When he left Sabbath, though, Dio pulled off his most amazing feat yet: his first solo album, Holy Diver. In a year when both ...

Ronnie James Dio with drummer Vinny Appice in 2007. He had reunited with his former Black Sabbath bandmates to tour and record as Heaven and Hell in the years prior to his death. Credit: Photo by ...

Singer and songwriter Mando Saenz was in the fifth grade when he went to his first concert: '80s metal band Dio, on their 1984-'85 The Last in Line Tour, at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, ...

Several years before Ronnie James Dio was diagnosed with cancer, the heavy metal music icon began writing his memoir. Now, his fans will get to read the singer’s story in his own words. When Dio had ...

Ronnie James Dio’s autobiography, Rainbow in the Dark, will finally be published posthumously July 27th via Permuted Press. Dio, who died in 2010 after a battle with gastric cancer, began working on ...

Aside from a glorious tropical vacation, one major thing you missed if you didn't attend this year's Shiprocked Cruise was Steel Panther performing a cover of Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark" with none ...

Wendy Dio, widow and longtime manager of beloved heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program. In her continued effort to keep the Dio legacy ...

It’s been over ten years since heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio died, but now an autobiography that the Dio/Rainbow/Black Sabbath/Elf frontman was working on before his death is scheduled to be ...

An excerpt from the late Ronnie James Dio’s memoir reveals that he’d “shied away” from joining Black Sabbath when he was first asked. Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography, which was completed by ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Music was central to his life from an early age. Although he never received any formal vocal ...