Black Sabbath have announced the reissue of their first two albums to feature Ronnie James Dio as frontman, 1980’s Heaven and Hell and 1981’s Mob Rules. Dio officially joined the group in 1979, ...

On Wednesday (April 1), drummer Vinny Appice joined Loudwire Nights to celebrate the recent release of Breaking Out of Heaven, the new box set chronicling the final years of Heaven & Hell. Listen to ...

It wasn’t until Black Sabbath started work on their ninth album, Heaven and Hell, in 1979 that bassist Geezer Butler was able to get an objective perspective on his band’s capabilities. The group had ...

Judas Priest's Rob Halford has fronted Black Sabbath a total of three times — twice in 1992 and once more in 2004. According to drummer Vinny Appice, there was the potential for the 'Metal God' to ...

Man, seriously fuck cancer. Had stomach cancer not claimed the life of mighty vocalist and short king Ronnie James Dio, the world would have been given a sophomore Heaven & Hell record, according to ...

Here’s your chance to win the Heaven & Hell Breaking Out of Heaven 2007-2009 CD box set. The folks at Loudwire Nights are offering you a chance to win this impressive collection, which documents the ...

Drummer Vinny Appice has looked back on his final recording session with Ronnie James Dio. The two musicians were longtime collaborators, having joined forces in Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.

Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died yesterday, according to a statement from ...

It’s not hard to imagine what a version of Black Sabbath fronted by Rob Halford would sound like. After all, Halford fronted Sabbath on three separate occasions: twice in 1992, with the Mob ...

Vinny Appice reflects on loss and rising health fears.