In a world where stoner doom bands are ten a penny, preparing to force their own varying rehashes of Witchcult Today and Dopesmoker into people’s ears, it’s as though they believe that with enough delay pedals and Orange amps their blatant plagiarism will be mistaken for something new and exciting, but they’re not fooling anyone. Denver’s Green Druid definitely don’t escape a few noticeable nods to Electric Wizard and Sleep on second album At the Maw of Ruin. However, what sets them apart from their cohorts is that they’ve interspersed these more traditional passages with some genuinely fresh and exciting takes on the genre. When thinking about this particular type of music and the emotions attached to it, the words ‘sleepy’, ‘lazy’ or ‘baked off your tits’ mos...
