BLACK NIGHT MEDITATIONS - Underground Metal Radio

Sunday, May 16th 2010 was the saddest day in Metal history. Truly a black sabbath. Ronnie James Dio was gone. There will never, ever be a greater loss. I've had many influences, people who've impacted my Metal life. None had more impact than Ronnie James Dio. I could attempt to explain how important Dio was to me, but I don't think I could accurately communicate what Dio has meant to my life over the years. His music and lyrics do that better than I could. So it was with a heavy heart that I dedicated a 5-hour Black Night Meditations to Ronnie just 2 days after he died. But I had to do it. For me, the fans, and Ronnie.

I programmed this tribute as a fan to honor a man (born here in Portsmouth) who always honored his fans. I spoke at length of my appreciation for Ronnie as a vocalist and a frontman. I also acknowledged his unparalleled affection for his fans. From Rainbow, to Sabbath, to Dio and Heaven & Hell, I offered my thoughts on Dio's amazing discography. I read on-air many comments emailed to BNM from Dio fans, which included members of Benedictum, Deceased, Faith Factor, and Heavy Artillery Records. 40 songs from Dio's career (Rainbow thru Heaven & Hell) were played including requests and many live bootlegs from tours throughout the years. I also spun a live Elf cover of 'War Pigs' and a Ronnie & The Prophets song.

I hope that listening to this tribute to Ronnie will have you banging your head, with a smile on your face and your horns held high. Long live Rock and Roll, and long live Ronnie James Dio!

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I will make this "brief"...no long drawn out explanations. If you don't see something on these lists, it doesn't mean it was ignored. I had to limit the lists.

Please post this on your blogs, socials, boards, etc. And email these to bands, labels, management, agents, promoters, band members' parents, lawyers, etc.

---My favorite albums for 2018 (alphabetical order, so many are missing)---

All My Sins - Pra Sila - Vukov Totem
Altars of Grief - This Shameful Burden (reissue)
Chevalier - Chapitre II
Depravity - Evil Upheaval
Dire Peril - The Extraterrestrial Compendium
Grave Upheaval - untitled
Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Monstrosity - The Passage of Existence
Moonspell - Lisboa Under the Spell (Live)
Nervosa - Downfall of Mankind
Overkill - Live in Overhausen
Speedclaw - Beast in the Mist
Superstition - Surging Throng of Evil's Might - EP
Unleashed - The Hunt For White Christ
Vargrav - Netherstorm

---My favorite songs of the year (alphabetical order, so many are missing)---

All My Sins - Zov iz Magle
Back to Eden - Temptation
Cauldron - Letting Go
Cauldron - No Longer
Chevalier - The Messenger
Dire Peril - Planet Preservation
Freeways - Drag City
Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Lizzy Borden - A Stranger to Love
Lizzy Borden - Obsessed with You
Matterhorn - I Am Become Death
Monstrosity - Cosmic Pandemia
Nervosa - Horrordome
Primordial - To Hell or the Hangman
Rocka Rollas - Riding Wild
Sacral Rage - Vaguely Decoded
The Night Flight Orchestra - This Time
The Night Flight Orchestra - The Last of the Independent Romantics
Third Storm - As the Stars Watched the Birth of Eternity
Unleashed - The City of Jorsala Shall Fall

---Labels I really like (and so should you)---

Blood Harvest
Dark Descent
Fighter
Gates of Hell
Heavy Chains
Helldprod
Hells Headbangers
HPGD
Hypnotic Dirge
I, Voidhanger
Inner Wound
Iron Bonehead
Nordvis
Nuclear War Now!
Punishment 18
Pure Steel
Rapid Fire
Rock Of Angels
Roxx
Scarlet
Sentient Ruin
Shadow Kingdom
Transcending Obscurity
W.T.C.
XenoKorp

---The top 5 most played albums for 2018---

#1 Lizzy Borden - My Midnight Things
#2 The Night Flight Orchestra - Sometimes the World Ain't Enough
#3 Judas Priest - Firepower
#4 Cauldron - New Gods
#5 Saxon - Thunderbolt

---...and the rest of the top 50 most played albums (alphabetical order)---

Airborn - Lizard Secrets
All My Sins - Pra Sila Vukov Totem
Altars of Grief - This Shameful Burden (reissue)
Amorphis - Queen of Time
Anvil - Pounding the Pavement
Back to Eden - Blackened Heart - EP
Black Trip - Black Trip
Brainstorm - Midnight Ghost
Chevalier - Chapitre II
Dee Snider - For the Love of Metal
Deicide - Overtures of Blasphemy
Depravity - Evil Upheaval
Dire Peril - The Extraterrestrial Compendium
Grave Digger - The Living Dead
Grave Upheaval - untitled
Haunt - Burst Into Flame
Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Krisiun - Scourge of the Enthroned
Lords of the Trident - Shadows from the Past
Lion - Dangerous Attraction (30th Anniversary)
Mass - When 2 Worlds Collide
Matterhorn - Crimes of Man
Metal Church - Damned If You Do
Monstrosity - The Passage of Existence
Nervosa - Downfall of Mankind
Overkill - Live in Overhausen
Primal Fear - Apocalypse
Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins
Rocka Rollas - Celtic Kings
Salems Lott - Mask of Morality
Snew - You've Got Some Nerve
Speedclaw - Beast in the Mist
Stephen Pearcy - View to a Thrill
Superstition - Surging Throng of Evil's Might - EP
Third Storm - The Grand Manifestation
U.D.O. - Steelfactory
Unleashed -The Hunt For White Christ
Victorius - Dinosaur Warfare - Legend of the Power Saurus - EP
White Wizzard- Infernal Overdrive
Witch King- Voice of the Ossuary

---And how about the 25 most played songs (in order, *the top 3 are tied)...---

Back to Eden - Temptation*
Cauldron -Letting Go*
The Night Flight Orchestra -This Time*
Judas Priest - Firepower
Lizzy Borden -Long May They Haunt Us
Lizzy Borden - The Scar Across My Heart
Mass - Revenge for the Maiden
Matterhorn -I Am Become Death
Speedclaw - Faster than Hell
Cauldron - No Longer
Chevalier -The Messenger
Crashdiet - We Are the Legion
Dire Peril - Planet Preservation
Lizzy Borden - A Stranger to Love
Lizzy Borden - My Midnight Things
Lords of the Trident - Tormentor
Lords of the Trident - Zero Hour
Nervosa - Vultures
Salems Lott - When Heaven Comes Down
Salems Lott - You Can't Hide from the Beast Inside
Saxon - Thunderbolt
Superstition - Outer Mutation
Witchfyre - The Guardian of the Dead
Airborn - Defenders of Planet Earth
All My Sins - Zov iz Magle

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