Armored Saint Have a Handful of Songs Demoed for Their Next Record

It’s been roughly four years since the release of 2020’s Punching The Sky and it sounds like Armored Saint fans may have some new tunes in their future, though there’s still some time to go before its release. The news came after vocalist John Bush revealed that “five or six” new tracks were demoed in the studio.

Bush gave a bit of a status update on the band’s forthcoming, though currently unannounced album during a recent interview with The Chill Dude On A Couch (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). During the chat, he said the band’s been working on new material and that he’s personally been heading into the studio to lay down vocal tracks.

“We’ve been writing some songs. As a matter of fact, I’m gonna try to get back to that today a little bit. We’ve written about five or six that we’ve demoed. That’s kind of our M.O., how we do it. We write something and then we’ll try to make this really good-sounding demo. I’ll go and sing. I actually try to sing it like I’m singing a record, and we’ve kept a lot of the original vocals. This goes back to the way we wrote songs back to [2000’s] Revelation even. ‘Cause sometimes I think you sing something that maybe you’ll never sing exactly the same, and so that nuance in your voice or who knows what, your inflection, you can try to mimic it, but maybe you never will mimic it exactly that way. Same with a guitar lead — a certain bend, it may not be exactly how you play it again. So I think those are key things that you try to keep when you’re making demos, and that’s what we do. So I’ve gotta get back to doing some work.

“And we’ve got more work to do, that’s for sure. We certainly don’t work at a fast pace; everyone knows that about Saint. We could try to put a little urgency into this and try to kind of move on it a little quicker without sacrificing quality. I think that’s a good idea.”

Hearing that Bush is in the studio recording his parts is a good sign, as vocalists tend to record their parts last so the rest of the band can lay down their part. With bassist Joey Vera having stepped down from his duties with Mercyful Fate, it seems he too will have more time to focus on Armored Saint during the recording process.

Here’s hoping we get to hear some new Armored Saint sooner than later!