Druid

Druid
Druid at Howard's Club H, Bowling Green, Ohio 6-20-15
Background information
Also known as	The Druid The Burning Brain Band (2019 - Present)
Origin	Athens, Ohio, USA
Genres	Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock Heavy Metal
Years active	2014 - 2019 (Changed Name)
Labels	Unsigned
Website	Bandcamp
Current members	Kaleb Shaffner Max Schmitz Adam Mayhall
Past members	Greg Ornella Louis Eyerman
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Druid were a three-piece psychedelic, stoner and hard rock band from Athens, Ohio, USA formed in 2014. The band would release three albums and an EP before changing their name to The Burning Brain Band in 2019.

History

Druid was founded in Athens, Ohio in August of 2014 by Kaleb Shaffner (lead guitar, vocals), Greg Ornella (rhythm guitar, vocals) Max Schmitz (bass, vocals) and Louis Eyerman (drums). They played shows and wrote their first album throughout the Fall of 2014. The album, titled Druid was recorded throughout late November into early December of 2014 and was independently released on March 25, 2015. The album would get recognized when it was reposted on YouTube and currently has 200,000 views. In February of 2015, Ornella stopped playing rhythm guitar with Druid, and assumed the role of producer for the band. In early March, the band started recording the Paper Squares EP as a newly formed three-piece. After just two sessions, the band completed the recording of the EP. It was mastered and independently released on June 3rd of that year. In late April, Eyerman decided to leave the band. Almost immediately, within the same month, Eyerman was replaced by Adam Mayhall. On March 27, 2016, Druid released their second full length studio release, entitled Odysseus, and it has been met with much critical acclaim since its release. Druid later released another album called The Seven Scrolls which was their last album named Druid. In 2019 they changed their name to The Burning Brain Band and recorded it through the majority of the year. The album got good reviews and later on they got a new drummer named Doug Queen. Currently they are still a band and they are close to their 10th anniversary.

Discography

Druid - Roots & Being

Studio Albums

• Druid (2015)
• Odysseus (2016)
• The Seven Scrolls (2018)
• The Burning Brain Band (2020)

Other Releases

• Paper Squares (EP) (2015)
• Live Vol. 1 (Live Album) (2016)
• Live Vol. 2 (Live Album) (2017)

Members

Current Members

• Kaleb Shaffner - Guitar, Vocals (August 2014 - present)
• Max Schmitz - Bass guitar, Vocals (August 2014 - present)
• Doug Queen - Drums (August 2023 - Present)

Former Members

• Greg Ornella - Rhythm guitar, Vocals (August 2014 - January 2015)
• Louis Eyerman - Drum kit (August 2014 - May 2015)
• Adam Mayhall - Drum Kit (May 2015 - Unkown)

Reviews

“	Vocals are shared between Kaleb and Max and both are fine singers and both bring something good to the table individually but when they harmonise it sends shivers down the spine. Special mention has to go to the sterling production work of Greg Ornella who manages to capture that organic 70's sound that prevails throughout the album, he also plays rhythm guitar on the album and sings lead on both "No Good Man" and "Roots and Beings"... for a band who have only been together for roughly a year they should not be this good... but they are.	”
	— FD Jones, Desert Psychlist

“	Druid is one of the best kept secrets of the Heavy Psych scene. With the self-titled debut album recently become part of the mutation of the kind that includes, besides the canonical fuzzy sound and echo effects, grain glam and progressive digressions. Their sound is original and structured, with stoner, doom  and evolved trippy blues reminiscences.  An experimental group with a license to redefine the paradigm of the musical genre.	”
	— John Duhamel, distorsioni.net

External Links

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