Dream Evil

Often overlooked, Dream Evil is an album that continues many of Dio's strengths as an artist. His voice is still incredible for this kind of music. The riffs are still energetic. The music is still a lot of fun - it even sees him returning to ballads with All the Fools Sailed Away, one of his stronger tracks. Where it does lag behind the other 80s albums is lacking a big standout track (even the ballad, as great as it is), overrelying on chorus repeats, and the songs sounding a bit too ... read more

It is gradually getting more and more difficult for me to write reviews for music that isn't either: exceptionally great or exceptionally bad. The creative downfall ain't pretty, I'll tell you that much.

Dio's (probably) final great solo project, like every other album before it, shows some phenomenal vocals especially on 'All the fools sailed away' where Dio's incredible range, beauty and power got put to the test; a test that he aced with flying colors. The ... read more

Magnificent

jjba #2
this reminds me of the band europe specifically the finale countdown or some good old journey
i’ve been anticipating this for a minutes mostly cause of the genres. he has quite the strong voice however there’s not much about this album that really stands out. surely the songs are good matter of fact a few bangers but it felt like the same song over and over again at some point. the way he says “night people” and “dream evil” in both songs is quite ... read more