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ASK AN EXPERT...
which is not me, but I will do the best I can to answer your questions, plus continued interviews from around the world.

Open to any questions, which may or may not be published on this site. (If you do not want it to be published, please let me know.)

Please excuse my not using some apostrophies in my personal testimony. I had to omit them. For some wierd reason the html symbols jump in there and bugger up the text.

To ask me anything, just contact my email address below:
joshkramerofsaint@hotmail.com

Guitar Lessons recorded from live lessons with my students over the years at the Bottom of the page.

Here is my personal testimony and the start of my Autobiography by Josh Kramer of Saint 12-08-07.

I welcome and answer all emails good and bad so feel free to chat, blab or vent at me. I will do the best I can to answer your questions, plus in this page are continued interviews from around the world.

I am open to any questions, which may or may not be published on this site. (If you do not want it to be published, please let me know.) To ask me anything, just contact my email address below: joshkramerofsaint[at]hotmail[dot]com

Guitar Lessons sound files are recorded from live lessons with my students over the years and are at the Bottom of the page.

Please be aware that almost every question regarding Saint has been addressed in the fan mail page, about Saint page, photos pages and the Nicolas pages.... basically every page in this site has addressed 99.75% issues regarding stuff I don't mind sharing with the world.

Born, baptized and raised Catholic, I became born again by choice at 14, accepted the Lord Jesus into my heart with the realization that he is the only begotten son of God, my Savior, and Lord of my life, the risen King, the Lamb that was slain for the atonement of my sins. He is worthy of our worship and I do worship him.

I lay everything at his feet. He is the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is the Word. He is Jehovah, the lamb that was slain for my sins. He is God. I am his child and my life is a fleeting vapor.

He is the one who laid the foundations of the world and spoke light and life into existence. I hope that clarifies any question in your mind as to who I believe that Jesus is.

Currently I own and do the best I can to keep this wonderful web site built and maintained by Mr. Jeff McCormack up to date to advertise and market an Audio book called, "Nicolas" and also to promote, advertise products and provide fan club information for the music group Saint.

My stage name with Saint is Josh Kramer. My given name is Howie Kaemerer. When I was a radio announcer my air name was Kamen Whendt Don't worry, I'm not schizophrenic, all 3 of us are doing just fine.

I've been the lead vocalist, guitarist and one of the songwriters, of the band Saint since 1983. We have toured parts of the U.S. and currently we are producing our 6th album with a projected released date of mid winter 08. I've performed in Rock, Pop, Country, and Top 40 Club Circuit Bands since 1978, live stage experience as a Sound Engineer and also a Radio Announcer for 88.5 WVCP F.M., Nashville TN.

I am the director, producer, primary Author, one of the actors and musicians performing in the Rock Opera Audio book "Nicolas The Legend".

I totally love the lord and all of our dear Saint fans with all my heart soul and strength. HJK

Guitar Lessons

A commonly asked question: Josh, What do you do for a living when you are not on tour?
Well, I havn't been on tour with Saint for almost 20 years. Currently I'm an office relief manager / building and property maintenance supervisor / construction superintendant for a company here in Salem, OR.
I am a Jack of all trades and master of a couple. I've had to do almost everything from Professional Landscaping, Gardening, House painting, Fork lift riving, warehouse work, Janitorial, Power spraying Resturant Parking lots. ( That paid pretty well until i vaccinated my foot with the power sprayer right through my boot...ouch! Man, talk about shooting your self in the foot! ).

I've toured with Pop, Classic Rock and Country Bands Worked as a demo guitar player for recording Studios in Nashville, taught Music, Voice over-acting and Self Defense Lessons. I love teaching those interests and I own a basic Recording Studio with One of the coolest and easiest software programs called Cool Pro Edit 2.0 I love this system!

I created Nick and a portion of the pre production of Saint's new up comming album, "In The Battle" using this program. Before I had this wonderful Computer and Software program, I recorded live and pre recorded guitar lessons for my students and even some of the dialog on Nicolas on cassette recorders. Here are some music Lesson samples done on old cassette recorders but they are kinda cool as they are.

The first 2 lessons are played by me in the mid 80's but the 3rd was recorded july 17th 2002 with multi talented, then 11 year old, now 14, actress, singer, guitar player,soccar-swimming sports enthusiast, Presidential award for schoolastic achievment award winner and all around nice kid, Julienne Indy Roberts learning how to improvise (7-17-02). I'm playing the chords and she is playing the leads recorded on her boom box that recorded at a slower speed than normal which made us sound like the chipmonks when the tape was played on a normal cassette player. I had to lower the pitch and slow it down digitally. No problem. In time I will put in the site more lesson concept excerpts from my old lesson tape series and current sound bytes for the benifit and pleasure of our fans.

