Shout out to the young Vivian Campbell here, who was only 20 years old when this was recorded. He played his guitar with no mercy alongside legends like Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice, and the great RJD.
@@AB-gb1om- Adams was phenomenal in his prime, which was long ago. Also, a lot of Manowar is just too cheesy to take seriously. On the first four albums, Adams will give anyone a run for their money. Dio was consistently incredible throughout his career that spanned six decades. How many can singers have done that? That’s why Ronnie is the GOAT.
@@thediesel387 They are all 3 just out of this world : Halford, Dio and Bruce Dicky. As a podia beast, as their voices, their story telling and engagement with their fans, just 3 above all others, and doiing that for 40+ consecutive years. Lest enjoy all 3 bands shall we?
RJD is not even close to being underrated, especially in the hard rock/metal community. He is regarded as one of the best, if not the single greatest metal vocalist.
Agreed, that and the Entire Mob Rules album- my favourite Dio and Sabbath album - “Country Giirl” “Turn up the night” and “ Voodoo “ are Epic and goovy AF !
Here's the thing: Ronnie James Dio was recorded on wax BEFORE the Beatles. Imagine a little guy from New Hampshire, in the late 50s, sticking it out until he became a Metal God in the mid 70s and beyond. One of a kind, never to be duplicated!
I love it when you guys listen to Dio, you have to check out Gypsy, melodic AND heavy as hell, the entire Holy Diver album is a classic, not a bad note on it and zero filler.
I think Gypsy gets passed over a bit just because this record is so chock full of absolute bangers from start to finish, but it is one of my all time favorite Dio tunes.
As someone who was in high school when this came out. And ,as an old metal head It's great to see your enthusiasm for the classics. It gives someone like myself a reason to revisit the past. Legendary!
He's not trying to mimic the devil though, per se, but the "Church Elders", the religious zeal, the mandatory never to enjoy anything about life except servitude to Old Testament morals.
This whole album was fn amazing!!! DIO is the master! I was 16 when this came out. Saw this concert in Portland Oregon, at a small venue the Starry Night! Stayed all night for general admission ended up in the second row. The late great Lemmy Kilmister/MotorHead opened ❤
Was 13, just the age when I started to acquire a music taste. Kind of lucky that Dio just did his solo career at the time, I was hooked. Also I was into RPG and fantasy so it fired on all cylinders.
Ive listen to this song a million times and still gives me goose bumps but to share it again for the first time with ya'll and see ya react to it the same way I have dor all these yrs was a real treat....and its been on my playlist for 40yrs so welcome to the club.
Dio has been my favourite artist for close to four decades and that might be my least favourite track by him, lol. But they should do it anyway, because even his worst songs still kick ass!
The whole album is amazing. I bought it when it came out in 1983 with a LOT of expectation and it not only lived up to it, it was even better than I thought it would be. Every song is a classic track.
Dio is one of the very very few singers I've heard live that sounds as good as they do in the studio. Not many at all can do that. Very few. He was so powerful.
And also went back to Sabbath with Dio two times, last one as Heaven and hell. The Dehumanizer reunion was actually supposed to be with Cozy Powell on drums and they even rehearsed but then Cozy fell off a horse and Vinny was back in instead. I absolutely love Vinny, he is my favourite drummer and although Cozy was great i actually prefer Vinny.
@@TobyGuidry Yes indeed, he has a lot of personality in his drumming as well as really heavy groove, i could probably tell its him among a thousand different drummers just by listening and that says a lot.
I saw them when they toured in 2010 or whenever, just. Efore Dio passed.... "Tony didn't want to to do this song tonight, but I did... so here's die young" - Dio... I was so happy die young is my fave.
What is amazing about Ronnie James Dio is that he is appealing to SO many people from different genres of music , most of them non-metal. From Hip-Hop aficionados like Lost in Vegas, to classical musicians to vocal coaches. EVERY reaction video I've seen on Dio has made fans of them all. Stand Up and Shout is definitely balls to the wall, speed-metal Dio. 'I Speed at Night' from his Last in Line is another straight forward banger.
