Today's RAD Song:

It wasn't my intention to create a tribute blog for famous people who die, and i certainly never thought I'd be referencing the book of Revelations so early in my blogging career - yet it appears I have done both...

Ronnie James Dio, former lead singer of Black Sabbath and Dio died over the weekend, and metal heads the world over are in mourning. Why, exactly? Well, Ronnie was kinda a big deal - first off, he took over from Ozzy fronting one of the most important metal bands of all time - Black Sabbath. Second, he is actually widely credited as having popularized the symbol "throwing horns" in heavy metal music:

Like I said, kinda a big deal!

Anyway, for Today's RAD Song let's start and end with a Dio classic, 'Holy Diver'. A song about Satan's decent to Hell as described in Revelations 12:9. Deep Ronnie, real deep...



Personally, I like the Killswitch Engage version a little better... but these dudes seriously need to learn how to make videos: