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Black Sabbath ↔ Dio
Black Sabbath and Dio are directly connected through shared musician Ronnie James Dio.
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Origin Band
Black Sabbath
📍 Birmingham, England
The fathers of heavy metal. Tony Iommi’s downtuned tritone riffs, Geezer Butler’s driving bass and dark lyrics, Bill Ward’s jazz-metal swing, and Ozzy Osbourne’s eerie delivery created the genre.
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Connecting Bridge (musician)
Ronnie James Dio
Lead Vocals
Connected Band
Dio
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States
Iconic heavy metal titan Ronnie James Dio’s definitive solo outfit, creating immortal fantasy metal masterpieces Holy Diver and The Last in Line with Vivian Campbell and Vinny Appice.
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