Shadow Border is the second record from Dutch progressive rock band The Aurora Project. Fronted by vocalist Dennis Binnekade, whose vocals at times bear a striking resemblance to those of Live’s Ed Kowalczyk or Marillion’s Steve Hogarth, the band set out to make a straightforward prog record devoid of choirs or narrators. Their success is grounded in two areas especially: their complex, probing lyrics dealing with history, emotion and questions of alien intervention in human development, and their ability to steer clear of a heavy metal sound despite the crunch of guitarists Remco van der Berg and Marc Vooys.