I can't really think of anything "recent" that blew me away so I'll just list my favorites...
Lateralus/Aenima - Tool
Still Life - Opeth
Moving Pictures/Signals/2112 - Rush (can't pick one)
Paranoid/Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Human - Death
Focus - Cynic
The best thing that's "recent" I can think of is Crack the Skye by Mastodon, or Watershed by Opeth.
Oops, forgot:
In Absentia - Porcupine Tree
Bedlam in Goliath - The Mars Volta
Remember Two Things - Dave Matthews Band
Also, The Incident by Porcupine Tree, and Night is the New Day by Katatonia are some more good "recent" albums.