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| My Favorite Lyricists In Metal
one-liners galore. | | 1 | | Guy Kozowyk - The Red Chord
Prey For Eyes
My favorite metal lyricist hands down and maybe my favorite in any genre of music. Guy combines cynicism, TV and video game references, violence, and complete insanity to create something as extraordinary as it is hilarious. "Sixteen Bit Fingerprint" and "Fixation on Plastics" would be some choice cuts. | | 2 | | Lord Worm - Cryptopsy
None So Vile
Sure, you can't ever understand a damn thing he's saying...but that just makes his lyrics that much more enjoyable. Lord Worm managed to take the extreme violence of death metal and craft lyrics in such a way that it's not just your typical Cannibal Corpse bullshit. Like Channing said, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to call this man the Bob Dylan of death metal. | | 3 | | J.R. Hayes - Pig Destroyer
Phantom Limb
Read almost any line by this man for proof. J.R. Hayes' passionate and devastating vocal performance is matched equally by his paranoid, humorous and all around strange lyrics. Though Phantom Limb is Pig Destroyer's strongest album, Prowler In The Yard's lyrics are probably J.R.'s best. | | 4 | | Dani Filth - Cradle of Filth
Midian
lol false metal. Dani Filth's lyrics are filled to the brim with witty plays on words, historical and mythological references and all around ass-kickery that more people should be praising. | | 5 | | Maynard James Keenan - Tool
Lateralus
Kinda cliche at this point, but it just needs to be said. "Eulogy" is one of the most powerful and convincing songs I've ever heard lyrically. That song alone puts Maynard on here, but just about all of his out-of-this-world lyrics with both Tool and A Perfect Circle secure Maynard a spot on here. | |
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11.07.08 | lyrics don't matter this is METAL! | jingledeath
11.07.08 | spot on with 2,4 and 5 although it was a surprise to see danny.
haven't listened to the other 2. | Eakflanderyof
11.07.08 | The only lyric I remember from Lord Worm is "Begging is useless and so is this colon." I think that's what is was. Makes me laugh every time although I don't get it.
I still don't think Maynard is a great lyricist by any stretch of the imagination.
IB MIKAEL AKERFELDT D00D!! | PigDestroyer89
11.07.08 | 3 is terrible | bustyagunz
11.07.08 | nooo Arif???
otherwise yea i like 1 and 2, havent really heard/read the rest | masscows
11.07.08 | awww Kit is that your girlfriend | TheDistantFuture
11.07.08 | Some good picks, obviously Maynard, but, c'mon Mikael Stanne is probably the most thoughtful and poetic lyricist in metal altogether: Monochromatic Stains, The New Build, Out of Nothing- the man is brilliant! His words read like philosophy text. | ASberg
11.07.08 | fuck art lets kill. | Athom
11.07.08 | the name is bagu. show my note to river man. | BallsToTheWall
11.07.08 | Danny is a great lyricist indeed. Guy is also a badass. | marksellsuswallets
11.07.08 | which Red Chord song is it where he keeps on saying like "F*** you that's my toast" or something for no reason? haha... | Thor
11.07.08 | why yes it is my gf masscows | poweroftheweez
11.07.08 | 1 and 5 fother mucking rule. | Captain North
11.08.08 | Dani is clever, I'll give you that. Don't mean I like his lyrics though. xD Maynard is great on an emotional level...sometimes...but the d00ds from Opeth and Dark Tranquility are truely poetic. | BringMeABrick
02.23.11 | IF YOUR AUNT HAD BALLS, SHE'D BE YOUR UNCLE! | Dummit
02.23.11 | THE PENIS WAS FROM HEAVEN AND IT WENT TO HELL! | Tyrael
02.23.11 | I would add Bruce Dickinson but I absolutely agree with everything in this list. |
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