Karma To Burn CD discography. In many ways, Artist is like a psycho ex-girlfriend: you know she's no good for you, but you still love her anyway. Looking back on the West Virginians' convoluted career, it truly could be analyzed in the guise...

Karma To Burn albums. Few recording artists aspire to the stylistic purity of Artist, and nowhere is this fact better demonstrated than on the band's 2001 Spitfire release Almost Heathen. Even the title reinforces the near-decadence, and the strange but necessary elusiveness...

Karma To Burn music CDs. This musical release captures many highlights from Artist's 2009 reunion tour, with footage from Morgantown, WV, Spring City, PA, Grand Rapids, MI, and more. The program also includes bonus footage, traveling backstage during the 1997 European tour.

Karma To Burn discography. Artist was a desert rock/psychedelic rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia. They lasted from 1996-2002 and opened shows and tours for COC and Clutch. They were primarily instrumental. Musically, the band is tough to describe - they are...

Karma To Burn songs. This musical release captures many highlights from Artist's 2009 reunion tour, with footage from Morgantown, WV, Spring City, PA, Grand Rapids, MI, and more. The program also includes bonus footage, traveling backstage during the 1997 European tour.

Karma To Burn CD discography. In many ways, Artist is like a psycho ex-girlfriend: you know she's no good for you, but you still love her anyway. Looking back on the West Virginians' convoluted career, it truly could be analyzed in the guise...

Karma To Burn albums. Few recording artists aspire to the stylistic purity of Artist, and nowhere is this fact better demonstrated than on the band's 2001 Spitfire release Almost Heathen. Even the title reinforces the near-decadence, and the strange but necessary elusiveness...

Karma To Burn music CDs. Artist are a West Virginia-based stoner rock trio whose resolute refusal to hire a full-time vocalist got them dropped from Roadrunner Records back in the 1990s; this is their fourth album, and their debut for the German label...

Karma To Burn discography. Artist was an influential stoner rock/desert rock/psychedelic instrumental rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia. They carved their own path from 1996-2002, touring relentlessly on drug and whiskey fueled world tours. The only mute-rock band to hold their own...

Karma To Burn songs. Artist was a desert rock/psychedelic rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia. They lasted from 1996-2002 and opened shows and tours for COC and Clutch. They were primarily instrumental. Musically, the band is tough to describe - they are...

Artist released one of the most original hard rock albums of 1997 with its fantastic self-titled debut. The West Virginia combo is usually associated with the "stoner rock" scene because of its reliance on '70s-style hard rock riffs,...

While the term stoner rock is widely used, it can be a limiting one. For one thing, to many people it means that the music can only be appreciated by those who have partaken in the smoking of an illegal substance. That is simply not true of the genre in general, or this album in particular. Indeed, with the group's leaning on a combination of Black Sabbath-esque textures and a spacy jam-type meandering, the label does fit. However, they transcend it as well. Artist'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...