holy diver is the best, literally every song in this legendary album was amazing\m/

Top 4 for me: 1. Holydiver 2. The last in line 3. Sacred heart 4. Dream evil

Before I even watch this I just want to say that to me Dio has no bad albums. I can listen to every album and not be disappointed, thats also including his Rainbow albums, Black Sabbath albums, and ELF. That's why he remains my number 1 metal singer and band of all time.

As a new metal fan,I’m very grateful for these videos thank you

Strange Highways, I love how heavy it is. I think Tracy G guitar tone (on this album) kick ass, the robot kind effects are crazy. Also Vinny presence it's another thing that make this album my favorite. "Evilution" and "Pain" are great songs.

For me, Magica is at least top 3 of Dio albums, such a shame that we never got the sequels that Ronnie wanted to do

Best metal singer of all times , the god of metal himself , RIP.

"Last in line" is the very best album of Dio, no doubt. Let me tell you "We rock" is very hard to sing the way Dio does. This song also contains one of the most iconic chorus melody lines in metal/Heavy rock ever released.

10. Angry Machines 9. Master of the Moon 8. Magica 7. Killing the Dragon 6. Strange Highways 5. Sacred Heart 4. Lock Up the Wolves 3. Dream Evil 2. The Last in Line 1. Holy Diver

Angry machines and Strange Highways were way ahead of their time. 10 years later they would have been killers! Love the records with Appice, the drumming is so good! All Dio albums are so good!

Holy Diver and The Last in Line are my favorites, True Classics! 🤘🤘

You're doing good in this world keeping Ronnie's memory alive 🤘🏻🤘🏻 He would be proud!!

I was fortunate enough to work a show for him on the Magica tour. Ronnie was a total class act, really cool guy. My Dio crew shirt is something I treasure.

Personally Strange highways in my opinion is one of Dio's best solo albums, its one of angriest anyway. 🤘😤🤘

Great list, you've done it again! It's nice seeing Dream Evil toward the top. I never got to see Dio's solo band play live, but I did get to see him twice with Vinny, Tony and Geezer. The world is a better place because of Dio.

Strange Highways!!! Awesome album, the sound, the riffs, everything. And most of all: Dio´s performance. He was on fire!!!! in my opinion Strange Highways should be, at least, in the Top 3. Ruthless Metal: great job man, excellent video!

1 - Strange Highways 2 - Holy Diver 3 - The Last In Line 4 - Dream Evil 5 - Lock Up The Wolves 6 - Killing The Dragon 7 - Master Of The Moon 8 - Angry Machines 9 - Sacred Heart 10 - Magica

Saw DIO on the Angry Machines tour and it was a pretty sparse crowd, and alot of the crowd left after Motorhead, but Dio sang and performed like he was in front of 80,000 people. It was really awesome! I will treasure those memories forever.

Great ranking list man! And my list would probably be pretty close to yours. Only difference is that Last In Line and Holy Diver would both be in my #1 spot for Dio's albums. They are both phenomenal masterpieces and deserve to be my favorites from him. And believe it or not. It is rare that I would put 2 albums in the same spot. But there is no taking them apart for me. I got to see Dio once in 2003 with Motorhead and Iron Maiden and again with Heaven & Hell, Machine Head and Megadeth in 2007. Both shows were awesome and as well as the other bands at those shows!

I've been waiting this for this one since the Rainbow Rank'em All! You never fail to deliver, cheers from São Paulo!

Not a huge Dio Solo or Dio Sabbath fan. I honestly thought his best work was in Rainbow. However, my fav Dio solo album is Lock up the Wolves from 1990

The Last in Line is my favorite album in the discography too man!

Dio has one of the most solid bodies of work of any singer in any genre. Also, have you done Riot or Accept yet?

Nice!! Because of this video I just spent the last three hours revisiting every Dio album. Not by song either. All albums in their entirety. Many hours left and I'm looking forward to all of em. Great video man.

I have to love his first 3 albums as I knew Vivian Campbell from back here in Northern Ireland 🤘🤘

The most talented singer to set foot in this earth! Nice to see some love to Dream Evil. Though your top 2 are untoutchable, I allways thought Dream Evil was really close eheh Great video, cheers!

That guitar solo from the song Last in Line is legendary! Vivian Campbell 🔥🤘🔥

im loving Rank Em All. Thank u for making these!

I've only listened to the first three, but Last in Line is definitely my favorite

Last In Line is the first metal album I ever bought, and one of my favorite metal albums. I don't remember any filler. One of the bigger shocks of my teenage years was hearing "Hungry For Heaven" coming out of my aunt's headphones. She was listening to whatever movie's soundtrack that was part of.

