albums that i thought were amazing this year:

SYL - The New Black
DTB - Synchestra
Devin Townsend - The Hummer (been listenin to it every night for the past month)
Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton
Raunchy - Death Pop Romance
Exploder - Exploder
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Leng Tch'e Vs. Warscars split CD
Rob Zombie - Educated Horses
Sonata Arctica - For the Sake of Revenge live CD/DVD (AMAZING!)
Himsa - Hail Horror
Nasum - Grind Finale
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
Enigma - A Posteriori (eh,it was alright but i love Enigma music)

Tourwise:
Sounds of the underground was ok,nothing special but seein Iron Maiden for the first time was awesome!