Get Ready To Rock.com writer Joe Geesin – Top CDs of 2009: Rock On!

SAXON Into The Labyrinth
Better than a return to form, a cracking album

PRAYING MANTIS Sanctuary
Melodic hard rock at its best

MAGNUM Into The Valley Of The Moonking
Nearly Classic Magnum, great new album

W.A.S.P. Babylon
Best album since Crimson Idol Reissues (all long overdue and proper treatment)

SAXON catalogue (EMI)

MSG catalogue (EMI)

THE DAMNED Phantasmagoria (Universal)

HAWKWIND Atomhenge series (Cherry Red)