After I submitted my post, I started to think more deeply about the albums that had been omitted from the list and began to realize that, in fact, A LOT of great music had come out of the 00's. In addition to the ten albums listed in my original post, here is a list of other amazing records that, because of the sheer wealth of competition, weren't able to be slotted into the top 30:

Necrophagist--Epitaph
Hammers of Misfortune--The August Engine
Bloobath--Resurrection Through Carnage
Cannibal Ox--The Cold Vein
EL-P--Fantastic Damage
Ladytron--Witching Hour
Dillinger Escape Plan--Miss Machine
Deserts of Traun--Lilac Moon
Fields--Everything Last Winter
Opeth--Watershed
Pernice Brothers--The World Won't End
King Crimson--The Power to Believe
Sigur Ros--Agaetis Byrjun
Deathspell Omega--Kenose
Secret Chiefs 3--Book M
Starbreaker--S/T
Type O Negative--Life Is Killing Me
Dysrhythmia--Barriers & Passages
Behold...The Arctopus--Skullgrid
Bohren und der Club of Gore--Black Earth
Jaga Jazzist--The Stix
Estradasphere--Palace of Mirrors

Here's to music!

HG