Dio is the G O A T!! Love your reactions on Dio. You guys have to hear him sing Mistreated live when he was with Rainbow. He will literally blow your mind with his vocals. Please🤘🤘🤘🤘
@Flo1984100 what? Hardly anyone knows that song unless youre a Dio fan . It wasn't even released as a single. Holy Diver, Rainbow In The Dark, Last In Line....there are a lot more well known songs
In order for a song to be appreciated or underappreciated it has to be listened to and most people who hear this song for the first time react like Ryan and George just did. So what you are saying is that it is unknown to most because they haven’t heard it but to those who have heard it already I sincerely doubt it’s underappreciated.
Great reaction. I had the privilege to see him live with his solo band at his peak in the early 80s as well as his short stint with Black Sabbath. RIP Ronnie
I agree with brad. gypsy is great and even the softer caught in the middle is excellent. the vocals on shame on the night deserve a medal. i saw dio at the hammersmith odeon on the holy diver tour, then many years later when in his 60s at the astoria in london when he did the entire holy diver album. voice sounded just like the album. a truly great night.
You fellas have no idea how much you you lift my mood with your channel. saw RJD with The Sabs and solo back in the day at Hammersmith Odeon when I was a kid. His voice was incredible live. Been watching you for many years and love your attitude and enthusiasm. Thanks a million ❤👍
It's about time you got to this one. I got gray hair waiting for you two to do this. STAND UP AND SHOUT!!! Straight Through the Heart has a groove you're gonna LOVE, and Invisible is a BANGER!!!
@@chupasaurus the entire Devil You Know album would floor them! I can only imagine Ryan and George’s reaction to the absolutely NASTY groove on Follow the Tears!
I'm not meaning to put down Def Leppard when I say that guitarist Vivian Campbell is "wasted in that band" but he's supposed to be OUT FRONT in the music! I think he was about 21 when he laid this stuff down. Just outstanding...
Discovered Ozzy in my teens and Dio not until later on in adulthood....but a complete travesty he's not in the hall despite his undeniable influence between Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his solo work. Definitely one of my favorite songs from him, glad you love it! Awesome request!
Hello brothers...I'm a 64 year old Army vet, and radio jock, I grew up in the era where the best rock and roll was ever created, and I jocked stations that played that genre...love, love , love your reactions...it's exactly how most of us felt, the first time, and every time thereafter when we listened to this music..thank you for the respect you obviously give it. Thank you and though I've watched many of you reactions, based on this one, and a few others, I subscribed...Rock On Brothers, Rock ON!!!
I saw Dio when i was 14 and that concert blew my mind! I have been a fan ever since. When they say this music is old school metal, I say no this is real metal music!
"Caught In The Middle" still is one of my fav. I also bought the remixed version by Joe Barresi and there's no fadeout on this version so you can hear the band jamming until the end. I get goosebumps everything I hear it... Amazing lineup, magical really...
Excellent reaction guys! Would love to go back to some more Dio with Sabbath. "SIgn of the Southern Cross", "Neon Knights", "Lady Evil", "Voodoo", "Slipping Away"
I’m so glad you did this song. This is what a fan would love. Never a hit on the radio. Never recognized by any awards and so on. Just music for a music lover. And I love that you guys hear what the rest of us hear. Hight quality jam. You could do this whole album and be satisfied for sure
Just listened to this whole album a few weeks ago and got amazed!!!! I'm sure you guys will enjoy the Rainbow era as well, take "Tarot woman" or "Stargazer" as suggestion.
watched Dio's documentary dreamers never die yesterday,,, a fan for years the documentary made me respect him even more for further knowing how great this man was 🤘
One of my favorite Dio jams . The whole album was a masterpiece. Straight through the heart the drums hit real hard and matches the intensity of Dio vocals
As a die hard Dio fan, there's another person I highly recommend to you named Jorn Lande. I've seen people refer to him as the "second coming" of Dio - and while I don't think anyone will ever reach the peak of Dio, he's certainly a worthy successor. DEFINITELY check out his work with the band "Avantasia" where he is a frequent guest singer. Their song "The Scarecrow" is an absolute trip and Jorn shines through as an otherworldly powerhouse the whole way through.
