Tee Pee Records has announced the vinyl reissues of Wild Wonderful Purgatory and Almost Heathen, from legendary stoner rock pioneers KARMA TO BURN.

Both albums will be released on April 6th, and will coincide with Karma To Burn's April 2010 UK / European Tour.

Wild Wonderful Purgatory and Almost Heathen will each come with a 10" vinyl of bonus material including demos from the first album, newly recorded versions of 20 and 30 and all new artwork by Alex Von Wielding.

Karma to Burn's Wild Wonderful Purgatory can perhaps be seen more accurately as a modern take on the power trio approach of such groups as the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, CREAM and RUSH. With the spacy, almost psychedelic and experimental nature present, perhaps the first two fit better. However, the hard-edged metallic fury calls to mind more closely Rush's debut. These guys have such a great skill at creating dynamic melodies that you never really seem to notice that they have opted to forego the vocals altogether on this second release. This one is a great time, whether you are stoned or not.

Few recording artists aspire to the stylistic purity of Karma to Burn, and nowhere is this fact better demonstrated than on Almost Heathen. Even the title reinforces the near-decadence, and the strange but necessary elusiveness of artistic completeness. To say that Almost Heathen "rocks" would actually be a disservice to disc. It is more than a great record. It is form as function, the combination of craft and content, meditative, aloof, and sublime, if only for its singularity. Each of the ten non-sequentially numbered tracks do more than rock; they turn and roll, twist and slide, rattle and hum like large metal life forms, first rolling over desolate landscapes on four wheels, then standing upright, growing hair and pounding the rocky soil with the sun-bleached bones of BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE, SLEEP and KYUSS. Picking highlights is impossible, as each "song" acts more like a minutely textured tile in an all-black mosaic, relying heavily on the listener's reflection, leaving the assignment of meaning to individual imagination. Stoner/doom fans and everyone else who appreciates heavy music will all get a thrill from Almost Heathen, a significant hard rock accomplishment.

Karma To Burn UK/European tour dates:

April

1 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
2 - Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
3 - Schijndel, Netherlands - Paaspop Festival
4 - Weil der Stadt, Germany - JH Kloster
5 - Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
6 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
7 - Marburg, Germany - KFZ
8 - Köln, Germany - Underground
9 - Osnabrück, Germany - Westwerk
10 - Leuven, Belgium - Het Depot
12 - Basel, Switzerland - Hirscheneck
13 - Zürich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
14 - Milano, Italy - Circolo A.R.C.I. Magnolia
15 - Bern, Switzerland - ISC
16 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Roadburn Festival
19 - Newcastle, UK - Academy 2
20 - Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
21 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
22 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
23 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy 2
24 - Birmingham, UK - Academy 2
25 - Bristol, UK - Academy 2
26 - London, UK - Garage
27 - Southampton, UK - Taling Heads
30 - Thessaloniki, Greece - 8 Ball club

May

1 - Athens, Greece - AN Club