
Essi Berelian
Whether it’s magazines, books or online, Essi has been writing about rock ’n’ metal for around thirty years. He has been reviews editor for Classic Rock and Metal Hammer, rock reviews editor for lads mag Front and worked for Kerrang!. He has also written the Rough Guide to Heavy Metal and contributed to the Rough Guide to Rock and Rough Guide Book of Playlists, and the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (13th edition). Most fun interview? Tenacious D – Jack Black and Kyle Gass – for The Pick of Destiny movie book. An avid record/CD/tape collector, he’s amassed more music than he could ever possibly listen to, which annoys his wife no end.
Latest articles by Essi Berelian

Bad Touch: Kiss The Sky - tunes designed to put a smile on your face
By Essi Berelian published
Bad Touch ain’t looking for nothing but a good time on fourth album Kiss The Sky

Elder's Omens: a behemoth of intricately proggy heavy psychedelia
By Essi Berelian published
Thankfully no sign of Damian on Elder's fifth album Omens

Palaye Royale: The Bastards - primed to explode like a spectacular firework display of misery
By Essi Berelian published
Sin City-based art-rockers Palaye Royale reinvent themselves on The Bastards and shoot for the stars

Buffalo Summer's Desolation Blue: cocky and formidable
By Essi Berelian published
Welsh rockers Buffalo Summer up their game on Desolation Blue

The Night Flight Orchestra's Aeromantic: euphoric, life-affirming, and over-the-top
By Essi Berelian published
The Night Flight Orchestra get their wings on fifth album Aeromantic

Those Damn Crows' Point Of No Return: energetic, merciless, irresistible
By Essi Berelian published
Bridgend boys Those Damn Crows hit escape velocity on second album Point Of No Return

Airbourne's Boneshaker: loud, violent, and about as subtle as a punch in the face
By Essi Berelian published
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 published
Just what the doctor ordered as The Wildhearts deliver mini-album Diagnosis

Legend Of The Seagullmen - Legend Of The Seagullmen album review
By Essi Berelian published
Aquatic tales of blood and horror, straight from Davy Jones’s locker

Marco Mendoza - Viva La Rock album review
By Essi Berelian published
Ace of bass goes solo again

The Bad Flowers - Starting Gun album review
By Essi Berelian published
Petal-to-the-metal heavy rock debut

ZZ Top - Antenna album review
By Essi Berelian published
ZZ try to return to their roots. Kind of

Alcatrazz -Breaking The Heart Of The City: The Very Best Of...album review
By Essi Berelian published
Style and substance

Damn Freaks - Damn Freaks album review
By Essi Berelian published
Eighties party hardy jukebox

Sons Of Texas - Forged By Fortitude album review
By Essi Berelian published
Bruising melodic metal from the Lone Star state

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare: Special Edition review
By Essi Berelian published
Dream evil

Carousel Vertigo - Revenge Of Rock And Roll album review
By Essi Berelian published
The spirit of the 70s lives on

Devilfire - Dark Manoeuvres album review
By Essi Berelian published
Classic rock gets a modern makeover

Lillian Axe - Reissues album review
By Essi Berelian published
Not yet ratedAttack of the mad axemen
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