Saint
Group · United States · formed 1980
American Christian metal band
Timeline
1980s
Biography
Biography
Saint is an American Christian metal band, first active in the mid-1980s, releasing their first album Warriors of the Son in 1984. Common themes of Saint's music include hell, evil, and apocalyptic themes such as the End times. In 2010, HM magazine ranked the band's albums Time's End and Hell Blade among Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list on No. 67 and No. 46 respectively.
Line up
Current members
Dave Nelson – vocals
Richard Lynch – bass
Jared Knowland – drums
Matthew P. Smith – guitars
Former members
Eli Prinsen - vocals
Brian Miller – vocals
Josh Kramer – vocals
Dee Harrington – guitars
Jerry Johnson - guitars
Tim Lamberson – vocals, drums
John Mahan – guitars, backing vocals
Gene McClendon – drums
Brian Willis – drums
John Perrine – drums
Larry London – drums
Mike Lowery – drums
Nick Bean – drums
Bill Brost – drums
Russell Koch – bass
Jim Maxwell – drums
Warriors of the Son (1984 Rotten)
"Plan II"
"Legions of the Dead"
"Abyss"
"Warriors of the Son"
"Vicars of Fate"
"Time's Wasting"
Time's End (1986 Pure Metal)
"In the Night"
"Island Prisoner"
"Space Cruiser"
"Through You"
"Time's End"
"Primed and Ready"
"Destroyers"
"Phantom of the Galaxy/Steel Killer"
"Steel Killer (reprise)"
Too Late for Living (1988 Pure Metal/2000 Armor)
"Too Late for Living"
"Star Pilot"
"Accuser"
"The Rock"
"On the Street"
"Returning"
"The Path"
"Through the Sky"
"The War Is Over"
The Perfect Life (EP) (1999 Armor)
"The Runner"
"Raise Your Hands"
"Show His Love"
"To Live Forever"
"The Perfect Life"
"Deceived"
In the Battle (2003 Armor)
"In the Battle"
"Star Pilots Return"
"Here We Are"
"Sacrifice"
"Holy Rollin'"
"Ryders"
"The Choice"
"When"
"Acid Rain/Full Armor"
Warriors of the Son (Re-Recorded) (2004 Armor)
"Plan II"
"Legions of the Dead"
"Abyss"
"Warriors of the Son"
"Vicars of Fate"
"Time's Wasting"
"Killers & the Destroyers"
"The Reaper"
Live 05 (2005 Armor)
"Sacrifice"
"Vicars of Fate"
"In the Battle"
"Holy Rollin'"
"The Path"
"In the Night"
"Warriors of the Son"
"Here We Are"
"Too Late for Living"
"Primed and Ready"
"Ryders"
"Full Armor"
"Plan II"
The Mark (2006 Armor)
"The Spirit"
"The Vision"
"Ride to Kill"
"He Reigns"
"On & On"
"The 7th Trumpet"
"The Mark"
"Bowls of Wrath"
"Babylon the Great"
"Reaping the Flesh"
"Gog & Magog"
"Alfa & Omega"
Crime Scene Earth (2007 Armor)
"The Conquest"
"Half a Times Measure"
"Terror in the Sky"
"Everlasting God"
"Crime Scene Earth"
"The Judas in Me"
"Too Many"
"Invader"
"Bended Knee"
"Lost"
Hell Blade (2010 Retroactive)
"The Ascent"
"The Blade"
"To the Cross"
"Crying in the Night"
"Hell Train"
"Endless Night"
"You and Me"
"New World Order"
"SinnerPeace"
"Hell Blade"
Desperate Night (AMOR) 2012
"The Crucible"
"Crusified"
"The Key"
"End of the World"
"Let It Rock"
"In the Fray"
"Inside Out"
"Desperate Night"
"Zombie Shuffle (Josh Kramer)"
"Judgement"
"To Live Forever"
"Escape from the Fire"
"The Crucible Reprise"
Broad is the Gate Armor(2014)
"Broad is the Gate"
"Hero"
"We All Stand"
"Demon Pill"
"We Will Fight"
"Who You Are"
"Reach the Sky"
"Never Same"
"Metal Cross"
The Calf Armor(2019)
"The Calf"
"Another Day"
"Psalm 23"
"Rise"
"Fine Line"
"Stormy Night"
"Fragile"
"Hell to Pay"
"The Fall"
"God Is God"
Heaven Fell Retroactive(2022)
"Holier Than Thou"
"Creature"
"Dance Of The Gods"
"Make Believe"
"Chosen One "
"Vengeance"
"Fallen Armor"
"The Exile Of Cain"
"Words Of Wisdom"
"Heaven Fell"
Immortalizer Armor(2024)
"Immortalizer"
"Repent"
"My Cemetery"
"Eye's of Fire"
"The Congregation"
"Pit of Sympathy"
"Into the Kingdom"
"The Loyal"
"Blood of God"
"Where's the Faith"
"Salt in the Wounds"
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 46 | 86.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Saint head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 46 | 86.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1137990seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of heavy metal bands — rank #220
Saint | United States | 1980–1989, 1999–present |
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q1137990 · MusicBrainz: 391d85ad-2130-4732-8145-853908013354
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