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Dio - Master Of The Moon



7.5 | 274 votes |
Release date: 30 August 2004
Style: Heavy metal

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Disc I
01. One More From The Road
02. Master Of The Moon
03. The End Of The World
04. Shivers
05. The Man Who Would Be King
06. The Eyes
07. Living A Lie
08. I Am
09. Death By Love
10. In Dreams
11. The Prisoner Of Paradise [Japanese bonus]

Disc II[deluxe edition bonus]
01. Heaven And Hell [Black Sabbath cover] [Live on The Master Of The Moon Tour 2004/2005]
02. Rainbow In The Dark [Live on The Master Of The Moon Tour 2004/2005]
03. Rock And Roll Children [Live on The Master Of The Moon Tour 2004/2005]
04. The Eyes [Live on The Master Of The Moon Tour 2004/2005]
05. Prisoner Of Paradise [Live on The Master Of The Moon Tour 2004/2005]

Staff review by
Jeff
Rating:
8.5
"Master Of The Moon" is the new album of our good old Ronnie. One time again, the Voice of Heavy Metal is back with a new release, and if the last one "Killing The Dragon" wasn't the best one of his long career, I must admit that "Master Of The Moon" is a good surprise. The good thing is that I have the feeling that for this one, Dio and his band mates, tried to do something maybe more in the spirit of their old albums. And this is a success, a lot of the tracks really sound Hard Rock, certainly more than the Epic and Fantasy songs that we heard before. Of course this spirit is always present in this new album, but for sure it's certainly more Rock "n" Roll?

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published 21.10.2004 | Comments (3)

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18.05.2010 - 02:26
Rating: 9
Ag Fox
Angel No More
Always intended to check this one out as Doc Godin always goes nuts about it, but somehow always put it off because I didn't really like Heaven And Hell [the band (just the music, nothing about the ozzy dio thing)] Can't believe I'm finally doing so when Dio's not with us any more. Great singer and album indeed
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19.05.2010 - 19:12
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
I've always held this album high in my affections. I think its a great (if flawed) album, and is a good swansong for Dio. Its patchy to be sure, but you could say that about the vast majority of Dio's albums. Songs like ''Shivers'', ''The Man Who Would Be King'', and ''One More For The Road'' though, are truly awesome, and are amongst the best songs Dio has ever done. The title track, ''I Am'', and ''Death By Love'' are also great songs, and I love them a lot! Definitely an overlooked album, and one of the Dio albums I listen to the most. RIP Ronnie, the master!
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14.04.2012 - 19:31
Cuca Beludo
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The Prisoner of Paradise is an awesome track. They should have included this one as part of the album in the whole world
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13.05.2012 - 11:42
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Guest on 14.04.2012 at 19:31

The Prisoner of Paradise is an awesome track. They should have included this one as part of the album in the whole world


Couldn't agree more, it's an amazing song! No way should it have been relegated to a bonus track...

It also perfect as the final track on the album, which should have been it's placement all along. I'm so glad I now have the album with that song on it, and it's prescence adds a full extra point to my rating.
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11.12.2012 - 01:52
Rating: 7
JÄY
Metal slave
Second half is much better, for me
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01.03.2013 - 19:08
Rating: 8
Aristarchos

His best album since the 80's, no doubt about that.
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02.05.2014 - 17:46
Rating: 7
musicalkaratekid

Although Dio intended to continue the "Magica" concept before his untimely death, "Master of the Moon" is still a good memory of his relevance within the metal genre. The album isn't his best, but it still delivers.
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23.11.2014 - 14:42
SebaBress

Being the last studio album before his death, we can say that Ronnie James Dio says goodbye with a great piece of music, with his powerful voice still shining as always and some great songwriting.

We are talking about Dio, the singing in this album has not weak point. The moment you see the cover of the disk you automatically immerse in the ominous and somehow cosmic ambiance of the songs.

All builds up to the powerful and fulfilling voice of the "Master Of Metal" himself. The farewell to one great musician, who leaved us with elegance and great power. Great album.
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23.11.2014 - 15:32
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by SebaBress on 23.11.2014 at 14:42

Being the last studio album before his death, we can say that Ronnie James Dio says goodbye with a great piece of music, ...




He still sings on The Devil You Know from Heaven And Hell from 2009. So, that one is the last studio album before his death
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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22.06.2016 - 03:18
Rating: 10
Ocean Sage

My favorite Dio album! Heavy and emotional! I highly recommend it! R.I.P. Dio
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11.07.2017 - 18:55
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Tage Westerlund
A bit industrial sounding, where song titles was promising to begin journey into fantasy as Elf and Rainbow, but then all was failure. I am sad about this one, last album from, legend and it is bad
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11.07.2017 - 19:14
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Bad English on 11.07.2017 at 18:55

I am sad about this one, last album from, legend and it is bad


Like I said a couple of posts before yours:
He still sings on The Devil You Know from Heaven And Hell from 2009. So, that one is the last album before his death.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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12.07.2017 - 09:11
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Tage Westerlund
Not solo carear where he can compose his own music, HnH was more less BS where other guys composed.
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20.01.2022 - 07:07
Rating: 8
majormalfunction

Another suprise.. love the production on this record, the guitar sound is brilliant, and the songs are overall memorable and have strong individual features to them. Looking solely at the vocal melodies and vocal performance this was Dios best since forever
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