Holy Diver
by Dio
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Holy Diver is ranked as the best album by Dio.
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Holy Diver track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Hyggevinyl | 4,223 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 00:36 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 18:55 | Devilwoac | 627 | 96/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 06:53 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 17:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,416 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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VictorVale 05/28/2023 12:52 | #297270
Clássico indispensável do Heavy Metal.
Not bad heavy metal record, I just don't think that this is as strong as greatest Dio's work with Sabbath or Rainbow.
In the top 3 of all he's done. By far the best of his solo albums. On par with the mighty 'Rainbow Rising'. Only surpassed by the ultimate 'Heaven & Hell'. A trifecta like that makes him one of the greatest vocalists ever.
The best work of the greatest Heavy Metal singer of all time. Dio established the sound of Hard Rock of the 80´s.
Highlights: Shame On The Night, Caught in The Middle, Holy Diver and Rainbow In The Dark.
The not so good one: Invisible.
An excellent metal album which I have gotten into more with repeated listens. 'Holy Diver' and 'Don't Talk to Strangers' are awesome metal tracks, in fact the latter is one of my all time favourite metal tracks. A very underrated metal classic.
Goliath 04/21/2018 11:27 | #213334
After the amazing work from Dio with Rainbow and Sabbath, this falls flat for me. Rainbow In The Dark and the title track are OK.
Bi11LL26Y 04/09/2018 13:03 | #212571
Decent album. Would be a good music to do something along with it, like video games or chores around the house. I will probably never just sit down and actually LISTEN to it again. Just good background music.
Fischman 01/20/2017 15:33 | #183505
Dio's first solo album was his best solo album. Hated to see him leave Sabbath, but this is a nice consolation prize. Bona fide classics with the title cut, Caught in the Middle, and Rainbow in the Dark.
A Great album from beginning to end from what I've heard from Dio so far I've not been disappointed although this is the only solo project I've heard the rest being Rainbow and Sabbath albums.
louisjwyatt 11/13/2015 01:24 | #152875
One of the few truly great hair metal albums!
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