Martin Popoff has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music — approximately 7,900 across all genres (with over 7,000 appearing in books). Additionally, Martin has penned eighty-five books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record-collecting. He was editor in chief of the now retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Canada’s foremost metal publication, for fourteen years and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com and hardradio.com, with many record label band bios and liner notes to his credit as well. Additionally, Martin has been a regular contractor to Banger Films and worked for two years as researcher on the award-winning documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, on the writing and research team for the eleven-episode Metal Evolution and on the ten-episode Rock Icons, both for VH1 Classic. Additionally, Martin is the writer of the original metal genre chart used in Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey and throughout the Metal Evolution episodes. Martin currently resides in Toronto and can be reached at martinp@inforamp.net or martinpopoff.com.