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Over a career spanning the 1960's through the present, Ronnie James Dio has been the vocals behind Rainbow, Black Sabbath and, his own band, Dio. This is the author's ranking for Dio's Top 10 songs.

Sabbath is currently touring in the U.S., with former singer Ronnie James Dio

An examination of heavy metal subculture, its activities, and symbols as they relate to religion in an anthropological context

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal. Their legacy is a genre and a lifestyle.

When Heavy Metal music first reached the masses, it was like nothing they'd heard before. The seeds had been sown years earlier, but what band more than any other provided the catalyst for transforming the hard rock of the past into the metal of the future?

Teen-aged boys, particularly, are often desperate for anything that gets them in touch with themselves, makes them feel powerful when they typically feel powerless, and allows them to escape for a while. Heavy metal music has provided all these things, for many of them.

The following is a list of metal songs that are unique and have inspired the ever growing scene that continues to change. From the earliest days of Metallica to the uprising new metalcore sound of today, a list of truly heavy metal.

Black Sabbath is back, with a new anthology of tracks from all three CDs featuring Ronnie James Dio. Included are three new tracks, essential to any Sabbath fan's collection.

In the world of true Heavy Metal, where one is left to rely solely on word-of-mouth, album reviews on the internet have become an essential part of life for the metal fan. This is one man's take of who produces the best and most consistent reviews, and who does the worst.

Here is a list of some of the best heavy/metal/hardcore bands out there today. Check them out at myspace.com and enjoy the brutal beats! Look out for Part 1 of my list.

The top 5 hottest women of heavy metal provide not only physical beauty but a passion, talent and, dedication to the heavy metal that we all know and love.

Do you have a heavy metal fan on your Christmas list but don't know what to get them? Well worry no more because I have the top 10 metal albums of the year to help with your search.

Heavy Metal music, after being submerged for several years beneath the explosion of punk rock, found new life in England in the late '70's and early '80's and spawned a subsequent burst of popularity in America.

Although lead has officially been detected in several major brands of lipstick, there are several natural brands that have no toxins for luscious lips without the heavy metal.

When some people think heavy metal, a vision of satanic imagery and goat sacrifice may come to mind. While we metal fans know that really only less than 1% of heavy metal bands are truly satanic, the genre seems to get a bad rap.

When I was old enough to start buying the actual albums from the bands I saw on MTV, I was stunned by the colorful, eye-catching artwork that adorned their covers.

Most people thought Heavy Metal died after Metallica released the Black Album. Metal fans know different. Check out this list of the top ten classic, essential, heavy metal albums released since 2000.

Meet Bob Halligan of Syracuse, N.Y. He has written songs for Cher, Michael Bolton, Judas Priest and other havey metal bands.

Noted rock critic Martin Popoff covers classic rock albums circa 1973 to 1975 through interviews with the musicians that made them.

Music journalist and heavy metal expert Martin Popoff revisits classic proto-metal albums from Mountain, Cactus, Uriah Heep, Blue Cheer, the MC5, Bloodrock, Humble Pie and others.

The legendary Thrash Metal band Sepultura rises to the occasion, and releases one of the best metal records of 2006. Too bad it doesn't get the attention it deserves.

In the late 90's, the state of heavy metal was one of concern. The airwaves were entrammelled with bland nu-metal, a subgenre that...

Heavy was one of the greatest TV documentaries I have ever seen. Here are my thoughts on it.

Hilarious, controversial, and rockin' balls: this is the philosophy according to the Encyclopedia of Tenacious D. Now, so much more than "Jack Black's Band" we look at the 10 most influental and fantastic songs ever written.

Pamela Anderson Lee's wedding outfit (a white bikini), Debbie Gibson's halloween Seances, and Pres. Nixon's favorite Johnny Cash tune. Learn while you laugh. A music event timeline, covering the craziness of rock history w/ some down2earth facts mixed in.

A look at the preposterous nature of modern death metal, its reliance on imagery, and its lack of substantive music.

Very little is quite what it appears when it comes to heavy metal's Ronnie James Dio. Here are several examples.

This band may appear to be your regular heavy metal band but there are underlying tones in the lyrics of the bands Christianity.

Here is a list of some of the best heavy/metal/hardcore bands out there today. Check them out at myspace.com and enjoy the brutal beats! Look out for Part 2 of my list.

A look at the 2000 animated feature length film Heavy Metal 2000

Studies show that sixteen out of eighteen children with autism have extremely high levels of heavy metal toxins in their bodies.

The face of heavy metal music has changed considerably in the past decade. But, what's the difference?

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is the documentry of two journalist and their trip to Baghdad to meet the members of the only heavy metal band in Iraq.

Let me make one thing clear, the point of this article isn't to name necessarily my favorite albums but the most influential albums that contributed largely to what heavy metal has become today.

This list was compiled from personal history and the observations of a true Heavy metal fan.

Virtually every amateur heavy metal guitarist playing today will cite Dimebag Darrell as an influence and for good reason. Not only was he very talented but, his playing was just flat out fun to listen to.

42-year-old Roger Tullgren has undergone psychological analysis and has proven that his heavy metal addiction is worthy of supplemental income. The Employment Service in Sweden now pays a part of Tullgren's salary as heavy metal dominates so much of his life.

A review of the 1981 animated anthology horror film Heavy Metal.

For individuals who experience long term exposure to heavy metals, such as lead, there may be an increased risk for complications with the substantia nigra leading to the development of Parkinson's disease.

I look at the band before they make their stop at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA.

A wildly amusing film that does wonders with the mind and tickle the funny bone.

I'm tired of my favorite musical genre being misrepresented on national television.

It's plain and simple, this just should've never been made.

Talent was never a problem for Trivium but on their next release, The Crusade, what went wrong? Trivium has always worn their influences on their sleeves while maintaining originality but this doesn't seem to be the case on The Crusade.

An overview of the use of chelation therapy to deal with heart disease. Also discusses what chelation is and alternative uses for it.

One thing I found that most other similar clubs can not offer is reasonable drink prices and a well mannered, attentive staff. There's a no $9 beer or cranky bar staff present.

Iron Maiden's self-titled first album still sounds as vital today as when it was first recorded over 25 years ago.

The self-proclaimed "moral majority" probably never came closer to victory over freedom of expression than in the mid-1980's with the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center.

When you've got the best musicians, the best songwriters, the best singers, or even worse, all three at once...you should have some prospects of being a great band. These four bands have all of that, but still can't quite get it right.