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ARMORED SAINT will join Metal Church for a US co-headlining tour this Fall! The Metal Saint Tour 2026 will commence on November 2nd in San Juan Capistrano, California and runs through November 21st in Agoura Hills, California. Additional support will be provided by LiveKill.

 

 

Comments ARMORED SAINT vocalist John Bush, "Two classic metal bands from the '80s on tour together doing headline sets and both with brand new awesome records out [ARMORED SAINT with Emotion Factory Reset and Metal Church with Dead To Rights]. If you call yourself a metalhead and you don't come to this show when we roll into your town, you better have a damn good excuse. AS and MC. Let's do this!"

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Comments Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, "It's incredibly exciting to be getting back on the road with our friends and an honor to be sharing the stage with one of America's finest metal bands! Definitely a show you won't want to miss!"

Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 29th at 10:00am local time. VIP upgrades will be available at: nationalactsvip.com/armoredsaint. See all confirmed dates below.


ARMORED SAINT + Metal Church w/ LiveKill:
11/02/2026 Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA
11/03/2026 The Glass House - Pomona, CA
11/04/2026 The Nile - Phoenix, AZ
11/06/2026 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
11/ 07/2026 Sunshine Studios - Colorado Springs, CO
11/08/2026 The Federal - Denver, CO
11/10/2026 Neurolux - Boise, ID
11/11/2026 The Newberry - Great Falls, MT
11/13/2026 Dantes - Portland, OR
11/14/2026 Redwood Theater - Bremerton, WA
11/15/2026 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC
11/17/2026 Great America Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
11/18/2026 Goldfield Trading Post - Roseville, CA
11/19/2026 The Whisky - Los Angeles, CA
11/20/2026 Observatory North San Diego - San Diego, CA
11/21/2026 Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CA

Additionally, ARMORED SAINT has performances confirmed throughout the Spring and Summer months both Stateside and abroad, including a special meet-and-greet at Grill 'Em All in Long Beach, California. Set to take place on May 28th, the event is in celebration of the band's Emotional Factory Reset full-length, released last week on Metal Blade Records. The night will feature photo opps, raffles, ARMORED SAINT-inspirited fries, and more!

ARMORED SAINT Live:
5/17/2026 San Luis Metal Fest - San Luis Potosí, MX
5/21/2026 Cafe Nord - Essen, DE * Free Listening Party *
5/22/2026 Rock Hard Festival - Gelsenkirchen, DE * Record Release Show *
5/28/2026 Grill 'Em All - Long Beach, CA * Meet-and-Greet Event *
6/06/2026 Milwaukee Metalfest @ The Rave/Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
7/30/2026 Pumpehuset - Copenhagen, DK w/ Metal Church
7/31/2026 Skogsröjet Festival - Rejmyre, SE
8/01/2026 Pustervik - Gothenburg, SE w/ Testament, Metal Church
8/02/2026 Mejeriet - Lund, SE * w/ Testament, Metal Church
8/05/2026 Brutal Assault - Jaroměř, CZ
8/07/2026 Alcatraz Festival - Dessel, BE
8/08/2026 Poppodium Boerderij - Zoetermeer, NL *ARMORED SAINT headlining show
8/09/2026 Keep It True Legions - Geiselwind, DE
8/11/2026 Progresja - Warsaw, PL w/ Savatage, Nevermore
8/12/2026 Collosseum - Košice, SK w/ Vio-Lence
8/13/2026 Klub Studio - Krakow, PL w/ Testament, Metal Church
8/29/2026 Stonedead Festival - Newark, UK

Emotion Factory Reset, ARMORED SAINT'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. Songs like "Close To The Bone," "Hit A Moonshot," and "Every Man-Any Man" have ARMORED 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.

Emotion Factory Reset was recorded across several studios including 606 Studios, Secret Hand Studios, Skullseven Studios, Constantine Studios, and Bridge Recording, engineered by Oliver Roman, Bill Metoyer, Joey Vera, and Jason Constantine, and features cover art by DDKing.

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