Dio‘s debut album, Holy Diver, will be reissued this summer to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of the late Ronnie James Dio. The four-CD set, dubbed Holy Diver: Super Deluxe Edition, ...

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Now, at the ripe age of 41, Ronnie James Dio was finally ready for his close-up with his debut, Holy Diver. Taking everything he’d learned over the years about complex band politics and scouting for ...

The post Ronnie James Dio’s Holy Diver Album Inspires Upcoming Graphic Novel appeared first on Consequence of Sound. The Dio album Holy Diver is one of metal’s most iconic LPs, not just for its music ...

Rhino Records has announced a super deluxe edition of Dio’s 1983 debut album Holy Diver, complete with unreleased outtakes, live tracks and rarities. Previously unheard material includes alternate ...

Between the album cover (which features the demonic Dio band mascot Murray whipping a chain that has snapped off from an entangled drowning priest) and the lyrics held within that sometimes invite ...

Music journalist Martin Popoff digs deep to detail the records of Dio, the heavy metal outfit fronted by Ronnie James Dio.

To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the classic 1983 Dio album 'Holy Diver,' the band performed the disc in its entirety on their 2005 tour. A show at the London Astoria was filmed and turned into ...

Ronnie James Dio’s ‘Holy Diver’ was originally written for Black Sabbath, his widow has revealed. In a new interview with Loudwire, Ronnie’s widow, Wendy, said Ronnie had written ‘Holy Diver’ and ‘Don ...

The competition began with 32 entrants divided into four divisions: Headbanger Region, Mosh Pit Region, Stage Dive Region and Devil Horn Region. The path to victory is never a guarantee, even for ...

“Between the velvet lies, there’s a truth that’s hard as steel,” we hear on the song “Holy Diver.” Z2 Comics will pulp that vision into a graphic novel and Ronnie James Dio is the “star of the ...

Try as I might, I just couldn’t get Dio out of my head as I pedaled into nothing but blue sky. “Holy Diver, you’ve been down too long in the midnight sea…” It was a crystal-clear day at the Keystone ...