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ARMORED SAINT confirms headlining shows and festival appearances in Europe for July!
LA's Armored Saint are excited to announce that they'll be heading to Europe in July. At Sonisphere in France, the SAINT will be playing on the same day as Ghost, Evanescence, Wolfmother, Soulfly, Lacuna Coil, and more. Band Your Head's list of confirmed band's includes Arch Enemy, Exodus, Thin Lizzy, Primordial, and more. Dong Open Air also features Napalm Death, Sepultura, and many others. Along with the festival appearances, ARMORED SAINT will be playing three headlining shows with UK's Collapse as the supporting act.
ARMORED SAINT's John Bush elaborates on the dates: "I'm very excited for our upcoming summer dates. First, Armored Saint has never played in France. Not only are we doing the awesome Sonisphere show, we are also doing a headline club show in Paris. About fucking time. Also, we're extremely pumped to play the Bang Your Head festival again. It's one of the best metal shows in Germany. Plus, we get to be part of the DONG festival. First time there. The tour wouldn't be complete without playing in Holland, which is the first country Armored Saint ever played in Europe back in 1989; and Zurich, where it will be our first time to headline in the beautiful country of Switzerland. Armored Saint doesn't tour all that often so come out and join us, cause you're never sure when or if we'll be touring again. We'll be playing songs from our entire catalog as well as from our most recent record, La Raza, which we're extremely proud of. See ya this summer."
ARMORED SAINT
European Tour 2012
08/07/12 – FR – Amneville - Sonisphere Festival
10/07/12 – FR – Paris - La Maroquinerie w/ Collapse
11/07/12 – NL – Kekrade - Rock Temple w/ Collapse
13/07/12 – DE – Balingen - Bang Your Head Festival
14/07/12 – DE – Neukirchen - Dong Festival
15/07/12 – CH – Zürich - Dynamo w/ Collapse
La Raza is available everywhere now. Watch their video for "Left Hook from Right Field" and order merch HERE.
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ARMORED SAINT announces European shows for August!
LA's ARMORED SAINT will be performing their first, and possibly only, shows for 2011 this summer! On July 9th, the band will once again be hitting the Sunset Strip in Hollywood for a show at the Key Club with Hirax.
In August, the SAINT plans to head overseas for several European appearances including their first ever Norwegian appearance at the Lillehammer Rock Festival with Thin Lizzy, Hammerfall, UFO and more.
ARMORED SAINT
11/08/11 – DE – Köln – Werkstatt (ticket info: http://www.werkstatt-koeln.de/tickets/)
12/08/11 – DE – Hamburg – Knust (ticket info: http://www.knusthamburg.de/tickets)
13/08/11 – NO – Lillehammer – Lillehammer Rock Festival (ticket info: http://rocklillehammer.no./)
Comments Joey Vera of ARMORED SAINT: "We're glad to finally be playing some shows in Europe this year. Because of some schedule problems we were not able to make some of the Festivals this Summer, but we are very excited to play some intimate and sweaty club appearances in Germany, as well as sharing the stage with Thin Lizzy, UFO and Hammerfall at the Lillehammer Rock Festival. We look forward to seeing you all out there, it’s been too long a time!"
ARMORED SAINT's most recent music video, Left Hook From Right Field from their latest album, La Raza, was directed by Jeremy Schott of Mental Suplex. The video is available for viewing now on MetalBlade.tv.
ARMORED SAINT's La Raza was released in March of 2010 and debuted on Billboard at #49 on the Hard Music Albums Chart, #18 on the Heatseekers chart, #52 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and #2 on the Hard Music Core Stores chart. La Raza also entered the official German Album Charts at #96 and won the magazine soundchecks of Metal Hammer and Rock Hard Germany!
"[John Bush] one of metal's mightiest voices" The Orange County Register
"The Saint sound exuberant and fully bonded…a contemporary classic rock feel accessible enough to take on Audioslave or Velvet Revolver on their own terms, and win hard." Terrorizer Magazine
"La Raza is balls out and brick heavy." Outburn Magazine
"Simply put, this is the finest record of their career and almost a reaffirmation of the reasons why John and Joey turned down Metallica all those years ago." Metal Hammer Magazine
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ARMORED SAINT video for 'Left Hook From Right Field' off "La Raza" now live!
Legendary LA based metal band ARMORED SAINT recently shot a video in their hometown on July 1st for the track Left Hook From Right Field off their current release La Raza with director Jeremy Schott of Mental Suplex. To check out the video head over to Metal Blade TV!
Be sure to check out MetalBlade.tv for production videos, interviews, behind the scenes footage, and classic videos from the Metal Blade vaults!
Vocalist John Bush gives us his description of the video for 'Left Hook From Right Field': "BAD ASS!!! That's how I would describe this video. The photography is absolutely beautiful. Rene, the boxer, did a nobleman's job and is convincing as hell. Jeremy's team was awesome to work with and super efficient. Armored Saint was captured raw and with full power. Sometimes making a video, actually the majority of the time, making a video blows. Not this time!" Bassist Joey Vera adds; "the video came out great and does justice to the song. We were going for a 'Raging Bull' look and I think we captured the vibe for sure. Most videos are pretty boring to make but this one was actually fun. We spent some time shooting scenes 'on the fly' and tried things out that were not in the story line, meaning we had a chance to improvise. The story line is a pretty good representation on the allegories that the lyrics paint. Good fun once again."
