Angry Machines is the seventh studio album from the heavy metal band Dio. It was released in 1996 on Mayhem Records. It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice. Angry Machines was Dio's first effort away from Warner / Reprise, and it does find Ronnie James Dio looking for subtle ways to push into new territory. The lyrics mostly avoid Dio's familiar medieval-fantasy D&D obsessions, instead directing their attention to more real-world concerns (albeit with the same sense of drama). Similarly, there aren't many of the gothic neo-classicisms present on the band's best-known output; and while there are a few progressive sections, Angry Machines is more of a straightforward metal record, full of pounding rhythms and guitars along with plenty of wailing by Ronnie James Dio. The album sounds good while it's playing, but not enough of the riffs or melodies stick with the listener afterwards to judge it a complete return to form. Yet there are enough moments here to make it worth the time of Dio diehards.
Out of print in the U.S.! 10 tracks including "This Is Your Life" and "Institutional Man".
All lyrics and melodies by Ronnie James Dio.
Personnel:
Ronnie James Dio – Vocals Tracy G – Guitars (real name Tracy Grijalva) Jeff Pilson – Bass Vinny Appice – Drums Scott Warren – Keyboards
Recording Information:
Recorded and mixed at Total Access, Redondo Beach, California, USA Produced by Ronnie James Dio Engineered by Wyn Davis Second engineered by Darian Rundall and Eddie Ashworth Originally mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering Cover illustration by Paul Gregory at Studio 54
Track Listing:
1. Institutional Man (Dio, Tracy Grijalva, Vinny Appice) – 5:00 2. Don't Tell the Kids (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 4:13 3. Black (Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Jeff Pilson) – 3:06 4. Hunter of the Heart (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 4:06 5. Stay Out of My Mind (Dio, Pilson) – 6:57 6. Big Sister (Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson) – 5:27 7. Double Monday (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 2:50 8. Golden Rules (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 4:46 9. Dying in America (Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson) – 4:31 10. This is Your Life (Dio, Grijalva) – 3:18
Angry Machines (1996)
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Album Description:
Angry Machines is the seventh studio album from the heavy metal band Dio. It was released in 1996 on Mayhem Records. It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice. Angry Machines was Dio's first effort away from Warner / Reprise, and it does find Ronnie James Dio looking for subtle ways to push into new territory. The lyrics mostly avoid Dio's familiar medieval-fantasy D&D obsessions, instead directing their attention to more real-world concerns (albeit with the same sense of drama). Similarly, there aren't many of the gothic neo-classicisms present on the band's best-known output; and while there are a few progressive sections, Angry Machines is more of a straightforward metal record, full of pounding rhythms and guitars along with plenty of wailing by Ronnie James Dio. The album sounds good while it's playing, but not enough of the riffs or melodies stick with the listener afterwards to judge it a complete return to form. Yet there are enough moments here to make it worth the time of Dio diehards.
Out of print in the U.S.! 10 tracks including "This Is Your Life" and "Institutional Man".
All lyrics and melodies by Ronnie James Dio.
Personnel:
Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
Tracy G – Guitars (real name Tracy Grijalva)
Jeff Pilson – Bass
Vinny Appice – Drums
Scott Warren – Keyboards
Recording Information:
Recorded and mixed at Total Access, Redondo Beach, California, USA
Produced by Ronnie James Dio
Engineered by Wyn Davis
Second engineered by Darian Rundall and Eddie Ashworth
Originally mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering
Cover illustration by Paul Gregory at Studio 54
Track Listing:
1. Institutional Man (Dio, Tracy Grijalva, Vinny Appice) – 5:00
2. Don't Tell the Kids (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 4:13
3. Black (Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Jeff Pilson) – 3:06
4. Hunter of the Heart (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 4:06
5. Stay Out of My Mind (Dio, Pilson) – 6:57
6. Big Sister (Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson) – 5:27
7. Double Monday (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 2:50
8. Golden Rules (Dio, Grijalva, Appice) – 4:46
9. Dying in America (Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson) – 4:31
10. This is Your Life (Dio, Grijalva) – 3:18