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Dio posing for a photograph in 1982

Ronnie James Dio rose from the ashes twice to make one of metal’s greatest ever debut albums

By Mick Wall published

How Dio made their iconic 1983 debut album

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Bands & Artists
Dio publicity photo

The story of the Ronnie James Dio classic assembled from other bands' spare parts

By Mick Wall published

Rainbow In The Dark a highlight of Holy Diver, an album Ronnie James Dio said was “one of the proudest things I’ve ever done”

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Tracks & Singles
EMP

Is your home metal enough? Kit yourself out with EMP's Cyber Weekend sale, offering tonnes of metal homeware with great savings

By Liz Scarlett published

Welcome maggots into your house with this Slipknot doormat available in EMP's Cyber Weekend sale, alongside other killer metal decor and home goods by Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden and more

Merchandise
A comp of a pic of Ozzy and Dio

Black Sabbath's former manager originally wanted Dio to write and record while Ozzy Osbourne toured with the band

By Rich Hobson published

Billy Corgan has hosted an epic, emotional interview with Wendy Dio - wife and manager of Ronnie James Dio

Bands & Artists
Photographs of Lemmy from Motorhead, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose

30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s

By Classic Rock published

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade

Bands & Artists
Ronnie James Dio in 1988

All 20 Ronnie James Dio album ranked, from worst to best

By Paul Elliott published

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

Albums
Wendy Dio in 2022 and Lemmy performing onstage with Motörhead in 2015

Wendy Dio remembers visiting Motörhead’s Lemmy “two hours before he died”

By Matt Mills published

The widow of Ronnie James Dio reveals that she was one of the last people to see Lemmy before he passed away in 2015

Bands & Artists
Ronnie James Dio posing for a photo in the 1980s

How Ronnie James Dio escaped Black Sabbath and launched one of metal‘s greatest solo careers

By Malcolm Dome published

Singer, band leader, icon – this is the story of Ronnie James Dio’s epic solo career

Biographies
Ronnie James Dio - studio portrait

The song Ronnie James Dio called one of the "proudest things he'd ever done"

By Mick Wall published

Begun by Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s

Albums
Ronnie James Dio studio portrait

"I insist upon being great": The A-Z of Ronnie James Dio

By Jerry Ewing published

In his decades fronting Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and more, the little man with the huge voice made a great many friends – and more than a few enemies

Interviews
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