Top 20 releases from 2009:

  1. Stryper - 'Murder By Pride'

  2. Kiss - 'Sonic Boom'

  3. Hirax - 'El Rostro De La Muerte'

  4. Ultimatum - 'Lex Metalis'

  5. Mastedon - '3'

  6. W.A.S.P. - 'Babylon'

  7. Saint - 'Hell Blade'

  8. Liberty N' Justice - 'Light It Up'

  9. Grave Digger - 'Ballads Of A Hangman'

  10. Megadeth - 'Endgame'

  11. Impellitteri - 'Wicked Maiden'

  12. Candlemass - 'Death Magic Doom'

  13. HammerFall - 'No Sacrifice, No Victory'

  14. Narnia - 'Course Of A Generation'

  15. U.D.O. - 'Dominator'

  16. RAM - 'Lightbringer'

  17. Ace Frehley - 'Anomaly'

  18. Jorn - 'Spirit Black'

  19. Chris Caffery - 'House Of Insanity'

  20. Believer - 'Gabriel'

Runners up:

Primal Fear - '16.6'

Mortification - 'The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine'

Brainstorm - 'Memorial Roots'

Jacobs Dream - 'Beneath The Shadows'

7th Reign - 'Fallen Empires'

Stratovarius - 'Polaris'

Bride - 'Tsar Bomba'

Mike Phillips - 'Mirrors Within Mirrors'

Hero - 'Immortal'

Biggest disappointment:

Doro - 'Fear No Evil'