While Osbourne was working on his new solo album in 2006 , Rhino Records released '' Black Sabbath : The Dio Years '' , a compilation culled from the four Sabbath releases featuring Ronnie James Dio . For the release , Iommi , Geezer Butler , Dio and Vinny Appice reunited to write and record three new songs as Black Sabbath . '' The Dio Years '' was released on 3 April 2007 , reaching No. 54 on the '' Billboard '' 200 , while the single " The Devil Cried " reached No. 37 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart . Pleased with the results , Iommi and Dio decided to reunite the '' Heaven and Hell '' era line-up for a world tour . Because the line-up of Osbourne , Butler , Iommi and Bill Ward were still officially called Black Sabbath , the new line-up dubbed themselves Heaven & Hell , after the album of the same name . Ward was to participate , but dropped out before the tour began due to musical differences with " a couple of the band members " as well as a " contractual dispute " . He was replaced by former drummer Vinny Appice , reuniting the line-up that had featured on '' Mob Rules '' and '' Dehumanizer '' . After their only studio album '' The Devil You Know '' in 2009 , Dio died after a battle against stomach cancer on 16 May 2010 . Following a tribute concert with former Sabbath vocalist Glenn Hughes , Heaven & Hell disbanded
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Heaven and Hell 2007 Tour
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