Black Holes and Revelations is their newest album, mzkkbprmt. It's terrific but probably not the best starting point as tracking how their sound has evolved through the albums is fascinating and I think having a decent grounding in their back catalogue will allow you to get more out of the later stuff.
Origin of Symmetry is probably the most accessible album while Absolution is probably the most similar to Black Holes and Revelations if you really like that sound. They're all good though and if I were you I would start with the first one, Showbiz, and work my way forwards - you'll be able to pick it up cheap these days and it's definitely worth listening to. The earlier albums are very different from Black Holes and are less varied stylistically - Showbiz is more straight prog-rock with less electronic, industrial and dance-influenced stuff but I'm sure you'll like it anyway.
To be honest, you can't go wrong with anything of theirs, but it makes sense to take them in order because you're going to want to listen to them all anyway.
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