Shakra - High Noon

Published January 30 2016

*=Staff's pick	Hello High Noon Into Your Heart* Around The World Eye To Eye Is It Real* Life’s What You Need The Storm* Raise Your Hands Stand Tall Watch Me Burn Wild And Hungry*

Genre	Hard Rock	Mark Fox	Vocals
Tracks	12	Thom Blunier	Guitar
Running time	50 Min.	Thomas Muster	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Dominik Pfister	Bass
Release	January 29, 2016	Roger Tanner	Drums
Country	Switzerland	-	Keyboard
Producer	Thom Blunier
Similar artists	Pretty Maids, Pink Cream 69, Jaded Heart, Gotthard

A standard album by all means and measures by melodic rockers Shakra. With their old singer Mark Fox back in the ranks after being away for two albums they have that great punch to the sound landscape again, even though no shadow at all should fall on the predecessor John Prakesh.

The album is, completely in line with the band's history, based on an abundance of solid and fat riffs and really catchy hooks and choruses, albeit nothing groundbreaking at all. It's the same familiar formula as always, but it definitely still works for me.

A really good album overall with no clear dips, although I miss a bit more energy and some real killer highlights. They play it pretty safe which in their case is a winning recipe.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	4	8	8	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tommy