultura, Gojira, Fear Factory, etc) or the "latest and greatest" in the buttrock sphere designed to sell records and please your average 13 year old that thinks they were "born in the wrong generation" (Machine Head, Slipknot, Nickelback, etc). Once a band that's signed stops selling records in an endless attempt to "keep with the times", they dump them and leave them for dead, but still release all their old shit in an endless surge of remasters and deluxe editions that pale in comparison to the original version.
They had some of the biggest potential to be the definitive extreme metal label but ultimately failed at its task, leaving labels like Steamhammer, Century Media, Peaceville, and Relapse to pick up the pieces.

Roadrunner Records can suck a dick.

virtue signalling

A phenomena where someone campaigns for or otherwise shows their support for an often popular position without actually doing anything meaningful to further the cause that they claim to champion. This is one of the main signs of late democracy and otherwise shows the prevalence of cult figures in a society: political or otherwise.
Also takes form with "thoughts and prayers", and other meaningless statements.

-Damn, all of these people are virtue signalling about the Freedom Convoy.
-The easiest way to become respected on twitter is to virtue signal in support of trans rights.

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