Jeff Duncan: Armored Saint, Metal Blade Records

Jeff Duncan: Armored Saint, Metal Blade Records

From Krazy Train with Jasmin St. Claire by Krazy Train with Jasmin St. Claire

May 20, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

Jeff Duncan of Armored Saint discusses the band's new album and their enduring legacy in the heavy metal scene.

Armored Saint guitarist Jeff Duncan pulls into the Krazy Train and Jasmin St. Claire is ready — because when one of heavy metal's most enduring bands drops a ninth studio album, you don't phone in the conversation. Emotion Factory Reset is out and Duncan breaks it all down — the writing process, the concept behind the new videos "Close To The Bone" and "Hit A Moonshot" including the real-life fighters who inspired it, and what it means for a band that has been together this long to still be making music that hits this hard. He gets into Armored Saint's legendary relationship with Metal Blade Records and founder Brian Slagel, why a brotherhood built in the early 80s Los Angeles metal scene is still standing when almost everything else from that era has fallen apart, and what playing the Rainbow Bar & Grill's 54th anniversary show felt like for a man who grew up on Black Sabbath, Kiss, Van Halen, and Judas Priest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jasmin St. Claire

Guest: Jeff Duncan

Topics covered

  • heavy metal
  • music industry
  • band dynamics
  • album release
  • Los Angeles metal scene
  • songwriting process

Keywords

  • Armored Saint
  • Jeff Duncan
  • Emotion Factory Reset
  • Metal Blade Records
  • heavy metal
  • songwriting
  • Los Angeles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Armored Saint, Metal Blade Records

Books & works: Emotion Factory Reset, Close To The Bone, Hit A Moonshot

Places: Los Angeles, Rainbow Bar & Grill

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