I could only think of 8 really standout metal albums for me this year. All my other favorites of the year are non-metal.
Orchid-The Mouths Of Madness
Argus-Beyond The Martyrs
Satan-Life Sentence
Hell-Curse And Chapter
In Solitude-Sister
Motorhead-Aftershock
Fates Warning-Darkness In A Different...
1.) Bad Brains- i Against i
2.) Devo-Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
3.) The Buzzcocks-Singles Going Steady
4.) Ramones-S/T
5.) Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Give Junior Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues record a try, if you haven't already. Though it was recorded in a studio, you can easily see this stuff played in a smoky club somewhere in Chicago. Good stuff.