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Iron Maiden is the obvious example. But agreed that it is difficult to consistently write great songs.
I rather find that Iron Maiden is probably one of the more consistent bands with its output, actually. You either like them or you don't, and that's a good thing by itself because it shows that, regardless of musical taste, they know their trade. Its not an easy thing to be consistent.
With Black Sabbath, I have a lot more problems because they have entire albums which are, for me, quite terrible from a song writing perspective. I don't mean a couple of songs, I mean from start to finish. If I pick one record I haven't listened to yet, I just have no idea if I'm going to like it or not.
With Quiet Riot I agree. They have records which honestly kind of suck.
Never understood the love for Iron Maiden until I saw a live concert on late night community television once.
I honestly wouldn't take a dump on any of their studio work; but live? it's a totally different beast.
I personally think Iron Maiden peaked around Number of the Beast (1982) and Piece of Mind (1983). One of the reasons I liked them was because their lyrics were about interesting things. But even the albums after I stopped listening to them, I can appreciate that they involve some good songwriting. (ofc YMMV)