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Armored Saint Discography (1984 2000)[
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Artist...............: Armored Saint
Genre................: Hard Rock
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1984-2000
Ripper...............: NMR
Codec................: LAME 3.92
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: 320kbps (except where noted)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Covers...............: Front, Back
Information..........: Seperate nfo/sfv fo each album
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Album listing
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1984 - March Of The Saint
1985 - Delirious Nomad
1987 - Raising Fear
1988 - Saints Will Conquer
1991 - Symbol Of Salvation
2000 - Revelation (192kbps)
2001 - Nod To The Old School
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Armored Saint is a Los Angeles, United States, based heavy metal band.
The band was formed in 1982 by brothers Gonzo Sandoval (drums) and Phil
Sandoval (guitar), and guitarist David Pritchard. Next to join was singer John
Bush and bassist Joey Vera. Gonzo Sandoval came up with the name after
getting stoned with the other band members and seeing the film "Excalibur"
at a theater in Monterey Park. Armored Saint recorded a five song demo that
landed the song "Lesson Well Learned" on the compilation album Metal
Massacre II. Three of these demo songs were then used for the bands self
titled EP on Metal Blade Records in 1983. The group then signed with
Chrysalis Records in 1984.
Armored Saint released their 1984 full length debut album March of the Saint
followed by 1985's Delirious Nomad. The debut album yielded a minor MTV hit
with "Can U Deliver?". After the release of Delirious Nomad, guitarist Phil
Sandoval left the group to explore other possibilities. Their third album,
Raising Fear, was recorded by the remaining four members of the band.
Armored Saint never achieved much success with Chrysalis and, in 1989,
they returned to Metal Blade.
Soon after the release of Armored Saint's first live album Saints Will Conquer
in 1989, the band added Jeff Duncan formerly of the L.A. club band Odin as
second guitarist. The band had begun writing and recording rough four-track
demos for their next album when guitarist Dave Pritchard was diagnosed with
leukemia. Pritchard succumbed to the disease before recording sessions for
Symbol of Salvation began. After a brief hiatus, Phil Sandoval returned to the
band after Pritchards passing. The following year Symbol of Salvation was
released to widespread critical and commercial success. It was dedicated to
the spirit and memory of Dave Pritchard, whose solo performance on the
four-track demo recording of the song "Tainted Past" was used for the album.
Following the successful Symbol of Salvation tour, John Bush was offered the
lead singer position in the thrash metal band Anthrax. Unsure of Armored
Saint's future, Bush accepted the job. The remaining members decided to call
it quits and Armored Saint was officially disbanded.
After Armored Saint disbanded, Joey Vera kept busy playing with such bands
as Fates Warning, Lizzy Borden and Chroma Key. He released a solo album in
1994 and started a successful second career as a producer and engineer.
Gonzo and Phil Sandoval formed a new band called Life After Death, a song
oriented rock outfit influenced greatly by the legendary band Thin Lizzy.