Jørn Lande is also the main singer in Pentakill and does some fantastic work there, even though it is unfortunately made with inspiration from League of Legends.
I find Jorn Lande's timbre and style more akin to David Coverdale than Ronnie James Dio, but he is ultimately a god-like rock singer. Asides Avantasia, Jorn Lande has the ARK albums, Masterplan, Beyond Twilight and Arjen Lucessen's Ayreon records, aside from his own band. In my opinion, the singer most resemblng Dio, these days, is Russel Allen from Symphony X (who also sings in Avantasia and Ayreon). My top these days would be: Pain of Slavation's Daniel Gildenlow, Dino Jelusick (Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall and Michael Romeo's War of the World's album), Jorn Lande and Russel Allen, in no particular order. So if the guys want to react to anything by Avantasia, Ayreon, Symphony X (I know they have done so in the past), Pain of Salvation or Magnus Karlsson's projects (The Battle or Free Fall where you'll find all of these guys) it would be awesome.
I love your reactions to R.J.D.... I Got into Dio in 1984 when I was 14, and the Last in Line was released...The way you guys react and smile when you listen takes me right back to hearing him for the first time.... As someone mentioned above, I highly recommend "Dio: Dreamers Never Die" on showtime....an amazing biopic spanning his entire musical career, beginning in 1956-57 I believe....yes, Rjd has been making music since Elvis and Bill Haley...BEFORE the Rolling Stones,The Beatles,and Led Zeppelin. It's truly a travesty he's not in "the music hall of fame" Oh, and Ryan.....the last dragon??? SHO'NUFF!!!
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy hmm, tough to put my finger on. I tend to like a lot of more “extreme” vocals. I love good cleans, too. You know I’ve never really considered who my favorite singers are, any style. Maynard comes to mind immediately, but my brain crowds pretty quickly after that - just so many good singers. I do run into lots of music I would be head over heels for if the vocals were different.
@yhamez cool. To be honest. I'm mostly into more classic metal(80s, early 90s). Sort of trying to expand my taste into some more modern bands, but its kinda hard for me to find something I like since I really love that 80s sound
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy hope you find something you like! Fair amount of difference, but maybe you can find a kernel of something you love from earlier times. I’m more of a 90s on metal kind of guy.
This album hit when i was a freshman in high school, it was constantly jammed out in the student smoking lounge, ahh the memories of being a young metal head 🤘!
The guitarist on the first few DIO albums was Vivian Campbell, and on this first album he was 19 yrs old! He's now in Def Leppard, but he was soooooo good in his youth I can't hold that against him ;)
This whole album is fire 🔥
Banger after banger.
Yes front to back absolute banger
Yep fire from the first song to the last
For real!
Dream Evil and Sacred Heart are too, hell just about every album is through strange highways and angry machines
Shout out to the young Vivian Campbell here, who was only 20 years old when this was recorded. He played his guitar with no mercy alongside legends like Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice, and the great RJD.
Campbell is an insanely fantastic guitarist.
Vivian is so underrated! I saw DIO in concert twice! Amazing! And RJD - no one better!
Ronnie James dio is incredible. He is the best metal singer of all time.
"FACT"
Eric Adams
@@AB-gb1om- Adams was phenomenal in his prime, which was long ago. Also, a lot of Manowar is just too cheesy to take seriously. On the first four albums, Adams will give anyone a run for their money. Dio was consistently incredible throughout his career that spanned six decades. How many can singers have done that? That’s why Ronnie is the GOAT.
