Armored Saint Announces New Album, Tour News; Premieres Album’s Lead Single

By: Philip Sayblack

Armored Saint will release its next album this spring.
The band announced Tuesday through a news release, it will release its new album, Emotion Factory Reset May 22 through Metal Blade Records. The band’s ninth full-length studio recording, it will span 11 songs, which are noted below:
Emotion Factory Reset Track Listing:
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
In anticipation of the album’s release, the band premiered the record’s lead single, ‘Close to the Bone‘ Tuesday. Front mona John Bush discussed the new single in a prepared statement.
“The first track on the record sounds like vintage ARMORED SAINT,” said Bush. “Yet vintage that comes out in 2026! How did we do that? The title of the record, Emotion Factory Reset appears as the first line of the bridge. Killer riffs, awesome rhythms and attacking vocals gets this train rolling. The title implies the human response to withdraw and keep things to yourself instead of being confrontational; Something I believe we all struggle with as humans. Do you just say, ‘aww, whatever man,’ or do you say, ‘hey, fuck you!’ Depends on the moment I guess.”
Emotion Factory Reset will release on a variety of vinyl pressings noted below. Additionally it will release in Europe on a special vinyl pressing that will include bonus 7″ vinyl ‘One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison)’ as an extra, as well as a download card. The European CD pressing will also include the noted bonus song, which until now has been available only digitally.
The album’s global CD release will include a 20-page booklet.
In other news, Armored Saint has also announced a tour in support of its new album. The European festival tour is scheduled to launch May 22 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany at the Rock Hard Festival. It is set to run through Aug. 29 at the Stonedead Festival in Newark, UK. A pair of performances Apr. 19 in West Hollywood CA and May 17 at the San Luis Metal Fest in San Luis Potosi, MX will precede the European festival run.
All of the band’s upcoming tour dates are noted below:
ARMORED SAINT Live:
4/19/2026 Rainbow Bar & Grill – West Hollywood, CA w/ L.A. Guns, Pentagram, Alien Ant Farm, Boy Hits Car
5/17/2026 San Luis Metal Fest – San Luis Potosí, MX
5/22/2026 Rock Hard Festival – Gelsenkirchen, DE
6/06/2026 Milwaukee Metalfest @ The Rave/Eagles Club – Milwaukee, WI
7/30/2026 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK w/ Metal Church
7/31/2026 Skogsrojet 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 – Kosice, SK w/ Vio-Lence
8/13/2026 Klub Studio – Krakow, PL w/ Testament, Metal Church
8/29/2026 Stonedead Festival – Newark, UK
More information on Armored Saint’s new album and tour is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
Website: https://www.armoredsaint.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thearmoredsaint
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thearmoredsaint

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