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

Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Colorist, Post-Production FX:
David Brodsky for My Good Eye: Music Visuals
@mygoodeyevisuals

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

Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double:
Kevin Barile

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Previous single/video:

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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

 

ARMORED SAINT release second single/video “Hit a Moonshot” from their upcoming album “Emotion Factory Reset”

“Emotion Factory Reset,” the lineup’s ninth studio album since 1984’s March Of The Saint, is a resurrection of sorts, a tearing down and a rebuilding in eleven 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) the record finds the quintet challenging themselves. “Hit A Moonshot” is a band favorite. A “moonshot” is a baseball term referencing a homerun that’s hit at a high angle and distance. An avid sports fan, vocalist John Bush was considering the parallels between sports and entertainment. “It’s like you knocked something out of the park,” elaborates Bush, “I use a lot of sports analogies because I love sports. Sports IS entertainment…’Hit A Moonshot’ is inspired by the people who keep landing on their feet. Like, no matter what the fuck this person does… Some people just get lucky. This applies to anyone. And landing on your feet is commendable. So, I’m busting balls, but I’m also giving accolades. Sometimes people can do that all the way to their grave. Then there are other people who are so good or talented or creative, and they struggle forever. I don’t think life is balanced all the time, and I don’t think it’s fair. “It has a ferocious riff, cool tempo changes, scorching leads, huge chorus with lots of backing vocals,” he continues. “We love Queen and The Sweet! It’s a cool breakdown with an epic ending. Once again, it sounds just like ARMORED SAINT.”

“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.

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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