Win Hands Down (album)

Win Hands Down
Studio album by Armored Saint
Released	June 2, 2015
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	51:00
Label	Metal Blade Records
Producer	Joey Vera
Armored Saint chronology
La Raza (2010) Win Hands Down (2015)

Win Hands Down is the seventh album by the Southern California heavy metal band Armored Saint. It was released on June 2, 2015.^[1][2]

Two videos have been released for the album: the title track and the song "An Exercise in Debauchery". The band toured extensively in summer 2015 with Saxon in support of the album.^[3]

Critical reception

Metal.de rated the album 9 out of 10 points. Marek Protzak wrote, there was "no other band at the moment" who played "classical metal in such an inspired and versed manner".^[1] German Rock Hard magazine editors voted Win Hands Down as "Album of the Month". Editor-in-chief Boris Kaiser called Armored Saint "one of the most underrated bands in US Metal" and compared the album to 1991's Symbol of Salvation. He rated it 8.5 of 10.^[4]

Commercial performance

The album sold double the amount of copies as previous La Raza.^[5]

Track listing

1. Win Hands Down
2. Mess
3. An Exercise In Debauchery
4. Muscle Memory
5. That Was Then, Way Back When
6. With a Full Head of Steam
7. In an Instant
8. Dive
9. Up Yours

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 33 US Billboard 200[7] 183 References Armored Saint - Win Hands Down, metal.de, in German "ARMORED SAINT: Entire 'Win Hands Down' Album Available For Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. May 29, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2016. Armored Saint detail Win Hands Down, teamrock.com, 9 April 2015 Armored Saint - Win Hands Down, rockhard.de, in German ARMORED SAINT – Win Hands Down Debuts On Billboard Chart, bravewords.com, 10 June 2015 "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved December 2, 2016. "Armored Saint – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Armored Saint. Retrieved December 2, 2016.