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Armored Saint - Win Hands Down



7.7 | 78 votes |
Release date: 29 May 2015
Style: Heavy metal

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01. Win Hands Down
02. Mess
03. An Exercise In Debauchery
04. Muscle Memory
05. That Was Then, Way Back When
06. With A Full Head Of Steam
07. In An Instant
08. Dive
09. Up Yours

Staff review by
ScreamingSteelUS
Rating:
7.9
Armored Saint have had a fairly liminal existence for a while now. After the untimely death of guitarist Dave Pritchard in 1990 and the subsequent release of showstopper Symbol Of Salvation, the band slowly ground to a halt; John Bush got tapped by Anthrax to replace Joey Belladonna, Joey Vera became involved with both Fates Warning AND Arch/Matheos, and Armored Saint fell by the wayside. Now, after a few attempts and a lot of stalling, it seems like they are finally back.

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published 14.07.2015 | Comments (6)

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30.05.2015 - 19:53
Rating: 6
Mr.Moustache69

I was a little disappointed with this, other than Muscle Memory and Full Head of Steam I felt it was just average. The lyrics were kind of strange too. I don't know. I think LA Raza was better. 6/10
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31.05.2015 - 00:24
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Tage Westerlund
Pretty desent peace. opening song is best , what this band ever has written
I need listen 80's now to compare. This is powerful something better as I expected from this band
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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01.06.2015 - 14:06
Rating: 8
pazuzuovbabel
Pazuzu
This is the first time I give Armored Saint a try, and I am really enjoying what am listening, not something special, but its much better than most of the regular releases these days. John Bush ROLZ
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05.06.2015 - 10:55
Joe Zombie

Some mighty fine heavy metal.
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05.06.2015 - 11:37
slim pickings
Account deleted
I like this band, I'll have to check out this album.
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06.06.2015 - 09:39
Rating: 7
Joppe
Steelemeister
Surprisingly a good album. Better than La Raza IMO, better songs in overall, better riffs, better production and more heavy metal like they used to be.
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My vision is augmented
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09.06.2015 - 19:11
Rating: 7
musicalkaratekid

Nice to see a return from Armored Saint. This album is very solid and has a really strong instrumental performance throughout, not to mention how adventurous songs like "Muscle Memory" and "Dive" are. What prevents me from rating it higher is that these two songs for me completely overshadow the rest of the album, even the more-or-less straightforward metallic title track. I guess if the other tracks lived up to the quality of the aforementioned, then the album could have been more fluent. It's still pretty good from a 30+ year band though.
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15.07.2015 - 07:32
Rating: 8
Daggon
Underpaid M.D.
At first liste, I think this is a strong contender for the title of Best Heavy Metal Album of the year, pretty solid stuff.
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"Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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10.03.2021 - 19:28
Rating: 9
Tom Muller

A monster of an album
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Can you see it
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05.11.2022 - 21:12
Rating: 7
majormalfunction

After two middle of the road records this one feels right at home. Strong riffs and hooks. Not a single weak track here.
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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