Metal Mind Productions presents re-release of the self-titled debut album by the legendary instrumental desert rock/psychedelic rock band - Karma To Burn. This eponymous album was released in 1997 on Roadrunner Records. Some early reports on Karma To Burn stated that the band had "vocalist problems". The truth of the matter is the band is at heart an instrumental band. The band had experimented with vocalists before (ex-Kyuss frontman John Garcia briefly worked with them), but a vocalist (Jason Jarosz) was recruited for their debut only to satisfy their record label. The vocalist departed soon afterwards, and the band reverted to its preferred status as an instrumental trio, as well as to their convention of naming every song simply as a number, which they did on their last two albums.
The re-issue of “Karma To Burn” includes 5 live tracks as a bonus. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on golden disc. New digipak edition limited to 2000 copies. The release date is set up for 10th November 2008 in Europe and 20th January 2009 in USA (via MVD).
Karma To Burn
“Karma To Burn” (remastered + bonus tracks)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1028 DG
Barcode: 5907785029927
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 2000 numerated copies)
Genre: desert rock/psychedelic rock
Release date: 10.11.2008 Europe / 20.01.2009 USA
Tracklist:
1. Ma Petite Mort
2. Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi - I'm Not God
3. Patty Hearst's Closet Mantra
4. Mt. Penetrator
5. Eight
6. Appalachian Woman
7. Twenty Four Hours
8. Six-Gun Sucker Punch
9. Thirteen
10. (Waltz Of The) Playboy Pallbearers
11. Twin sisters And Half A Bottle Of Bourbon
12. Six
Bonus tracks:
13. Twenty Eight (live)*
14. Thirty Four (live)*
15. Nine (live)*
16. Twenty (live)*
17. Six (live)*
* bootleg recordings from Utrecht (NL) 07.03.2000
Bio
Karma to Burn was a desert rock/psychedelic rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia (US) comprised of guitarist William Mecum, bassist Rich Mullins and drummer Nathan Limbaugh (later to be replaced by Rob Oswald for Wild, Wonderful Purgatory). Some early reports on Karma To Burn stated that the band had "vocalist problems". The truth of the matter is the band is at heart an instrumental band. The band had experimented with vocalists before (ex-Kyuss frontman John Garcia briefly worked with them), but a vocalist (Jason Jarosz) was recruited for their debut only to satisfy their record label. The vocalist departed soon afterwards, and the band reverted to its preferred status as an instrumental trio, as well as to their convention of naming every song simply as a number, which they did on their last two albums. With all the consternation around the singer, hardly anybody noticed the drummer change. Some time before the release of the album Nathan was replaced by Chuck Nicholas. In April and May of 1997 Karma To Burn toured Europe. Among other events, they played at the illustrious metal festival Dynamo Open Air, where they met John Garcia and his new band SLO-BURN again. In an unannounced special set, Karma To Burn jammed with John Garcia, who did some vocal parts for them. A very special event with a surprised crowd. In August and September of 1997, Karma To Burn toured the USA. They opened nine shows on the Corrosion Of Confirmity/Drain S.T.H. tour and, later, ten shows for Clutch. During that tour Clutch's Neil Fallon and COC's Pepper Keenan jumped on the stage to perform with Karma To Burn a cover version of ZZ-Top's "La Grange". Thus they both joined the exclusive group of people that have sung with Karma To Burn... In the Fall of 1997, K2B were kicked out by their label. Or K2B disconnected themselves from the label. Whatever it was, they were no longer together. Roadrunner didn't want instrumental records and K2B was an instrumental band. In June 1998 Karma To Burn's drummer Chuck Nicholas left the band and was replaced by Rob Oswald. Musically, the band is tough to describe - they are closest to stoner rock, but their instrumental nature and tendency to experiment place them a bit beyond the standards of that genre. With their uncompromising instrumental sound, echoing that of such desert rock bands as Kyuss and The Obsessed, it was not an easy band to fully understand, but surely an intriguing one. The band unofficially disbanded in mid 2002.
In 2007 Metal Mind Productions released a box entitled “Mountain Mama’s - a collection of the works of Karma To Burn” containing 3 albums deleted for almost 10 years. All albums included bonus tracks plus lyrics to all songs. The box also included 24 page booklet with a story about the band. Special 3 CD digipack edition was limited to 1500 numerated copies.
Today Metal Mind Productions presents re-release of “Karma To Burn” in a new digipak edition limited to 2000 copies. This eponymous album was released in 1997 on Roadrunner Records. Although the band had experimented with vocalists before, a vocalist (Jason Jarosz) was recruited for their debut only to satisfy their record label. The re-issue includes 5 live tracks as a bonus. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on golden disc.
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Karma to Burn debut album re-released
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Mountain Mamma is outstanding:I bought it last year and didn't regret.