Angry Machines

Angry Machines
Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
Studio album by Dio
Released	October 4, 1996 (Japan) October 15, 1996 (USA)
Recorded	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California, USA
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	44:14
Label	Mercury (Japan) Mayhem Records (US) SPV/Steamhammer (Europe)
Producer	Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Strange Highways (1994)Strange Highways1994 Angry Machines (1996) Inferno: Last in Live (1998)Inferno: Last in Live1998

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Angry Machines is the seventh studio album from the American heavy metal band Dio. It was released first in Japan on October 4, 1996 by Mercury Music Entertainment with 11 tracks and in the USA on October 15, 1996 on Mayhem Records but with only 10 tracks. It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice.

Track listing

All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Institutional Man"	Vinny Appice, Dio, Tracy Grijalva	5:08
2.	"Don't Tell the Kids"	Appice, Dio, Grijalva	4:19
3.	"Black"	Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Jeff Pilson	3:10
4.	"Hunter of the Heart"	Appice, Dio, Grijalva	4:13
5.	"Stay Out of My Mind"	Dio, Pilson	7:11
6.	"Big Sister"	Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson	5:35
7.	"Double Monday"	Appice, Dio, Grijalva	2:55
8.	"Golden Rules"	Appice, Dio, Grijalva	4:54
9.	"Dying in America"	Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson	4:38
10.	"This Is Your Life"	Dio, Grijalva	3:25
11.	"God Hates Heavy Metal" (Japanese bonus track)	Appice, Jerry Best, Dio, Grijalva	3:45

Personnel

Dio

• Ronnie James Dio – vocals
• Tracy Grijalva (a.k.a. Tracy G) – guitars
• Jeff Pilson – bass
• Vinny Appice – drums
• Scott Warren – keyboards

Production

• Recorded and mixed at Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California, USA
• Produced by Ronnie James Dio
• Engineered by Wyn Davis
• Second engineered by Darian Rundall and Eddie Ashworth
• Originally mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering
• Cover illustration by Paul Gregory

External links

• Angry Machines song lyrics