Armored saint- "Punching the sky"(Metal Blade)

 

When talking about US power metal in our days ARMORED SAINT is the name that comes first in mind. This time they come with an album more in your face and at the same time more different. They have this subtle way to tell you that power is not the only way to produce metal songs. “Lone wolf” and “Bite don’t bark” are among these songs that you think you have heard everything and AS makes you feel like you have to reread the book. From the opener “Standing on the shoulder of giants” with its tribal metal rhythm that to be honest didn’t like watching the video but like it isolated at its sonic approach to the more thrash-y “Attention span” the spirit of a band that refuses to be defined by its genre is here. A band who writes after all these years songs like "Missile to gun" and "Lone wolf" must be on metal steroids and if you catch them live, you'll understand what i mean. Especially Bush is definitely the front man of my generation, high on metal dopamine ,exploding each moment, in every word, in every line, in every damn chorus, painting the song with all kinds of sentiments, been metal,tribal,alternative and most of all performing in every song, like it is his last performance. The band is on fire producing first rate metal music that will attract even those who are not confined in the metal genre borders. Give yourself a treat and listen to one of the best metal albums of the decade.

 

 

8,5