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Black Sabbath: The Dio Years is a 2007 compilation CD of material recorded by Black Sabbath during vocalist Ronnie James Dio's tenure in the band. The CD contains remastered tracks taken from the studio albums Heaven and Hell (1980), Mob Rules (1981), and Dehumanizer (1992), as well as a live version of the song "Children of the Sea" taken from the live album Live Evil (1982).
Replacement Ronnie James Dio's early 80's stint fronting the band on two albums is acknowledged with the title track of 1980's Heaven and Hell and a track from 1981's The Mob Rules. The compilation closes with a song from 1983's attempted rebirth, Born Again, former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan's sole album with the band.
The music was primarily written by guitarist Tony Iommi, but as with almost all Sabbath albums, credit is given to the entire band. The lyrics were entirely written by newcomer Ronnie James Dio. [1] The song has been performed by several bands of which Iommi and Dio were members including Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell.
However, for The Dio Years – for which the band would end up recording three new songs rather than two – the band continued to use the Black Sabbath name. Ward, who performed on the 1980 Heaven and Hell album and the first half of the tour, ultimately declined to be the band's drummer before they recorded, citing musical differences.
Heaven and Hell was re-released as part of the Black Sabbath box set The Rules of Hell in 2008. [23] In 2017, it was ranked 37th at Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". [24] Six of the album's tracks were played live, with only "Walk Away" and "Wishing Well" not making the setlists on the Heaven & Hell Tour.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album from Black Sabbath, released by Universal in 2009. This album features only the original line-up of Black Sabbath with most of the albums Ozzy Osbourne worked on presented. This compilation features songs from 1970's self-titled debut album to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, as well as one song from Never Say Die!.
The Rules of Hell is a collection of four albums by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals in remastered form. [3] The albums included in the set are: 1980 Heaven and Hell [3] 1981 Mob Rules [3] 1982 Live Evil (2 CDs) [3] 1992 Dehumanizer [3] The boxed set was released on 22 July 2008 through Rhino. [4]
Iommi commented that Heaven & Hell agreed on an album whilst the band was in Japan on their 2007 tour. [10] The band started work on the album before and after the Metal Masters Tour in Dio and Iommi's houses respectively. [5] Each member submitted CDs of material for the project. [5] Iommi described the work as "really good, pretty powerful". [11]