To me, the lyricists I prefer are those that I can relate to personally on the events that may have happened in life (as selfish as I may have put it). One of the better examples, to me, was Ayreon's The Human Equation album. We can all relate to talking with our emotions in our minds and how reflects with the outside world and how it affects our decisions and the people around us. To me, the lyric-writing there was the exclamation point that puts that album above all other progressive metal albums to me. In addition, the lyric-writing was another reason why I really loved DT12.
Anywho, some people probably wouldn't want to say this sort of band, but you know how I am. I'm not some people and, yes, I will throw Alter Bridge into this one.
When I first heard songs in the band's catalog like In Loving Memory, Open Your Eyes, Blackbird, Watch Over You, etc., I just thought, "Wow, this is a band that creates some good lyrics about stuff that I can relate to." That quote still holds true in their last album in the form of the title track of Fortress where that bridge verse, after the four guitar solos part, really hits hard for me that I can easily relate with regarding how something or a relationship with someone seems fine and everything, on the outside, but on the inside, that relationship is slowly decaying and that the person is going to be left with nothing. Captivating stuff for me.
Mark Tremonti is decent at lyric writing despite being known as a lead guitarist for three bands that has killer solos in songs. In Loving Memory is a good example. I think he wrote the lyrics in half of the songs of the One Day Remains album, especially In Loving Memory. His last two solo albums was decent stuff that's about the things he has experienced in this music business that his fans can relate to. In addition, Myles Kennedy just has a good knack of writing solid lyrics that's genuine and that I can get into, personally. Not just with Alter Bridge, but with his old band, The Mayfield Four. Not so much working with Slash and his band, though there are some good lyrical gems like The Unholy, Beneath the Savage Sun, Far And Away, etc. Aside from that, it just sounds like something from a 80s hard rock band which, quite honestly, is not to my taste, but the AB and Mayfield Four stuff, lyrically, is just golden to me.
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