Ronnie James Dio was one of metal’s all-time great singers, appearing on landmark albums by Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his ...

Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love ...

This they did, of course, by enlisting Ronnie James Dio to become the band’s new singer and with that rather smart move the Black Sabbath name was enabled to live and fight another day ...

Would there be heavy metal without Black Sabbath? Possibly ... singers who followed Osbourne's initial successor Ronnie James Dio) somewhat softened their bite, but there’s no getting around ...

We can go round and round about whether to include the late, great Ronnie James Dio era of Black Sabbath on this list. However, it's still a significant part of the band's legacy, and Heaven and ...

But Dio’s big break arrived in 1975, when he was hired to front Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow for a trio of seminal studio LPs. He then replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath for a pair of ...

A previously unreleased recording of Black Sabbath rehearsing the Dio-era track “Heaven and Hell” surfaced earlier this winter, published by the estate of live band member and frequent collaborator ...

While at times these lineups produced solid music — especially with the late, great belter Ronnie James Dio out front — Black Sabbath would never again reach the heights of their triumphant ...

Last week, Black Sabbath announced their final ever live ... and in Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio their capricious lineup boasts two of the greatest singers in rock/metal history.

Black Sabbath are the undisputed godfathers of heavy ... enjoyed nearly as much success with former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio, at the helm. But the band’s fortunes took a turn for ...

It may be infamous for its dogshit cover, but there’s a gleefully devilish abandon to Ian Gillan’s sole Sabbath album. Side-two opener Disturbing The Priest makes artful use of both loudness ...