aw shit, in no order just top 10 all around, some bands you've heard and some you haven't
1. Nightwish - Once
2. Therion - Sirius B/Lemuria (one of the best double albums in double album history)
3. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
4. The Cure - Self Titled
5. Interpol - Antics
6. My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light
7. The Killers - Hot Fuss (band with potential better not blow it!)
8. Duran Duran - Astronaut
9. Decapitated - The Negation
10. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Call me anal but anything after November I'm not including... yea, yea whatever
So honorable mentions:
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (what can I say about my boys, it wasn't the rockin' album I was expecting but the songs are still very emotional and heartfelt they never go wrong in that area)
Rammstein - Reise, Reise (fuck me! these guys have been a bit low profile since their release Mutter in 2001. The industrial edge has worn out a bit, but their experimentation into mellower tunes is amazing"Ohne Dich" is the highlight.)
So that's that!