Artist: Armored Saint
Genre(s):
Other
Metal: Heavy
Rock
Discography:
Nod To The Old School
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Revelation
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Symbol Of Salvation
Year: 1991
Tracks: 13
Raising Fear
Year: 1987
Tracks: 11
Delirious Nomad
Year: 1985
Tracks: 10
March Of The Saint
Year: 1984
Tracks: 10
Although many associate hard rock candy from Los Angeles in the early '80s as all glossed up and pop-based (Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Quiet Riot, etc.), there were a select few true metallic element bands to emerge from the same locale, such as Armored Saint. Formed in 1982 and originally comprised of members John Bush (vocals), David Pritchard (guitar), Phil Sandoval (guitar), Joey Vera (bass part), and Gonzo (drums, comrade of Phil Sandoval), the grouping specialised in a style of straight-ahead metallic element that was compared to such New Wave of British Heavy Metal acts as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Saxon, among others. The quintuple issued a three-track self-titled EP on the Metal Blade label in 1983, before signing on with Chrysalis. They put out such underappreciated releases as 1984's Borderland of the Saint, 1985's Mad Nomad, and 1987's Elevation Fear and reinforced a fanatical next in their native region, but failed to break through to the big prison term elsewhere.
Curtly later on a substitution back to the Metal Blade label in the late '80s, Armored Saint issued their first live transcription, 1989's Saints Will Conquer, only risky news show was lurking right about the corner. Founding guitar player Pritchard was diagnosed with cancer of the blood and passed away in 1990. The grouping pressed on (with newcomer Jeff Duncan taking Pritchard's spot in the card), issuing Symbol of Salvation in 1991. But the band decided to promise it a day a year subsequently when Bush accepted an invitation to join New York thrash metallists Anthrax. By the late '90s, Armored Saint decided to reunite once more and Bush remained a member of Anthrax and Armored Saint at the same time (Vera was as well doing double duty, as he'd become a extremity of prog-metallists Fates Warning). The new re-formed turnout issued an all-new recording in 2000, Revelation, spell a double-disc anthology, Nod to the Old School, surfaced a year later.
