Magica - Dio

A great comeback album for the new millennium, 'Magica' is the strongest and most compelling Dio release since his golden age in the early eighties, abandoning the social themes of his nineties work but retaining its heaviness and gloom, creating a fusion of Dio old and older that isn't exactly original, but certainly goes above and beyond what was expected of the legendary heavy metal midget this late in his seemingly endless career. Going all-out with a science fiction/fantasy concept, this runs the risk of being almost too Dio, even for Dio, and although it doesn't hold the same ratio of classics as early albums like 'Holy Diver' and 'The Last in Line,' it's still the ...  Read the complete review