Death Magnetic by Metallica is an extraordinary album with many great songs. AC/DC Black Ice would be my second overall pick, some of their music seems repetitive to me.
Fortress by Protest The Hero (yes that was 2008...january) Watershed by Opeth Dreamer by Haste The Day Dichotomy by Becoming the Arcehtype In that order.
Y'all, Death Magnetic was not that good...seriously. Just compare it to Ride The Lightning and then you'll see how incredibly piss poor it actually was...their old work is sooooooo much better.
2009 is going to be epic for albums. Definitely going to be better than 2008...