Before he replaced Ozzy as Black Sabbath's frontman, Ronnie James Dio was the lead singer of the underrated '70s hard rock/metal band Rainbow, which is credited (due in large part to Dio) with bringing mysticism and medieval-type imagery to metal. "Gates of Babylon" is a hypnotic song about the some of the disadvantage of making a deal with the devil, as you may be able to tell from the chorus: "Sleep with the devil / And then you must pay / Sleep with the devil / The devil will take you away." The power of Dio's voice never ceases to impress me, especially given how small he was. He kills it in this song. The video itself is nothing to brag about, but it was also made in 1978, before MTV, so there weren't too many videos in general to brag about.
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