ARMORED SAINT To Support SAXON On 'Gods Of Thunder' U.K. And Ireland Tour In February 2027

ARMORED SAINT will support SAXON on the "Gods Of Thunder" U.K. and Ireland tour in February 2027.

The dates are as follows:

Feb. 13 - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Feb. 14 - O2 Academy, Glasgow
Feb. 16 - Telegraph Building, Belfast
Feb. 17 - 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Feb. 19 - O2 Apollo, Manchester
Feb. 20 - O2 City Hall, Newcastle
Feb. 21 - City Hall, Sheffield
Feb. 23 - The Great Hall, Cardiff
Feb. 24 - Bristol Beacon, Bristol
Feb. 25 - O2 Guildhall, Southampton
Feb. 27 - Eventim Apollo, London

As previously reported, ARMORED SAINT will join METAL CHURCH for a North American co-headlining tour this fall. "The Metal Saint Tour 2026" will commence on November 2 in San Juan Capistrano, California and run through November 21 in Agoura Hills, California. Additional support will be provided by LIVEKILL.

Following the fiery response ARMORED SAINT and METAL CHURCH received during their recent shows together in Europe and fans' excitement for the upcoming fall shows, a spring 2027 leg of this killer metal package has also been announced. The journey will commence on March 19 in Austin, Texas and close on April 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Support will be provided by ONE MACHINE.

"Emotion Factory Reset", ARMORED SAINT's ninth studio album since 1984's "March Of The Saint", was released in May via Metal Blade Records. The LP was described in a press release as "a resurrection of sorts, a tearing down and a rebuilding in eleven songs of diverse musicality and lyrical themes." Produced, as were the previous four albums, by bassist Joey Vera and mixed by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR),the record finds the quintet challenging themselves. Songs like "Close To The Bone", "Hit A Moonshot" and "Every Man-Any Man" have ARMORED SAINT honoring their past as one of the most respected and recognizable bands in heavy music while making forward-thinking music rooted in the present.

"Emotion Factory Reset" was recorded across several studios, including 606 Studios, Secret Hand Studios, Skullseven Studios, Constantine Studios and Bridge Recording, engineered by Oliver Roman, Bill Metoyer, Joey Vera and Jason Constantine. It features cover art by DDKing.

A special European edition of the CD digipak includes the bonus track "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)", which was previously only available digitally. The classic track was originally written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter and was first released by PEOPLE in 1970. Additional covers include THE FOUR TOPS (1974),SANTANA (1978) and THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (1989).

ARMORED SAINT's current lineup of singer John Bush, guitarists Phil Sandoval and Jeff Duncan, drummer Gonzo Sandoval and Vera has been together since 1989 — not including a few hiatuses while Bush served as ANTHRAX's lead singer.

At various points in the 1980s, Bush and Vera each had offers to audition for spots with fellow heavy metal giants METALLICA but decided to stay with ARMORED SAINT.

In July 2023, ARMORED SAINT was inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame at the legendary Whisky 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 Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Photo by Travis Shinn