AMG Review of Raising Fear

Steve Huey
All Music Guide

With their third album, Raising Fear, Armored Saint began to climb out of cult status and garner more critical praise for their no-frills, meat-and-potatoes approach to heavy metal. Still not the most distinctive band in the world, Armored Saint nonetheless delivered their best-realized record up to that point in time, full of well-constructed riffs and melodies. Sadly, this would prove to be guitarist Dave Prichard's final album with the band; leukemia claimed his life three years later.