Skywards - A Slyphe’s Ascension

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Skywards - A Slyphe's Ascension
Skywards - A Slyphe's Ascension cover
Studio album by Fragments of Unbecoming
Released February 10, 2004
Recorded 2003 at Stellwerk Studio
Genre Melodic death metal
Length 46:55
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Stefan "Joe" Hanbuch
Fragments of Unbecoming
Professional reviews
  • The Metal Observer 7.5/10 stars link
  • Metal Storm 8/10 stars link
  • Metal Review link
  • Vampire Magazine link
Fragments of Unbecoming chronology
Bloodred Tales - Chapter I – The Crimson Season
(2002)		 Skywards - A Slyphe’s Ascension
(2004)		 Sterling Black Icon - Chapter III - Black But Shining
(2006)

Skywards - A Slyphe's Ascension is the second album by the German Melodic death metal band, Fragments of Unbecoming. Skywards was the first album released under their new label Metal Blade Records on February 10, 2004. The album artwork is dedicated to Anna-Lena. The European release is sold with an extra cardboard-box and the booklet and inlay are a five-color-print.

Contents

[edit] Album quote

“ "The artwork shall be dedicated to Anna-Lena for being the precious lightsource of my inspiration in this turn of the tide..."-Stefan Weimar ”

[edit] Track list

  1. "Up From the Blackest of Soil (Ascension Theme)" − 1:25
  2. "The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway" − 5:07
  3. "Shapes of the Pursuers" − 5:07
  4. "Skywards - A Sylphe's Ascension" − 5:37
  5. "Mesmerized" − 0:43
  6. "Entangled Whispers in the Depth" − 4:49
  7. "Scattered to the Four Winds" − 4:09
  8. "On a Scar's Edge to Infinity" − 3:57
  9. "Lour Pulse" − 1:44
  10. "Fear My Hatred" − 3:36
  11. "Insane Chaosphere" − 4:41
  12. "Life's Last Embers (Farewell Theme)" − 0:38

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band

[edit] Production and other

  • Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered in autumn 2003 by Stefan Hanbuch and Fragments of Unbecoming.
  • All lyrics and musical arrangements by Fragments of Unbecoming.
  • Band photography by Bernd Siebold.
  • Cover artwork "Skywards", booklet design and Fragments of Unbecoming logotype by Sascha Ehrich.