Dio/Finland 2008

A masterpiece live album containing “DIO’s final tour”. This “Final Tour” was held in 2008. At that time, Ronnie James Dio was a member of HEAVEN & HELL, but in the off-season, he reorganized DIO and went on a short tour of only 10 performances. After that, Ronnie seemed to be planning to continue working on HEAVEN & HELL and DIO in parallel, but in 2009, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died halfway through the project. As a result, this tour became “the last DIO”. At that time, HEAVEN & HELL was making a comeback and there was no need for them to be active with DIO. Tony Iommi said, “For Ronnie, the tour should have continued,” but maybe he had a strong attachment to DIO, or maybe he had a premonition of his death somewhere in his heart… In any case, this work is a masterpiece live album that conveys the truth of such “Final Tour”. This is an audience recording of “June 7, 2008 Lahti performance (Finland)”. From this tour, the definitive 5-disc masterpiece “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” will also appear, so let’s first check the position from the tour schedule.・May 27: Birmingham “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” Disc 1-2 ・May 28: London ・May 30: Oslo ・May 31: Haugesund ・June 2: Malmö “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” ” Disc 3-4・June 3: Copenhagen・June 4: Stockholm・June 6: Oulu・June 7: Lahti [This work]・June 21: Bilbao “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” Disc 5 or more, 10 performances in total. “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” was a set of three performances on the first day, fifth day, and final day, but this work is the ninth performance. “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” was also a super powerful recording, but the sound of this work is also really wonderful. The musical tone has a strong core that goes straight through, and the thick ringing is also strong. On top of that, the sharp edges and separation of sounds are vivid, and the bass in particular has a thunderous attack sound. The gorgeous guitar tone and Ronnie’s confident singing voice are frighteningly direct and even have a sense of touch. The real sound even conveys the “sense of the scene”. This day was the Finnish festival “WATER & ROCK FESTIVAL”, and the enthusiasm was also vacuum packed. In that respect, it is a little different from the three performances of “THE FINAL TOUR 2008” which is “like a sound board”, but that is why this work is also hard to throw away. It is a live album that is surrounded by the spectacle of passionate shouts and a large chorus, and on top of that, the audience is overwhelmed and subdued by the extremely powerful performances and singing voices. The live performance with its high quality sound is an extremely rare set that condenses Ronnie’s “romantic side”. Because it was parallel to HEAVEN & HELL, there was no BLACK SABBATH number, and it was completely “DIO + RAINBOW”. Moreover, its contents and balance are exquisite. Even for DIO, there was no mid-heavy era at all, and there are 7 delicious songs from the early trilogy “HOLY DIVER”, “THE LAST IN LINE”, and “SACRED HEART” + the trilogy “MAGICA” which returned to the melodious route. Perfect distribution with one representative song each from “KILLING THE DRAGON” and “MASTER OF THE MOON”. The RAINBOW inserted there is also delicious. Compiled into two medleys, “Temple Of The King – Kill The King” and “Man On The Silver Mountain – Catch The Rainbow – Long Live Rock’n’Roll,” romantic melodies spring out one after another. Moreover, guitarist Craig Goldie is the only guitarist in history who loves Ritchie, and Simon Wright also performed a drum solo featuring “1812.” You can enjoy a rich rainbow color that is unique in all of DIO’s history. The reunion of RAINBOW disappeared as a dream without ever becoming a reality. I don’t want to call it regrettable, but maybe Ronnie had a smoldering desire for rainbows in his heart as well. This work is so rainbow-colored that it makes you even think about such things. It is a crystallization of the “romantic side” that stands out because it completely eliminates the “heavy side” BLACK SABBATH numbers. It is not just the brilliance of DIO’s final years, but also a masterpiece of a live album that perfectly depicts the “magical Ronnie”. Of course, we highly recommend the 5-disc masterpiece “THE FINAL TOUR 2008”, which summarizes the tour, but for those who want to try one performance first, those who want to listen to as many as one performance, and those who want to listen to as many as possible, A perfect work for those who want to put themselves in the field. The culmination live performance of “Fantasy Storyteller Ronnie James Dio”. Live at Water & Rock Festival, Harbor, Lahti, Finland 7th June 2008 PERECT SOUND Disc 1 1. Intro. 2. Holy Diver 3. Killing The Dragon 4. The Eyes 5. Don’t Talk To Strangers 6. Drums Solo incl. 1812 Overture 7. Sacred Heart 8. Rainbow In The Dark 9. Temple Of The King 10. Kill The King 11. Guitar Solo Disc 2 1. Band Jam 2. Lord Of The Last Day 3. Rock’N’Roll Children 4. Man On The Silver Mountain 5. Catch The Rainbow 6. Long Live Rock’N’Roll 7. The Last In Line 8. We Rock Ronnie James Dio – Vocals Craig Goldie – Guitar Rudy Sarzo – Bass Simon Wright – Drums Scott Warren – Keyboards