Thursday, November 26, 2009

Metal Band of the Day (from the 80s) - Dio

Favorite Album - Dream Evil

Favorite Track -  Night People

Key Member(s) - Ronnie James Dio

Cool Point - The Cover Art Work is Damn Cool

Best Solo - Dream Evil

Fashion (1 to 10) - Cape for the guitar player? 3

Comments

Damn cool riffs and solos. Wow. Super thick tone for the guitar, with a mid-early Priest vibe throughout the disk a la Priest's best (Defenders of the Faith). Definitely a play it through album. Solos have this really cool thick late 70s metal style tone with a nice 80s shred flair to them. Not fitting my favorite dive bomb ridden tapping filled solo needs, but still very tastey and soulful with some clever chops. Dio sounds amazing for what he does, as usual an it has the usual low fi sound quality that Dio recordings unfortunately feature.

This was chosen for today as I've recently found out that Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. You and your family are in all of our thoughts, hopes, and prayers.

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