RESURRECTIONS

vinyl and CD with bonus discs full of unreleased live treats – and the odd studio rarity – BMG’s reaches the 90s, a time when many 80s metal legends were unsure how  proved he was a fallible beast. Not that his voice wasn’t always awesome, but the awkward, offbeat arrangements and dry, caustic guitars root the LP firmly in 1996 – not the most comfortable place for Dio, but he deserves credit for doing something different in his own way.