And you forgot to mention the albums cover artworks that were absolutely amazing, very D&D inpired and a true match to the greatness of his music

Ronnie James Dio is the greatest singer in metal. Holy Diver, Last in Line and Sacred Heart are some of my favorite Dio albums. To many to list.

You’re right in that even his weaker albums have some great stuff. The Angry Machines songs on Inferno: Last in Live are better than the studio versions. Strange Highways took awhile to grow on me but I love it now.

Strange Highways to me is the true follow up to Dehumanizer and is #5 in my ranking of Dio

I also prefer Last in Line over Holy Diver, maybe cos Holy Diver gets so much love while L.I.L. often gets overshadowed by H.D. But I'd bump Killing the Dragon & Master of the Moon into my top 5. They also happen to have the best album covers in my opinion, I mean just look at them, they are so metal that Manowar should blush ;) ...Speaking of which, you should absolutely do a Manowar list soon \m/

Love Dream Evil, Holy Diver, and Last in line

Good list! Can't argue with the rankings although there will be many who will rank Holy Diver over Last In Line. I agree Dream Evil was criminally overlooked at the time but by 1987 Dio was sadly seen as too 'old school' and the kids wanted new fresher, faster and heavier stuff to namecheck to their mates.

Glad to see this ranking. Another great video!

Finally, another one putting The Last In Line on top! That one is my favorite too!

Is always difficult to talk about Dio. For me, along with rob halford, he is the god of singing in metal. And i don’t put it to the past because he still is, even after years of his death. I cannot say that i disagree with the list, but probably my favorite album is dream evil. As you say, it has some dark heavy metal songs like “night people”, but also incredible heavy ballads like “all the fools sail away”, “naked in the rain”, etc. Dio sings with energy and passion like i never see before, give me chills every time i heard the songs. It’s one of the albuns of my life.

1 - The Last In Line 2 - Holy Diver 3 - Sacred Heart

Here's my list, more or less, as most titles might shift a bit depending on the day for me. 01 Holy Diver 02 The Last In Line 03 Magica 04 Dream Evil 05 Sacred Heart 06 Lock Up The Wolves 07 Master Of The Moon 08 Strange Highways 09 Killing The Dragon 10 Angry Machines

1. The Last In Line (1984) 2. Holy Diver (1983) 3. Strange Highways (1993) 4. Angry Machines (1996) 5. Master of the Moon (2004) 6. Lock Up The Wolves (1990) 7. Dream Evil (1987) 8. Sacred Heart (1985) 9. Killing The Dragon (2002) 10. Magica (2000)

Greatest metal singer of all time! Also one of the greatest bands ever. Rainbow is fantastic too. These are some great ranking lists. Just out of curiosity, would ever do a ranking of the Blue Öyster Cult albums?

I saw Dio live for Master of the Moon. He seems very nice and cool. I got Magica but I'm more partial to his first 5 albums. But that's me.

Thank you for your dedicated work, sire. I know I am late to the party, but I´d like to throw my two cents in. First, there is no such thing as a bad Dio album - I prefer the terminus "slightly not as marvelous" for some of them. Second, Dream Evil does rarely get the love it deserves, so I am glad that it emerges on #3. I saw Dio first time on the ill-fated European leg of the DE tour, and this turned me to a 100% fan. Third, your ranking is pretty solid, I´d only put Strange Highways some steps up, Magica and Killing the Dragon down. And I am sorry for Angry Machines... so it´s not the worst album by RJD, he just recorded nine better ones. Cheers, and Up the Horns.

Okay, you definitely surprised me with your list. Of course, most of us would put "Holy Diver" as number 1 (I do) but we all have our own tastes and it shows how diverse metal fans are. Great list!

Angry Machines actually has a couple of good songs on it. Listen to the song "Dy ing in America" it has a very catchy heavy main riff. Also the song "Don't tell the kids" has some thrash metal elements. The rest of the album was forgettable.

Great list Ruthless! Nearly the same as I had in my mind. 1. Holy Diver (though Last in Line is about equal) 2. Last in Line 3. Dream Evil 4. Sacred Heart 5. Magica 6. Lock up the Wolves 7. Killing the Dragon 8. Master of the Moon 9. Strange Highways 10. Angry Machines Btw give us a Manowar list!