Click on the button to hear a 12 bar blues jam to practice your "A" minor pentatonics and "A" Dorian minor and interchangable with "A'" Mixolydian major scale.

Here is A lesson jam in E minor I recorded in 1986.

Here are the rhythm patterns for the intro to "Accuser" played by me in 1986 for my students and to practice my vocals and leads to. Also "In the Night" and "Primed and Ready" as shown below.

Click on the musical notes to hear The chords and bass lines to Primed and ready. The chords to the intro are, "EGAAGAAEEGD-EGAAGAAEECG-EGAAGAAEEGD-EGAAGAAEEeEEee, EFGAAGAAEEGC-EFGAAGAAEECG-EFGAAGAAEEGC-EFGAAGAAEEeEEee...etc

Here are the rhythm patterns for the intro to "In the Night" the chords are EEeEEeEEDEECEEB-EEeEEeEEDEEC-EEeEEeEEDEECEEB-EEeEEeEEGF#A- Repeat etc...

Here is a Carcassi Classical Exercise I recorded that Some of my advanced students learned. Soon I'll put the Tableture and notation in the site.

This is a medley of Traditional Classical songs I performed live at the Enzyme Express Resturant Anchorage Alaska (Amazing Vegitarian meals and goodies and wonderful people) in 1990 which I also have taught to many of my Classical Guitar students.

The Quasi cromatic finger drills.

Understanding positioning.

The basics touching on the Number system.

The Pentatonics: Introduction to the Blues Soloing concepts.

12 Bar Blues in A

Chord jumping

Hey Shredder,
i think i'm the only person on earth that has all of our previous albums on vinyl never opened still in shrink wrap except for "Times End" that I had to open and have a professional studio record the song "Times End" for me to put in my audio book nicolas because the sound quality of the cassette was so horrid and my original Saint CDs got loaned out and never returned.... mistake! ..... no they're not for sale. Well I would part with them for a thousand bucks a piece I guess. if you want something really rare check out my audio book that comes with basement tapes and musical archives mp3 (highest quality mp3 pro-150 bps. the clarity is exactly as crisp as the original wav files) .....Josh

From : Shredder
Sent : Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:57 AM
To : joshkramerofsaint@hotmail.com
Subject : Re: rare stuff

You lucky one.

What would this cd cost incl. shipping to germany????

Does a band bio exist?

I only read short critics to your albums in the Iron Pages US Metal 1 Book, but there was to read, that there's no real biography in the book, cause the band wanted to sale the bio (back in the 80ies) and the author didn't´t want to spend money for this.

Could you send me a saint discography, where I can also read, which album was released on Vinyl and which not?

You told me about secular bands some mails before, so I'm asking myself, what is Saint (in your opinion?).

I also read you have a real drummer problem, is that true?

I just can remember that there was marked on one album drummer: machine.

So if you really got a drummer problem, send me a ticket to the USA and I'll play for a dry bread and a glass of water ;-).

Cheers, Dave "Shredder" Germany

From: "trevor ray"
To: "Josh Kramer" <joshkramerofsaint@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re hey that german saint review can be translated here it is
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:07:09 -0700

Here is a translation of that Saint review from that german metal zinepowermetal using Google's auto translator.

2 Reviews

Well who gives sagt's, it it nevertheless still: The be worth-worth Reunion!

SAINT had returned of course before a few years, however without Josh Kramer (singing, guitar). Without him one could however hardly call the Reunion such. But now also it is back and the current output?

In The Battle?

it shows that alone Josh Kramer is worth each euro. Its organ lost after all the years in no way at spectrum and expression strength.

The Opener "In The Battle" meets already times in the black: A heavy riff and a full Drums, in addition a cry and a cool Leads at the beginning lead to the fact that SAINT with the first note can win only! Josh Kramer can keep that, what one promises oneself from him and thus one receives a Song, which one may rank in the future among the SAINT classical authors. Far geht's with "Star Pilot Return." "Star Pilot of "Too Late For Living" album is the large brother of this piece. With here incoming goods are follows a song, like wise after?

