Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black but Shining

Infobox Album
Name = Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining
Type = studio
Artist = Fragments of Unbecoming


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Released = March 24, 2006
Recorded = Sept/Oct/Nov 2005 at Iguana, Sound Tunnel and PMT Studios
Genre = Melodic death metal
Length = 50:30
Label = Metal Blade Records
Producer = Christoph Brandes Fragments of Unbecoming
Reviews = * The Metal Observer Rating|7|10 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=10738 link]
* Sputnikmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=6378 link]
* Vampire Music [http://www.vampire-magazine.com/article.php?aid=41398 link]
* PyroMusic (6.6/10) [http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&review=Fragments_of_Unbecoming-Sterling_Black_Icon_:_Chapter_III_Black_But_Shining&id=836 link]
* Metal Review (unfavorable) [http://metalreview.com/2499/Fragments-of-Unbecoming-Sterling-Black-Icon---Chapter-III---Black-But-Shining.aspx link]
* Encyclopaedia Metallum 79% [http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=103730 link]
Chronology =
Last album = "Skywards - A Slyphe’s Ascension" (2004)
This album = "Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining" (2006)
Next album = "Untitled 4th Studio Album" (2008)
presumed [ [http://fragmentsofunbecoming.com/ascension_main.html Fragments Of Unbecoming [ // Official Web Gateway ] ]

"Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining" is the third full-length album by the German Melodic death metal band, Fragments of Unbecoming. The European release edition for "Sterling Black Icon" comes with an "extra noble" cardboard-box.

Track listing

# "Carmine Preface (Entrance)" − 0:52
# "Sterling Black Icon" − 5:14
# "Weave Their Barren Path" − 4:08
# "Dear Floating Water" − 7:11
# "Breathe in the Black to See" − 7:21
# "Ride for a Fall" − 0:44
# "A Faint Illumination" − 5:49
# "Live for This Moment, Stay 'Til the End" − 5:59
# "Scythe of Scarecrow" − 4:49
# "Onward to the Finger of God" − 1:37
# "Stand the Tempest" − 4:12
# "Chambre Noire (Departure)" − 2:30 (translated as Dark Room in French)

Personnel

Band

* Sam Anetzberger - Lead Death Vocals
* Stefan Weimar - Backing Death Vocals, Guitar
* Sascha Ehrich - Guitar, Acoustic guitar
* Wolle Schellenberg - Bass
* Ingo Maier - Drums

Production and other

* The drums were recorded in PMT Studios by Tikk. Watchful assistance and engineering by Christoph Brandes.
* All guitars, bass guitars and vocals were recorded and engineered in Sound Tunnel Studios by Ingo Maier.
* Mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at the Iguana Studios.
* Produced by Fragments of Unbecoming and Christoph Brandes.
* All lyrics and musical arrangements by Fragments of Unbecoming, except "Chambre Noire" by Marcel Schiborr.
* Final infinite scream on "A Faint Illumination" by Todd "Brave" Collins.
* Band photography by Bernd Siebold.
* Digital band picture make-up by "Groundfrost"
* Artwork was done in cooperation by Niklas Sundin and Sascha Ehrich.
* Layout and design by Sascha Ehrich.
* "Fragments Of Unbecoming" logotype by Sascha Ehrich, courtesy of "Precious Art".

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