ARMORED SAINT (Heavy Metal Icons! – USA 🇺🇸) – Release “Close to the Bone” Official Video – Taken from the upcoming album “Emotion Factory Reset” due out on May 22, 2026 via Metal Blade Records #ArmoredSaint #heavymetal

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Director, Cinematographer, Colorist, Additional Editing, Post-Production FX:
David Brodsky for My Good Eye: Music Visuals
‪@mygoodeye‬

Producer, 1st AD, Cinematographer, Editor:
Allison Woest for My Good Eye: Music Visuals

Lighting Director:
Jason Kinnard

Gaffer:
Bradford Jamieson

Lighting Technicians:
Myles Jamieson
Chandler Tango
Tyler Tango

Production Assistants:
Sam Hamer
Ian Porter
Kyle Van Beek

Audio Playback Technician:
Tig Moore

Audio Playback Assistant:
Nick Miller

Location Manager:
John Smartz

Audio
Produced by Joey Vera
Mixed by Jay Ruston
Mastered by Paul Logus

Audio engineered by:
Oliver Roman, Bill Metoyer, Joey Vera and Jason Constantine

 

“Each Armored Saint record, to me, is like a new skin for the band, a different chapter. I don’t think we’ve ever repeated ourselves,” states bassist Joey Vera. “Every album has been pretty different from the previous one, a snapshot in time. In 2026, Emotion Factory Reset is where our heads are at.”

“When we start coming up with songs, I always say we can do whatever we want,” vocalist John Bush says. “Use all our influences through the years, diverse music that we listen to and love, and let that seep in and bring something new out of us. It leads to something more adventurous.”

Emotion Factory Reset, the lineup’s ninth full-length studio album since 1984’s March of the Saint, bears out his words, the LP a resurrection of sorts, a tearing down and a rebuilding in 11 songs of diverse musicality and lyrical themes. Produced, as were the previous four albums, by bassist Joey Vera and mixed by Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Stone Sour) Emotion Factory Reset finds the quintet challenging themselves. Songs like “Close to the Bone,” “Hit a Moonshot” and “Every Man-Any Man” has Saint honoring their past as one of the most respected and recognizable bands in heavy music while making forward-thinking music rooted in the present.

“‘Close to the Bone’ is a slamming hard rock/heavy metal song, but diverse in both the vibe and the way it’s arranged. It feels like an Armored Saint song that came out in 2026 and I think that’s really important,” Bush says. “The lyrics came from trying to figure out how to work with people who maybe you don’t see eye to eye with,” he says, while Vera provided the initial impetus when his wife told him he just might keep some things too private.

Track List:

01. Close to the Bone
02. Every Man-Any Man
03. Not on Your Life
04. Hit a Moonshot
05. Buckeye
06. Compromise
07. It’s a Buzzkill
08. Throwing Caution to the Wind
09. Ladders and Slides
10. Bottom Feeder
11. Epilogue

CD Features:
+ Digipak CD
+ 20-Page Booklet

Album & Merch can be ordered HERE!!!!!

ARMORED SAINT is:

Vocals: John Bush
Bass: Joey Vera
Guitar: Jeff Duncan
Guitar: Phil Sandoval
Drums: Gonzo Sandoval

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