Armored Saint

PRESS RELEASE: Free download of demo song from forthcoming album!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Armored Saint Releases FREE Demo Download

Los Angeles, CA– July 21, 2009 –Armored Saint is releasing a FREE demo version of a new song titled Loose Cannon. This demo (performed with a drum program) gives you all a glimpse into Armored Saint’s writing process and is also a nice taste of what’s to come on the band’s forthcoming full-length studio release.

The demo for Loose Cannon is available right now Tuesday, July 21 and is available only at the band's MySpace page www.myspace.com/][url=http://www.myspace.com]http://www.myspace.com[/url]

www.myspace.com/and at the Metal Blade Records website www.metalbladerecords.com si – FREE download HERE!

And for those of you who will be attending the Rock Gone Wild Festival in Northwood, Iowa on August 23^rd, the Saint will be performing this new song Loose Cannon in their set.

Armored Saint has finished up writing and will begin recording in early fall for a spring 2010 release on Metal Blade Records.

Keep up to date on all things Saint at the following locations:

http://www.myspace.com/armoredsaint1
http://www.armoredsaint.com
http://www.metalbladerecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/metalbladerecords[
http://twitter.com/MetalBlade[





Note: I have enabled downloading for this track, but it may take some time before that option processes. For now you can stream the song OR download PC and Mac versions directly from Metal Blade by clicking the "HERE!" link above. ~ Metal Bubba

ARMORED SAINT - Recording Begins In October






ARMORED SAINT drummer Gonzo Sandoval has issued the following brief update: "Pre-production daily... recording date October 3, 2009 - nine days before my birthday."

As previously reported, Armored Saint is currently streaming a demo version of the brand new song, 'Loose Cannon', on their MySpace page. The as yet untitled album will be released in 2010 on Metal Blade Records.

Recording to begin soon & Rock Gone Wild
Metal hails to ALL the Saint Hooligans,

Armored Saint is set to go into the studio to start recording the new album on October 3, 2009. Things are progressing well from what I can gather. It's gonna be a kickass album... of that I have no doubt.

Also, it appears that the organizers of Rock Gone Wild are involved in some legal issues that mean the festival will be cancelled. More to come, as Gonzo has told me that he will be commenting on that soon.

Take care,

Metal Bubba

ARMORED SAINT begins recording new full-length studio album!

Legendary metalers Armored Saint enters Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA to record first studio album since 2000’s ‘Revelation’.


Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2009 – Los Angeles’ sons of metal, ARMORED SAINT, are set to enter Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA to begin recording the band’s 6th full-length studio album. Tranzformer Studios is owned by Dave Jerdan (Alice in Chains, Jane’s Addiction, etc) who produced ARMORED SAINT’s 1991 classic Symbol of Salvation and Bryan Carlstrom who handled engineering on the same album. The SAINT will be working with Bryan Carlstrom who will once again handle engineering duties with the bands very own Joey Vera producing, and both Joey and Bryan mixing the record. A partial song list for the upcoming album, which is expected to hit streets in the spring 2010 is: Black Feet, Chilled, Loose Cannon, Blues, La Raza, Head On, Get off the Fence, Left Hook From Right Field.


Here’s what ARMORED SAINT vocalist John Bush had to say about how the new album came together:

“About a year and a half or so ago Joey asked me if I'd be interested in writing some songs. I was in the right mind finally, so I said send me something. To be quite honest, I wasn't thinking in terms of ARMORED SAINT but more like just writing rock music. I felt pretty free with that mentality and the ideas felt very organic. With every passing song things improved and next thing we knew we had about eight songs demoed. Although the idea of sparking something completely new was appealing it became clear that if it was Joey and I the reality was, let's not kid ourselves; this is ARMORED SAINT.


So here it comes. Embracing my inner R&B singer and coupling that with our influence of the great seventy's hard rock band's we grew up on.”

ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera comments:


“John and I began writing over 14 months ago and in the beginning we had only a general musical direction in which we were going. Once we decided to keep writing and with more of an intention of turning it into an ARMORED SAINT project, we were faced with a few questions. One was, how does this new music we're writing fit into the current musical styles of today? And should we care? We quickly answered the latter. We realized we should do what we always did and that is to write good songs. And for ourselves first. We are not unaware of our parameters in which we have created over the past 25 years, but we are also not afraid to take chances and simply do what we do best. The idea of trying to continue where we left off over 10 years ago since our last release is not very appealing to me. I have to let go of what I did in 1991 and in 2000. Nothing at all against what we've recorded in the past but my head is in a different place now. Trust me; I still want to kill your senses with music, but just in a different way.”



To get a taste of what the new ARMORED SAINT album will sound like, head over to the band’s MySpace page HERE where ARMORED SAINT is streaming the demo version of Loose Cannon (performed with a drum program). Loose Cannon gives fans a glimpse into ARMORED SAINT’s writing process and is also a nice taste of what’s to come on the band’s forthcoming full-length studio release.


Expect the new album from ARMORED SAINT to be released in the spring of 2010. Plenty of studio blogs, photos, and video will be posted to the band’s MySpace page and fans can also keep up with the band in the studio through Twitter HERE.

Armored Saint

New album: Twitter updates and Gonzo on drums.
Armored Saint Hooligans,

The new album is coming along nicely and the band is giving updates on an almost daily basis. But you'd know this if you were following the Saint on Twitter. So get off your ass and check it out now: Armored Saint Twitter.

Also, Gonzo has posted some video footage of his work tracking drums for a couple of the new songs, so check it out here: Head On and La Raza.

Rock on,

MB

More studio footage... this time, it's Joey!
Armored Saint Hooligans,

Gonzo has posted more footage from the recording studio... this time it's Joey Vera laying down guitar parts. You need to check this out ASAP. WARNING: Watching this footage is bound to get you stoked for the new album!

La Raza, Part 1
La Raza, Part 2

Metal on,

MB