DIO - Angry Machines

Anybody else here dig Angry Machines?



I know it's kinda the red headed stepchild of the DIO catalogue, but I like it alot.

It's dark, but also has energy where it needs it. It has alot of the same elements of Black Sabbath's Dehumanizer, I think. If BS's Dehumanizer had a little more of this energy, I think it would have been better. As it is, it's a little brooding , IMO.

Anyhoo, your feelings for Tracy G aside, what do you think of Angry Machines?

How can you beat a rhythm section of Vinny Appice and Jeff Pilson?? Wow.

Angry machines is a good one, but not my fav by dio.

i liked Angry Machines as well as Strange Highways, they are both terribly underrated.

Tracy G may not have been the most perfect fit with Dio, but it's not as though he made the band unlistenable. not sure why so many people have a problem with him.

Of the 2 Tracy G. albums, I like SH better...but this one is still good, IMO. Raw & Sabbath-y..."Institutional Man" is a very good song...

mc666 wrote:

i liked Angry Machines as well as Strange Highways, they are both terribly underrated.

Tracy G may not have been the most perfect fit with Dio, but it's not as though he made the band unlistenable. not sure why so many people have a problem with him.

I think that was your reason right there. He just didn't seem to be the right fit for Dio.

I don't think there is a bad Dio album, but the Tracy G albums would be at the bottom of my favorites list. Still, both are better than Lock Up the Wolves. I guess a bad Dio album is still better than a lot of other bands best albums.

Didn't care for this one at all, and I really really tried. This and the INFERNO: LIVE IN LINE 2-CD (recorded on the ANGRY MACHINES tour) are the only Dio albums I've willingly traded away.

SH is my favorite of them too.

Your avatar's hot Spectrafate.

So is your mom, stick to the topic.

hehehehehe. I'll try. This album uh u uh uh is uh ok.

Was just listening to Inferno : Live In Line not long ago and it actually caused me to go back to Angry Machines again. I had always thought it was just a good record that I never ended up playing as much as the others. But having re-visited it; my opinion on it has gone up a lot. Much more frequently played now than it ever was before.

I didn't care much for this album. I loved Strange Highways. I thought SH was terribly underrated.

Always liked the cover art on Angry Machines.

Saw DIo on this tour, and had the privilage to meet him after the show. The album is OK, but I prefer Strange Highways....

The only Dio I don't have, I don't remenber liking it much, I'll have to give it another day in court. I still don't care much for Lock up the Wolves, it just never grew on me. As far as Dehumanizer being "brooding", well, that's what makes it Sabbath!

This is one of the only non-classic Dio albums I haven't heard (for some reason never really crossed my mind to pick it up) so I can't comment. I did like Strange Highways (but again, I also liked Lock Up The Wolves).

Spun this CD this morning and I think I take back my comments about it being a mediocre CD. I actually quite like it. I still think Tracy G may have been the wrong man for the job, but he does give this CD a dark, heavy sound. I think Dio needs a shredder as well, which Tracy G isn't. I'm going to re-write my review of this CD.

Jeff PIlson plays bass on this one, it was a so so listen for me-TJ

Very mediocre album not doing any good standing by Dio's name.