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
The Best Album by 10 Huge Prog Metal Bands
Did we choose ‘Blackwater Park’? ‘Ænima’? Come find out!
The 10 Best Emo-Prog Bands of All Time
Shed some tears as you marvel at their time signature changes!
The Least ‘Prog’ Album by 10 Big Prog Rock + Metal Bands
These records barely retain their creators’ “prog” trademarks.
The Six Best Dream Theater Songs Under Six Minutes Long
Modest and masterful songwriting from the prog metal legends!
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!
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.