- heavy metal
- 45 min
- 10 tracks
- Victor
Killing the Dragon is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. It 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.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Killing the Dragon4:25
- 2Along Comes a Spider3:33
- 3Scream5:03
- 4Better in the Dark3:43
- 5Rock & Roll6:12
- 6Push4:09
- 7Guilty4:26
- 8Throw Away Children5:36
- 9Before the Fall3:48
- 10Cold Feet4:12
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