Dio

Dio-Strange Highways-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2016-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:53:26 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Dio-Dream Evil-24-96-WEB-FLAC-REMASTERED-2016-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:43:33 minutes | 1006 MB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Dio – The Last In Line (Remastered) (1984/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:31 minutes | 939 MB | Genre: Metal, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino/Warner Bros.

The Last In Line is the second studio release by the heavy metal band Dio. The Last In Line is the first Dio album to include former Rough Cutt member Claude Schnell.

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Dio – Strange Highways (1994/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:26 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Rock, Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise Records

Strange Highways is the sixth studio album by the 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, in October 1993; the U.S. release was on Reprise Records, in January 1994.

After the short-lived reunion with Black Sabbath for the recording of the album Dehumanizer (1992) and the subsequent tour, Dio and Appice returned to Dio’s solo group, hiring Tracy Grijalva as new guitarist. Former Dio bassist Jimmy Bain was to make a return to the band, but he was soon sacked by Dio and replaced by Jeff Pilson.

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Dio – Sacred Heart (Remastered) (1985/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:29 minutes | 875 MB | Genre: Metal, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino/Warner Bros.

Sacred Heart is the heavy metal band Dio’s third studio release. It is one of Dio’s most recognizable albums, and includes the singles “Rock ‘n’ Roll Children”, “Sacred Heart”, and “Hungry for Heaven”.

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Dio – Holy Diver (1983/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:40 minutes | 957 MB | Genre: Heavy Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino/Warner Bros.

Black Sabbath’s vocalist and drummer, Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, broke off from Sabbath to form Dio with two others, Jimmy Bain and Vivian Campbell. The resulting debut album was loved by the press and went platinum in the US while also climbing up the charts in several other countries. In the US Billboard Top 200 Albums, it peaked at #56.

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Dio – Dream Evil (Remastered) (1987/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:33 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino/Warner Bros.

Dream Evil is the fourth studio release by the heavy metal band Dio. It features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell. Dream Evil includes the singles “All the Fools Sailed Away” and “I Could Have Been a Dreamer”.

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Dio – Holy Diver (2022 Remaster) (1983/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:35 minutes | 919 MB | Genre: Metal, Heavy Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records

After playing a major role in five positively classic heavy metal albums of the late ’70s and early ’80s (three with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and two with Black Sabbath), it seemed that singer Ronnie James Dio could truly do no wrong. So it wasn’t all that surprising – impressive, but not surprising – when he struck gold yet again when launching his solo vehicle, Dio, via 1983’s terrific Holy Diver album. Much like those two, hallowed Sabbath LPs, Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules, Holy Diver opened at full metallic throttle with the frenetic “Stand Up and Shout,” before settling into a dark, deliberate, and hypnotic groove for the timelessly epic title track – a worthy successor to glorious triumphs past like Rainbow’s “Stargazer” and the Sabs’ “Sign of the Southern Cross.” But subsequent metal anthems like “Straight Through the Heart,” “Invisible,” and the lycanthrope lullaby “Shame on the Night” were no less inspired; and by injecting uncommonly catchy melodies into the heavy rock riffery still dominating more accessible numbers such as “Gypsy,” “Caught in the Middle,” and hit single “Rainbow in the Dark” (where the singer himself played rather spotty keyboards), Dio proved himself perfectly capable of competing with the increasingly commercial hard rock fashions soon to come. Although most fans would agree that Dio would arguably never again replicate the simply sublime symbiosis of beauty and brawn achieved by the all-time standout “Don’t Talk to Strangers.” And, to be fair, aside from Ronnie’s unquestionably stellar songwriting, Holy Diver’s stunning quality and consistency owed much to his carefully chosen bandmates, including powerhouse drummer (and fellow Sabbath survivor) Vinny Appice, veteran bassist Jimmy Bain, and a phenomenal find in young Irish guitarist Vivian Campbell, whose tastefully pyrotechnic leads helped make this the definitive Dio lineup. So, too, is Holy Diver still the undisputed highlight of Dio’s career, and, indeed, one of the finest pure heavy metal albums of the 1980s.

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Dio – Holy Diver (2022 Joe Barresi Remix) (1983/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:24 minutes | 934 MB | Genre: Metal, Heavy Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

Ronnie James Dio would have turned 80 years old on July 10. Among the greatest heavy metal singers of all time, Dio’s career spanned five decades, touched millions of fans and pioneered his signature “devil’s horns,” one of the most popular hand gestures in the world. Dio also provided vocals and lyrics for some of the most iconic rock albums of all time with Black Sabbath and Rainbow, before establishing his own band Dio as a metal force with their 1983 debut Holy Diver.

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