''Almost Heathen'' is the third studio album by the

stoner rock Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sleep ...

band

Karma to Burn Karma to Burn, commonly abbreviated as K2B, is a desert rock/stoner rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia. The band are noted for their uncompromising, mostly instrumental sound. Their name comes from a sleevenote on Bob Dylan's 1976 album ...

, released in 2001 via

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. It was the last album released before their seven-year disbandment in 2002. The album was reissued in 2022 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

Reception

'' Exclaim!'' wrote that "you either get the fact that they are an all-instrumental trio playing groovy, fuzzed-out rock or you don't ... the trio breaks down into more funky terrain." ''

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'' called the tracks "hypnotic" and "a heavy blend of fuzzy guitars and relentless drums."

Track listing

Note * The live bonus tracks "Seven" and "Eight" are titled incorrectly as they are actually the songs "Ten" and "Eleven", respectively.

Personnel

William Mecum William Charles Mecum (May 4, 1972 – April 29, 2021)Rich Mullins – bass *

Rob Oswald Robert Oswald (born 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American drummer. Oswald is best known as the former drummer for Karma to Burn. He has previously been a member of various bands including Year Long Disaster, Mondo Generator, Nebula, B ...

– drums

References

Karma to Burn albums 2001 albums Instrumental rock albums Spitfire Records albums {{2001-rock-album-stub