HARD & HEAVY
"Black Country Communion" (J&R Adventures)
Black Label Society, "Order of the Black" (E1)
Danzig, "Deth Red Sabaoth" (Evilive)
Halford, "Made of Metal" (Metal God)
Chickenfoot, "Get Your Buzz On Live" (DC3 DVD)
Dimmu Borgir, "Abrahadabra" (Nuclear Blast)
Immolation, "Majesty and Decay" (Nuclear Blast)
Priestess, "Prior to the Fire" (Tee Pee)
JAZZ
Charles Lloyd Quartet, "Mirror" (ECM)
Randy Weston and His African Rhythms Sextet, "The Storyteller: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" (Motema)
Wadada Leo Smith, "Spiritual Dimensions" (Cuneiform)
Geri Allen, "Flying Toward the Sound" (Motema)
Azar Lawrence, "Mystic Journey" (Furthermore)
Nels Cline, "Initiate" (Cryptogramophone)
Nels Cline + G.E. Stinson, "Elevating Device" (Sounds Are Active)
Scanner With the Post Modern Jazz Quartet, "Blink of an Eye" (Thirsty Ear)