Halford
@@thediesel387 They are all 3 just out of this world : Halford, Dio and Bruce Dicky. As a podia beast, as their voices, their story telling and engagement with their fans, just 3 above all others, and doiing that for 40+ consecutive years. Lest enjoy all 3 bands shall we?
First two Dio albums are classics. Vivian Campbell was on fire
Idk why he went to second fiddle in white snake and def Leppard. He clearly is or was a top tier guitarist
I haven't heard every single RJD album but Dream Evil is right up there. I think it's better than The Last in Line.
My personal favorite is his sixth album Strange Highways.
@@Skycladatdusk78 Strange Highways is my third favorite after the first two. Very underated
Saw him with Last in Line and he tore it up!
Straight through the heart” is a friggin Banger! You’d love that song! Dio was special an underrated, unappreciated man and artist!
They definitely need to do Straight Through the Heart!
He's the greatest rock/metal singer
Hell yeah!!!!!
@@facelessandnameless 🥰
RJD is not even close to being underrated, especially in the hard rock/metal community. He is regarded as one of the best, if not the single greatest metal vocalist.
Black Sabbath Falling off the edge of the world with Dio on vocals......playlist/STAYLIST!!!!!
This
This times 3
This and then this again
Absolutely my favorite Dio song
Agreed, that and the Entire Mob Rules album- my favourite Dio and Sabbath album - “Country Giirl” “Turn up the night” and “ Voodoo “ are Epic and goovy AF !
"Sign of The Southern Cross" off the Mob Rules album. 🔥🔥🔥
Actually that entire album is insane
Mob Rules is honestly my favorite of any RJD efforts, but there's not a bad one in the bunch of any of his bands. Hey I even love Angry Machines. 😅
That album is holy writ. Good album to do spell work with.
This is a perfect metal album guys. You could easily react to the rest of the tracks on this album and have the same reaction!
Here's the thing: Ronnie James Dio was recorded on wax BEFORE the Beatles. Imagine a little guy from New Hampshire, in the late 50s, sticking it out until he became a Metal God in the mid 70s and beyond. One of a kind, never to be duplicated!
He is from Cortland, new york
Don't talk to strangers just talk with other Dio fans.
The best Metal singer and one of the best voices ever! Rest in Heaven, Ronnie James Dio.
The GOAT. I love how much you guys love Dio. 😂 Glad you're in the club. Stand Up and Shout and Neon Knights are also the shizz.
Ya'll got to do Falling Off The Edge of the World by Dio/Black Sabbath.
The greatest Sabbath riff ever
I forgot how great this tune... RIP TO THE LEGEND
I love it when you guys listen to Dio, you have to check out Gypsy, melodic AND heavy as hell, the entire Holy Diver album is a classic, not a bad note on it and zero filler.
I think Gypsy gets passed over a bit just because this record is so chock full of absolute bangers from start to finish, but it is one of my all time favorite Dio tunes.
I totally dig Gypsy too, its got a great drive.
Last in Line album is also great
The one I always felt didn’t get the recognition it deserves is Invisible.
Yeah man Gypsy kicks it...ac/dc 2.0
Dio is my DAWG! Saw him live 3 times and loved every minute of it. Crime against humanity that he still isn't in the HOF.
"Stand Up And Shout" is a must! Also "Straight Through The Heart" and "Gypsy" are sure fire!
caught in the middle
The recording is epic. The engineer should be in the music hall of fame too. Gypsy is BAD ASS
you guys should check out Sign of the Southern Cross. its Dio in Black Sabbath. It's one of his best vocal performances with Sabbath.
As someone who was in high school when this came out. And ,as an old metal head It's great to see your enthusiasm for the classics. It gives someone like myself a reason to revisit the past. Legendary!
Absolutely. 🤘
The first 3 Dio albums are amazing!
