Shinedown

March 27th, 2012 marks the date of the release of Shinedown's fourth album "Amaryllis". The album is the newest work of the band. It comes straight from the heart, like all their other albums, and in a non-professional way, I must say it's AMAZING! Of course, Shinedown is my favorite band ever, my inspiration, so my opinion is probably a bit biased. But, I love them for more than just their music.

The music comes from the heart, even the harder ones. They take their real life experiences and put it into their songs. And you can tell, and it's really awesome. And the band members themselves are really.... whole, if that makes sense. They're like genuine, but better, more than that. They truly care about making their fans happy and listening to them, and they're really open about personal things and stories relating to their songs. Mmmm, I just love them so much.

The songs are just full of emotion. Shinedown inspires me. My poems, songs, ideas, and writings come from them. When I listen to their music, I can create one of my best poems, although my greatest ones, I personally think, come sporadically. But whenever I write, I think of Shinedown. Because truly, I want to create words as emotional and deep as them.

On a critical note, I can't really think of anything bad about their album, I never could. But, I think the thing that is so great about it is that each song is totally different, completely unique. Each one has a different rhythm, it's own sound. No two songs are similar, and that's what makes an album good.