Biography of metal master Ronnie James Dio reveals a quiet, gentle man. OfficialRJDio
. Their latest tells the story of Ronnie James Dio’s life and career, spanning five decades and three of the most influential bands in heavy music.
Through interviews, old footage, and reenactments, it tells the story of his humble beginnings in a small upstate New York farming community and rise to become a heavy metal deity.is composed of interviews with his wife, friends, and fellow musicians including bandmates, members of Black Sabbath, and fellow metalhead Sebastian Bach, among other rock royalty.
The filmmaking duo, veterans of the rock n’ roll doc genre, wanted to show the not-so-typical rock star's “four careers”, as the film puts it. While up close and personal, the story of the Man on the Silver Mountain is as epic as his music. As Dio biographer Mich Wall says in an interview, “Some of these [musicians] are immortal… none more so than Dio.