Saxon!

[Zzzptm]

Just the decade between Crusader and Unleash the Beast is where I'd not recommend a Saxon album. Graham Oliver had become a fifth wheel in that period, and it's night and day between his presence and when he got replaced by Doug Scarratt, who's been phenomenal.

[Charger]

Well Been listening to the three new additions to my collection...so I think it's time for first impressions.

THE INNER SANCTUM

Good solid album. No bad tracks here, but on the other hand no real stand out tracks either. Atila The Hun is a big epical song but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece though.

State Of Grace is a strange song. There's some Power Metal drumming going on but the guitars just don't really catch up to the fast drumming at all...I'd probably say that's the weakest track on here.
The intro riff to Need For Speed is AWESOME!

CALL TO ARMS

The opener Hammer Of The Gods is SUBERB! Sadly though nothing else on the album can match it. However Mists Of Avalon and Afterburner are great as well! The title track is probably the weakest.

All in all I'd say this is somewhat weaker than The Inner Sanctum

CARPE DIEM

Now here we GO! This is SUBERB! Very close to Hell Fire And Damnation...maybe not quite as suberb but still SUBERB!
No weak tracks here!
The title track, Dambusters, Lady In Gray are probably the top of the crop!

Best of the 3 by quite a margin!

[Zzzptm]

I would agree with those rankings. Carpe Diem's the top banger in that lot.