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Armored Saint

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Armored Saint is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Great White, Helloween, Stryper, Suicidal Tendencies and Danzig. Those roots explain a lot about how Armored Saint arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Flotsam and Jetsam, Sanctuary, Savatage, Diamond Head and Manowar, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Metallica, W.A.S.P., Layne Staley and Accept, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Armored Saint, reaching back through Great White and forward to Metallica. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Armored SaintGreat WhiteHelloweenStryperSuicidal TendenciesDanzigJudas PriestMetallicaAerosmithMetallicaW.A.S.P.Layne StaleyAcceptFlotsam and JetsamSanctuarySavatageDiamond HeadManowarAngel WitchTestamentGrave Digger

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Armored Saint connections

Armored Saint grew out of Great White, Helloween, Stryper and Suicidal Tendencies, shares an orbit with Flotsam and Jetsam, Sanctuary, Savatage and Diamond Head, went on to shape Metallica, W.A.S.P., Layne Staley and Accept. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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