Just do the whole album. Every track on Holy Diver is a masterpiece in its own right.
My fave dio song ever is on there “caught in the middle”….the only one im not crazy about on there is invinsible
I love the lyrics so much. It gives me those goosebumps the way Ronnie sings it like he’s the devil telling you never to enjoy anything. Metal asf 🤘
He's not trying to mimic the devil though, per se, but the "Church Elders", the religious zeal, the mandatory never to enjoy anything about life except servitude to Old Testament morals.
Ronnie James Dio was always the people's advocate, never the devil's.
@celorfiwyn8193 are the "Church Elders" not the devil? I'm not so sure these days.
It brings me so much joy that y'all love Dio and recognize how incredible his voice and music are.
This whole album was fn amazing!!! DIO is the master! I was 16 when this came out. Saw this concert in Portland Oregon, at a small venue the Starry Night! Stayed all night for general admission ended up in the second row. The late great Lemmy Kilmister/MotorHead opened ❤
I was 16 then too!
Was 13, just the age when I started to acquire a music taste. Kind of lucky that Dio just did his solo career at the time, I was hooked. Also I was into RPG and fantasy so it fired on all cylinders.
This album never gets old.
One of the best concerts ever was around 1992. Dio at a smaller club. Awesome!
Saw him in concert when I was a young man. Did not fully appreciate what I was witnessing!! Wish I could go back and do that one over!!!
INVISIBLE!!! Tough to pick a favorite but this certainly is one of them y’all will love it🎸🎸
Thank you.
Your reactions to Dio are priceless....
Love it
Best metal vocalist of all time. He’s the measuring stick.
Best Metal singer and one of the best voices ever. Long Live DIO
Ronnie was one of a kind, man. Rainbow, Sabbath, his solo stuff; classics in every era.
Even ELF. Bit softer, but just as amazing.
Ive listen to this song a million times and still gives me goose bumps but to share it again for the first time with ya'll and see ya react to it the same way I have dor all these yrs was a real treat....and its been on my playlist for 40yrs so welcome to the club.
This and Caught in the Middle are the best Dio tracks. So melodic, emotional and vocally out there.
Love caught in the middle!!
Dio has been my favourite artist for close to four decades and that might be my least favourite track by him, lol. But they should do it anyway, because even his worst songs still kick ass!
Caught in the middle is
Straight 🔥🤘🏾🔥
You guys should just do this whole album it's a classic
And Last in Line right there with it
@@tackle47 I agree
Unquestionably on my top 10 list of greatest albums of all time!
Yeah, this one definitely deserves and album listen.
No question about it. It’s time for a Dio marathon. Make it happen soon guys.
Thank you for these videos, its amazing how I miss him like he was family. Dio was far beyond a great singer.
The whole album is amazing. I bought it when it came out in 1983 with a LOT of expectation and it not only lived up to it, it was even better than I thought it would be. Every song is a classic track.
Dio is one of the very very few singers I've heard live that sounds as good as they do in the studio. Not many at all can do that. Very few. He was so powerful.
F**king DIO!
Loved and appreciated by so many yet often under appreciated for what he did for metal.
🤘🙏🤘🙏🤘
You guys should definitely check out 'stand up and shout' from this same album! It's a very good and powerful song!
You guys definitely need to do the rest of the songs on this album, they are all amazing.
Vinny pronounces it "APP-a-see". He's a killer drummer. He was with Ronnie in Black Sabbath and came over to the Dio band.
And also went back to Sabbath with Dio two times, last one as Heaven and hell. The Dehumanizer reunion was actually supposed to be with Cozy Powell on drums and they even rehearsed but then Cozy fell off a horse and Vinny was back in instead. I absolutely love Vinny, he is my favourite drummer and although Cozy was great i actually prefer Vinny.
@@Stefan- He's one of those drummers that you can put him behind ANY kit and he'll sound like himself. He beats those drums like they owe him money.
