Year : 2020
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Switzerland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 120 mb
Bio:
With their first releases "Shakra" (1997), and "Moving Force" (1999), and by touring with Great White and Uriah Heep, the early career of this Swiss band was a steep learning curve with dramatic success but the real breakthrough came with their third record "Power Ride" (2001) when singer Pete Wiedmer was forced to leave the band because of ill health, replaced by Mark Fox. Mark immediately put his stamp on the following album "Rising" (2003), which saw Shakra rise higher on the career ladder than ever before and hit the German and Swiss album charts. The band played several concerts and festivals, one of which was the prestigious "Bang Your Head" event. The controversial video clip for the song "Chains Of Temptation" showed singer Fox giving himself a heroin injection.And, after supporting Iron Maiden at the Swiss "Spirit Of Rock" festival, Shakra then took the decision to tour through 12 countries with HammerFall and Stratovarius. The band played a huge show in Zurich with Guns N' Roses in 2006.Shortly after the Everest album was released, Mark Fox left the band and was replaced by John Prakesh on vocals.New releases include "Back On Track" in Feb 2011 and "Powerplay" in Jan 2013.
Album:
To be released soon, ‘Mad World’ is album number twelve from the Swiss boys SHAKRA and a it’s a special one: they are celebrating a quarter century.I have always considered Shakra as one of the most exciting and fresh sounding bands within the melodic hard rock genre, so I guess it came as a bit of a shock to read that ‘Mad World’ marks their 25th anniversary as a band. Time flies for sure.Even though I still appreciate the early albums as their best I can honestly say that none of the later albums in the Shakra discography has disappointed me. This is of course due to the fact that Shakra always has remained true to what they do best by keep writing catchy and pumping melodic hard rock anthems custom made for the stage and that just seems to stick to the listeners brain like glue.The same thing goes for ‘Mad World’, twelve tracks of pure quality and very well produced no bullshit melodic hard rock.Shakra anno 2020 sounds tighter than ever and singer Mark Fox still has his charismatic voice intact, and I’m already looking forward to the next 25 years of Shakra music.".
Line-Up:
Mark Fox - Vocals (ex-Krokus , Wolfpakk)
Thomas Muster - Guitars (1997-present)
Thom Blunier - Guitars (lead) (1997-present) (ex-Ruckus)
Dominik Pfister - Bass (2008-present)
Roger Tanner - Drums (1997-present) (ex-Evidence One)
Tracklist:
01. Fireline (3:51)
02. Too Much Is Not Enough (3:42)
03. A Roll Of The Dice (4:26)
04. Mad World (3:48)
05. When He Comes Around (3:51)
06. Thousand Kings (4:23)
07. I Still Rock (3:00)
08. Fake News (3:51)
09. When It All Falls Down (4:26)
10. Turn The Light On (3:33)
11. Son Of Fire (4:17)
12. New Tomorrow (5:08)
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