Dio

Intermission

1986 · Heavy Metal · Vertigo

Taiwan · 830 078-1

Credits

Producer: Ronnie James Dio
Engineer: Angelo Arcuri, Brett Newman, Nick Basich, Steven Strassman, Guy Chabernau
Mastered by: Greg Fulginiti

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.