When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Music was central to his life from an early age. Although he never received any formal vocal ...

Few musicians ever get the chance to be part of a genuinely classic album. But in the case of the late Ronnie James Dio, history was made – he was involved with three: each incredible and truly ...

Vivian Campbell has opened up on his time in Ronnie James Dio’s band, setting the record straight over his infamous departure in the 1980s. After Dio had left Black Sabbath and formed his own band ...

The end of the classic Black Sabbath lineup was difficult for all involved. Left without a band, Ozzy Osbourne had to build a new career from the ground up. As for Tony Iommi and the rest of Sabbath, ...

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 gems ...

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 ...

Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died Sunday, according to a statement from his ...

Drummer Vinny Appice has looked back on his final recording session with Ronnie James Dio. The two musicians were longtime collaborators, having joined forces in Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.

More than 15 years after the death of heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio, his widow and friends are continuing the fight against cancer on his behalf. On Thursday, Wendy Dio and her friends and ...