Lollipop Magazine

Collectible Dio releases feature numbered picture discs – News

December 2, 2011

Ronnie James Dio was one of the greatest vocalists in hard rock/heavy metal history, who built a fanatical and devoted following during his career.

“Dead Mexican in my Headphones”: Coleridge’s Matrix – Column

May 23, 2004

I interview rock guys two, three times a week. I use voice recognition software to transcribe these interviews. It doesn’t always come out as planned though.

Tales from the Crypt – Monsters of Metal – Review

June 4, 2001

From Sabbath’s ’76’s “Heaven and Hell” to ’00’s Apartment 26 (could be Kittie or Coal Chamber, really) to faves like Entombed, The Haunted, and Arch Enemy.

Dio – Inferno: Last in Live – Review

January 1, 1999

Crushing versions of classics “Holy Diver,” “Heaven and Hell,” “The Last in Line,” “Rainbow in the Dark,” “The Mob Rules,” and “Man on the Silver Mountain.”

Dio – Angry Machines – Review

June 15, 1996

Despite tackling such topic as isolation, divorce, paranoia, and insanity, Dio still sounds like he’s singing “Look out! The sky is falling down!”

Dio – Strange Highways – Review

April 1, 1994

Don’t expect any extreme diversity, this is a straight forward power extravaganza of the true metallic sort. This may well be Dio’s heaviest to date.