Heart Of A Lion

Heart Of A Lion is the fourth album, released by Frontiers on 28 February 2025: eleven songs, 48 minutes. The writing dates from late 2024, and the band co-produced with Mårten Eriksson, who also mixed — the same man who worked on Time for a Miracle. Kent Hilli explained the choice by pointing to Eriksson’s long experience as a writer and producer in the pop industry. The direction is a deliberate swing back: after the heavier, more direct sound of Brace for Impact, Hilli says, they added keyboards and moved back toward the first two albums. “We Are Heroes,” following the title track, was the first single. Hilli describes it as a song about everyday heroes — nurses, doctors, firefighters, police officers — and equally about people climbing out of struggles, addiction and mental health difficulties to become better versions of themselves. Writing it, he says, he pictured himself in conversation with God about human hardship. The chug of “All Night,” the arena stance of “Turn Up Your Radio,” the spoken entrance to the piano ballad “My Unsung Hero” and the gallop of “Ready To Break” lead to “At Your Stone.” Hilli’s standing had already carried beyond the band: his heroes Giant invited him to sing on Shifting Time, and solo work followed in 2021.