Dio - Sacred Heart (#8754)

metalgod · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 5515

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Dio - Sacred Heart
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Quoted: 80 / 100

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The Annoying Frenchman · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:07 pm

Meh. The only great Dio album was Holy Diver, it was downhill from there.

Adveser · **Joined:** Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:26 am **Posts:** 2491

Only 80?

I'll give it at least a 90.

Hungry for Heaven is his masterpiece.

Thrash til' Deth · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:05 am

[quote="The Annoying Frenchman"]Meh. The only great Dio album was Holy Diver, it was downhill from there.[/quote]

No love for Last in Line! It may be a small step down from Holy Diver but there are plenty of iconic Dio tracks on that record.

[quote="Adveser"]Only 80?

I'll give it at least a 90.

Hungry for Heaven is his masterpiece.[/quote]

No way in hell is this record a 90. The band was struggling with in-fighting at the time and this release reflects that. They rebounded nicely with Dream Evil (after tossing Vivian Campbell) but this is not one of Ronnie's better albums. I give it a 70/100 at best.

The Annoying Frenchman · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:22 pm

Last in Line should have been titled Holy Diver II as it's basically a carbon-copy of the aformentioned but, yeah, I like it.

Nickelback666 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:14 pm

Great for the first half. After "Like the beat of a heart" it ventures into drab rock material, but the first 5 songs are some of the best he did since Holy Diver. Dio was the best metal vocalist of his era

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