There’s been a lot going on in the world of the late, great Ronnie James Dio lately. His autobiography Rainbow In The Dark is finally getting a long-waited posthumous release on July 27, and the ...

The heavy metal frontman was perhaps best known for his time at Black Sabbath, when he replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979 and ...

According to drummer Vinnie Appice. Ronnie James Dio fronted Black Sabbath between 1979 and 1982, and then again between 1991 and 1992. Though his tenure with the band was short, his legacy was ...

Has another rare Black Sabbath recording from the metal legends' Heaven and Hell era with singer Ronnie James Dio surfaced? The family of late Sabbath member Geoff Nicholls has the goods. A clip ...

Appice would play with the Dio-era Sabbath, the spin-off band Heaven and Hell, and on the albums Mob Rules and Live Evil. He would also follow Ronnie James when he started his solo band, Dio.

Two long out-of-print live albums from Dio, 2005’s Evil Or Divine: Live in New York City and 2008’s Holy Diver Live, are being reissued on vinyl. Newly remastered with new cover art, the deluxe ...

Black Sabbath in the early '80s: (Top) Vinny Appice, Tony Iommi; (Bottom) Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio. Credit: Photo by Mark Weiss/Courtesy of Chipster PR With all due admiration and respect for ...

A previously unreleased recording of Black Sabbath rehearsing the Dio-era track “Heaven and Hell” surfaced earlier this winter, published by the estate of live band member and frequent collaborator ...

Here is the favorite Ronnie James Dio song of five rock and metal icons. The legendary singer, who died of stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 67, famously fronted Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio ...

Ozzy Osbourne recently praised his Black Sabbath replacement, Ronnie James Dio, for doing "a good job" with his old band — even though he never listened to the albums they made together. The Prince of ...