Sterling Black Icon – Chapter III – Black but Shining

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.

Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2006
RecordedSept/Oct/Nov 2005 at Iguana, Sound Tunnel and PMT Studios
GenreMelodic death metal
Length50:30
LabelMetal Blade Records
ProducerChristoph Brandes
Fragments of Unbecoming
Fragments of Unbecoming chronology
Skywards - A Slyphe’s Ascension
(2004)
Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining
(2006)
Everhaunting Past - Chapter IV - A Splendid Retrospection
(2008)

Track listing

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

Personnel

Band

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".

References

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