Here is what Allmusic considered to be the year’s best metal albums, in alphabetical order. I think its a pretty solid list, I’ll have to track a few of these down:

Amon Amarth, Twilight of the Thunder God (Deluxe Edition)
Ascend, Ample Fire Within
Austrian Death Machine, Total Brutal
Cynic, Traced in Air
Dir en Grey, Uroboros
Dragonforce, Ultra Beatdown
Earth, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull
Enslaved, Vertebrae
Fall of the Idols, The Seance
Genghis Tron, Board Up the House
Harvey Milk, Life…The Best Game in Town
Jarboe, Mahakali
Khold, Hundre Ar Gammal
Made Out of Babies, The Ruiner
Meshuggah, Obzen
Metallica, Death Magnetic
Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle, Pt.1
Opeth, Watershed
Pentemple, 0))) Presents…
Pilgrim Fathers, Short Circular Walks in the Hope Valley
Protest the Hero, Fortress
Torche, Meanderthal
Týr, Land
Witch, Paralyzed

http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/12/11/allmusics-favorite-metal-albums-of-2008/

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