Ronnie James Dio knows what makes a good metal song, with a list that covers some of the genre's biggest legends, from Black ...

Some Black Sabbath albums are epoch-defining classics, some are average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them – ...

Heavy metal heroes Dio’s classic albums will be packaged together in the massive 7LP box set 'The Complete Albums 1983-1993.' ...

Ronnie James Dio was one of metal’s all-time great singers, appearing on landmark albums by Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his eponymous band Dio. The latter’s career couldn’t have got off to a ...

He played with the two iconic Black Sabbath singers at very different points in his career. One stood well above the other ...

Black Sabbath may have Ozzy Osbourne as their eternal frontman, but the major force behind the band never had to set in front ...

Here’s a fun quote from a recent Songfacts interview with Zakk Wylde: “You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it’s not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it Heaven & ...

Would there be heavy metal without Black Sabbath? Possibly ... singers who followed Osbourne's initial successor Ronnie James Dio) somewhat softened their bite, but there’s no getting around ...

Their upcoming Birmingham, England, show will actually be the fourth "final" concert for the heavy metal pioneers ...

Singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward. At first, they called themselves ...