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Black Sabbath - The Rules Of Hell (5 CD)(3x1 cd+ 1x2cd)
WV-IMG+CUE+LOGs+Covers | 220:29 min | 1,7 GB
The Complete Dio-Era Black Sabbath Collection

More than a box set of Remastered materials, Rhino's release of The Rules Of Hell is a five-disc testimonial chronicling one of the most exciting yet underrated episodes in hard rock/heavy metal history: that of Ronnie James Dio's contributions to the Black Sabbath mythos. The combination of Dio's operatic refinement with Sabbath's trademark bulldozing thunder catapulted the band into a fresher, more expressive period. The Rules Of Hell has captured all that magic in a box, and consists of the following full-length albums: Heaven And Hell, Mob Rules, the double disc Live Evil, and Dehumanizer. Complete with extensive liner notes, photos, and biographical information, The Rules Of Hell proudly displays the evolution of metal's most influential ambassadors.


?A sequel to the 2004 set Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978, Rules of Hell rounds up all the Black Sabbath albums with Ronnie James Dio, beginning with 1980's Heaven and Hell and its 1981 follow-up Mob Rules, spending two discs on the 1982 live album Live Evil, then skipping forward a decade for Dehumanizer, Sabbath's reunion with Dio. Some may complain that this skips over a large chunk of Sabbath's latter-day history but 1983-1990 was a time when singers passed through the lineup like grains of sand, and the results were equally transient, leaving these Dio-fronted albums as the last great albums Black Sabbath recorded. Well, at least that's true of Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules; opinion is divided on Live Evil and Dehumanizer but taken altogether, these records form a legacy. Although it is not expanded upon with bonus tracks, that legacy is treated well on Rules of Hell as the four albums are remastered, the set is given good liner notes for each album and it's housed in a slipcase. It's a handsome package but not as deluxe and luxe as Black Box, which truly felt like an indulgence. Instead, it feels like a group of individual reissues gathered together in a simple slipcase -- a nice, affordable away to get all these well-done reissues at once, but some fans may want to wait and see if Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules are eventually released on their own.


Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
WV+CUE+LOG - 284 MB | Covers - 37 MB

Tracklist (40:04 min)

01. Neon Knights
02. Children Of The Sea
03. Lady Evil
04. Heaven And Hell
05. Wishing Well
06. Die Young
07. Walk Away
08. Lonely Is The Word

all songs written & arranged by Black Sabbath
Lyrics by Ronnie James Dio.
Produced & Engineered by Martin Birch
Recorded at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL
Remastering: Dan Hersch at DigiPrep

? Ronnie James Dio - vocals
? Tony Iommi - guitar
? Geezer Butler - bass
? Bill Ward - drums
- Geoff Nicholls - all keyboards

Original Release Date: May 1980
Re-Release Date: July 22, 2008
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Catalog No.: R2 460156 A