Ronnie James Dio: Heavy Metal Icon Returns From The Dead In Germany

Ronnie James Dio passed away in 2010 after battling stomach cancer. On Saturday, Germany held their heavy metal Wacken Open Air music festival and fans were stunned when they saw what appeared on the stage. They saw Dio, in hologram form, perform as it yelled out the heavy metal anthem “We Rock.” The Dio hologram also flashed the famous “devil horns” hand gesture that Ronnie made famous.

 

Ronnie James Dio, Before The Metal

Planting a flag in the sand and starting at ground zero is always the toughest challenge. Often times, you hear of a band "making it" yet they have been touring non stop for ten years. Sometimes you never think on investigating where great talent has come from and then it arrives in your inbox. Thanks to New Releases Now, we just found out about the legendary Ronnie James Dio previous band, which helped to hone in his heavy metal chops. We miss ya Ronnie! Click on over to the link above and check him out back in the day.

Ronnie Dio and the Prophets