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“Live At Radio City Music Hall” [Blu-ray] by Heaven & Hell

Artist: Heaven & Hell
Title: “Live At Radio City Music Hall” [Blu-ray]
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Release Date: 5/13/2011
Genre: Heavy Metal
Rating: 5/5

Sigh. It’s really the only way that I can start a revisit to this amazing concert film which is now not only available on Blu-ray format but also now comes care of Eagle Vision (the video aspect of Eagle Rock Entertainment). The original release came out in 2007 on Rhino Entertainment and was a blockbuster based on its capture of a reunited “Black Sabbath Mark II” lineup that now was touring under the moniker of Heaven And Hell. When Ronnie James Dio passed away in May of 2010 the Metal Realm was shattered by the news and as with all personalities of note, such an event would find both final and unreleased material being delivered to the fans in order to help them remember the joy and happiness the person lost had given them. “Live At Radio City 2007” was not released on Blu-ray format until the Eagle Vision release and since my thoughts about this amazing show have never changed I am re-presenting them for you below. I will then talk a little bit about the differences between this release and the standard edition DVD.
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“Live At Radio City Music Hall” [DVD] by Heaven & Hell

Artist: Heaven & Hell
Title: “Live At Radio City Music Hall”
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Release Date: 8/28/2007
Genre: Heavy Metal
Rating: 5/5

The reunion of the original Black Sabbath members at Ozzfest several years ago was nothing less than historic and of course led to a reunion tour and numerous festival appearances on its own. After it had completed there were many voices in the Metal community speaking aloud and wondering about that other important chapter in the bands history which was the post-Ozzy Mark II lineup referred to as “The Dio Years”. Answers would come in 2005 as those members of Black Sabbath Mark II reunited for a compilation entitled “Black Sabbath The Dio Years” and not only did the release present to us the cream of the crop from their albums together, but it also delivered three new songs that showed the Metal world that a fire was still burning in this particular creative furnace. Fortunately the special nature of the compilation led to a very limited touring run and the band would rename itself “Heaven And Hell” for the course of these shows. It was an obvious homage to the first Sabbath material with Dio on the microphone and to many was a much better idea than calling themselves Black Sabbath. One of the gigs that was done during this brief tour is presented in full on this DVD as the band took over the hallowed Radio City Music Hall and performed a stunning concert for over 8,000 people. The tickets for this event sold out within the hour and if you were a Metal fan and somehow sadly missed the boat on the actual gig, this film does its best to bring you into the venue for a closeup look at how it went down. I am proud to inform you all that I was one of the number inside Radio City and stood glued to my spot as I witnessed Heavy Metal history taking place as they performed together in this configuration for the first time in more than fifteen years.
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