Shakra – High Noon

Almost twenty years and ten albums, that is the current score of one of Switzerland’s finest rockers, Shakra. As a constant in Swiss Rock and considerable success in their home country it is difficult to understand why their high quality Hard Rock never really made it outside Switzerland, but maybe that is going to change now. High Noon is a fine release that is definitely in the top third of Shakra’s discography to date. With uptempo tracks like the first single “Hello” and “The Storm”, cool rockers like “Watch Me Burn” or “Around The World”, even containing a good ballad, the album delivers everything that one can expect from a Hard Rock album today. Only occasionally the band acts too generic like in ‘Raise Your Hands’, but that is easily made up by no less than 10 excellent rock songs to nod your head to and sing along with.