- Neu gemastert & neues Cover-Artwork. Die Scheibe hat ein neues Cover-Artwork spendiert bekommen. We store none of your personal data. Ronnie James Dio has called this purely coincidental. He was also featured in the sets for live shows. “And if you’re going to have a monster, you’ve got to give him a silly name. Von THE LAST IN LINE wurde nur ein Song nicht live gespielt (BREATHLESS). Its striking album cover was designed by Ronnie and Wendy and illustrated by Randy Berrett. Der hier verewigte Konzertmitschnitt vom 22. The Last in Line. Ronnie James Dio -- Holy Diver. In hindsight, I like to think we were right about who we put in the water.”, The initial rendering of Holy Diver’s cover was by Gene Hunter, but the illustration that actually appears on the finished product is the work of Randy Berrett. "[8] When Ronnie James Dio had been with Black Sabbath, "He reverently refurbished and reinvented the band's stately doom with grandiose concepts...Dio found a fertile fantasy framework for the big Sabbath themes of madness and desolation". “And if you’re going to have a monster, you’ve got to give him a silly name. We put together the ultimate Holy Diver covers album. Holy Diver remains the undisputed highlight of Dio's career...and, indeed, one of the finest pure heavy metal albums of the 1980s. The questions are not posed during the interview itself, but can be found inside the CD's booklet instead. The original 1983 Holy Diver album cover by Gene Hunter and Randy Berett.. Dio formed when vocalist Ronnie James Dio left Black Sabbath and formed a new band with drummer Vinny Appice in 1982.In May 1983, they released Holy Diver, which included two singles: “Holy Diver” and “Rainbow in the Dark.”The original album cover featured art by Gene Hunter and Randy Berett. still considers it a "perfect melodic metal album" and an "essential purchase". Von THE LAST IN LINE wurde nur ein Song nicht live gespielt (BREATHLESS). Killswitch Engage did a version of it and I saw them do it at a festival recently where the reaction to their version was wonderful. “Originally, the artwork had the priest underwater, hanging inverted and chained to a cross. 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For some reason, that album and the song really hit a chord with people. - Deluxe Reissue der lange nicht verfügbar gewesenen Live-Veröffentlichung von DIO, aus dem Jahr 2005. “I grew up in the days of actual album sleeves, part of the beauty of albums was that you wouldn’t just listen to what was inside — you’d also spend time examining the cover before you even took the plastic off.” – Ronnie James Dio. Rainbow In The Dark 2. Am 21. *** Hardcoverbook. Dio's refusal to elaborate on the the " true meaning " of Holy Diver 's album cover ended up creating a mystery that metalheads have debated for the last 37 years. HOLY DIVER ist das einzige Dio Album, wo jeder Song live gespielt wurde. Shame On The Night LP 2 Side 2 1. *** Triple Gatefold Cover. Dio - "Holy Diver - Live" laut.de-Kritik Mit der Kraft der zwei Pommesgabeln. The original vinyl release had a photomontage LP-liner, with images from both Rainbow and Black Sabbath days. Zum Einen wäre da „Holy Diver live“, aufgenommen 2005 im Londoner Astoria. Holy Diver 3. In a similar way, Dio's music balanced torrents of rage with brief acoustic interludes. Murray is the demonic-looking mascot of Dio who appears on several of Dio's album covers, including Holy Diver, The Last in Line, Dream Evil, as well as on some of their singles and compilation albums. "[8], On IGN's list of "Top 25 Metal Albums", Holy Diver is at number 8, and this statement followed, "In all his bands, in all his roles, in all his musical vagabond choices, Ronnie James Dio has been fortunate enough to be associated with some of heavy metal's best -- Sabbath, Rainbow, and his own band Dio. Murray is also featured on Dio's second studio album, The Last in Line. bezogen auf Holy Diver, LP, Album, 811 021-1. 12. “I’ve always preferred illustrations, after Elf, most of the albums I’ve done have used illustrations. Verkaufsrang in LPs: 3728. I think Dio is quoted saying, 'Well, who's really the bad person? März 1989 folgte dann Platin. Yes, David Hasselhoff Now Recording Metal! Dio possessed a powerful, yet elegant and versatile vocal range capable of singing both hard rock and lighter ballads. “The initial concept was more hers than anyone’s,” Dio explained. The cover, with art by Randy Berrett, features the band mascot, Murray, spinning chains around waves where a man with a priest or minister's collar in chains is floating. “Gene was this musician we knew could draw pretty well, so we asked him to try it for us,” Dio said. When the band came under fire in 1983 from the Catholic Church over Holy Diver's seemingly negative stance towards men of the cloth, Ronnie James Dio (who sadly passed … Review von Alexander Cordas. Now, thanks to a new graphic novel from Z2 Comics, fans will finally find out why a priest was seemingly hurled into the ocean by the demonic figure Murray. But I guess it depends on your ego.” – Ronnie James Dio, It was Ronnie’s then-wife, Wendy, who came up with the idea for Holy Diver’s distinctly unholy cover art: an illustration of a red-eyed demon attempting to drown a priest. September 1984 mit einer goldenen Schallplatte ausgezeichnet. Gesamtverkaufsrang: 5991. Da wird mitunter sicher auch der gute Ozzy blass, wenn er vernimmt, was auf „ Holy Diver Live (3-LP-Deluxe-Edition) “ gerade dieser teuflische Sänger in der Live-Umsetzung des kompletten 1983er-„Holy Diver“-Albums, das in der Metal-Szene als richtungsweisend gilt, zu bieten hat. Mai 1983. Dio wasn't just known for making iconic music, the band also helped introduce medieval aesthetics to the heavy metal genre. "[1] 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. The album was very well-received upon release, charting at number 13 in the UK charts and 56 on … Tentatively due in the summer of 2021, "Ronnie James Dio's Holy Diver" will be written by Steve Niles, with art by Scott Hampton and cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. HOLY DIVER ist das einzige Dio Album, wo jeder Song live gespielt wurde.