@@TobyGuidry Yes indeed, he has a lot of personality in his drumming as well as really heavy groove, i could probably tell its him among a thousand different drummers just by listening and that says a lot.
He is too "dry" for me, there is no groove in his fills.
@@Skaldish Agreed. After Bill Ward, it's a different feel entirely..
Dio-one of the best vocalists in metal history 🤘I saw this tour in 83'. Amazing 🌟
I got lucky enough my first ever concert was black sabbath the Dio years, what an amazing voice he had!
I saw them when they toured in 2010 or whenever, just. Efore Dio passed.... "Tony didn't want to to do this song tonight, but I did... so here's die young" - Dio... I was so happy die young is my fave.
What is amazing about Ronnie James Dio is that he is appealing to SO many people from different genres of music , most of them non-metal. From Hip-Hop aficionados like Lost in Vegas, to classical musicians to vocal coaches. EVERY reaction video I've seen on Dio has made fans of them all. Stand Up and Shout is definitely balls to the wall, speed-metal Dio. 'I Speed at Night' from his Last in Line is another straight forward banger.
Ronnie not being in the Hall of Fame is a travesty.
And Scorpions
There is no hall of fame if dio is not in it.
Can't go wrong with the late and great Ronnie James Dio!
Easily one of my favorite Dio vocal performances! The band are killer too!🤘
Dio's Masterpiece . He got lucky discovering Vivian Campbell .
Dio is the G O A T!! Love your reactions on Dio. You guys have to hear him sing Mistreated live when he was with Rainbow. He will literally blow your mind with his vocals. Please🤘🤘🤘🤘
Most underrated DIO song ever. The album is incredible. Not a bad song on it. One of the best metal albums of all time.
How is it underrated, it's probably his second most famous song? Still it's great but definitely not underappreciated
@Flo1984100 what? Hardly anyone knows that song unless youre a Dio fan . It wasn't even released as a single. Holy Diver, Rainbow In The Dark, Last In Line....there are a lot more well known songs
Song doesn't have to be released as a single to be well known classic and Don't Talk to Strangers is a well known classic
@@BardockPOL not to people who aren't Dio fans already
In order for a song to be appreciated or underappreciated it has to be listened to and most people who hear this song for the first time react like Ryan and George just did. So what you are saying is that it is unknown to most because they haven’t heard it but to those who have heard it already I sincerely doubt it’s underappreciated.
Soooo… ready for the Dio marathon yet?? 😉
The guitar player was an unknown 19 yr old kid from Ireland named Vivian Campbell.
Great reaction. I had the privilege to see him live with his solo band at his peak in the early 80s as well as his short stint with Black Sabbath. RIP Ronnie
I agree with brad. gypsy is great and even the softer caught in the middle is excellent. the vocals on shame on the night deserve a medal. i saw dio at the hammersmith odeon on the holy diver tour, then many years later when in his 60s at the astoria in london when he did the entire holy diver album. voice sounded just like the album. a truly great night.
I saw DIO in concert. Pure hard rock, was a great lead singer.
The end of the solo when it slows down gives me goosebumps every time for the past 30 years 😅
R.I.P. to Ronnie James Dio and bassist Jimmy Bain.
You fellas have no idea how much you you lift my mood with your channel. saw RJD with The Sabs and solo back in the day at Hammersmith Odeon when I was a kid. His voice was incredible live. Been watching you for many years and love your attitude and enthusiasm. Thanks a million ❤👍
It's about time you got to this one. I got gray hair waiting for you two to do this. STAND UP AND SHOUT!!! Straight Through the Heart has a groove you're gonna LOVE, and Invisible is a BANGER!!!
Every time Dio opened his mouth to sing, he was putting on a clinic. Period.
I think the last certified banger they've got left from Dio would be Sign of the Southern Cross with Sabbath
oh man that song kills, I saw that tour.
