Shakra - Snakes & Ladders

Published November 7 2017

*=Staff's pick	Cassandra’s Curse Friday Nightmare Snakes & Ladders Something You Don’t Understand The Seeds* Rollin‘ Medicine Man I Will Rise Again* Open Water The Race Of My Life Fire In My Veins* The End Of Days*

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	November 10, 2017	Roger Tanner	Drums
Country	Switzerland	-	Keyboard
Producer	Thom Blunier
Similar bands	Pretty Maids, Pink Cream 69, Jaded Heart, Gotthard

There is no mistaking this for anybody else than Shakra. True to their winning recipe they are back with their 11th album, but this time they have taken a slightly darker, slower and rockier turn, which combined with a more light-weight sound landscape make this album miss the energetic groove and punch that I normally find appealing with them, especially in the verses.

A decent but uneven collection of songs and with no real standout tracks even though a good deal of bridges and choruses are brilliantly catchy as always. In Shakra standards, this is however as a whole a bit below par.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	4	6	8	5

Summary
5 chalices of 10 - Tommy