"Too Late the For Living" how on "Time's end" its place would have found. A super Song with class Leads, which is for SAINT history, in addition, for the entire Heavy Metal scene a profit.

At the latest after the Intro of "Sacrifice" it notices to one that? "In The Battle" is almost completely settled in the Midtempobereich.

Alternation is nevertheless sufficient present, because straight with "Sacrifice" were inserted some modern elements: The Nu-Metal-lastige rhythm guitar does not escape the attentive listener with the strophe anyhow.

But the song is not to be under any circumstances devalued thereby since it possesses a classical singing line and a mad Groove! Here one must praise the angeheuerten schlagzeuger Larry London, which understands its handicraft and - the Old school fans to the joy - not too progressively plays.

"Sacrifice" is according to my opinion the most interesting and most controversial number of the album.

Is no loss on "In The Battle," only "When" could offer discussion material again, because this number can convince rather by music potashty and a beautiful melody as through "true Metal" (the hardness is not missing to it however). A number must be particularly emphasized: "Full Armor" is simply the hammer. I read somewhere that the song originates still from "Too the Late For Living" time. Also on this disk it would have been a musical high point (perhaps it has not completely in the concept fit).

To hardly believe that such became to withhold from mankind a Ohrenschmaus so for a long time. "Full Armor" goes well forward and is a beautiful Metalgranate. Completely so, as one PRAISED it from JUDAS in the last years would have expected. Geil unfortunately only too briefly.

Further high points, which festbohren themselves after repeated run, are the cool soil compactor "Holy Rollin," as well as the hammergeile Melodic Metal moderate "Riders" (with funny-proves with 3:15 minutes even short MANOWAR Feeling was interspersed).

I do not need to stress surely specially that fans of the old school should test this volume. The step Hans bookshop in peppering castle will surely sell the part ( http://www.stephans buchhandlung.de). The none which one could criticize at this production, would be on the one hand the fact that the singing of Josh Kramer dominates no longer as much as in former times (is because of the very fat produced instruments) and the sound more the atmosphere from once to also not completely spread can (I miss something the dark moments). Likewise one hears that behind production the large money is not, but for an own production the sound succeeded very much.

In summary can one say that?In The Battle? a strong Heavy Metal album became, which rises straight in the Songwriting from the average. An indication of it is the continuous acoustic irradiation to want to operate those my ears already for some weeks enjoys, whereby one is not even subject to the temptation, the "forward key".

Anspieltipps: "In The Battle," "Star Pilot Return." Here incoming goods of acres, "Riders," "Full Armor."

Stefan long [ 21.03.2004 ]

The volume SAINT around singers Josh Kramer and bassist Richard Lynch supplies with its current Longplayer "to The Battle" new force fodder for all fans of power Metal of the marks JUDAS PRAISED, HUNT TANKS or with reductions also LIGHT STAR. That it concerns with SAINT volume of the White Metal scene (Christian texts) in the states, is noticeable actually only if one looks at oneself the texts and/or the meager homepage that somewhat more exactly volume. Saint were active already 1984 and have also already some publications, by which two were discussed also on these sides. However both the all too meager info. sheet and the mentioned homepage that refuses resuming information to me volume.

SAINT sound on "in The Battle" in such a way, as if the straight charm cube was invented or "E.T." home to telephone wants; evenly eighties-years purely. That is not meant really negative, but for many different that is called evenly unfortunately also "missing advancement".

The only difference to disks from mentioned time are pressure-fuller production and the fact that here evenly directly on CD and not on Vinyl one publishes.

Nine TRACKS with one total play time of well 45 minutes, from which none drops negatively, stand on "in The Battle". All Songs more or less lies in the Midtempobereich, and with the hymnischen Titelsong those selected volume the optimal entrance into the album. Only with "Sacrifice," a soil compactor according to kind of the early DID NOT PRAISE and with "Holy Rollin?" come up - more than anyway already - memories of Rob Halford. Also the very melodische "When" can quite please. If one foresees from cheaply the working and kit ski towards Cover, the bent fan gets a very solid, in self-direction provision width unit product, over mentioned homepage which will not disappoint him. However I dare to doubt whether SAINT will make straight progress in things Bekanntheitsgrad, lrge with this sound in our degrees of latitude, due to the countless competition.

