Ozzy-Sabbath wrote the book and Dio-Sabbath penned the worthy sequel. And for bands whose members came of age in the early '80s, Dio-Sabbath might actually have been more influential. "When they reunited last year I was overjoyed," says 3 Inches of Blood bassist Nicholas John Cates. "And when I heard they were writing a few new tunes for a greatest hits album, I was even more excited."
In that case, Cates must be besides himself now that Heaven and Hell (aka Dio-Sabbath) have announced that Ronnie James Dio is in England right now working with the band on their next record. The group will fly to Los Angeles in April to continue working and plans to be pounding away through May. A full album of new Dio-Sabbath is enough to render Cates speechless, but for now there are just three new songs and the bassist has no trouble talking about those.
"'Shadow of the Wind' is by far my favorite of the three," he says, which explains why he chose it for his Bang of the Week. "Listen to Dio's vocal melodies in the bridge. It's some of my favorite work hes done."
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