Ronnie James Dio was one of metal’s all-time great singers, appearing on landmark albums by Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his eponymous band Dio. The latter’s career couldn’t have got off to a ...

Black Sabbath’s career-reviving collaboration with singer Ronnie James Dio proved it wasn't a onetime fluke with the arrival of 1981’s spectacular 'Mob Rules,' which packed such riff-mongering ...

Black Sabbath enjoyed several discrete eras: the Ozzy Osbourne years began in 1968. The first of two time periods with Ronnie James Dio at the helm started in 1980, then came round again under the ...

This may be blasphemous, but Black Sabbath has always been a better band with Ronnie James Dio at the microphone instead of Ozzy Osbourne. And this being Black Sabbath, blasphemy has always been cool.

These are Ronnie James Dio 's five best doom metal songs outside of his two stints in Black Sabbath. Leaving Sabbath in the mix would simply make this too easy of a task and there's some hidden ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Black Sabbath bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler reminisced about his last moments with friend and bandmate Ronnie James Dio in a statement released Tuesday.Also Tuesday, Dio's family

Two of Black Sabbath ‘s best releases with Ronnie James Dio behind the mic will be getting the special edition reissue treatment next month, as it seems like the metal world is reminiscing about the larger than life frontman. Both Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules will get newly remastered versions, each with additional tracks of rare and unreleased music. Dio joined Sabbath back in 1979 after ...

But Dio wouldn’t have had a solo career were in not for all began after a fall-out between Ronnie and his Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler over the mixing of 1982’s Live ...