Voodoo Six’s fourth and latest studio album, Make Way For The King, boasts twelve brand new tracks and is the band’s first album to feature new vocalist Nik Taylor-Stoakes. The rest of the band-guitarist Matt Pearce, bassist Tony Newton and drummer Joe Lazarus, lay out some grooving heavy stuff across the dozen presented here.

Steve Hackett’s new CD/DVD Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Genesis’s Wind & Wuthering album and the last studio release from that band Hackett played in. Here we get two CD’s and chock-full stunning DVD of a bunch of Hackett solo music, plus Genesis nuggets played with his stellar band, recorded in concert.

Delta Deep, presents a live party CD/DVD with their new East Coast Live. This band, led by Def Leppard’s guitar wailer Phil Collen, is a heavy blues 4-piece. Filmed and recorded at Daryl’s House in Pawling, NY, the rest of the band here-Robert DeLeo playing bass and singing backing vocals, Forrest Robinson on drums, and lead vocalist Debbi Blackwell-Cook complete a strong live outing here.

112 Q, Mike, Slim, Daron (eOne Music) You never miss a good thing until it’s gone. Luckily for me, it came back! […]

Jordan Rakei Wallflower (Ninja Tune) With his second full-length release Australian R&B singer/multi-instrumentalist, Jordan Rakei, expands on the level of dexterity and […]

Tamar Braxton Bluebird of Happiness (Tamartian Land) Tamar Braxton (a.k.a Tamar Herbert) is a true R&B singer. If you haven’t heard the […]

On Elena Andujar’s new album, Flamenco in Time, modern-day Flamenco spirits listeners through 7 songs as well as much as it infuses this spectacular singer’s life. Beginning with the mid-tempo percussion bed, Bruce Gomez’s lead guitar as well as Ron Haynes’ trumpet up front with Elena, “Una Vez Mas” gets the ride going.

Primus The Desaturating Seven (ATO Records) After years of following a fun, energetic and sometimes dark formula, longtime fans of Primus know […]

A stomping ragtaggle heavy power chord opener “Already Great” begins Neil Yong & Promise of the Real, second studio collaboration The Visitor. Young’s whine lends wonderfully to this song as much praising America as it is taking a satirical stab at the man who campaigned with a certain slogan the song takes its title from.

Miguel War & Leisure (RCA Records) Miguel’s War & Leisure starts of with “Criminal,” a track that rocks. It’s simultaneously heavy and light, and […]