Raising Fear Digipak

With their third album Raising Fear Armored Saint began to climb out of cult status and garner more critical praise for their no-frills meat-and-potatoes approach to heavy metal. Still not the most distinctive band in the world Armored Saint nonetheless delivered their best-realized record up to that point in time full of well-constructed riffs and melodies. Sadly this would prove to be guitarist Dave Prichard s final album with the band; leukemia claimed his life three years later. Steve Huey.