La Raza debuted at #49 on the Hard Music Albums Chart, #18 on the Heatseekers chart, #52 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and #2 on the Hard Music Core Stores chart. ARMORED SAINT's La Raza also entered the official German album Charts coming in at #96.
In conjunction with the new video, Metal Blade TV has launched one of ARMORED SAINT's classic videos, Reign Of Fire, HERE. Check it out to get your retro video fix and keep checking back for more classic videos coming soon to Metal Blade TV!
Order ARMORED SAINT's latest CD La Raza for just 12,99 Euro at www.emp.de!
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ARMORED SAINT´s La Raza entering German Charts! New shirt available!
ARMORED SAINT entered the official German album Charts with their new album La Raza at position 96! Congrats to the boys and the first German Chartentry in their career!
La Raza is the bands first album since Revelation in 2001 and their sixth in total. The album's foundation was laid back in 2008 when Joey Vera and John Bush began writing new material for what would become La Raza and the album was completed in December at Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA. The album was produced by bassist Joey Vera, and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss. Recording was mostly done with analog equipment and the final album mix was delivered on 1 inch tape. This gives La Raza the most organic sound as possible. Fans can hear the first single, Left Hook From Right Field! Click HERE to check it out!
La Raza is out now as a limited Digipak! You can now also buy a brand new ARMORED SAINT shirt at our friends of EMP. Click HERE to check it out!
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ARMORED SAINT's "La Raza" out now! Album of the month in Rock Hard and Metal Hammer Germany!
ARMORED SAINT has now released their new album La Raza, the band's first album since Revelation in 2001 and their sixth in total! The album's foundation was laid back in 2008 when Joey Vera and John Bush began writing new material for what would become La Raza and the album was completed in December at Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA. The album was produced by bassist Joey Vera, and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss. Recording was mostly done with analog equipment and the final album mix was delivered on 1 inch tape. This gives La Raza the most organic sound as possible. Fans can hear the first single, Left Hook From Right Field! Click HERE to check it out!
La Raza is getting rave reviews worldwide and has topped the monthly soundchecks of the two most popular Heavy Metal magazines in Germany, Rock Hard and Metal Hammer! Thumbs up!
"A quality level that 99% of all metal bands will never reach!" Rock Hard magazine Germany – 9,5 out of 10 – album of the month!
"La Raza offers an incredible amount of freshness and authenticity that is hard to find these days!" Metal Hammer magazine Germany - 6 out of 7 – album of the month!
"Divine songwriting and a John Bush at the top of his vocal abilities!" Legacy magazine Germany - 13 out of 15
"An early metal highlight of the year 2010!" Rocks magazine Germany – 5 out of 6
"Armored Saint make TabuLa Raza with the idea of monotonous metal and set the standards on how to play gripping hard music!" Break Out magazine Germany
"Ten cool, unforced songs that will immediately cheer you up and won’t disappoint any fan of the band!" metal.de Germany – 9 out of 10
"La Raza shows an extremely confident band that is fully aware of what they want!" powermetal.de Germany – 9 out of 10
La Raza track listing:
1. Loose Cannon
2. Head On
3. Left Hook from Right Field
4. Get Off the Fence
5. Chilled
6. La Raza
7. Black Feet
8. Little Monkey
9. Blues
10. Bandit Country
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La Raza is out now as a limited Digpak!
ARMORED SAINT posts first single and artwork for new album, “La Raza”!
ARMORED SAINT has unveiled the cover art and the first single from their first new album since 2001, La Raza! The album's foundation was laid back in 2008 when Joey Vera and John Bush began writing new material for what would become La Raza and the album was completed in December at Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA. The album was produced by bassist Joey Vera, and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss. Recording was mostly done with analog equipment and the final album mix was delivered on 1 inch tape. This gives La Raza the most organic sound as possible. Fans can finally hear the first single, Left Hook From Right Field! Click HERE to check it out!
To complete the package, the band employed photographer Stephanie Cabral and Metal Blade's own Brian Ames. Joey Vera comments further, “Metal Blade is doing a really cool digi pack package for us. We felt like the city of Los Angeles is such a big part of our fabric that we wanted to use that in the design of the artwork. So with the help of our good friend and photographer Stephanie Cabral and Brian Ames from the Metal Blade art department, we came up with a really cool package that represents our band and the music on this record. We also wanted to incorporate a “green” action by leaving out the plastic CD tray and using recycled paper. The result is a classy and poignant package.”
La Raza will be available in Europe March, 12th / 15th!
La Raza track listing:
1. Loose Cannon
2. Head On
3. Left Hook from Right Field
4. Get Off the Fence
5. Chilled
6. La Raza
7. Black Feet
8. Little Monkey
9. Blues
10. Bandit Country
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ARMORED SAINT announces tracklisting for new album “La Raza”!
