There are many reasons that can prevent a heavy metal band from reaching the heights of some of the greats, but these 10 ...

(CNN)-- Condolences continued to pour in late Sunday night following the death of heavy metal rocker Ronnie ... heavy blues rock. Dio's rock became darker with his band Rainbow, which he left ...

Black Sabbath is highly regarded as one of the precursors of heavy metal, perhaps the main ... not achieve in that way today. A band with a voice like Dio‘s in front should be a hit in any ...

Ronnie James Dio Ronnie James Dio is one of heavy metal’s most legendary lead vocalists, and undoubtedly its most well-traveled, having fronted no less than three classic bands, including the ...

A pick-style player who leans “heavily on the guitar side of the bass guitar,” Campbell gets his tone by cranking his ESP ...

Nearly 30 years after they originally split, the members of Black Sabbath’s second, Ronnie James Dio-fronted line-up released ...

Black Sabbath are the undisputed godfathers of heavy metal. Beginning with their ... former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio, at the helm. But the band’s fortunes took a turn for the worse ...