I always struggle to remember albums that came out by the end of the year, but here is a semi recent list of things I remember
Mastodon - Whatever it was called... Can't remember the title, but it was longwinded, the album, whilr good, for some reason never really stuck with me, and because of that, while I wouldn't use a word like 'disappointed', I did, for whatever reason feel let down by it.
Job for a Cowboy -Sun Eater. Wow, just wow, the band has grown so much with their sound, I quite like this album, can be 'proggy' in bits, but that in no way takes away from the ferocity.
Machine Head - Bloodstone and Diamonds. This one is still a grower, and packed full of over long filler, the lads could of kept 5 or 6 off this and still had a killer fucking album.
Eyehategod - S/T. Pretty sure this was this year, being clean hasn't taken away from the manic sound of this band, just great stuff IMO.
Madball - Hardcore Lives. It is a Madball album, and I am a big fan of the whole NYHC sound/scene. Not a let down if you think you like HxC
Sick Of It All - Last Act of Defiance. See above, and the fact that these lads are still killing it like this is proof that they deserve their spot on top of the pile.
Obituary - Inked In Blood. It is the best they have put out in years I think, well worth the purchase, It's Florida Death Metal, you know what you are going to get here, so stop bitching and get on it.
Entombed A.D. - Whatever it was called... Can't remember the name of this album either, but it is like the blurb above, except it is the 'Gothernburg' sound *grown*
And lastly, Killer Be Killed - S/T. I dunno what I was expecting to hear before and when this came out, but it turned out to be something that I liked, I can't nail down what I like about it, but it is bloody great all the same.
I am sure there is actually more, but don't you think I have written enough already?