Heaven And Hell: Neon Nights (30 Years Of Heaven And Hell CD/DVD) JJ Koczan December 22, 2010 Albums 1 Let’s be clear: We all know that the performances contained on either the CD or DVD of Neon Nights are not those by which the careers of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler or even Vinny Appice will...
Ronnie James Dio: 1942-2010 Patrick Slevin May 17, 2010 Columns 1 It’s been a sad few weeks for metal. With the passing of Peter Steele, fans mourned one of the genre’s vampiric, self-deprecating and complicated legends—but a legend that you might run into at a show. The ...
Ronnie James Dio Diagnosed with Stomach Cancer Patrick Slevin November 26, 2009 Goings-On Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio, Heaven And Hell and Elf singer Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, according to his wife Wendy on Dio's official website. She writes: "Ronnie has been diagnose...
Interview With Tony Iommi of Heaven & Hell: Knowing The Devil JJ Koczan August 17, 2009 Interviews 4 On heavy metal Mt. Olympus, Black Sabbath/Heaven And Hell guitarist Tony Iommi is more or less Zeus. Around the house we call him “The Man From Whose Fingers Heavy Metal Sprang” (clearly not into the whole brev...
Interview with Heaven And Hell: They Say That Life’s A Carousel JJ Koczan May 16, 2007 Interviews Since it was announced late last year that the lineup of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice would be touring under the moniker Heaven And Hell, there has been much fervor in the Black ...
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years JJ Koczan April 11, 2007 Albums Yeah, it’s a compilation, a Greatest Hits, but still, it’s impossible not to appreciate Black Sabbath’s The Dio Years for the extreme quality of the material. What was originally theorized as a three-disc boxed...
