Armored Saint have just started recording their first album since 2000’s Revelation.As yet untitled, it’s being produced by bassist Joey Vera and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom, who worked on the band’s 1991 record Symbol Of Salvation.

Songs expected to feature on the album include 'Black Feet', 'Chilled', 'Loose Cannon', 'Blues', 'La Raza', 'Head On', 'Get off the Fence' and 'Left Hook From Right Field'.

Says vocalist John Bush (who is also likely to be returning to Anthrax):

“About a year and a half or so ago Joey asked me if I’d be interested in writing some songs. I was in the right mind finally, so I said, ‘Send me something’. To be quite honest, I wasn’t thinking in terms of Armored Saint, but more like just writing rock music. I felt pretty free with that mentality and the ideas felt very organic.

“With every passing song things improved, and next thing we knew we had about eight songs demoed. Although the idea of sparking something completely new was appealing it became clear that if it was Joey and I the reality was, let’s not kid ourselves; this is Armored Saint.

“So here it comes. Embracing my inner R&B singer and coupling that with our influence of the great seventy’s hard rock band’s we grew up on.”