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Canadian reviewer Martin Popoff describes the album as "quintessential traditional metal", with Ronnie James Dio "almost single-handedly reinventing gothic hard rock for the '80s, incorporating strong melodic hooks and more than the genre's usual share of velvety, classical-based pyrotechnics." [10] .

"Holy Diver" is a song by American heavy metal band Dio. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from the band's debut album of the same name . Although it only reached number 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart at that time, it is one of Dio's most popular songs today.

What did Dio say about "Holy Diver"? In the liner notes to the 2003 compilation Stand Up And And Shout: The Anthology, Ronnie James Dio had this to say: The Holy Diver is a Christ-like...

2024年8月20日 · When 40-year-old Ronnie James Dio stormed out of Black Sabbath in 1982, finally defeated by the rampant drug abuse of guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, the world’s greatest heavy metal singer had an ace up his billowing wizard’s sleeve.

2016年7月10日 · The first Dio album, Holy Diver, released in the summer of 1983, had been the third of three all-time classic albums he would appear on. But where the first two – Rainbow’s Rising and Black Sabbath’s Heaven And Hell – saw him fronting someone else’s bands, Holy Diver was Ronnie James Dio writ large.

2023年5月25日 · Ronnie James Dio took center stage on May 25, 1983 with 'Holy Diver,' after years of playing second fiddle to famous guitarists.

2017年10月16日 · Ronnie James Dio broke out in a big way in the spring of 1983 with the release of his solo debut LP, Holy Diver. Formerly the lead singer for heavy rock/metal pioneers Elf, Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore's followup project to Deep Purple), and Black Sabbath...

2023年12月31日 · No one expected Dio to match remotely those twin achievements when he went solo. But with 1983’s Holy Diver, the debut album from Dio the band, Ronnie again defied his critics by producing a classic rock album par excellence.

Holy Diver is the first studio album by Dio, an American heavy metal band. It was released in 1983. In October 1982, Singer Ronnie James Dio had left Black Sabbath to make his own band. Black Sabbath's drummer, Vinny Appice, joined Dio, as well as bassist Jimmy Bain and guitarist Vivian Campbell.The band made the album in 1983, and released it on May 25.