2 words: Bible Black.
Plenty more bangers I think they'd love. Night People, I Could of Been a Dreamer, Evil Eyes, Egypt, just to name a few.
Dream Evil is one of my favorites. Sunset Superman is great also
@@chupasaurus the entire Devil You Know album would floor them! I can only imagine Ryan and George’s reaction to the absolutely NASTY groove on Follow the Tears!
Enjoy watching you guys but when you are rocking out to a song I love… next level. Can’t stop smiling watching the reaction. ❤
Stand up and Shout and Straight Through the Heart are must listens for you guys. Youll be dumpling hat whole album onto your playlist
omg ive been waiting for this one for so long. one of my favorites
I'm not meaning to put down Def Leppard when I say that guitarist Vivian Campbell is "wasted in that band" but he's supposed to be OUT FRONT in the music! I think he was about 21 when he laid this stuff down. Just outstanding...
Dio was a once in a lifetime talent...never to be repeated
Discovered Ozzy in my teens and Dio not until later on in adulthood....but a complete travesty he's not in the hall despite his undeniable influence between Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his solo work. Definitely one of my favorite songs from him, glad you love it! Awesome request!
This is one of those rare albums where every track is just fire! My favorite Dio album, and Vivian Campbell at his absolute peak!! 🤘🤘💯❤️
Song was great, but the reaction was amazing. I love when you really love a song. Thanks for another one!
Amazing powerful voice from a man that only stood 5'2"
I think it’s time for you guys to do this entire album. Absolute classic Metal masterpiece.
Dio is Medieval…”up from another world”…you really need to watch him live.
Hello brothers...I'm a 64 year old Army vet, and radio jock, I grew up in the era where the best rock and roll was ever created, and I jocked stations that played that genre...love, love , love your reactions...it's exactly how most of us felt, the first time, and every time thereafter when we listened to this music..thank you for the respect you obviously give it. Thank you and though I've watched many of you reactions, based on this one, and a few others, I subscribed...Rock On Brothers, Rock ON!!!
To me, this is the best song of dio, and one of the best in metal. A true clasic.
You really need to watch the Dio documentary.."dreamers never die"...crazy good
Love this. And just noticed the insane number of subscribers you guys have now. As a fan since 2017, it's awesome to see.
I saw Dio when i was 14 and that concert blew my mind! I have been a fan ever since. When they say this music is old school metal, I say no this is real metal music!
"Caught In The Middle" still is one of my fav. I also bought the remixed version by Joe Barresi and there's no fadeout on this version so you can hear the band jamming until the end. I get goosebumps everything I hear it... Amazing lineup, magical really...
Thx gonna check it out
Love you guys! Love this song.
Vivian Cambell...best guitarist Dio ever had
My favourite Dio song , thank you very much for this
Excellent reaction guys! Would love to go back to some more Dio with Sabbath. "SIgn of the Southern Cross", "Neon Knights", "Lady Evil", "Voodoo", "Slipping Away"
Sign of the Southern Cross may be his best song.
I’m so glad you did this song. This is what a fan would love. Never a hit on the radio. Never recognized by any awards and so on. Just music for a music lover. And I love that you guys hear what the rest of us hear. Hight quality jam. You could do this whole album and be satisfied for sure
Just listened to this whole album a few weeks ago and got amazed!!!! I'm sure you guys will enjoy the Rainbow era as well, take "Tarot woman" or "Stargazer" as suggestion.
Stargazer!
It makes me happy that you guys came back to Dio
I love RJD in Rainbow and Sabbath. This is my favorite song of his solo stuff.
watched Dio's documentary dreamers never die yesterday,,, a fan for years the documentary made me respect him even more for further knowing how great this man was 🤘
Theres a pretty good cover version of this song on a german metal tribute album to Dio from Blind Guardian.
THIS!
