17-671: Magica or Magicka may refer to: Magica (album) , a 2000 album by heavy metal band Dio Magica (band) , a Romanian power metal band Magica De Spell , a fictional character in the Scrooge McDuck universe Magicka , a 2011 action-adventure video game by Arrowhead Game Studios and Paradox Interactive Magicka 2 , a 2015 action-adventure video game by Pieces Interactive and Paradox Interactive See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "magica" or "magicka" on Misplaced Pages. Costa Magica ,
34-451: A Tenacious D film and asked him to perform in the film if anything became of it. In 2005, Dio received a letter from Black informing him that production of the film was starting and requested that he play himself. The video was directed by Bill Schacht (who has directed other videos for Alice Cooper , Amon Amarth , Sister Sin , Yngwie Malmsteen , Saxon , etc.) for Aestheticom. The video was listed as No. 54 most metal moment of all time on
51-481: A VH1 100 Most Metal Moments show, hosted by Eddie Trunk . The song "Throw Away Children", from this album, was slated to appear in a sequel project to Hear 'n Aid but was aborted due to various reasons. All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio , music as stated. The "Limited Tour Edition" came in a slipcase with poster and added two bonus tracks. These bonus tracks are Ronnie James Dio performing live with Deep Purple and first appeared on Deep Purple's 2001 album Live at
68-445: A cruise ship originally operated by Costa Cruises Majika , a 2006 Philippine television drama fantasy series Nobuhle Majika (born 1991), Zimbabwean footballer All pages with titles beginning with Magica All pages with titles containing Magica Magic (disambiguation) Magico (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
85-457: A netherworld invaded by dark forces that vaporise people into pure, evil energy. The planet's saviours are master, apprentice heroes Eriel and Challis, who must recite a spell from the sacred book of Magica to defeat their foe, Shadowcast. The album is written from the villain's viewpoint. (...) I took on the evil perspective because I've always written from the anti-perspective. Most people don't think in those terms so you are freer to create. I left
102-750: Is a spoken narration by Dio Track 4 was recorded on March 29, 2000 in Hollywood; tracks 5 and 6 on December 12, 2002 in New York City; and tracks 7 and 8 on April 29, 2000 in New York City. Tracks 1 to 9 were recorded live on March 31, 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The track "Feed My Head" was omitted from digital releases. Killing the Dragon Killing the Dragon is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio . It
119-466: Is about a cruel feudal lord. The third part is about 'electronic serfdom.'" He also expressed belief that the computer has become a god in modern society. "It is a small god with an electrical heart (...) It is time to rebel against it." Killing the Dragon introduces guitarist Doug Aldrich to the band. He had previously performed with Burning Rain and subsequently went on to join the band Whitesnake . Previous guitarist Craig Goldy co-wrote some of
136-459: Is moved to the second disc. The instrumental "Annica" (originally a Japan-only bonus track) is also on the second disc, as well as "Electra", and six "Official Live Bootleg" (live recordings of Magica tracks). The "Official Live Bootleg" songs were recorded between 2000 and 2002, at various dates on the Magica and Killing the Dragon tours. "Turn to Stone" was announced on the official press release for
153-483: Is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio . A concept album , it was produced by frontman Ronnie James Dio and released on March 21, 2000, through Spitfire Records . The album marks the return of guitarist Craig Goldy , who also has performed on Dio's album Dream Evil and in the later release Master of the Moon . Magica also features Jimmy Bain on bass and Simon Wright on drums. The album
170-408: The album title refers to technology. He expressed concern with it threatening society in the future. Dio elaborated that the title track refers to "those who perpetrate injustices and what the world is doing to stop them. In fantasy tales, dragons were notorious for stealing children and feeding them to their babies. During the first part of the song, I sing 'Someone has taken a child.' The second part
187-472: The deluxe edition, issued by Niji Entertainment Group, but was eventually omitted from the album, for unknown reasons. In 2019, Magica was remastered and announced for reissue in 2020. Like the previous reissue, it contains the track "Electra", but it is missing the instrumental "Annica". It also contains nine previously unreleased live tracks. All tracks are written by Ronnie James Dio and Craig Goldy except where noted. "The Magica Story" has no music and
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#1732802328167204-577: The ending ambivalent because evil always exists, good doesn't always triumph and that's the universal balance." A 2007 re-release puts Magica together with Killing the Dragon . Dio guitarist Craig Goldy stated in an interview "We were working on tracks for a new DIO album just before Ronnie died in May. And we did almost finish one song. Wendy [Dio, Ronnie's widow/manager] has been talking about reissuing [DIO's] 'Magica' album (originally released in 2000) with bonus tracks, including this one." Goldy said that
221-417: The lyrics were written by Dio when he was fighting cancer, and are "very emotional" and "hard to listen to without a lump at the back of your throat". On April 15, 2013, Niji announced that a deluxe two-disc version of Magica would be released on June 25, 2013. The first disc is identical to the original North American release (though it is remastered by Wyn Davis), but the narration track "The Magica Story"
238-613: The songs before leaving the band. He returned for 2004's Master of the Moon . It is their final album with bassist Jimmy Bain . The song "Push" was a hit and had a music video that featured Tenacious D performing a humorous cover of Ronnie James Dio's biggest song from his time with Black Sabbath , " Heaven and Hell ". Dio approaches them to tell them that he will pay them to play Tenacious D music. Apparently, according to an interview with Dio in 2005, during filming of this music video, Ronnie James Dio became friends with Tenacious D frontman Jack Black , who told Dio about his plans to make
255-454: The title Magica . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magica&oldid=1234234697 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Magica (album) Magica
272-468: Was originally planned to be the first part of a trilogy of concept albums. Shortly before beginning his tour with Heaven & Hell , Dio announced his intention to start the Magica II & III album after the tour's end, but he died shortly after of stomach cancer on May 16, 2010. The only song released from Magica II & III was titled " Electra ". Said Dio: " Magica is the saga of Blessing,
289-507: Was released May 21, 2002 through Spitfire Records and was produced by frontman Ronnie James Dio . The album was reissued in 2007 in a two-CD package with Magica . It was remastered in 2019 and reissued in 2020 with updated album art and a bonus disc containing six tracks recorded live on the Killing the Dragon tour. In an interview on the TV show Uranium , Dio stated that the "dragon" of
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