• RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Album 'This Is Your Life' Cracks U.S. Top 20
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[url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ronnie-james-dio-tribute-album-this-is-your-life-cracks-u-s-top-20/]Source[/url] [t]http://bravewords-public.s3.amazonaws.com/images/p18g3s1nrcb981g22d9f14qp10fv4.jpg[/t] [quote]"This Is Your Life", the tribute to album to Ronnie James Dio, sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on April 1 via Rhino. Ronnie James Dio is one of the most beloved figures in rock history. His gifts, both as a singer and songwriter, are instantly recognizable, whether he was with RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, or leading DIO. Sadly, Dio lost his battle with stomach cancer in 2010 but his towering voice and legacy live on. To celebrate one of rock's most powerful voices, an all-star group of his friends and fans recorded 13 of their favorite tracks for a tribute album, 100% of proceeds from which will go to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund. Produced by his longtime manager and wife Wendy Dio, the album includes contributions by such metal heavyweights as METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD, SCORPIONS, ANTHRAX, and Rob Halford, as well as appearances by many of the musicians who performed with Dio over the years.[/quote] [quote] Neon Knights - Anthrax The Last In Line - Tenacious D The Mob Rules - Adrenaline Mob Rainbow In The Dark - Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Satchel, Christian Martucci, Jason Christopher Straight Through The Heart - Halestorm Starstruck - Motörhead with Biff Byford The Temple Of The King - Scorpions Egypt (The Chains Are On) - Doro Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage Catch The Rainbow - Glenn Hughes, Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren I - Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy Man On The Silver Mountain - Rob Halford, Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren Ronnie Rising Medley (Featuring A Light In The Black, Tarot Woman, Stargazer, Kill The King) - Metallica This Is Your Life - Dio Heaven And Hell - Stryper (Japanese bonus track) Stand Up And Shout - Dio Disciples (Japanese bonus track) Buried Alive - Jasta (Digital bonus track)[/quote]
listening to it through and hearing This Is Your Life as the last track made me get all watery-eyed
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN4RU9i76oI[/media] I think that's the one right.
[QUOTE=Joazzz;44511928]listening to it through and hearing This Is Your Life as the last track made me get all watery-eyed[/QUOTE] At the end of "Man on the Silver Mountain", you hear an echo of Ronnie "Temple of the King" sounds like it was recorded in '86 by Scorpions, it's just a flat out wonderful album.
Holy fuck. . .literally every track is beast as fuck. Even Stryper manages to rock. If you know anything about Stryper, that's no easy feat.
personally i think Killswitch Engage raped Holy Diver with the retarded shoehorned growling, Halestorm was a bit meh and Tenacious D is hard to take seriously, but the rest was great Ripper Owens should have contributed something though
it disheartens me that they gave holy diver to a rabble of peasants like Killswitch Engage
Just an fyi, KSE's cover of Holy Diver is from 2006, it's not recent by any means.
Looks like I have an album to buy
Dio :(
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