![]() ![]() Dio explained to an interviewer that influenced by his youthful reading, "When I became a songwriter, I thought what better thing to do than do what no one else is doing.to tell fantasy tales. Dio, who had read Sir Walter Scott, Arthurian tales, and science fiction growing up, had previously used fantasy lyrics in his early 1970s band Elf. "Much of heavy metal took place on similar turf, a realm of dark towers and impenetrable wilderness populated by battles and adversity." 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". Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books and role-playing games Dungeons & Dragons) were having influence. Ronnie James Dio has called this purely coincidental.Īround the time of making the album, a rise of heroic adventure elements in popular culture (such as J. When the "DIO" logo is viewed upside-down it can be interpreted as spelling either the word "DIE" or "DEVIL". ![]() Murray is featured on several other Dio albums. ![]() Dio was quick to argue that appearances are misleading, that it could just as easily be a priest killing a devil, wanting people not to "judge a book by its cover". 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. "Caught in the Middle" shares the main guitar riff with Campbell's previous band Sweet Savage's song "Straight Through the Heart" (1983), whose title was used for another song in this album. The album, along with The Last in Line and Sacred Heart, were released in a new two-CD deluxe edition on Mathrough Universal for worldwide distribution outside the U.S. The questions are not posed during the interview itself, but can be found inside the CD's booklet instead. Tracks 10–19 on the 2005 edition are Dio's answers to various questions about the album. The only notable addition to the original album is an audio interview with Ronnie James Dio. The album was remastered and re-released by Rock Candy Records in 2005. The original vinyl release had a photomontage LP-liner, with images from both Rainbow and Black Sabbath days. In the UK it attained Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1986, at the same time as The Last in Line. The album was certified gold in the US on September 12, 1984, and platinum on March 21, 1989. Released on May 25, 1983, the album has been hailed by critics as Dio's best work and a classic staple in the heavy metal genre. ![]()
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