I agree with your top 5 100%. I really enjoyed Master of the Moon, too

Totally agree with this ranking, tho my favourite between Holy Diver and Last In Line changes every week lol.. The best Rock /Metal ever, still sorely missed today! 💔🤘

How did I miss this video?You may be the most accurate metal historian on YT.Great channel(and you mentioned ELF🙂)🤘

Hell yeah, the first band you ranked that I actually listen to

Best singer of alltime period. Damn this is a Hard list to make 1 Holy Diver 2 Last In Line 3 Dream Evil 4 Sacred Heart 5 Strange Highways 6 Magica 7 Killing The Dragon 8 Angry Machines 9 Lock Up The Wolves 10 Master Of The Moon

Impressed how close your picks are compared to mine,we might flip a couple ,but pretty much agree with your list,cool

I noticed you reply to every comment even the recent ones, so before the actual comment, just wanted to say that's really cool of you. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I got into metal somewhat recently and your Rank 'Em All series has been helping me discover bands and their albuns. I can sort of tell which albuns I will enjoy based on your short but eficient descriptions, so this series sort of makes my metal experience much better. I will definitely be checking out some Dio albuns now. Thanks for making Rank 'Em All and keep up the good work! \m/

All the fools sailed away is in my opinion, the finest vocal RJD ever put to tape.

Usually when someone mentions a metal band's keyboardist, that alone is a bad sign. But not with Ronnie James Dio! He could have a xylophone player in his band and still rock hard!

Thanks for ranking Dio man🤘😊🎸

Love these ranked lists😎🤘🤘 Great stuff!! Perhaps do W.A.'S. P. , Grand Magu's, Enforcer next

Me personally, I would've bumped up Killing the Dragon and Magica up to 3 and 4 and dropped Dream Evil to 5th. Also I have to disagree with the statement about Dio being at their low point during Killing the Dragon. Although Dio never regained it's popularity from the early 80's, they were in the middle of a resurgence that was started with the previous album Magica. They were playing larger venues at this time and were frequent guest performers on Maiden tours.

I totally agree with your review of Dio albums, yes some of the lyrics were a bit suspect but what a voice. I met him in Maida Vale In London back in 1998 and he was a total gentleman. RIP Ronnie James Dio.

DIO IS DIO!Fantastic singer!metal POWER! DIO FOREVER!🤟

Sepultura next maybe? I've been wanting to see that ranking since the first rank 'em all

Long live rock and roll and Ronnie James Dio 🍺🍺🍺🤘🤘🤘

Great video! DIO is my all time favourite singer. My ranking is: Holy Diver The Last in Line Dream Evil Lock Up The Wolves Magica Sacred Heart Master of the Moon Killing The Dragon Angry Machines Strange Highways

A very hard ranking. Great job doing that, I can't imagine the difficulty. I completely agree with the top 5. Those are solid albums. The rest is hard to rank. If I could lump them all in #6 position then that's where they would stay. Keep doing the great work.

Holy diver is my personal favorite but that's just my opinion. Keep up the good work my man!

I might be in the minority, but I always loved Magica more than most Dio albums. I would put it in my top 3 behind The Last In Line and Holy Diver. I probably listen to the song Turn To Stone more than any other Dio track.

I really enjoy those rankings (Congrats again!) but normally we are sure about the very first positions hahahaha Cheers!

Excellent ranking! Last in Line has always been my favorite DIO album. I also think that Strange Highways is a hidden gem of the discography.

it's been almost 11 years since Ronnie passed away. never forgotten. for me I'll start with the worst Magica I never liked the concept angry machines I agree it wasn't that great either master of the moon it was heavy but the songs weren't interesting for me strange highways with Jeff pilson kinda disappointed lock up the wolves it was heavy with yhe new guitarist he got Dream evil is awesome sacred heart Vivian Campbell's last album with dio Last in line rivals Holy Diver in my opinion but I feel it came out too soon after Holy diver 1 Holy diver will always be his masterpiece. I didn't mention killing the dragon because I haven't listened to it. yet

Excellent ranking video my friend! I have to say I agree with this one. 🤘🏻

Yes Finally!!! 🔥🔥🤘🔥🔥

I still love all these albums, but gun to my head ranking: 1. Master of the Moon 2. Holy Diver 3. Sacred Heart 4. Strange Highways 5. Last in Line 6. Killing the Dragon 7. Dream Evil 8. Lock up the Wolves 9. Angry Machines 10. Magica

Holy Diver vs Last In Line its a very hard battle with a many many victims in the arena!! Anyway...2 metal eternal MASTERPIECES!!!

Great! Thank you!

Now that I've seen you're list, good choices can't do no wrong with Dios discography. My rankings 1. Master of the Moon 2. Holy Diver 3. Last in Line 4. Strange Highways 5. Dream Evil 6. Killing the Dragon 7. Sacred Heart 8. Angry Machines 9. Lock up the Wolves 10. Magica

What a fantastic discography, I personally don't think there are any bad Dio albums. Here's my personal ranking: 1. Dream Evil 2. The Last in Line 3. Holy Diver 4. Strange Highways 5. Sacred Heart 6. Magica 7. Lock Up the Wolves 8. Killing the Dragon 9. Master of the Moon 10. Angry Machines

My favorite Dio album has always been The Last in Line. The first 4 albums are amazing. Love the Dream Evil album cover.

