Career
Before joining in 2005, Block began his musical career singing for various bands in Vancouver, Canada. After two albums with, Block joined Iced Earth in 2011, with whom he released the album Dystopia the same year. Early career and Block began his musical career in 1998, singing for various metal and rock acts around Vancouver.
Prior to joining, Block was the singer for the band Omega Crom, among others
In 2005, he joined and the following year, the band released their first album with him, The Scattering of Ashes. Block received high praise for his performance, with Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic calling him "one of the finest metal voices of his generation".
Block"s second album with, The Incurable Tragedy, was released in 2008. In 2011 and 2012, respectively, the band released the singles "Sandstorm" and "Fukushima".
Also in late 2012, Block began demoing new material with and their new touring vocalist Amanda Kiernan.
Iced Earth 2011: "Dante"s Inferno 2011" (single) 2011: 5 Songs (European Parliament) 2011: Dystopia 2013: Live in Ancient Kourion 2013: The Plagues (European Parliament) 2014: Plagues of Babylon 2016: The Judas Goat Block is a self-described "hybrid vocalist", meaning that he utilizes vocal styles from many different genres of metal. Block has listed Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, Daniel Heiman, Tim Roth, Matt Barlow, Tim Owens, Devin Townsend, Jari Mäenpää, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, Russell Allen and Jørn Lande as his influences as a singer.