Killing the Dragon is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio.

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.

[6] In an interview on the TV show Uranium, Dio stated that the "dragon" of the album title refers to technology.

Dio elaborated that the title track refers to "those who perpetrate injustices and what the world is doing to stop them.

In 2005, Dio received a letter from Black informing him that production of the film was starting and requested that he play himself.

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.