Green Druid - Ashen Blood (2018)^{Release ID: 24556}

Green Druid play a brand of doom metal that concentrates more on building atmosphere than hammering out full-on riff-fests. Borrowing heavily from the stoner doom of early Electric Wizard, adding in psychedelic elements, especially the extended lead jams (at times even edging close to heavy space rock, particularly on Rebirth), with varied vocals that add to, rather than detract from, the overall atmospheric nature of the sound. Green Druid are obviously a band that like to let the atmosphere build slowly, consequently Ashen Blood's seven tracks clock in at just under an hour and a quarter, so is probably not for the uncommited doomster. But if you have the patience, you will be rewarded.