The 4CD set will feature that new mix, the original mix of the album, a previously unreleased live set from 1983 and a selection of 10 B-sides and outtakes, including an early version of fan favorite "Evil Eyes," released as the B-side of "Holy Diver" and re-recorded for the band's next album, 1984's The Last in Line. And so are the songs! "Rainbow in the Dark" and the powerful title track remain classic rock radio staples, helping the album sell more than two million copies in nearly four decades.įor the new super deluxe edition of Holy Diver, created in honor of what would have been Dio's 80th birthday, the album has been newly mixed by engineer Joe Barresi (whose work can be heard on albums by Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, and Coheed and Cambria). So the rock cred on Holy Diver is strong. The blistering guitar solos were courtesy of Vivian Campbell, a 21-year-old upstart who'd later play with Whitesnake and is currently a three-decade member of Def Leppard. Dio's Holy Diver line-up featured two of the singer's former compatriots backing him up: ex-Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain and Vinny Appice, who'd drummed with Black Sabbath among others.
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