''Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining'' is the third full-length album by the

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Track listing

# "Carmine Preface ~~" − 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 ~~" − 2:30 (translated as Dark Room in French)

Personnel

Band

* Sam Anetzberger -

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* Stefan Weimar - Backing

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* Sascha Ehrich - Guitar,

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* Wolle Schellenberg -

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* Ingo Maier -

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black but Shining Fragments of Unbecoming albums 2006 albums