ARMORED SAINT - Saints Will Conquer (Live)(1988)

The final Armored Saint recording to feature Dave Prichard before the guitarist's untimely passing, Saints Will Conquer is a respectable but rather plain live offering that did little to further the group's artistic or career interests. Prichard handles his instrumental duties with verve and efficiency, and his partners-in-metal also keep their end of the musical bargain on this rather short eight-song set. John Bush (vocals) and Joey Vera (bass) are most notable throughout this and every Armored Saint recording, as they both project a decidedly British metal essence with great personal style. While the group never ascended to the heights of '80s metal success or influence, songs like "Can U Deliver" and "Long Before I Die" might qualify as near-classics. And with one of their era's most potent metal lineups, none of these tracks suffer from shoddy live performances. Among the many curious song omissions is the group's minor hard rock radio hit "Isolation," which would have been a much better down-tempo choice than "No Reason to Live." "March of the Saint" is another fan favorite conspicuous by its absence from the track list. Metal fans new to this band would do much better to seek out the 2001 anthology Nod to the Old School for a nice overview of Armored Saint's musical credentials, as Saints Will Conquer lacks the conceptual effort required of a great live recording.

Tracks
1.Raising Fear
2.Nervous Man
3.Chemical Euphoria
4.Book Of Blood
5.Can U Deliver
6.Long Before I Die
7.Madhouse
8.No Reason To Live
**This live show was ripped in only one file**

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ARMORED SAINT - Delirious Nomad (1985)

Having launched their career in promising fashion with the very well-received March of the Saint album, Los Angeles-based Armored Saint now seemed poised to take things to the next level and become one of the '80s biggest metal stars. Further buoyed by widespread critical approval, the band and their label, Chrysalis, were especially careful when planning to record 1985's all-important follow-up, Delirious Nomad. Enlisting the services of top metal producer Max Norman was supposed to be the final piece of the puzzle, and all involved were confident that this would be the band's "career" album. But while Delirious Nomad was certainly a more refined, more confident effort than its predecessor, it also felt somewhat less vital and spontaneous -- contrived even. Standouts like "Over the Edge," "For the Sake of Heaviness," and "In the Hole" are meticulous studio creations which proved the band's songwriting talents were indeed improving from strength to strength. But while the band was convinced that they'd successfully captured their "live sound" for the first time, many old-school fans flatly disagreed. For these, Delirious Nomad was missing that certain elemental spark of excitement which had made their debut so memorable, and the off-the-cuff looseness of rehashed older material like "You're Never Alone" and "Released" arguably proves their point. Still, the stunning beauty of the epic "Aftermath," with its glorious smorgasbord of harmony guitars, represents a career peak by any standard. Finally, for a band which always took itself perhaps a bit too seriously, Armored Saint was approaching maximum paranoia here, with songs like "Nervous Man" and the aforementioned "Over the Edge," both brimming with high-strung tension. Apparently, so was the band, who parted with founding guitarist Phil Sandoval as soon as the album was completed.

Tracks
1.Long Before I Die
2.Nervous Man
3.Over The Edge
4.The Laugh
5.Conqueror
6.For The Sake of Heaviness
7.Aftermath
8.In The Hole
9.You're Never Alone
10.Released

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ARMORED SAINT - March of The Saint (1984)

Throughout the '80s, you'd be hard-pressed to find an American heavy metal band which sounded more British than Armored Saint. While most of their contemporaries seemed preoccupied with the fast-growing thrash metal movement, here was a group of committed purists who were simply updating traditional metal at its best for the '80s generation. By the same token, the band was never able to benefit from the perks of being associated with a "scene" per se, which might explain their relative obscurity despite consistently issuing such quality material. But, for the record, with the exception of 1990's also stellar Symbol of Salvation, never was the group's bombastic style better represented than on their 1984 debut March of the Saint, which is so straightforward a metal record, it's almost hard to describe. An orchestrated guitar theme introduces the memorable title track, and further highlights such as "Can U Deliver," "Madhouse," and the astonishing "Take a Turn" are as commendable for their maturity and power as they are for their sense of economy. The dual-guitar team of Dave Prichard and Phil Sandoval is simply incredible considering their young ages (too bad they would soon fall out), dueling it out for solo after amazing solo throughout the disk. The album's second half isn't quite as strong as the first, but March of the Saint still qualifies as an overlooked classic of American metal.

Tracks
1.March Of The Saint
2.Can U Deliver
3.Mad House
4.Take A Turn
5.Seducer
6.Mutiny On The World
7.Glory Hunter
8.Stricken By Fate
9.Envy
10.False Alarm

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ARMORED SAINT - Raising Fear (1987)

Armored Saint's confidence and resolve had begun to fade by the time of their third release, 1987's Raising Fear. Dissatisfied with the band's initial demo submissions for the album, label Chrysalis ordered them to head back to the drawing board in search of that elusive hit, resulting in a staggered, confused recording process, which stretched over six months. Such stress and scrutiny from on high only served to stifle the already frustrated group, and having Chrysalis impose upon them to record an uncomfortable cover of Skynyrd's "Saturday Night Special" was just the most glaring insult on hand. Rare highlights, including "Chemical Euphoria," "Book of Blood," and "Frozen Will/Legacy" (the latter providing a wonderful showcase for John Bush's remarkable voice) do constant battle with seriously mediocre material like "Crisis of Life" (see its going-nowhere plod and inexplicably jazzy bass solo); and even the excellent "Isolation" occasionally sounds a bit too similar to Metal Church's "Watch the Children Play" for comfort. And in the end, all was for naught, since Chrysalis went ahead and dropped the band soon after the album's release anyway. Tragically, Armored Saint's seemingly cursed luck was only starting to unfold, and their bad streak would conclude with the tragic death of guitarist Dave Prichard from leukemia a few years down the road.

Tracks
1.Rasing Fear
2.Saturday Night Special
3.Out On A Limb
4.Isolation
5.Chemical Euphoria
6.Crisis Of Life
7.Frozen Will' Legacy
8.Human Vulture
9.Book Of Blood
10.Terror
11.Underdogs

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