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SHAKRA
(SWITZERLAND)
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INFECTED
(2007)
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HEAVY METAL
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""Infected" is full of sharp riffs, incisive constructions and give the listener no respite."
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4/5
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In a career spanning ten years, Shakra's music has never really surprised for its originality and has paradoxically always hit the bull's eye. So what is the reason for this craze? Is it this sound, whose apparent banality is only a facade, is it Mark Fox's voice or the square and dynamic rhythm that gives the band this raw style and this image of Bad-boys...? Yes, all that for sure.
The strength of the Swiss quintet also lies in its ability to synthesize the best of Hard Rock to get the best out of it... In this sense, "Infected" is one of the best examples of what their already consequent discography has offered so far. Preferring the attack to the defense, this new opus is full of sharp riffs, incisive constructions and give the listener no respite.
Thirteen tracks make up this album, and each of them has been carefully chosen among sixty songs, which leaves one dreaming about the next B-sides and future albums. Tracks after tracks, the urge to stamp his feet and to turn up the sound are there, and only two ballads come to disturb these primal impulses loaded with testosterone: "Love Will Find You" and "Acheron's Way" which gently closes the album on a passionate vocal and a nice acoustic melody.
The eleven other tracks oscillate between peachy hard rock and melodic metal, dominated by a snoring bass and an inspired rhythmic and carried by an almost inhabited rocky voice. The very heavy "inferno", the mid tempo and the unifying refrain of "playing with fire" or the incisive "Look At Me" and "Higher Love" are all successful.
To tell the truth, "Infected" only suffers from one flaw: victims of a recipe that works, the tracks tend to be similar and a full listening can quickly turn out to be exhausting. But if you're looking for a cure for life's little disorders, or if you can't wait to scream a good chorus in your car after work, throw yourself into this album! Guaranteed effect. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Make Your Way - 3:52
02. Inferno - 4:01
03. The One - 4:21
04. Playing With Fire - 4:49
05. Dance With Madness - 3:34
06. Love Will Find A Way - 3:56
07. Vertigo - 4:14
08. The Conquest - 4:12
09. Higher Love - 3:53
10. Cardiphobia - 3:36
11. Look At Me - 4:07
12. The Other Side - 4:13
13. Acheron's Way - 4:11
LINEUP:
Mark Fox: Chant
Oli Linder: Basse
Roger Tanner: Batterie
Thom Blunier: Guitares
Thomas Muster: Guitares
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