Armored Saint had the task of opening our trip through musical history at the Théâtre Beanfield on Saturday night. The venerable band who got back together a few years ago after a brief hiatus didn't show the effects of time at all they they played such a great set that there was some discussion amongst us photographers over whether our opening band had just stolen the night from the headliners. That wasn't the case as Queensryche (check out the pictures by following the link) hit the stage a little later and performer a terrific set of there own, but Armored Saint definitely set the table for them with one of the best 'opening act' performances that I had ever seen. Of course, Armored Saint isn't your typical 'opening act' They've been playing together since the early 1980s when their debut album, 'March of the Saint' helped usher in a new wave of North American metal to
the music scene. Singer John Bush reminisced about that time and how the band had actually been here in 1985, opening for Metallica in the long gone, but not forgotten, Le Spectrum. It was a different time, they were much younger and, as John Bush said himself, he had much more hair, but they never forgot those shows, and Montreal has certainly not forgotten them as well. Armored Saint threw down the gauntlet by performing a set of classics and some
songs from their most recent album, Punching The Sky, released in 2020, that
rocked the old building to its foundations. It's been a week since the show and I wouldn't be surprised if the walls are still shaking. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of Armored Saint's performance.
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