Metallica Premiere Ronnie James Dio Tribute Medley
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Written by Elliott Batte
Thrash titans Metallica have put together a medley of Ronnie James Dio songs as part of new tribute album to the late metal star.
‘This Is Your Life’ is out next week and also features tracks from the likes of Tenacious D, Slipknot, Anthrax, Motorhead, Judas Priest, and members of Dio. Dio died of stomach cancer in 2010, with proceeds from the album going to the Stand Up And Shout cancer fund.
Metallica's contribution is a nine-minute medley called Ronnie Rising, which premiered on Rolling Stone. Lars Ulrich, Metallica's drummer, told the magazine:
“Ronnie's music, and what he was, was part of my life. [Dio's] music is so much a part of what's in Metallica's DNA, the harder, edgier, blues-based hard rock from the Seventies. It was fairly effortless to put this together, because it's something that we were all reared on.
“I don't recall sitting there in a band meeting or anything deciding what to play. Somebody starts playing 'Stargazer' – which is sort of just like something that's in our arsenal to jam – and then that whole period there, 'Tarot Woman,' 'Kill the King,' 'A Light in the Black ' – that's just really effortless to jump into.”
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