Shiver of Frontier / Power of Great Spirits (CD) 2025 4th

Catalog number: Black-listed BLRC-00144

A heroic story woven by heroes who inherited the power of the Great Spirit.

A "new masterpiece" carved in the history of power metal is here...the long-awaited 4th album!!

Formed around the spring of 2010 by Akihiro (G), Kouta (B), and Takazumi (Key), who were originally active in different bands, with the aim of becoming a catchy and authentic melodic power metal band with an emphasis on melody. Shortly after, Minaki (Vo), Hayate (G), and Yamato (Ds) joined the group, and they began their activities as a six-piece group with high-tone vocals and twin lead guitars. The word "Shiver" in the band's name: Shiver of Frontier means "horror," but it also has a hidden meaning of "melody."

Around the fall of 2011, they produced their first demo sound source, ``Hope of Eternity,'' and released it exclusively at live venues. Shortly after that, Takazumi and Yamato left the band due to personal reasons (Key did not return and Ds remained as a support member), but in 2012 they started working on a new album, and in the spring of 2013 they released their second demo, ``Hope of Eternity/Lost Tears'', which added a more symphonic arrangement to the song.

He then began recording his first album from 2014 to 2015, and signed with Black-listed Records in 2016. In May of the same year, they released their first album, ``Memory of Destiny,'' which evolved dramatically into a more symphonic style while maintaining the melody-oriented musicality they had advocated since the beginning. In 2017, while formulating a plan for their second album, they began producing a mini-album that would be the precursor to it. In November of the same year, they released the mini-album ``Crystal in My Heart,'' which inherited the direction of the previous album but was even richer in variety as all members were involved in songwriting.

Furthermore, in 2018, they started recording a new album, and released their second album ``Can You See The World?'' in August 2019, which has increased its depth as melodic power metal. After that, they welcomed Tae-tae-(Ds) as a new member and performed live activities, but in 2020, Hayate left due to personal reasons. In 2022, Ryo (G) and Nobuaki (Key) will join. Their third album ``Faint Hope to the Reality'' was released in May of the same year.

Tae-tae left the group in 2023, but soon YOH (Ds) joined as his successor and began producing new music. Their 2nd mini-album ``Spirits Rising'' will be released in May 2024, with a story called Great Spirits SAGA, which depicts a fantasy world in which a protagonist with the power of spirits confronts the demon lord.

Production on their next album will begin soon, and their 4th full album ``Power of Great Spirits'' will be released on Black-listed Records in March 2025.
This work is the main chapter of Great Spirits SAGA depicted in the previous work, and is a magnificent melodic power metal that fully utilizes the band's characteristic symphonic musicality, centered around a story that fully emphasizes the worldview of fantasy. Some of the songs from the previous album have been remade and included as album versions, and Yoichiro Ishino of Crunch Studio continues to handle the mix/mastering.

01. Power of Great Spirits: Overture

02. A New Hope in the Farthest

03. Eroica (Brave Spirits Ver.)

04. dawn, meadow, encounter

05. Gorgeous (Long Journey Ver.)

06. It's All Gone

07. Fate of the Old Sage

08. The Time of Awakening

09. Effusive Force

10. The Lord of Terror

11. Last Promise

[CD] [2025/03/28]