Anspieltipps: In The Battle, Sacrifice, When, Acid Rain/Full Armor




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	Reviews, Josh's personal testimony, Interviews and Commonly asked very good questions Metal man original drawn cartoon by Steve Hook Colored by Jeff McCormack ASK AN EXPERT... which is not me, but I will do the best I can to answer your questions, plus continued interviews from around the world. Open to any questions, which may or may not be published on this site. (If you do not want it to be published, please let me know.) Please excuse my not using some apostrophies in my personal testimony. I had to omit them. For some wierd reason the html symbols jump in there and bugger up the text. To ask me anything, just contact my email address below: joshkramerofsaint@hotmail.com Guitar Lessons recorded from live lessons with my students over the years at the Bottom of the page. Please be aware that almost every question regarding Saint has been addressed in the fan mailpage, about Saint page, photospages and the Nicolas pages....basically every page in this site has addressed 99.75% issues regarding stuff I don't mind sharing with the world and then some. Testimony - Josh Kramer Here is my personal testimony and the start of my Autobiography by Josh Kramer of Saint 12-08-07. I welcome and answer all emails good and bad so feel free to chat, blab or vent at me. I will do the best I can to answer your questions, plus in this page are continued interviews from around the world. I am open to any questions, which may or may not be published on this site. (If you do not want it to be published, please let me know.) To ask me anything, just contact my email address below: joshkramerofsaint[at]hotmail[dot]com Guitar Lessons sound files are recorded from live lessons with my students over the years and are at the Bottom of the page. Please be aware that almost every question regarding Saint has been addressed in the fan mail page, about Saint page, photos pages and the Nicolas pages.... basically every page in this site has addressed 99.75% issues regarding stuff I don't mind sharing with the world. Born, baptized and raised Catholic, I became born again by choice at 14, accepted the Lord Jesus into my heart with the realization that he is the only begotten son of God, my Savior, and Lord of my life, the risen King, the Lamb that was slain for the atonement of my sins. He is worthy of our worship and I do worship him. I lay everything at his feet. He is the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is the Word. He is Jehovah, the lamb that was slain for my sins. He is God. I am his child and my life is a fleeting vapor. He is the one who laid the foundations of the world and spoke light and life into existence. I hope that clarifies any question in your mind as to who I believe that Jesus is. Currently I own and do the best I can to keep this wonderful web site built and maintained by Mr. Jeff McCormack up to date to advertise and market an Audio book called, "Nicolas" and also to promote, advertise products and provide fan club information for the music group Saint. My stage name with Saint is Josh Kramer. My given name is Howie Kaemerer. When I was a radio announcer my air name was Kamen Whendt Don't worry, I'm not schizophrenic, all 3 of us are doing just fine. I've been the lead vocalist, guitarist and one of the songwriters, of the band Saint since 1983. We have toured parts of the U.S. and currently we are producing our 6th album with a projected released date of mid winter 08. I've performed in Rock, Pop, Country, and Top 40 Club Circuit Bands since 1978, live stage experience as a Sound Engineer and also a Radio Announcer for 88.5 WVCP F.M., Nashville TN. I am the director, producer, primary Author, one of the actors and musicians performing in the Rock Opera Audio book "Nicolas The Legend". I totally love the lord and all of our dear Saint fans with all my heart soul and strength. HJK Guitar Lessons A commonly asked question: Josh, What do you do for a living when you are not on tour? Well, I havn't been on tour with Saint for almost 20 years. Currently I'm an office relief manager / building and property maintenance supervisor / construction superintendant for a company here in Salem, OR. I am a Jack of all trades and master of a couple. I've had to do almost everything from Professional Landscaping, Gardening, House painting, Fork lift riving, warehouse work, Janitorial, Power spraying Resturant Parking lots. ( That paid pretty well until i vaccinated my foot with the power sprayer right through my boot...ouch! Man, talk about shooting your self in the foot! ). I've toured with Pop, Classic Rock and Country Bands Worked as a demo guitar player for recording Studios in Nashville, taught Music, Voice over-acting and Self Defense Lessons. I love teaching those interests and I own a basic Recording Studio with One of the coolest and easiest software programs called Cool Pro Edit 2.0 I love this system! I created Nick and a portion of the pre production of Saint's new up comming album, "In The Battle" using this program. Before I had this wonderful Computer and Software program, I recorded live and pre recorded guitar lessons for