i didnt really pay attention to many albums this year. the only ones that i can think of off hand are haste the day - burning bridges, which wasnt bad at all, but not album of the year; converge - you fail me, also not bad, but not album of the year; and dillinger escape plan - miss machine (NOT their sophomore effort, its more like their 5th release), which was a pretty BAD album, i couldnt get into it at all.
edit - i jsut remembered xfilesx - excruciation, thats my fav of this year