Essi Berelian

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

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Jackdaw4: Dissecticide

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Superb parting shot from Willy Dowling and co.

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Orchid: The Mouths Of Madness

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There’s always doom at the top.

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Scorpion Child: Scorpion Child

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All your fave bands on one handy CD.

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Shadowqueen: Don’t Tell

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Riff-ready, explosive rock’n’roll.

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Goat Leaf: A Lack of Oxygen: Tales of Crashing Satellites

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Bloody-knuckled, bludgeoning blues rock.

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Your Army: Ignite

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Huge voice, fat riffs...

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Dropkick Murphys: Signed And Sealed In Blood

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Punkier and folksier than ever.

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Blue Origin: Somnium

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A modern, melodic debut.

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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell: Don’t Hear It... Fear It!

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Fearsome sounds beamed in from the Planet Freakout.

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Rory Kelly: (Don’t Shake My) Family Tree

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Swamp rock revelation from North Carolina.

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Walking Papers: Walking Papers

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Seattle supergroup proves less is very much more.

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Buffalo Summer: Buffalo Summer

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Effortlessly upbeat and hook-laden debut.

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Dark New Day: New Tradition

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Supergroup’s sophomore release – at long last.

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Kopek: White Collar Lies

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A very dark, dynamic and soulful debut album.

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ZZ Top: Live in Germany 1980

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Close, but no cigar.

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Ginger: 100%

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The highlights of a ridiculously over-the-top project.

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Twelve Clay Feet: Totem Bells

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Cinematic alt-rock debut.

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Prong: Carved Into Stone

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Grime metal from the gutters of Noo Yoik.

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Savage: Sons Of Malice

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Time for a rock solid NWOBHM comeback.

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The James Warner Prophecies: Things Change

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Clever, quirky, pigeonhole-dodging debut.

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Oliver Dawson Saxon: Motorbiker

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Can former Saxon members match glories past?

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Nitrogods: Nitrogods

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Dynamite Motörhead-inspired Germanic debut.

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Shinedown: Amaryllis

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More hooks than 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.

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Freedom Call: Land Of The Crimson Dawn

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Daft but fun melodic metal.

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Electric Mary: III

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Thunder from Down Under.

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