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Apr 25, 2015 · When Black Sabbath arrived at the fateful decision to carry on after replacing original singer Ozzy Osbourne with erstwhile Rainbow frontman Ronnie James Dio, the resulting new album could have...
Apr 25, 2022 · When Sabbath and Ozzy parted it seemed the Brummie metal gods had met their end. But as Tony Iommi tells Hammer, Ronnie James Dio was their rainbow in the dark.
Aug 19, 2016 · The introduction of the late Ronnie James Dio on vocals gave them a richer, more lush sound, but they had to convince a sceptical public than Sabbath could prosper again. For Dio, everything about the album was vital – especially the cover. “We knew the artwork had to make an impact,” he said.
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Mar 4, 2021 · Black Sabbath’s initial period with Ronnie lasted only a few years. He and drummer Vinny Appice left the group in 1982 to start Dio. Why did things go wrong?
Apr 28, 2015 · When Black Sabbath veterans Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice — collectively known as Heaven & Hell — released The Devil You Know on April 28, 2009, no one could...
Jan 14, 2024 · After legal wranglings prevented them from calling this current reunion Black Sabbath, Iommi proposed the name Heaven & Hell in recognition of its impact. “It really is Black Sabbath, but it isn’t,” Iommi says.
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But it did indeed happen. Black Sabbath reformed under a new name, Heaven And Hell. The whole thing started already in 2006 when Ronnie revealed on the US radio show Rockline on August 16th, 2006 that he's working with Tony Iommi again in order to have a couple of new songs on the forthcoming "The Dio Years" compilation release.
