Once again, Dio had helped move Black Sabbath out of Osbourne's shadow ... but we’d been playing them for 10 years with Ozzy. We last went out with Ronnie and Vinny quite a while ago, and ...

It was rooted in Italian culture, where Dio‘s heritage comes from. 8. It took Geoff Nicholls Years to Become an Official Band ...

Black Sabbath survived the departure of original frontman Ozzy Osbourne and rose from the grave to create the heralded 1980 album Heaven and Hell with new vocalist Ronnie James Dio. The next year ...

The mystic Pied Piper of metal gave Sault Ste. Marie a true taste of his still superior vocal range Tuesday night, joining Black Sabbath alumni Terence (Geezer) Butler, Tony Iommi and Vinny Appice as ...

Iommi is out on the road with Heaven and Hell, aka Black Sabbath: The Dio Years. It’s the same Sabbath lineup that made a pair of albums in the early ’80s (and a third a decade later ...

Ronnie James Dio's albums with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell and Dio helped define what a hard rock singer can ...

For now, Black Sabbath’s Dio era had gotten off to an exceptionally positive start. Green Day Gets Political, Invokes Sabbath and Petty at Coachella Green Day Gets Political, Invokes Sabbath and ...

A new book, Sabbath: The Dio Years, will offer a deeper look at singer Ronnie James Dio‘s tenure with Black Sabbath. The coffee table tome will cover the vocalist’s full experience with the ...

In addition to working well together musically, Dio and Iommi had a ... New Album Will Be Out Later This Year Why Judas Priest Won’t Be at Ozzy + Black Sabbath’s Farewell Show Why Judas ...

Iommi says the Dio years challenged Black Sabbath to up their game and RJD would tell him to solo longer. “Listening back to things, you think, ’Bloody hell! That was a bit over the top‘” When you ...

Ronnie James Dio, the lead singer for Black Sabbath and Rainbow, has died following his battle with stomach cancer. He was 67. See other celebrities who have died this year "Today my heart is ...