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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, ...

Fin Costello, Getty Images / Warner Bros. Reflecting on the album's creation, Wendy revealed that Ronnie had written the songs "Holy Diver" and "Don't Talk to Strangers" during his time in Black ...

Dio’s debut single “Holy Diver” was originally intended to be a Black Sabbath song, said Ronnie James Dio’s widow. He had already formed the song when his first stint with Sabbath ended acrimoniously ...

If Ronnie James Dio hadn’t been kicked out of Black Sabbath due to an ego battle that took place during the mixing sessions for the band’s 1982 album Live Evil, one of the hallmarks of pounding ...

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 ...

Ronnie James Dio's widow has claimed the late metal legend penned his 1983 hit 'Holy Diver' for Black Sabbath originally. The seminal musician - who died from stomach cancer aged 67 in 2010 - replaced ...

Ronnie James Dio could easily left some bands in the past, but he felt that some musical grudges were too personal to revisit ...

80 years ago today, the world was introduced to one of its most legendary singers. But after a battle with cancer, Ronnie James Dio left this plane of existence, leaving behind a collection of ...

As the queue of local artists itching to lay down covers forms to the left, our weekly feature Covering Tracks returns with a live performance from Ryan Adams.The mercurial former frontman of ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ronnie James Dio, the pint-sized heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, died on Sunday, five months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, his wife ...