Ronnie James Dio

Plus new glow-in-the-dark Iron Maiden Funkos, Dee Snider, Flavor Flav, ’Born Again’ Biggie Smalls, and more.

Wendy Dio said the new film ”goes all the way through his life till the end,” and will be out later this year

It was edited by Mick Jones and features a foreword by Dio’s widow, Wendy. Order it HERE.

Plus a Dio birthday celebration, Hiss Golden Messenger, Spotlights, Somnuri, and more things to stream this week.

Geezer says the band ”didn’t think anything of it” at the time but that it’s ”incredible” that it has finally seen the light of day. Iommi feels less positive about the song getting released…

It’s from a 1979 rehearsal tape and it was uploaded to the internet by the estate of former Sabbath live member/collaborator Geoff Nicholls.

The heavy metal legend had been working on an autobiography before his 2010 death, and now it’s finally going to see the light of day.

Items being sold at the upcoming auction include the original Barry Jackson painting used for Dio’s 1984 LP The Last in Line, as well as some of Dio’s many instruments, tour wardrobe, and much more.

Deep Purple and Blue Oyster Cult are two of heavy metal’s most legendary, influential bands, but does anybody realize it? In 2016, they’re often reduced to the “the band with the song every beginner guitarist can play” and “the band with the cowbell song.” Here’s a look at their often-silenced legacies.

The massive German metal festival Wacken Open Air went down over the weekend, and in addition to performances by the likes of Iron Maiden, Testament, Entombed A.D., Metal Church, Triptykon and many more, there was one particularly notable happening involving the late Ronnie James Dio…