BLACK SABBATH's 'The Dio Years' Topic

[ScotClayton]

HEAVEN AND HELL — the new band featuring legendary
heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK
SABBATH, RAINBOW) alongside original BLACK SABBATH
members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler — was interviewed
earlier in the week in England by VH1 Classic VJ Eddie
Trunk for a program that will air sometime in January.
During his weekly radio show, "Friday Night Rocks", on
New York's Q104.3 FM last night (Friday, November 24),
Trunk offered the following recap of his chat with the
members of HEAVEN AND HELL about their upcoming
recording and touring activities (transcribed by
BLABBERMOUTH.NET):

"There was a lot of speculation that this band was now
being called HEAVEN AND HELL and not BLACK SABBATH
because of something to do with legalities or Sharon
Osbourne or whatever the case may be. That is NOT the
case. Tony Iommi owns the name BLACK SABBATH, and he
and Ronnie James Dio decided that it would be best to
call this lineup something else because they felt that
after SABBATH with Ozzy went into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame, it would probably be a little bit
disrespectful and a little bit confusing to that name
and that band that's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
to call their reunion with Dio BLACK SABBATH again. So
they decided — it was strictly up to them; it was
their decision internally — to instead call it
something else. That's why the live shows are being
billed as HEAVEN AND HELL. But it is a little bit
confusing because the record that is gonna come out is
gonna be called 'Black Sabbath: The Dio Years'.

"Now, here's the other misinformation that is out
there: Everyone is calling this a box set — it is not;
it is a single-CD collection. And it'll have on it
songs from 'Heaven and Hell', 'Mob Rules' and
'Dehumanizer' and also at least two new songs that the
band are recording as we speak; they were doing it
while we were there in England. Also some speculation
out there as to who the drummer's gonna be. I know
that Bill Ward was not part of our TV interview. I
don't have any confirmation just yet as to who the
drummer will gonna be — Bill or Vinny Appice; there's
conflicting information about that. But I can tell you
that Geezer and Tony and Ronnie had written three
songs, they were gonna record three — one was a slow
song, one was mid-tempo and one was a fast song. They
are gonna pick two to put on this album. So it's not a
box set. Somewhere down the line there probably will
be a box set that'll package all the Dio-SABBATH
albums together, but this is not it — it's a
single-disc collection with tracks from the three
studio albums previous and also the two new songs and
it'll be out sometime in February, with a tour under
the name of HEAVEN AND HELL to follow in Europe, the
U.S. and Canada.

"It's exciting news to have these guys working
together again, and I can tell you, talking to Iommi
both on camera and off, he is extremely excited about
the opportunity to work with Dio again and do a long
set — he wants to play a two-hour shows live because —
quite honestly, without saying it… I mean, let's be
honest, there are limitations as to what Ozzy can do
these days as a vocalist; there are zero limitations
when it comes to a guy like Dio. They may or may not
do Ozzy-era material; that's also being worked out."

Eddie also mentioned that a New York City concert date
for HEAVEN AND HELL has already been booked but that
he was unable to divulge the exact details because he
has been "sworn to secrecy."

Reliable sources informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET on November
23 that drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH) is
currently in the U.K laying down drums on the two new
tracks that will be included on "Black Sabbath: The
Dio Years". In addition, Appice will be manning the
drums on the upcoming HEAVEN AND HELL tour.

Appice, 49, joined BLACK SABBATH in 1980, and appeared
on the albums "Mob Rules" (1981) and the album
recorded on that tour, "Live Evil" (1983). In late
1982, before "Live Evil" even hit the shelves, he left
SABBATH with vocalist Ronnie James Dio and formed the
band DIO. He appeared on the DIO albums "Holy Diver"
(1983), "The Last in Line" (1984), "Sacred Heart"
(1985), "Intermission" (1986), and "Dream Evil"
(1987). In 1992 Appice returned to BLACK SABBATH (with
Ronnie James Dio) for the "Dehumanizer" album and
tour.

As previously reported, Dio recently revealed to
Classic Rock magazine that HEAVEN AND HELL will likely
headline next year's Monsters of Rock festival.

Monsters of Rock returned to the U.K. festival scene
at Milton Keynes Bowl this past summer, with DEEP
PURPLE as headliners. Now it looks like it will return
in 2007, with HEAVEN AND HELL on the bill.
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Calcitra Clunis

[nightmaread]

Hey Scott thanks and great to hear except for the fact there is only going to be two and not three new songs on the disc!!!!TELL HEAVEN AND HELL Let's have all three songs and forget one we already have!!!!

[Holymagica]

[ManOnTheSilverMountain_DP]

[eiricd]

ronnie said they'll be touring alot next year. hopefully this will result in a a live dvd!!! and hopfully they'll tour europe further than UK and Germany

I'm eager to hear how ronnie sounds now, the holy diver live dvd is not his best performance (doug aldrich states he sounded tired), but according to a mate who saw the same tour..he was as good as ever

[Bobby66]

...Thank You Scot!...this should clear up alot... ...The important thing is that they stated the tour will be covering the "U.S. & Canada"!!!...

[agentalbert]

I think a box set with all three Dio/Sabbath albums remastered, plus the new songs and some UNRELEASED live material (Not stuff from Live Evil) would be great. I guess Live Evil could be in the box set.

But the upside to it being a single disc release is that it will cost less for us to buy a cd just for the new tracks. What Dio/Sabbath fan doesn't already have the albums anyways?

[Bobby66]

[ScotClayton]

According to management, HEAVEN AND HELL - the new
project featuring metal icon Ronnie James Dio (vocals
- DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW), Black Sabbath legends
Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and the
recent addition of Vinny Appice (drums - ex-Dio, Black
Sabbath) - will be commencing their World Tour in
Canada in March. There will be one exclusive US date
in New York City, but the US dates won't begin until
August. An official statement regarding Appice's
inclusion in the band, replacing longtime Sabbath
drummer Bill Ward, will be released next week.

The foursome are currently ensconced in a UK studio
working on two new tracks for the forthcoming Rhino
Records compilation, Black Sabbath: The Dio Years. The
new material - the first from the
Dio/Iommi/Butler/Appice team since 1992's Dehumanizer
- is being produced by Iommi and is expected in early
2007.

Watch for a massive Heaven And Hell feature in BW&BK
#102 ... out in February 2007!
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Calcitra Clunis

[The Eye]

WHHhoaaaa!!!
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[agentalbert]

[Dragon235]

you know, the DIO site still says that this is a box set
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[blacksheep06A]

[MasterOfPuppets]

i cant wait for this...gonna be so awesome
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[eiricd]

according to www.deep-purple.net the tour kicks off in canada in march...