
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

Dropkick Murphys: Signed And Sealed In Blood
By Essi Berelian published
Punkier and folksier than ever.

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell: Don’t Hear It... Fear It!
By Essi Berelian published
Fearsome sounds beamed in from the Planet Freakout.

Rory Kelly: (Don’t Shake My) Family Tree
By Essi Berelian published
Swamp rock revelation from North Carolina.

Walking Papers: Walking Papers
By Essi Berelian published
Seattle supergroup proves less is very much more.

Buffalo Summer: Buffalo Summer
By Essi Berelian published
Effortlessly upbeat and hook-laden debut.

Dark New Day: New Tradition
By Essi Berelian published
Supergroup’s sophomore release – at long last.

Kopek: White Collar Lies
By Essi Berelian published
A very dark, dynamic and soulful debut album.

Ginger: 100%
By Essi Berelian published
The highlights of a ridiculously over-the-top project.

Prong: Carved Into Stone
By Essi Berelian published
Grime metal from the gutters of Noo Yoik.

Savage: Sons Of Malice
By Essi Berelian published
Time for a rock solid NWOBHM comeback.

The James Warner Prophecies: Things Change
By Essi Berelian published
Clever, quirky, pigeonhole-dodging debut.

Oliver Dawson Saxon: Motorbiker
By Essi Berelian published
Can former Saxon members match glories past?

Freedom Call: Land Of The Crimson Dawn
By Essi Berelian published
Daft but fun melodic metal.

The Boss Mustangs: The Boss Mustangs
By Essi Berelian published
Boss sounds from the Michigan underground.

White Wizzard: Flying Tigers
By Essi Berelian published
Classic metal upstarts return with proggy ambitions.
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