Ruthless Metal Ranking Machine!! You're on fire!!! 3 in a row ?! You rule!! I just love to dig in the discographies of bands I only knew from their 2-3 first albums... Nuclear assault, Exciter... I simply played your suggestions from each album and discovered great, and not so great moments from each bands you ranked; some albums I had neglected over the years and some I simply forgot... Now, I'm hoping you consider the german band "Rage" classic enough to rank them... and what about W.A.S.P? To me they're more "metal" than "hard rock"; whadaya think?

*SOUNDED LIKE A MODERNIZED AC/DC RIFF AT THE END THERE!*

it would be much more interesting to see you rank all the albums of his career. his solo ranking is fairly obvious to me. good work as always!

Lock up the wolves Is my favorite Dio album . I think it's his most bluesy album and it was cool seeing a young Rowan Robertson up there just a couple years older then me tearing it up .

You are absolutely correct, sir. But I usually consider LiL & HD to be two parts of the same album.

I'd love as ranking including his Rainbow, Sabbath and Elf output as well.

Love Dio, Love the channel

1. Holy Diver- I love the Joe Barresi remix. 2. Dream Evil- Side one is full of bangers. 3. The Last in Line- This one and Dream Evil are close. I love Egypt and the title track. 4. Strange Highways- I've been revisiting this album lately. It's moved up my rankings. 5. Angry Machines- This albums gets so much hate, but I love songs like Stay Out of My Mind, This is Your Life, and Institutional Man. Vinny Appice is on fire on this album. 6. Sacred Heart- It's not a coincidence that my top six is composed of albums with Appice. Simon Wrights simily isn't as good. I don't like every song here, but there are some bangers, like Rock and Roll Children, Like the Beat of a Heart, and the title track. 7. Killing the Dragon I sometimes put this one ahead of Sacred Heart. They're close to me. I think Doug Aldrich does a great job. Some people say he didn't fit. I disagree. 8. Magica- I enjoy most of this album, but there is not a song that can match the classics. 9. Lock Up the Wolves- Evil on Queen Street is my least favorite Dio song. 10. Master of the Moon- Even though I have my issues with Lock Up the Wolves, it has it's moments. One for the Road is the only song here that I enjoy.

Killing the dragon was my first Dio solo album after getting Black Sabbath Heaven and hell. I still love it and the evil or divine dvd that came out in that time. Very upbeat and good songs. Glad to see it and lock up the wolves get some love here. I would actually move strange highways up the list and sacred heart down the list otherwise.

Dio is the best singer ever, not just of metal, but all popular music. There will never be another one like him.

I really liked this dude, you should do the rainbow albums and dio sabbath albums Edit: I just saw you already did those lol

This was cool. Thanks. Only saw Dio once; New Year's Eve in December of 1985. TKO, and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force were the opening acts. Felt sorry for the keyboardist. We were to the left of the stage; great seats, but we were also able to see behind the curtain. The keygoardist, Claude Schnell (?), performed his heart out, but almost no one saw him. I'd seen Deep Purple earlier that year, and it was so different to see how revered Jon Lord was, while Schnell was almost a liability.

Dio and Lemmy seriously no joke we're 2 people that I really looked up to growing up. They were good dudes badass musicians and both left us with alot of great fuckin music I'm grateful they are not replaceable

I was at the Sacred Heart show. Rough Cutt opened. Fantastic concert.

Actually very interesting to see a ranking so different from mine: 1. Lock up the Wolves 2. Holy Diver 3. Strange Highways 4. Master of the Moon 5. Last in Line 6. Dream Evil 7. Magica 8. Sacred Heart 9. Angry Machines 10. Killing the Dragon

I believe I saw Rough Cut open for Dio, seems like it was between '84 and '86. Even when I didn't buy his new album, I always went to see Dio in concert, even when he was playing smaller places. Even saw him at a club in Baltimore called Hammerjacks. I know the exact date because it was the day that OJ went on the white Bronco chase, all the TVs in the club were playing it and Ronnie came on late because he couldn't stop watching it unfold.

My favorite band and I do agree Last In Line is the best Dio album great list \m/

The run of albums from Rainbow Rising thru The Last In Line, with 3 different bands has not been matched, and probably never will.

Another great list. Keep it up, man!

I prefer to divide Dio albums on eras Hard Rock Era(1976 - 1980): Heaven and Hell - Catch the Rainbow - Rising Heavy Metal Era(1981 - 1990): Holy Diver - The Last in Line - Mob Rules - Dream Evil - Lock Up The Wolves - Sacred Heart Doom-Heavy Metal Era(1992 - 2009): Magica - Dehumanizer - Strange Highways - The Devil You Know - Master of The Moon - Killing the Dragon - Angry Machines