These are Ronnie James Dio's five best doom metal songs outside of his two stints in Black Sabbath. Leaving Sabbath in the mix would simply make this too easy of a task and there's some hidden gems ...

When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy metal ...

Here are the five heaviest Black Sabbath songs... without Ozzy Osbourne! This is not meant to diminish the Prince of Darkness, merely a means to break from the usual fanfare of those first six ...

Few musicians ever get the chance to be part of a genuinely classic album. But in the case of the late Ronnie James Dio, history was made – he was involved with three: each incredible and truly ...

When one thinks of the late great Ronnie James Dio, one often thinks of the golden age of heavy metal and the laundry list of bands he was a part of, from Black Sabbath to Dio to Heaven & Hell. One ...

Ronnie James Dio fronted Black Sabbath between 1979 and 1982, and then again between 1991 and 1992. Though his tenure with the band was short, his legacy was massive. In an interview with Another FN ...

Drummer Vinny Appice has looked back on his final recording session with Ronnie James Dio. The two musicians were longtime collaborators, having joined forces in Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.