{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Raising Fear | type = Studio | artist = Armored Saint | cover = Raising Fear.jpg | alt = | released = September 1987 | recorded = October 1986 – June 1987 | venue = | studio = *Sound City, Van Nuys *Ocean Way, Hollywood *Cherokee, Hollywood | genre = Heavy metal | length = 47:46 | label = Chrysalis | producer = Armored Saint and Chris Minto | prev_title = Delirious Nomad | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Saints Will Conquer | next_year = 1988 }}
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'''''Raising Fear''''' is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Armored Saint. It was released in 1987 via Chrysalis Records.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNrV3iQ_qrIC&q=raising+fear+armored+saint&pg=PA297|title=Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu|first=Garry|last=Sharpe-Young|date=October 26, 2007|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=9781906002015|via=Google Books}}</ref> The band recorded the album as a four-piece as guitarist Phil Sandoval had left Armored Saint during the recording of its previous album, ''Delirious Nomad'', although he rejoined the band a few years later.
After ''Raising Fear'' was released, Chrysalis dropped the band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/armored-saints-john-bush-on-the-tumultuous-period-around-symbol-of-salvation/|title=Armored Saint's John Bush on the Tumultuous Period Around Symbol of Salvation|first=Jason|last=Roche|date=August 16, 2018|website=LA Weekly}}</ref> This was the last Armored Saint studio album with guitarist Dave Prichard, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1989 and died of the disease the following year, as the band was preparing for their next album ''Symbol of Salvation''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/news-armored-saint-guitarist-david-prichard-dies-of-leukaemia-aged-26/|title=ARMORED SAINT Guitarist David Prichard Dies Of Leukaemia Aged 26 (February 28th, 1990) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Armored Saint, except where noted | headline = Side A | title1 = Raising Fear | length1 = 3:50 | title2 = Saturday Night Special | note2 = Lynyrd Skynyrd cover | writer2 = Edward King, Ronnie Van Zant | length2 = 4:24 | title3 = Out on a Limb | length3 = 3:34 | title4 = Isolation | length4 = 6:00 | title5 = Chemical Euphoria | length5 = 4:46 }} {{track listing | total_length = 47:46 | headline = Side B | title6 = Frozen Will/Legacy | writer6 = David E. Prichard, Armored Saint | length6 = 6:01 | title7 = Human Vulture | length7 = 5:26 | title8 = Book of Blood | length8 = 4:42 | title9 = Terror | length9 = 4:44 | title10 = Underdogs | length10 = 4:19 }} {{track listing | total_length = 51:51 | headline = CD bonus track | title1 = Crisis of Life | length1 = 4:05 }}
==Personnel== ;Band Members *John Bush – lead vocals *Dave Prichard – guitars *Joey Vera – bass *Gonzo Sandoval – drums
;Additional musician *Phil Brown – musical contribution
;Production *Steve MacMillan, Mike Bosley, David Eaton, Ray Pyle – assistant engineers *Chris Minto – engineering, producer, mixing at Lion Share Studios, Los Angeles, California *Kevin Savigar – special effects *Neil Zlozower – photography *Mike Doud – art direction *Richard Kriegler – cover art *Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
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==External links== *[http://www.armoredsaint.com/ Official Armored Saint Site] *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3573/biography|pure_url=yes}} Armored Saint on ''Allmusic Guide''] *[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=2666 Armored Saint's ''Raising Fear'' on ''Encyclopaedia Metallum'']
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Category:1987 albums Category:Chrysalis Records albums Category:Armored Saint albums Category:Albums recorded at Sound City Studios