Ronnie James Dio was one of metal’s all-time great singers, appearing on landmark albums by Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his eponymous band Dio. The latter’s career couldn’t have got off to a better start with the towering Holy Diver, establishing Ronnie as a 80s solo start. In 2012, two years after his death, the singer’s former Dio bandmates Vinny Appice and Jimmy Bain looked back at the solo albums that sealed Ronnie James Dio’s place in the metal pantheon.
