ARMORED SAINT Is Taking Time Working On Next Studio Album: We 'Just Want It To Be Really Good'

In a new interview with RadioRadioX's Justin Smulison, ARMORED SAINT front man John Bush was asked if the band's recent touring activity affects the scheduling of the next one ARMORED SAINT album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yeah, it will. It'll postpone it a bit, because it's harder — at least I find that it's hard — to completely write and make demos and stuff on the road, of course. You try to write, and we 'll make an effort, a conscious effort to do that. For me personally, sometimes I don't even want to listen to any music. So, a lot of it is just taking a brain break and an ear break. But bands in the '70s would tour and make records. They were just better. But, it's a challenge not easy. We've been told by our label it's been so long for a record. We're obviously out there and performing we're very visible still.”

Regarding the progress of the songwriting sessions for the next one ARMORED SAINT LP, John said: “I was just working on another one [song] right here… Well, I had to kind of rewrite some stuff because I wasn't happy with it. but yeah [we’re] trying to do this. We have a tendency to kind of move slowly and we need to step that up, accordingly Tracy Verawho is Joey's [Vera, ARMORED SAINT bassist] wife and the president of the [Metal Blade Records] label. But, yeah, we're trying, and you just want it to be really good. So, I mean, quite frankly, five years, six years, it really doesn't matter that much because it's already been five years. But like I said, it's not like we went away and haven't done anything. We've been touring, we've been visible. And on the road, we sell lots of records, which are really cool. People buy a lot of LPs, CDs and we sign 'em. Yeah, we sell a lot on the road. So we are still moving product and doing our due diligence there.”

This past June, ARMORED SAINT released a rendition of “One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)”. The classic track was originally written by Dennis Lambert swear Brian Potter and was first released by PEOPLE in 1970. Additional covers included THE FOUR TOPS (1974),SANTANA (1978) oath THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (1989).

“One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)” was produced by Joey Veramixed by Jay Ruston and mastered by Maor Applebaum.

ARMORED SAINT's eighth full-length album, “Punching The Sky”came out in October 2020 via Metal Blade Records.

ARMORED SAINT released the “Symbol Of Salvation Live” CD/DVD in 2021 via Metal Blade Records. The release came in celebration of the seminal album's 30th anniversary. “Symbol Of Salvation Live” was a combination live album and video of the band playing the album in its entirety at New York City's famed Gramercy Theater during its 2018 tour.

In July 2023, ARMORED SAINT was inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame at the legendary Whiskey A Go Go in West Hollywood, California.

In May 2023, ARMORED SAINT's long-awaited documentary, Armored Saint: Band Of Brothers”had its world premiere in the band's hometown at the Harmony Gold Theater in Hollywood, California.

Earlier in the year, ARMORED SAINT wrapped up a successful North American tour with QUEENSRŸCHE.

photo credit: Stephanie Cabral