DIO

Release Year: 2019
Artist Origin: USA
Style: expressive impetuous epic heavy metal

after quite unusual creative experiments the legend of American golden voice have gathered around him the eighties line-up again, crowned by ex.AC/DC drummer Simon Wright, so the expectations to hear time-tested, expression-brimming heavy metal was more than justified via this powerful and stimulating concept album [2000], that recalls his Rainbow and early Dio years with epic guitar arrangements and memorable choruses, contributing greatly to the revival of the genre; recent deluxe hardcover mediabook double disc edition comes with a remastered sound and additional live album, captured during 2001's tour, with extra Electra song and bonus Magica Story, which is a spoken word track