my students and even some of the dialog on Nicolas on cassette recorders. Here are some music Lesson samples done on old cassette recorders but they are kinda cool as they are. The first 2 lessons are played by me in the mid 80's but the 3rd was recorded july 17th 2002 with multi talented, then 11 year old, now 14, actress, singer, guitar player,soccar-swimming sports enthusiast, Presidential award for schoolastic achievment award winner and all around nice kid, Julienne Indy Roberts learning how to improvise (7-17-02). I'm playing the chords and she is playing the leads recorded on her boom box that recorded at a slower speed than normal which made us sound like the chipmonks when the tape was played on a normal cassette player. I had to lower the pitch and slow it down digitally. No problem. In time I will put in the site more lesson concept excerpts from my old lesson tape series and current sound bytes for the benifit and pleasure of our fans. Click on the button to hear a 12 bar blues jam to practice your "A" minor pentatonics and "A" Dorian minor and interchangable with "A'" Mixolydian major scale. Here is A lesson jam in E minor I recorded in 1986. Here are the rhythm patterns for the intro to "Accuser" played by me in 1986 for my students and to practice my vocals and leads to. Also "In the Night" and "Primed and Ready" as shown below. Click on the musical notes to hear The chords and bass lines to Primed and ready. The chords to the intro are, "EGAAGAAEEGD-EGAAGAAEECG-EGAAGAAEEGD-EGAAGAAEEeEEee, EFGAAGAAEEGC-EFGAAGAAEECG-EFGAAGAAEEGC-EFGAAGAAEEeEEee...etc Here are the rhythm patterns for the intro to "In the Night" the chords are EEeEEeEEDEECEEB-EEeEEeEEDEEC-EEeEEeEEDEECEEB-EEeEEeEEGF#A- Repeat etc... Here is a Carcassi Classical Exercise I recorded that Some of my advanced students learned. Soon I'll put the Tableture and notation in the site. This is a medley of Traditional Classical songs I performed live at the Enzyme Express Resturant Anchorage Alaska (Amazing Vegitarian meals and goodies and wonderful people) in 1990 which I also have taught to many of my Classical Guitar students. The Quasi cromatic finger drills. Understanding positioning. The basics touching on the Number system. The Pentatonics: Introduction to the Blues Soloing concepts. 12 Bar Blues in A Chord jumping Hey Shredder, i think i'm the only person on earth that has all of our previous albums on vinyl never opened still in shrink wrap except for "Times End" that I had to open and have a professional studio record the song "Times End" for me to put in my audio book nicolas because the sound quality of the cassette was so horrid and my original Saint CDs got loaned out and never returned.... mistake! ..... no they're not for sale. Well I would part with them for a thousand bucks a piece I guess. if you want something really rare check out my audio book that comes with basement tapes and musical archives mp3 (highest quality mp3 pro-150 bps. the clarity is exactly as crisp as the original wav files) .....Josh From : Shredder Sent : Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:57 AM To : joshkramerofsaint@hotmail.com Subject : Re: rare stuff You lucky one. What would this cd cost incl. shipping to germany???? Does a band bio exist? I only read short critics to your albums in the Iron Pages US Metal 1 Book, but there was to read, that there's no real biography in the book, cause the band wanted to sale the bio (back in the 80ies) and the author didn't´t want to spend money for this. Could you send me a saint discography, where I can also read, which album was released on Vinyl and which not? You told me about secular bands some mails before, so I'm asking myself, what is Saint (in your opinion?). I also read you have a real drummer problem, is that true? I just can remember that there was marked on one album drummer: machine. So if you really got a drummer problem, send me a ticket to the USA and I'll play for a dry bread and a glass of water ;-). Cheers, Dave "Shredder" Germany From: "trevor ray" To: "Josh Kramer" <joshkramerofsaint@hotmail.com> Subject: Re hey that german saint review can be translated here it is Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:07:09 -0700 Here is a translation of that Saint review from that german metal zinepowermetal using Google's auto translator. 2 Reviews Well who gives sagt's, it it nevertheless still: The be worth-worth Reunion! SAINT had returned of course before a few years, however without Josh Kramer (singing, guitar). Without him one could however hardly call the Reunion such. But now also it is back and the current output? In The Battle? it shows that alone Josh Kramer is worth each euro. Its organ lost after all the years in no way at spectrum and expression strength. The Opener "In The Battle" meets already times in the black: A heavy riff and a full Drums, in addition a cry and a cool Leads at the beginning lead to the fact that SAINT with the first note can win only! Josh Kramer can keep that, what one promises oneself from him and thus one receives a Song, which one may rank in the future among the SAINT classical authors. Far geht's with "Star Pilot Return." "Star Pilot of "Too Late For Living" album is the