Articles by: Essi Berelian

Airbourne's Boneshaker: loud, violent, and about as subtle as a punch in the face

By Essi Berelian

Airbourne's fifth album Boneshaker proves that they're rock’n’roll for life – and you better believe it

The Wildhearts' Diagnosis: a second wave of joyous noise

By Essi Berelian

Just what the doctor ordered as The Wildhearts deliver mini-album Diagnosis

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Legend Of The Seagullmen - Legend Of The Seagullmen album review

By Essi Berelian

Aquatic tales of blood and horror, straight from Davy Jones’s locker

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Marco Mendoza - Viva La Rock album review

By Essi Berelian

Ace of bass goes solo again

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The Bad Flowers - Starting Gun album review

By Essi Berelian

Petal-to-the-metal heavy rock debut

ZZ Top - Antenna album review

By Essi Berelian

ZZ try to return to their roots. Kind of

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Alcatrazz -Breaking The Heart Of The City: The Very Best Of...album review

By Essi Berelian

Style and substance

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Damn Freaks - Damn Freaks album review

By Essi Berelian

Eighties party hardy jukebox

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Sons Of Texas - Forged By Fortitude album review

By Essi Berelian

Bruising melodic metal from the Lone Star state

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Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare: Special Edition review

By Essi Berelian

Dream evil

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King Creature - Volume One album review

By Essi Berelian

Old-school metal debut

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Carousel Vertigo - Revenge Of Rock And Roll album review

By Essi Berelian

The spirit of the 70s lives on

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Devilfire - Dark Manoeuvres album review

By Essi Berelian

Classic rock gets a modern makeover

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King King - Exile & Grace album review

By Essi Berelian

Crowning glory

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Lillian Axe - Reissues album review

By Essi Berelian

Not yet rated

Attack of the mad axemen

Cover art for Fireroad - Flesh, Blood & Bone album

Fireroad - Flesh, Blood & Bone album review

By Essi Berelian

A working-class hero is something to be

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Jetboy - Feel The Shake album review

By Essi Berelian

Hair today, gone tomorrow

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42 Decibel - Overloaded album review

By Essi Berelian

High-voltage rock’n’roll

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Mother’s Finest - Iron Age album review

By Essi Berelian

Metal for your Mother

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Nitrogods - Roadkill BBQ album review

By Essi Berelian

The spirit of Lemmy and co lives on

Cover art for Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World album

Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World album review

By Essi Berelian

Stoner-prog behemoths take us on an epic trip

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Voyager - Ghost Mile album review

By Essi Berelian

Atmospheric, melancholic prog metal from Down Under

Cover art for The Sword - Greetings From… album

The Sword - Greetings From… album review

By Essi Berelian

Purveyors of cutting-edge stoner metal

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Wednesday 13 - Condolences album review

By Essi Berelian

Who scares wins

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Kobra And The Lotus - Prevail I album review

By Essi Berelian

Heavy fuckin’ metal and then some