When Metallica upped sticks from LA to the Bay Area in San Fran to be leaders of the fledgling thrash scene, Armored Saint hung around to be one of the leading bands in the LA metal scene.
This album was their 4th release that came out in ’87. After this release, they were dropped by their record label Chrysalis. Now it’s not as good as March Of The Saint, which IMHO is a classic, it does nevertheless contain some great songs. At times the band do remind me of Iron Maiden, especially on tracks like Saturday Night Special, but they do sort of have their own sound as it’s an amalgamation of a lot of influences. There are a couple of typical early eighties slow build numbers like Isolation and Frozen Will that are cool, but my favourites are the simpler tracks like Out On A Limb and the close out track Underdogs, which have the big riffs and grooves to bang your head to.
As I said earlier, not their best but I enjoyed it having not listened to it in a long while.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
