The first Ronnie James Dio -fronted era of Black Sabbath was a remarkable rebound for a group that had lost direction at the end of the 1970s. Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules rebooted the Sabbath ...

When Iommi, Butler and Appice reunited with Dio under the name Heaven and Hell in 2007 and toured to support the album Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, they routinely played Mob Rules tracks “E5150 ...

Superficially, there was little evidence of trouble brewing beneath the steel-plated surface of 1981’s ‘Mob Rules’ – the second Black Sabbath album with singer Ronnie James Dio and the ...

Black Sabbath have announced the reissue of their first two albums to feature Ronnie James Dio as frontman, 1980’s Heaven and Hell and 1981’s Mob Rules. Dio officially joined the group in 1979 ...

After the first – ‘Heaven And Hell’ – Bill Ward also left and so Vinnie Appice was brought in on drums for ‘Mob Rules’.

Heaven & Hell take their name from the first album that they – minus drummer Vinnie Appice, but plus original Sabbath man Bill Ward – made together in 1980.

With Bill Ward out of the picture, why wasn't the Dio/Heaven and Hell drummer approached for Black Sabbath's final tour?

Vinny Appice, drummer for the related bands Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath can attest, as someone who’s been playing in loud rock bands since the mid-70s can attest that ...

Black Sabbath dropped rare live versions of the title-tracks from 'The Mob Rules' and 'Heaven and Hell,' which will be reissued in March.

It’s not hard to imagine what a version of Black Sabbath fronted by Rob Halford would sound like. After all, Halford fronted Sabbath on three separate occasions: twice in 1992, with the Mob ...

Two Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath records get the reissue treatment, and packed with extras.

In an interview with Another FN Podcast With Izzy Presley, Dio-era drummer Vinny Appice said Dio "hated" singing the Ozzy-era songs and caught more than enough shit from fans about Ozzy's absence.