large brother of this piece. With here incoming goods are follows a song, like wise after? "Too Late the For Living" how on "Time's end" its place would have found. A super Song with class Leads, which is for SAINT history, in addition, for the entire Heavy Metal scene a profit. At the latest after the Intro of "Sacrifice" it notices to one that? "In The Battle" is almost completely settled in the Midtempobereich. Alternation is nevertheless sufficient present, because straight with "Sacrifice" were inserted some modern elements: The Nu-Metal-lastige rhythm guitar does not escape the attentive listener with the strophe anyhow. But the song is not to be under any circumstances devalued thereby since it possesses a classical singing line and a mad Groove! Here one must praise the angeheuerten schlagzeuger Larry London, which understands its handicraft and - the Old school fans to the joy - not too progressively plays. "Sacrifice" is according to my opinion the most interesting and most controversial number of the album. Is no loss on "In The Battle," only "When" could offer discussion material again, because this number can convince rather by music potashty and a beautiful melody as through "true Metal" (the hardness is not missing to it however). A number must be particularly emphasized: "Full Armor" is simply the hammer. I read somewhere that the song originates still from "Too the Late For Living" time. Also on this disk it would have been a musical high point (perhaps it has not completely in the concept fit). To hardly believe that such became to withhold from mankind a Ohrenschmaus so for a long time. "Full Armor" goes well forward and is a beautiful Metalgranate. Completely so, as one PRAISED it from JUDAS in the last years would have expected. Geil unfortunately only too briefly. Further high points, which festbohren themselves after repeated run, are the cool soil compactor "Holy Rollin," as well as the hammergeile Melodic Metal moderate "Riders" (with funny-proves with 3:15 minutes even short MANOWAR Feeling was interspersed). I do not need to stress surely specially that fans of the old school should test this volume. The step Hans bookshop in peppering castle will surely sell the part ( http://www.stephans buchhandlung.de). The none which one could criticize at this production, would be on the one hand the fact that the singing of Josh Kramer dominates no longer as much as in former times (is because of the very fat produced instruments) and the sound more the atmosphere from once to also not completely spread can (I miss something the dark moments). Likewise one hears that behind production the large money is not, but for an own production the sound succeeded very much. In summary can one say that?In The Battle? a strong Heavy Metal album became, which rises straight in the Songwriting from the average. An indication of it is the continuous acoustic irradiation to want to operate those my ears already for some weeks enjoys, whereby one is not even subject to the temptation, the "forward key". Anspieltipps: "In The Battle," "Star Pilot Return." Here incoming goods of acres, "Riders," "Full Armor." Stefan long [ 21.03.2004 ] The volume SAINT around singers Josh Kramer and bassist Richard Lynch supplies with its current Longplayer "to The Battle" new force fodder for all fans of power Metal of the marks JUDAS PRAISED, HUNT TANKS or with reductions also LIGHT STAR. That it concerns with SAINT volume of the White Metal scene (Christian texts) in the states, is noticeable actually only if one looks at oneself the texts and/or the meager homepage that somewhat more exactly volume. Saint were active already 1984 and have also already some publications, by which two were discussed also on these sides. However both the all too meager info. sheet and the mentioned homepage that refuses resuming information to me volume. SAINT sound on "in The Battle" in such a way, as if the straight charm cube was invented or "E.T." home to telephone wants; evenly eighties-years purely. That is not meant really negative, but for many different that is called evenly unfortunately also "missing advancement". The only difference to disks from mentioned time are pressure-fuller production and the fact that here evenly directly on CD and not on Vinyl one publishes. Nine TRACKS with one total play time of well 45 minutes, from which none drops negatively, stand on "in The Battle". All Songs more or less lies in the Midtempobereich, and with the hymnischen Titelsong those selected volume the optimal entrance into the album. Only with "Sacrifice," a soil compactor according to kind of the early DID NOT PRAISE and with "Holy Rollin?" come up - more than anyway already - memories of Rob Halford. Also the very melodische "When" can quite please. If one foresees from cheaply the working and kit ski towards Cover, the bent fan gets a very solid, in self-direction provision width unit product, over mentioned homepage which will not disappoint him. However I dare to doubt whether SAINT will make straight progress in things Bekanntheitsgrad, lrge with this sound in our degrees of latitude, due to the countless competition. Anspieltipps: In The Battle, Sacrifice, When, Acid Rain/Full Armor