BMG and Niji Entertainment Group Inc. have partnered to issue limited-edition deluxe CD and LP box sets of Ronnie James Dio‘s final four studio albums on September 22, 2023. Titled “The Studio Albums: 1996-2004”, the set will include “Angry Machines” (1996),“Magica” (2000),“Killing The Dragon” (2002) and “Master Of The Moon” (2004).
The LP set is housed in a sideloading box with newly created art on five 180g color LPs (“Angry Machines” on Halloween orange with black marble LP, “Killing The Dragon” on transparent yellow with black marble LP, “Master Of The Moon” on electric blue with milky clear marble LP and “Magica” on transparent blood red and black smoke 2LP plus the rare single “Electra” on a cobalt blue 7″.
Ronnie‘s widow and longtime manager Wendy Dio says: “I am very excited to be working with BMG, a label that still has a passion for rock music. They will be making the complete DIO catalogue available again with some interesting surprises.”
To pre-order “The Studio Albums: 1996-2004”, visit THIS LOCATION.
“Dio: Dreamers Never Die”, the first-ever, career-spanning documentary on the life and times of the late legendary metal icon Ronnie James Dio, will be released worldwide by Mercury Studios on DVD and Blu-ray+4K and as a special deluxe edition featuring the DVD and Blu-ray packaged with exclusive merchandise on September 29, 2023. All of these configurations of the film will include a 20-minute selection of deleted and extended scenes restored from the cutting room floor to create a special fan experience.
The limited deluxe edition will be packaged in a two-piece lift-off lid box containing both the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the film plus branded DIO merchandise that will include logoed trading cards, guitar picks, lapel pin, coasters and a fold out poster from the film.
Additionally, fans will be able to purchase the film along with bundles of exclusive “Dreamers Never Die” merchandise, including a limited-edition screen print movie poster, “Dreamers Never Die” t-shirts, hoodies, trucker hats and beanies, etched beer stein, mousepad, tote bag, replica of “Dio Way” street sign, and word magnet set as well as a raglan shirt and dome pin celebrating Dio‘s first band, ELF.
“Dio: Dreamers Never Die”, which world premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, enjoyed a special event theatrical release in more than 600 cinemas worldwide last fall and is available on Showtime.
