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 Rock Lyrics That Didn’t Age All That Well
You definitely can’t say THAT anymore!
Green Day Are Selling a Limited Edition ‘Nimrod 45′ Shirt Featuring Trump’s Mugshot
Proceeds are going to a great cause.
QOTSA Cancel Brazil Appearance Due to ‘Medical Recommendations,’ Prompting Division + Toxicity Among Fans
The band's replacement has also been revealed.
The Ugliest + Most Beautiful Breakdowns in Metal
Breaking down the most sublime and sinister segues in the genre!
Here’s Why Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Embraces Creative Risks + Contentious Responses
'[I]f you have a catalog that's just perfect, people get bored of it.'
Charlie Benante Names the Metallica Song He’d Love to Play With the Band
Hint: It's an early classic.
Good Guy Corpsegrinder Donates Dozens of Plushies to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Cannibal Corpse? More like Charitable Corpse.
10 Bands Who Overcame Huge Tragedies
Inspiring tales of artists who’ve triumphed over devastation.
Brendon Small Reveals Which Metallica Release Directly Inspired ‘Metalocalypse’
'It's brutally honest, and I think that takes guts — just crazy guts.'
Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Receives Early 2024 Sentencing Date for Capitol Riot
He pleaded guilty to ‘obstruction of an official proceeding and entering . . . a restricted building . . . with a deadly or dangerous weapon.”
The 1975’s Matty Healy Excitedly Meets + Embraces His Pop-Punk Hero at Lollapalooza
Blink and you'll miss it.