One of my favorite Dio jams . The whole album was a masterpiece. Straight through the heart the drums hit real hard and matches the intensity of Dio vocals
As a die hard Dio fan, there's another person I highly recommend to you named Jorn Lande.
I've seen people refer to him as the "second coming" of Dio - and while I don't think anyone will ever reach the peak of Dio, he's certainly a worthy successor.
DEFINITELY check out his work with the band "Avantasia" where he is a frequent guest singer. Their song "The Scarecrow" is an absolute trip and Jorn shines through as an otherworldly powerhouse the whole way through.
Jørn Lande is also the main singer in Pentakill and does some fantastic work there, even though it is unfortunately made with inspiration from League of Legends.
I find Jorn Lande's timbre and style more akin to David Coverdale than Ronnie James Dio, but he is ultimately a god-like rock singer. Asides Avantasia, Jorn Lande has the ARK albums, Masterplan, Beyond Twilight and Arjen Lucessen's Ayreon records, aside from his own band. In my opinion, the singer most resemblng Dio, these days, is Russel Allen from Symphony X (who also sings in Avantasia and Ayreon). My top these days would be: Pain of Slavation's Daniel Gildenlow, Dino Jelusick (Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall and Michael Romeo's War of the World's album), Jorn Lande and Russel Allen, in no particular order. So if the guys want to react to anything by Avantasia, Ayreon, Symphony X (I know they have done so in the past), Pain of Salvation or Magnus Karlsson's projects (The Battle or Free Fall where you'll find all of these guys) it would be awesome.
I love your reactions to R.J.D....
I Got into Dio in 1984 when I was 14, and the Last in Line was released...The way you guys react and smile when you listen takes me right back to hearing him for the first time....
As someone mentioned above, I highly recommend "Dio: Dreamers Never Die" on showtime....an amazing biopic spanning his entire musical career, beginning in 1956-57 I believe....yes, Rjd has been making music since Elvis and Bill Haley...BEFORE the Rolling Stones,The Beatles,and Led Zeppelin.
It's truly a travesty he's not in "the music hall of fame"
Oh, and Ryan.....the last dragon??? SHO'NUFF!!!
Gates of Babylon!
the Guitar player is a young Vivian Campbell, Who shares lead guitar tasks in Def Leppard now !!!
So happy u finally did it!
System of a Down - Toxicity PLSSSS ❤❤❤
This is decent. I wouldn’t go hard for it, but Dio is one of the few singers of this style I can rock with.
Out of curiosity, what type of sound are you more attracted to?
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy hmm, tough to put my finger on. I tend to like a lot of more “extreme” vocals. I love good cleans, too. You know I’ve never really considered who my favorite singers are, any style. Maynard comes to mind immediately, but my brain crowds pretty quickly after that - just so many good singers.
I do run into lots of music I would be head over heels for if the vocals were different.
@yhamez cool. To be honest. I'm mostly into more classic metal(80s, early 90s). Sort of trying to expand my taste into some more modern bands, but its kinda hard for me to find something I like since I really love that 80s sound
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy hope you find something you like! Fair amount of difference, but maybe you can find a kernel of something you love from earlier times. I’m more of a 90s on metal kind of guy.
Top of Metal Mountain here fellas. Time to take your packs off and set up camp. 🏕 😅
This album hit when i was a freshman in high school, it was constantly jammed out in the student smoking lounge, ahh the memories of being a young metal head 🤘!
Every godamn song on that album is a masterpiece!
Vivian Campbell killing it on guitar. Has played with Def Leppard since 1992 after Steve Clark died in '91.
Ronnie James DIO is Heavy Metal point blank period. RIP 🐐🤘🙏
This album was a gift from the Metal Gods. Ronnie is absolutely one of the greatest vocalists ever period!
The guitarist on the first few DIO albums was Vivian Campbell, and on this first album he was 19 yrs old! He's now in Def Leppard, but he was soooooo good in his youth I can't hold that against him ;)