Los Angeles metal legends ARMORED SAINT are pleased to announce the tracklisting for the band's recently completed album La Raza, the band's first new album since 2001's Nod to the Old School. La Raza was recorded at Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA, was produced by bassist Joey Vera, and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss.
La Raza tracklisting
1. Loose Cannon
2. Head On
3. Left Hook from Right Field
4. Get Off the Fence
5. Chilled
6. La Raza
7. Black Feet
8. Little Monkey
9. Blues
10. Bandit Country
Bassist, producer, and founding member Joey Vera comments on the unique recording process for La Raza:
“We used nothing but analog gear, most of which was custom built by Rupert Neve for Bryan Carlstrom. We hit every signal (drum mics, guitars, vocals) with custom or vintage analog gear before recording into Pro Tools. We even used rare vintage amps for most of the guitar overdubs. At mix time, we mixed on an SSL 4000E console and went to a 1 inch tape reel (one of only 2 on the west coast) for our final masters. Uh…you DO know what tape is, don't you?
What does this all mean? It means we spit in the ear of the age of the mp3, teenie, tiny ear bud listening culture that has turned its back on what it means to experience music. This record is FAT. We mean, obese! Full on cardiovascular failure stuff! Old School, Baby!”
La Raza will be available all over Europe March, 13th / 16th!
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ARMORED SAINT finish mixing new record, announce album title!
Bassist Joey Vera of Los Angeles metal veterans ARMORED SAINT has issued the following update:
"After six weeks, the new ARMORED SAINT record is done. Well, not entirely…we still have to have it mastered which should be done in the next two weeks. So technically, there's plenty of time for more arbitrary bouts of stress. But all of the tunes have been recorded and mixed. And I have the dark circles under my eyes to prove it!
"As the producer of the record, I did in fact work very long and hard on this. But I didn't work alone. Everyone involved worked their asses off. Gonzo [Sandoval, drums], John [Bush, vocals], Phil [Sandoval, guitar] and Jeff [Duncan, guitar] all came in and gave it everything. Engineer Bryan Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss were the workhorses who kept up the pace in this session which for the most part meant putting in 12-14-hour days.”
"I can't say enough about Bryan, Nuss and Annette Cisneros from Tranzformer Studios in Burbank. This is a first-class operation and to boot, they all gave heart and soul into the project which these days you just cannot even pay for. We are in much debt with them. Truly wonderful people.”
"The result is just amazing, and I may be hasty when I say that this may be our best record ever. But all dopes in bands say that right? Well, this time I think it's true and although my reasons may be purely personal, I still deem it truth. The songs are great and it sounds great.”
"The title of our new record is La Raza which means 'The Race'.”
"For all of you tech nerds out there, a few quick bits on how we made this one: We used nothing but analog gear, most of which was custom-built by Rupert Neve for Bryan Carlstrom. We hit every signal (drum mics, guitars, vocals) with custom or vintage analog gear before recording into Pro Tools. We even used rare vintage amps for most of the guitar overdubs. At mix time, we mixed on an SSL 4000E console and went to a one-inch tape reel (one of only two on the West Coast) for our final masters. Uh…you DO know what tape is, don't you?”
"What does this all mean? It means we spit in the ear of the age of the MP3, teenie, tiny ear bud listening culture that has turned it's back on what it means to experience music. This record is FAT. We means, obese! Full-on cardiovascular failure stuff! Old school, baby!”
"We are finishing up the other crap that goes with making records. Photo shoots, CD artwork (you DO know what a CD is still, right?), mastering, the running order of the tunes. After that, we wait until it is released.”
La Raza will feature the following songs, among others:
* Black Feet
* Chilled
* Loose Cannon
* Blues
* La Raza
* Head On
* Get Off The Fence
* Left Hook From Right Field
La Raza will be released in March 2010 on Metal Blade Records!
The band's current lineup is the same as the one on 2000's Revelation and 1992's Symbol of Salvation LPs:
John Bush (vocals)
Jeff Duncan (guitar)
Phil Sandoval (guitar)
Joey Vera (bass)
Gonzo Sandoval (drums)
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ARMORED SAINT post video clips from studio online!
Mighty ARMORED SAINT are nearly finished mixing their new album! You can watch video footage from the studio, uploaded straight from the notebook of drummer Gonzo! Go check!
Joey Vera laying down some bass tracks
Again Joey at work
Gonzo tracking drums for ‘Head On’
Gonzo tracking drums for ‘La Raza’
The new ARMORED SAINT album is expected to drop worldwide in March of 2010 through Metal Blade Records!
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ARMORED SAINT recording process at full throttle!
ARMORED SAINT worked on a few last recording details this past weekend and just started the mixing process of the new album yesterday. The guys are making real good progress. Gonzo, Joey and Jeff have all had positive things to say about the monster that this album is turning out to be.
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ARMORED SAINT begins recording new full-length studio album!
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.
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Armored Saint Releases FREE Demo Download
[22/07/09] 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' will be available today, and will be available at the band’s MySpace page (streaming) http://www.myspace.com and at the Metal Blade Records website http://www.metalblade.com
And for those of you who will be attending the Rock Gone Wild Festival in Algona, Iowa on August 23rd, 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.
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