ARMORED SAINT To Play New York City For First Time In 20 Years

September 21, 2011

Los Angeles metal veterans ARMORED SAINT have been listening to East Coast fans clamber for a SAINT show for years, and finally they are prepared to answer the call! The band will play New York City for the first time in twenty years, to be preceded by two other shows in Amityville, New York and Allentown, Pennsylvania. ARMORED SAINT will perform songs from its latest album, "La Raza", as well as select cuts from its deep and storied catalog. Support on these dates will come from SEVEN WITCHES.

Commented ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera : "In July, we held a poll asking fans to choose their favorite SAINT songs and we compiled a list of the top 10. At recent gigs in Los Angeles and in Germany, we would allow fans to come up and choose one of the top 10 songs for us to play, right there on the spot. We did this three times during our set. It was such a good time that were going to do this again for our tri-state shows. [Singer] John Bush will stop the show at three different times and choose someone from the crowd to come up and pick what song we play next. So come down and be a part of choosing our set list for the night!"

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 30 - Amityville, NY @ Ollie's Point Bar
Dec. 02 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
Dec. 03 - New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall

ARMORED SAINT's latest album, "La Raza", sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 18 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. "La Raza" also entered the German Media Control chart at No. 96 and the Canadian Independent chart at No. 85.

"La Raza" was recorded at Burbank, California's Tranzformer Studios, which is owned by Dave Jerdan (ALICE IN CHAINS, JANE'S ADDICTION),who produced ARMORED SAINT's 1991 classic "Symbol of Salvation" and Bryan Carlstrom, who engineered the same album. The band's first new release since 2001's "Nod to the Old School" was produced by Joey Vera and engineered by Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss.

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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