"Master Of The Moon" (2004)

• One More For The Road
• Master Of The Moon
• The End Of The World
• Shivers
• The Man Who Would Be King
• The Eyes
• Living The Lie
• I Am
• Death By Love
• In Dreams
• The Prisoner Of Paradise

Master Of The Moon

Master of the Moon is Dio's tenth and final studio album. 

The album was released on September 7, 2004 in America 

through Sanctuary Records and August 30, 2004 in Europe 

through SPV Records.

It also features Jeff Pilson on bass, Simon Wright on drums, 

and Scott Warren on keyboards, 

although according to some, 

Dio and Goldy handled all keyboard duties on the album 

(Scott Warren is listed in the credits for the album).

One song, "Death by Love," was partly written by former 

Magica touring bassist Chuck Garric. Ronnie James Dio 

produced this album.

On the supporting tour for this album Dio went on the road 

with Fireball Ministry and Anthrax opening. He reached into 

his catalogue and played songs from various stages of his 

career, including Rainbow and Black Sabbath songs.

Sarzo has had a long career, 

notably playing with Quiet Riot, 

Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake. 

Released September 7, 2004

Recorded Total Access,

Redondo Beach, California, USA

Genre       :  Heavy metal

Length      : 46:07

Label        : Sanctuary

Producer Ronnie James Dio

Personels

Ronnie James Dio – vocals

Craig Goldy – guitar, keyboards

Jeff Pilson – bass

Simon Wright – drums

Scott Warren – keyboards

"Killing The Dragon" (2002)

• Killing The Dragon
• Along Comes A Spider
• Scream
• Better In The Dark
• Rock And Roll
• Push
• Guilty
• Throw Away Children
• Before The Fall
• Cold Feet

Killing The Dragon

Killing the Dragon is Dio's ninth studio album. 

It was released May 21, 2002 through 

Spitfire Records and was produced by frontman 

Ronnie James Dio. In an interview on Uranium, 

Dio stated that the "dragon" of the album title refers to technology. 

He expressed concern with it threatening society in the future. 

Dio elaborated that the title track refers to 

"those who perpetrate injustices and what 

the world is doing to stop them.

In fantasy tales, 

dragons were notorious for stealing children and 

feeding them to their babies. 

The second part is about a cruel feudal lord. 

The third part is about 'electronic serfdom.

 "It is a small god with an electrical heart.  

Killing the Dragon introduces guitarist 

Doug Aldrich to the band. Previous guitarist, 

Craig Goldy, 

co-wrote some of the songs before leaving the band. 

The song "Push" was a hit and had a music video 

that featured Tenacious D performing 

A

humorous cover of Ronnie James Dio's 

biggest song from his time with Black Sabbath, 

"Heaven and Hell"

Dio approaches them to tell them 

that he will pay them to play Tenacious D music. 

Apparently, according to an interview with 

Dio in 2005, during filming of this music video.

Ronnie James Dio became friends with Tenacious 

D 

frontman Jack Black, who told 

Dio about his plans to make 

A

Tenacious D film and asked him 

to perform in the film if anything became of it. 

This film is Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.

 The video was directed by Bill Schacht 

(who has directed other videos for Alice Cooper, 

Amon Amarth, Sister Sin, Yngwie Malmsteen, Saxon, etc.) 

for Aestheticom. 

The video was listed as #54 most metal moment 

of all time on a Top Metal Moments of all time Vh1 ran,

 h sted by Ed Trunk.

Released album May 21, 2002

Recorded Total Access,

Redondo Beach, California, USA

Genre     :  Heavy metal

Length    :  45:10

Label      :  Spitfire

Producer : Ronnie James Dio

Prsonels 

Ronnie James Dio    –    vocals

Doug Aldrich     –    Guitar

Jimmy Bain    –    bass, keyboards

Simon Wright  –  drums

"Magica" (2000)

• Discovery
• Magica Theme
• Lord Of The Last Day
• Fever Dreams
• Turn To Stone
• Feed My Head
• Eriel
• Challis (Marry The Devil's Daughter)
• As Long As It's Not About Love
• Losing My Insanity
• Annica
• Otherworld
• Magica - Reprise
• Lord Of The Last Day - Reprise
• Magica - The Story

- Magica -

Magica is Dio's eighth studio album. 

It is a concept album and 

it was released on March 21, 2000, through Spitfire Records. 

A 2007 re-release puts Magica together with 

Killing the Dragon.

Magica marks the return of guitarist Craig Goldy, 

who also has performed on Dio's album Dream Evil 

and in the later release Master of the Moon. 

Magica also features Jimmy Bain on bass, 

Simon Wright on drums, and Scott Warren on keyboards. 

Band leader Ronnie James Dio 

produced this concept album. 

