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Armored Saint

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Armored Saint is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Stryper, Great White, Helloween, 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 Savatage, Diamond Head, Manowar, Angel Witch and Testament, 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 35 connections around Armored Saint, reaching back through Stryper 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 SaintStryperGreat WhiteHelloweenSuicidal TendenciesDanzigJudas PriestMetallicaAerosmithMetallicaW.A.S.P.Layne StaleyAcceptSavatageDiamond HeadManowarAngel WitchTestamentGrave DiggerVirgin SteeleIced Earth

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Armored Saint connections

Armored Saint grew out of Stryper, Great White, Helloween and Suicidal Tendencies, shares an orbit with Savatage, Diamond Head, Manowar and Angel Witch, went on to shape Metallica, W.A.S.P., Layne Staley and Accept. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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