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It is one of metal's best albums, and it spawned two of the greatest metal songs of the '80s: 'Holy Diver' and 'Rainbow in the Dark'. Featuring the underrated Vivian Campbell on guitar, this album showed that Dio could do it on his own." [16] In 2017, it was ranked 16th on Rolling Stone 's list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". [17]
Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Main [19] UK [20] 1983 "Holy Diver" 40 72 Holy Diver "Rainbow in the Dark" 14 46 1984 "The Last in Line" 10 The Last in Line "We Rock" — 42 "Mystery" 20 34 1985 "Rock 'N' Roll Children" 26 26 Sacred Heart "Hungry for Heaven" [A] 30 72 1986 "King of Rock and Roll" — 1987 "I Could Have Been a Dreamer ...
Strange Highways is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. It's also their first album since Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice 's reunion tour with Black Sabbath . The European release was on Vertigo Records , in October 1993; the U.S. release was on Reprise Records , in January 1994.
The Last In Line is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Dio, released on July 2, 1984. It is the first Dio album to feature former Rough Cutt keyboardist Claude Schnell . It became the band's highest-charting album in both the UK and the U.S., reaching number 4 and number 23, respectively ( Sacred Heart would later reach number ...
Around the release of the band's debut Holy Diver in May 1983, Claude Schnell joined as Dio's first full-time keyboardist. [4] After two more studio albums – The Last in Line and Sacred Heart – as well as live release Intermission, Campbell left the band in March 1986. [5] He was replaced by former Giuffria guitarist Craig Goldy. [6]
"Holy Diver" is a song by American heavy metal band Dio. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from the band's debut album of the same name . Although it only reached number 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart at that time, it is one of Dio's most popular songs today.
Altogether, the band put out 12 studio albums between ‘78 and 2012, and I’m about to chug a Heineken and rank them from worst to best, for you. 12. Van Halen III (1998)
At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 is a live album from American heavy metal band Dio. It was released on November 9, 2010 [ 1 ] as the first release from Dio's Niji Entertainment Group label . [ 2 ] It features two appearances by Dio at the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington: the 1983 show and the 1987 show (from the Holy Diver and Dream ...