MAGIC CIRCLE ALL STAR BAND - Long Live Rock'n Rollġ0. HOLYHELL - Holy Diver (Live In Norway)Ġ4. "Magic - A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio" track listing:Ġ2. The album will also be available at the merchandise booth of all upcoming MANOWAR live appearances, starting at the Sonisphere festival in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 23. As you might have heard, the veteran metal act Manowar and their company, Magic Circle Music, will soon release a CD tribute album to the late Ronnie James Dio. and Canada on July 20 and further international territories in the forthcoming weeks. "Magic - A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio" will be released on Magic Circle Music's online store Kingdom of Steel on June 18, in Germany on July 16, in the U.S. It is not only their privilege, but also their duty, to honor Ronnie by singing his praises while singing his songs. "Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio" is from the hearts of these musicians. In tribute to Dio's legacy, famous fantasy painter and illustrator Ken Kelly, the man behind many of heavy metal's most classic album covers (including some by MANOWAR) has reworked his iconic RAINBOW "Rising" artwork for "Magic". The album is rounded out by several tenacious, up-and-coming bands, such as female-fronted HOLYHELL, featuring the voice of Maria Breon (called by many "the female Dio") as well as METALFORCE, AWAKEN and CROSSWIND, all of whom embrace Dio's legacy in their own inspired interpretations of his songs on "Magic". JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR and the MAGIC CIRCLE ALL STAR BAND (with Shmoulik Avigal and Joe Stump) contribute the classics "Catch The Rainbow" and "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll". MANOWAR contributes a powerful rendition of the BLACK SABBATH song "Heaven And Hell". "I had the privilege of being his friend and, along with other friends and admirers, we wish to honor him." "Heavy metal has lost a great artist and a true gentleman," says MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio. "Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio" is especially poignant because Dio hails from the same fertile upstate New York soil as MANOWAR. MANOWAR and Magic Circle Entertainment recently announced that they decided to honor one of metal's greatest legends with "Magic - A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio", a new CD featuring Magic Circle Music artists and friends performing some of Dio's most inspired work. "I am NOT a part of this Magic Circle tribute album, and will ONLY be a part of any tribute to Ronnie that is sanctioned by Niji Entertainment Group and Wendy Dio." The song was co-written by myself and John West eight years ago. "The song is called 'Far Beyond' and was a cut on the FEINSTEIN 'Third Wish' album, released by Magic Circle Music ( SPV) in 2004. It also states that I specifically wrote this song for Ronnie. "I just found out that Magic Circle Music stated on their site that I was contributing a song to their proposed tribute album to Dio. THE RODS frontman/ex- ELF guitarist David "Rock" Feinstein, who is also a cousin of the legendary singer Ronnie James Dio ( DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL),has released the following statement:
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