Jordan Blum is a former Features Editor at PopMatters and a contributor to Kerrang!, Consequence, PROG, WhatCulture, Metal Injection, Record Collector, and more. He's written books about Jethro Tull, Opeth, and Dream Theater. In his spare time, he likes to yell at strangers about how much Genesis sucked in the '80s.
Jordan Blum
10 Metal Bands Whose Second Album Is Their Best
Forget about the “sophomore slump.” How about the complete opposite instead?
One Metal Guitarist Has Unlocked a Sick New Way to Shred
Can YOU play like that?
The Most Underrated Album by 10 Big Prog Metal Bands
C’mon. 'Operation: Mindcrime II' isn’t THAT bad.
10 Big Rock + Metal Bands Who Broke Up Without Doing a Farewell Tour
Who needs to celebrate their legacy onstage, right?
11 Best Debut Albums in Prog Metal
These prog metal acts knocked it out of the park on their first try!
The 15 Catchiest Black Metal Songs
Tasty hooks and corpse paint make the perfect match!
Every ‘Big 4′ Prog Metal Album Ranked Worst to Best (Dream Theater, Opeth, Queensrÿche, Between the Buried and Me)
The thrilling highs and nauseating lows of prog metal’s foremost masters.
10 Non-Singers Who Only Played on a Big Rock or Metal Band’s First Album
How many of these departures did YOU know about?
10 Rock + Metal Bands Who Changed Singers After Their First Album
Were all these changes for the better?
The Heaviest Song by 10 Big ’70s Rock Bands
These tracks will get you FIRED UP!