Skywards - A Slyphe’s Ascension

Infobox Album
Name = Skywards - A Slyphe's Ascension
Type = studio
Artist = Fragments of Unbecoming


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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
Reviews = * The Metal Observer Rating-10|7.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=5971 link]
* Metal Storm Rating-10|8 [http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=1451 link]
* Metal Review [http://metalreview.com/849/Fragments-of-Unbecoming-Skywards--A-Sylphes-Ascension.aspx link]
* Vampire Magazine [http://www.vampire-magazine.com/article.php?aid=36188 link]
Chronology =
Last album = "Bloodred Tales - Chapter I – The Crimson Season" (2002)
This album = "Skywards - A Sylphe’s Ascension" (2004)
Next album = "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.

Album quote

Track list

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

Credits

Band

* Stefan Weimar - Death Vocals, Guitar
* Sascha Ehrich - Guitar, Acoustic guitars
* Wolle Schellenberg - Guitar
* Ingo Maier - Drums

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.