Guardian Music — The corporation that runs the Bloodstock metal festival in Derbyshire is of the very oldest kind. Meet Paul Gregory and his kids Vicky, Rachael and Adam – Britain's first family of metalWhile Download and Sonisphere slug it out for supremacy in the... more info

Metalsucks — If you’ve ever wanted to hear Dio’s “Holy Diver” transformed from one of metal’s most powerful anthems into a hair metal-style sad sack power ballad complete with Casio keyboards and a synth violin so shitty it wouldn’t have been consider... more info

ContactMusic — Ronnie James Dio's family members and close friends gathered at his graveside on Monday (16May11) to mark the first anniversary of the heavy metal icon's death. The Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow frontman lost his battle with stomach cancer last y... more info

Metal Injection — I can't believe it's been a year since Dio passed. Here's to one of the greatest set of pipes not just in metal, but in all rock'n'roll… more info

Metalsucks — And we can’t believe you’ve been gone a year already. Metal can never replace you. more info

Metalsucks — The great people I know who listen to egghead American black metal bands like Krallice work in the kitchens and behind the bars of our great country’s hipster eateries. It’s logical, therefore, that I haven’t been reminded a million times by em... more info

Altsounds — Following the departure of lead singer Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinnie Appice after the studio mixing of the Live Evil album, Black Sabbath were once again on the lookout for yet another lead vocalist to fill the significant void left at stage ... more info

Metalsucks — And you thought those Dio Chrismas cards were awesome. A new company, Dark & Somber Greetings, is now apparently manufacturing black metal-themed greeting cards. That’s a terrific idea, and the execution (no BM joke intended) of said cards is also... more info

Popdose — Dave Steed reaches the top 30 metal albums ever with tunes from Candlemass, Metallica, Dio, Kvelertak and more. more info

Metalsucks — RoCkStArBaSs100 introduces himself to the internet. He loves metal — anything from Rob Zombie to Children of Bodom to Dio. Also, he plays bass — at first he thought that he couldn’t actually play it for you in this video because it’s too loud... more info