The album was originally planned 

to be the first part of 

a trilogy of concept albums, 

and shortly before beginning his tour 

with Heaven & Hell, 

Dio announced that he planned to start the Magica II & III album 

after the tour's end, but he died shortly after of stomach 

cancer on May 16, 2010. The only song released from 

Magica II & III was titled "Electra".

The album may be re-issued with bonus tracks. 

Dio guitarist Craig Goldy stated in a recent interview 

"We were working on tracks for a new 

DIO album just before Ronnie died in May. 

And we did almost finish one song. Wendy 

( Dio, Ronnie's widow/manager ) 

has been talking about reissuing  

'Magica' album (originally released in 2000) 

with bonus tracks, including this one." 

Goldy goes on to say of the lyrics, 

that they were written by Dio when he was fighting cancer, 

and are "very emotional" and "hard to listen to 

without a lump at the back of your throat".

Released March 21, 2000

Recorded Total Access,

Redondo Beach, California, USA

Genre  Heavy metal

Length 72:02

Label Spitfire

Producer Ronnie James Dio

Personnel

Ronnie James Dio – vocals, keyboards

Craig Goldy – guitars, keyboards

Jimmy Bain – bass

Simon Wright – drums

Scott Warren – keyboards

"Angry Machines" (1996)

• Institutional Man
• Don't Tell The Kids
• Black
• Hunter Of The Heart
• Stay Out Of My Mind
• Big Sister
• Double Monday
• Golden Rules
• Dying In America
• God Hates Heavy Metal
• This Is Your Life

Angry Machines

( All lyrics and melodies by Ronnie James Dio )

Angry Machines is the seventh studio album 

from the heavy metal band Dio. 

It was released in 1996 on Mayhem Records. 

It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice.

Released October 15, 1996

Recorded Total Access,

Redondo Beach, California, USA

Genre Heavy metal

Length 44:14

Label Mayhem Records

Producer : Ronnie James Dio

Personel : 

Ronnie James Dio – Vocals

Tracy Grijalva (a.k.a. Tracy G) – Guitars

Jeff Pilson – Bass

Vinny Appice – Drums

Scott Warren – Keyboards

"Strange Highways" (1993)

• Jesus Mary & The Holy Ghost
• Firehead
• Strange Highways
• Hollywood Black
• Evilution
• Pain
• One Foot In The Grave
• Give Her The Gun
• Blood From A Stone
• Here's To You
• Bring Down The Rain

Strange Highways

Strange Highways is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. It's also their first album since Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice's reunion tour with Black Sabbath. First released in 1994 on Reprise Records.

After the short lived Dehumanizer reunion with Black Sabbath, Dio and Appice returned to Dio's solo group. 

Due to Dio's hard feelings toward Craig Goldy at the time, he hired Tracy Grijalva as his guitarist.

Studio album by Dio

Released 1994

Recorded Rumbo Studios,

Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre Heavy metal

Length 53:36

Label Reprise

Producer Mike Fraser

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – vocals
• Tracy G – guitars
• Jeff Pilson – bass, keyboards
• Vinny Appice – drums

"Lock Up The Wolves" (1990)

• Wild One
• Born On The Sun
• Hey Angel
• Between Two Hearts
• Night Music
• Lock Up The Wolves
• Evil On Queen Street
• Walk On Water
• Twisted
• Why Are They Watching Me
• My Eyes

Lock Up the Wolves

( All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio )

Lock Up the Wolves was released May 15, 1990 and is Dio's fifth album. 

This album displayed a complete change of musician line-up over the previous Dream Evil album, including the eighteen year old guitarist, Rowan Robertson, and the addition of Simon Wright on drums who previously played with AC/DC.

Studio album by Dio

Released May 15, 1990

Recorded Reno, Nevada, US

Genre          :  Heavy metal

Length         :  60:43

Label           :   Reprise

Producer    :  Tony Platt Ronnie James Dio

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio           - Vocals
• Rowan Robertson          - Guitars
• Jens Johansson               - Keyboards
• Teddy Cook                    - Bass
• Simon Wright                  - Drums

"Dream Evil" (1987)

• Night People
• Dream Evil
• Sunset Superman
• All The Fools Sailed Away
• Naked In The Rain
• Overlove
• I Could Have Been A Dreamer
• Faces In The Window
• When A Woman Cries

Dream Evil 

Dream Evil is Dio's fourth album, released on July 21, 1987. It features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell. Singles released were "All The Fools Sailed Away" and "I Could Have Been a Dreamer". 

It was Dio's last album of the 1980s. This was the last album that featured drummer Vinny Appice until the 1994 album Strange Highways.

Studio album by Dio

Released July 21, 1987

Recorded Village Recorder,

Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre          : Heavy metal

Length         : 43:20

Label           : Warner Bros.

