Hyllningsplattan till legenden DIO betitlad ”Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life” släpps den 1 april i år. Men ni kan redan nu lyssna på METALLICA’s hyllningslåt.
METALLICA’s hyllningslåt är ett nio minuter långt medley bestående av låtar från DIO’s karriär i bandet RAINBOW. Låtarna vi hör i medleyt är ”A Light In the Black”, ”Tarot Woman”, ”Stargazer” och ”Kill The King”. Ni kan lyssna på medleyt i spelaren nedan.
I en intervju med tidskriften Rolling Stone har Lars Ulrich uttalat sig om att DIO’s musik finns i METALLCA’s DNA:
“[Dio’s] music is so much a part of what’s in Metallica’s DNA, the harder, edgier, blues-based hard rock from the Seventies,” he says. “It was fairly effortless to put this together, because it’s something that we were all reared on. I don’t recall sitting there in a band meeting or anything deciding what to play. Somebody starts playing ‘Stargazer’ – which is sort of just like something that’s in our arsenal to jam – and then that whole period there, ‘Tarot Woman,’ ‘Kill the King,’ ‘A Light in the Black ‘ – that’s just really effortless to jump into.”
Albumets vinst kommer oavkortat att gå till cancerfonden Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.
Komplett låtlista till ”Ronnie James Dio:This Is Your Life”:
01. “Neon Knights” – ANTHRAX
02. “The Last In Line” – TENACIOUS D
03. “The Mob Rules” – ADRENALINE MOB
04. “Rainbow In The Dark” – Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Satchel, Christian Martucci, Jason Christopher
05. “Straight Through The Heart” – HALESTORM
06. “Starstruck” – MOTÖRHEAD with Biff Byford
07. “Temple Of The King” – SCORPIONS
08. “Egypt (The Chains Are On)” – DORO
09. “Holy Diver” – KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
10. “Catch The Rainbow” – Glenn Hughes, Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren
11. “I” – Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy
12. “Man On The Silver Mountain” – Rob Halford, Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren
13. “Ronnie Rising Medley” (featuring “A Light In The Black”, “Tarot Woman”, “Stargazer”, “Kill The King”) – METALLICA 14. “This Is Your Life” – DIO
15. “Heaven And Hell” – STRYPER (Japanese bonus track)
16. “Stand Up And Shout” – DIO DISCIPLES (Japanese bonus track)