Forwarded from Albums Released Today
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@Venice_Rocks
📌25 May 1983
Dio
📀 Holy Diver
#HeavyMetal
40 years ago Dio from New York #USA released their debut studio album.
The band was created few months earlier by frontman Ronnie James Dio who brought in former members from his previous experiences in Black Sabbath and Rainbow.
A young Vivian Campbell was hired on guitar, he brought in a couple of riffs from his NWOBHM band Sweet Savage.
Holy Diver is considered a milestone for the entire Heavy Metal genre and is also the most known and succesful #Dio album.
Timeless Masterpiece🤘❤️🔥
In this album:
#RonnieJamesDio – vocals, keyboards, production
#VinnyAppice – drums
#JimmyBain – bass, keyboards
#VivianCampbell – guitar
#25May
🎧Listen to Holy Diver 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌25 May 1983
Dio
📀 Holy Diver
#HeavyMetal
40 years ago Dio from New York #USA released their debut studio album.
The band was created few months earlier by frontman Ronnie James Dio who brought in former members from his previous experiences in Black Sabbath and Rainbow.
A young Vivian Campbell was hired on guitar, he brought in a couple of riffs from his NWOBHM band Sweet Savage.
Holy Diver is considered a milestone for the entire Heavy Metal genre and is also the most known and succesful #Dio album.
Timeless Masterpiece🤘❤️🔥
In this album:
#RonnieJamesDio – vocals, keyboards, production
#VinnyAppice – drums
#JimmyBain – bass, keyboards
#VivianCampbell – guitar
#25May
🎧Listen to Holy Diver 👉 here
❤1
Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌2 July 1984
Dio
📀 The Last In Line
#HeavyMetal
40 years ago Dio from New York, #USA released their 2nd studio album.
Recorded at Caribou Ranch in Colorado,The Last In Line is the first #Dio to feature former Rough Cutt Claude Schnell on keyboards, and it's also the band's highest-charting album in both the UK and the US, reaching number 4 and number 23 respectively!
Like their 👉 debut album of the previous year, an absolute milestone and a defining album for Heavy Metal🤘❤️🔥
In this album:
#RonnieJamesDio – vocals, keyboards, production
#VinnyAppice – drums
#JimmyBain – bass
#VivianCampbell – guitar
#ClaudeSchnell – keyboards
#2July
🎧Listen to The Last In Line
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌2 July 1984
Dio
📀 The Last In Line
#HeavyMetal
40 years ago Dio from New York, #USA released their 2nd studio album.
Recorded at Caribou Ranch in Colorado,The Last In Line is the first #Dio to feature former Rough Cutt Claude Schnell on keyboards, and it's also the band's highest-charting album in both the UK and the US, reaching number 4 and number 23 respectively!
Like their 👉 debut album of the previous year, an absolute milestone and a defining album for Heavy Metal🤘❤️🔥
In this album:
#RonnieJamesDio – vocals, keyboards, production
#VinnyAppice – drums
#JimmyBain – bass
#VivianCampbell – guitar
#ClaudeSchnell – keyboards
#2July
🎧Listen to The Last In Line
👉 here
👍1
Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌17 May 1976
Rainbow
📀 Rising
#HardRock #HeavyMetal
50 years ago Rainbow from
Hertford, England, #UK released their 2nd studio album.
Leader Ritchie Blackmore had dismissed the band that recorded the 👉 debut album and hired Hard Rock veterans for this.
Recorded at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland studios in Munich, Rising is unanimously regarded as a landmark album in Heavy Metal history, cited as an influence by virtually every band that came in the following years.
The two final 8-minute suites "Stargazer" and "A Light in the Black" are among the most epic compositions of the genre ❤️🔥
Legendary🤘
In this album:
#RonnieJamesDio – vocals
#RitchieBlackmore – guitar
#TonyCarey – keyboards
#JimmyBain – bass
#CozyPowell – drums
With
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – strings, horn
#FritzSonnleitner – concert master
#17May
🎧Listen to Rising 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌17 May 1976
Rainbow
📀 Rising
#HardRock #HeavyMetal
50 years ago Rainbow from
Hertford, England, #UK released their 2nd studio album.
Leader Ritchie Blackmore had dismissed the band that recorded the 👉 debut album and hired Hard Rock veterans for this.
Recorded at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland studios in Munich, Rising is unanimously regarded as a landmark album in Heavy Metal history, cited as an influence by virtually every band that came in the following years.
The two final 8-minute suites "Stargazer" and "A Light in the Black" are among the most epic compositions of the genre ❤️🔥
Legendary🤘
In this album:
#RonnieJamesDio – vocals
#RitchieBlackmore – guitar
#TonyCarey – keyboards
#JimmyBain – bass
#CozyPowell – drums
With
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – strings, horn
#FritzSonnleitner – concert master
#17May
🎧Listen to Rising 👉 here
❤1❤🔥1👍1