BravePicks 2015 - ARMORED SAINT's Win Hands Down #7
December 25, 2015, 9 years ago
All the votes are in and the compiling is done after days and countless hours of digging through all the piles of molten metal from 2015! So who will be #1? You’ll find out as we count down to the BravePick Of 2015 throughout December! And once again our devout scribes put their collective metal minds together to build the ultimate lists including individual Top 20s (new studio albums ONLY), Top 5 Brave Embarrassments, Top 3 Concerts, What/Who Needs To Stop In 2016? and Metal Predictions For 2016. All will be showcased come the New Year!
Tis the season to commence the good, bad and ugly of 2015! Let’s rock!
BravePicks 2015
7) ARMORED SAINT - Win Hands Down (Metal Blade)
Armored Saint laid out their hand and came up a big winner with their first album in five years! Win Hands Down is a deck full of metal highlights filled with riffs and vocal thrills from the venerable John Bush. A must have for any Saint fan!
BraveWords scribe Mark Gromen spun the wheel in his 8/10 review and wrote: “Although I heard some of these songs before and during their opening slot on Saxon's recent mini-tour, still pleasantly surprised by these nine tracks. Live, here and abroad, Armored Saint are in fine form, playing a collection of oldies, but a vocal critic of La Raza, I cautiously approached Win Hands Down. No need to be reserved, as although they opt for some non-traditional ear candy (jangly embellishments in ‘Mess’ and the funky/hi-hat & bass, Shaft influenced start to ‘Muscle Memory’), the vibe is aggressive (and wholeheartedly vintage 'Saint', with plenty of guitar), easily the most thorough release since Symbol Of Salvation. The aforementioned ‘Muscle Memory’ also employs a hint of veiled Hammond organ.”
Read more at BraveWords.
(Armored Saint band photo by Stephanie Cabral)
BravePicks 2015 Top 30
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7) ARMORED SAINT - Win Hands Down (Metal Blade)
8) NILE - What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
9) CRYPTOPSY - The Book Of Suffering - Tome 1 (Defen Society 3000)
10) TRIBULATION - The Children Of The Night (Century Media)
11) ENFORCER - From Beyond (Nuclear Blast)
12) FEAR FACTORY - Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
13) CRADLE OF FILTH - Hammer Of The Witches (Nuclear Blast)
14) AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
15) MELECHESH - Enki (Nuclear Blast)
16) NAPALM DEATH - Apex Predator - Easy Meat (Century Media)
17) GHOST - Meliora (Loma Vista Recordings)
18) MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic (UDR)
19) MARDUK - Frontschwein (Century Media)
20) LAMB OF GOD - VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic)
21) SYMPHONY X - Underworld (Nuclear Blast)
22) HELLOWEEN - My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)
23) MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Spirit On A Mission (Inakustik)
24) SAXON - Battering Ram (UDR)
25) KAMELOT - Haven (Napalm Records)
26) VENOM - From The Very Depths (Spinefarm)
27) CHILDREN OF BODOM - I Worship Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
28) KATAKLYSM - Of Ghosts And Gods (Nuclear Blast)
29) EUROPE - War Of Kings (UDR)
30) MY DYING BRIDE - Feel The Misery (Peaceville)
