Bullet Proof Messenger - Arm Yourself (2008 - Present)

Present)

By this time, V. Martin had deployed to Fort Rucker, AL for Army flight training. Litwin and V. Martin had always been the writing team for the band. This, as well as the introduction of 2 new members caused a change in the writing structure for the new album Arm Yourself.

In March 2008, Litwin and Downing flew to Fort Rucker, AL for a week to work on the tracks for the new album. However, as was done for The Crucial Line, most of the tracks were written collaboratively by sending parts back and forth over the internet. Frequently, Klavan and Litwin joined to write and record vocals for many of the tracks while Klavan tracked the remainder at home, sending the recorded tracks to the group for review. Upon V. Martin’s return from flight school the group finished their writing process and chose the songs for the album.

In October 2008 the band began the official tracking of Arm Yourself at “The Cutting Room” in NYC. This album was self-produced and mixed by Anthony "Rocky" Gallo. Tracking was completed in early December 2008 and mastered a week later by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk in New York, NY. Arm Yourself was released in January 2009.

Since the release of Arm Yourself, the band has continued to tour, performing with a number of regional and national acts including: Fuel, Seether, Everclear, Nonpoint, Cold, Drowning Pool, and Smile Empty Soul, to name a few.

In 2011, Matt Litwin and Marcus Klavan also made an appearance on It's Over, a track from the album The Quiet Resistance by the Dutch metal band Nemesea.