Stephen A sophisticated release by Winger that completely combined the pop-metal element of their classic era, the dark and gloomy mood of Pull, and the mechanical contemporary stuff of IV. This is their heaviest album to date, contained a lot of astounding riffs and pompous rhythm which were shown in "Deal With The Devil" and "Stone Cold Killer", yet still they cleverly delivered a heartfelt bluesy ballad in "After All This Time".

I enthroned this album as their masterpiece and their greatest work ever! For casual fans, if you want to hear how Kip's voice roaring powerfully high and Reb's solo skillfully layered him melodically, this one is a sure pick, one of the best release of 2009.

ovidiu The fifth WINGER studio album released in 2009 is in my opinion,the best WINGER album ever!It was quite hard for me to admit this,but after several auditions I must do this statement-KARMA IS THE BEST WINGER album so far!I was a little dissapointed by the IV album,which was far from being a bad one,but it didn't bring the spark of creativity and inspiration that I was expected after so many years of silence!KARMA is PERFECT from the first to the last song!It contents the best songs ever written by Kip and Reb and it's really inspired!The presentation of the album is superbe too-black digipack and fits perfectly with the compositions!The debut of the album is really "IN YOUR FACE" style -DEAL WITH THE DEVIL and STONE COLD KILLER are sensational-crunchy uptempo songs-pure American metal at it's best-and both tracks are some of the best ever WINGER compositions written!All the compositions are at a very high level and Reb's solos are fantastic too!Kip's voice never sounded better and the production is awesome!The guys are back with a vengeance-after the mediocre IV album and they hit hard with this new one!The slow songs are close to perfection and are so sensitive and beautiful-almost breathtaking!The SPECIAL EDITION has a DVD page with the MAKING OF -interesting and pleasant to see the huge work in a studio and the complicated process of production and recording!So all our respect to Mr Kip Winger and the other 3 outstanding musicians that made such an inspired cd in 2009 and the hope that they still have many bullets to be shot in the future! 5 STARS without any comment!