Wolf Blood - II (2019)^{Release ID: 15461}

I loved Wolf Blood's debut, but this is a step up, the songwriting is better and the playing is tighter. It feels like they are a band really getting into their stride now. The first four tracks are played at quite a blistering pace for doom metal, yet are still demonstrably so. However, Story of a Drowning Man and Tsunami are where it's truly at (for me anyway). The pace is reigned in and we're back in more familiar doom territory, both tracks being allowed to build slowly to a crushing crescendo like, dare I say, a doom metal tsunami, washing away all before them. The dual male / female vocals are another masterstroke, complementing each other perfectly, then let's not forget the riffs that just keep on coming... and coming.