Producer    : Ronnie James Dio

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
• Craig Goldy – Guitar
• Jimmy Bain – Bass
• Claude Schnell – Keyboards
• Vinny Appice – Drums

"Sacred Heart" (1985)

• The King Of Rock And Roll
• Sacred Heart
• Another Lie
• Rock'n'Roll Children
• Hungry For Heaven
• Like The Beat Of A Heart
• Just Another Day
• Fallen Angels
• Shoot Shoot

Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart is Dio's third studio album. It was released in 1985 on Warner Bros. Records. This album peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200. The cover art is done by Robert Florczak.

The RIAA certified Sacred Heart Gold (500,000 units sold) on October 15, 1985. It was for a long time the last album to receive this certification, until The Very Beast of Dio was certified gold on November 3, 2009.

The accompanying stageshow was a spectacle involving a mechanised dragon and laser effects, as captured on video (and later DVD reissue). Ronnie James Dio and his band referred to the dragon as Denzil (although originally it was called Dean).

Sacred Heart is one of Dio's most well-known albums, including hit singles such as Sacred Heart, Rock N' Roll Children and Hungry For Heaven. The inscription around the border of the cover is in Latin and reads FINIS PER SOMNIVM REPERIO TIBI SACRA COR VENEFICVS OSTIVM AVRVM.

Because of the lack of punctuation it is difficult to determine the precise meaning, but a possible rendering is I learned of your goals through dreams: a sacred heart, a wizard, a golden door.

But several other meanings are possible.[citation needed] Another meaning could be contained within the lyrics to the song "Sacred Heart". "Whenever you dream you're holding the key, it opens the door to let you be free, and you find the sacred heart"; and "Here we see see the wizard, staring through the glass, and he's pointing right at you". It may be a loose interpretation of those lyrics.

This was the last Dio album to include guitarist Vivian Campbell, who went on to join several other bands, most notably Def Leppard, Riverdogs, Whitesnake, and Thin Lizzy .
Hungry for Heaven appeared in the Vision Quest movie.

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
• Vivian Campbell – Guitar
• Jimmy Bain – Bass
• Claude Schnell – Keyboards
• Vinny Appice – Drums

"The Last In Line" (1984)

Album  : The Last In Line

• We Rock
• The Last In Line
• Breathless
• I Speed At Night
• One Night In The City
• Evil Eyes
• Mystery
• Eat Your Heart Out
• Egypt (The Chains Are On)

The Last in Line

The Last in Line is the second studio album by heavy metal band Dio, released on July 13, 1984. It was certified Gold (five hundred thousand units sold) by the RIAA on September 12, 1984, and was the first Dio album to be certified Platinum, achieving the feat on February 3, 1987.

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 Holy Diver. To date, these are the only two Dio albums to be so certified.

It is the first Dio album to feature former Rough Cutt keyboardist Claude Schnell.

Studio album by Dio

Released July 13, 1984

Recorded Caribou Ranch, Colorado

Genre     Heavy metal

Length    41:51

Label     Vertigo

Producer  : Ronnie James Dio

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
• Vivian Campbell – Guitar
• Jimmy Bain – Bass
• Claude Schnell - Keyboards
• Vinny Appice – Drums

"Holy Diver" (1983)

Album  : Holy Diver

• Stand Up And Shout
• Holy Diver
• Gypsy
• Caught In The Middle
• Don't Talk To Strangers
• Straight Through The Heart
• Invisible
• Rainbow In The Dark
• Shame On The Night

Holy Diver

Holy Diver is the debut album from American heavy metal band Dio.

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.

The album was eventually certified Gold in the US on September 12, 1984 and Platinum on March 21, 1989. 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 original vinyl release had a photo-montage LP-liner, with images from both Rainbow and Black Sabbath days. The album was remastered and re-released by Rock Candy Records in 2005. 

The only notable addition to the original album is an audio interview with Ronnie James Dio. Tracks 10-19 on the 2005 edition are Dio's answers to various questions about the album. 

The questions are not posed during the interview itself, but can be found inside the CD's booklet instead. The B-sides to the singles, most of them live, remain generally unavailable on CD. Some were included in a limited-edition Japanese CD box set.

Studio album by Dio

Released May 25, 1983

Recorded 1983, Sound City Studios, Fortuna, California

Genre        Heavy metal

Length       41:36

Label         Warner Bros. (US and Canada) Vertigo

                   Rock Candy Records Mercury (South and North America)

Producer : Ronnie James Dio

Personnel Dio

1. Ronnie James Dio – vocals, keyboards
2. Vivian Campbell – guitar
3. Jimmy Bain – bass, keyboards
4. Vinny Appice – drums