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Dio's Inferno The Last In Live

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There has never been a live cd by Dio, besides Intermission which was rather lame with the exception of the new studio track Time To Burn which made up for the lameness of the live materia.Vinnie Appice's drumming is truly incredible on this album, listen to it with the headphones on to get the shear magnitude of his intense playing. Dio sounds stronger than ever and Tracy G is one hell of a guitarist. Larry, you are great also. High points include Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules. However, Rainbow in the Dark, Last in Line and Stand Up and Shout kick maximum booty! A must have cd

After following Dio for twenty five years, this album catches the magic and personna of "DIO". Even after all these years, this album demonstrates the evolution and maturity of Ronnie coming into his own, while providing a broad history of his music. It captures his unique style of personal involvement with his fans, so lacking in todays' stars. While listening to this disc, I can close my eyes, and be transported to magical places of Knights in shining armor riding down ramparts to do battle with mystical dragons. Also, this disc brings up vivid memories of being part of a special event during his concerts. He makes each individual feel like he is singing to them personally. He truly does make you feel like your a intrigal part of the event. This disc also shows that Dio has "come" into his own. His voice has grown more strong over the years, and hasn't forgot his fans. The only draw back to this album of course, is that you want to here him play every song. He truly does make you feel like your a "Man on a Silver Mountain."

Dio is one of my favourite vocalists of all time and this CD goes through most of the tracks on his best Solo album (Holy Diver), Dio also covers some of his classic Sabbath/Rainbow tracks. Well worth buying and playing loud and in the car at speed.

Good live albums are hard to come by;some suffer from poor techical production,while others are mere greatest hits collections with the occasional drum solo;even when all is good,the singer runs out of voice murdering the songs.This is not the case here:for a live album,this is almost too good to be true-Ronnie in top vocal shape offers a treat to his fans,also spanning his career in Rainbow and Sabbath,while Tracy G.'s super heavy chops fit the material extremely well.

One of the best live hard rock CDs I've listened to. Great renditions of Rainbow, Sabbath, and Dio solo works. "Mistreated" and "Man on the Silver Mountain" are excellent.