Raising Fear - Armored Saint

L.A.'s Armored Saint recorded a heavy metal classic with their third album 'Raising Fear,' and it's sadly the only section of their discography to stand up over time, with allowances made for the earlier debut. This time Pritchard and Sandoval's guitars are heavier, mightier and tighter than ever before, and John Bush's wails are back to full force after slipping in the second album. While most of the songs still follow the pathfinder of Judas Priest's work several years earlier, there's now a distinct Armored Saint touch that makes most of these songs excellent, and the rest only less excellent by comparison. This isn't the most original heavy metal album ...  Read the complete review