III: In the Eyes of Fire
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III: In the Eyes of Fire is the third studio album by Unearth
Unearth
Unearth is an American metalcore band from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Formed in 1998, the group has released five studio albums. Their fourth record, The March was released on October 14, 2008 meeting with high positive reception by many...

, released on August 8 2006. The album entered the Billboard
Billboard 200
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 album charts at number 35, selling approximately 22,000 copies. The album had sold in excess of 105,000 copies in the US.

The album was produced by Terry Date
Terry Date
Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specializing in the rock and metal genres...

, and was their second major release through Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

. A special limited edition version of the album was released (in a digipak
Digipak
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), containing a DVD showcasing their performance at the 2005 Sounds of the Underground
Sounds of the Underground
The Sounds of the Underground tour was a festival-like tour that rivaled Ozzfest in its first year of existence .The tour features extreme metal and metalcore, and hardcore bands. The existence of this tour, which was held in national arenas, was to attract the rising interest of metal, hardcore,...

 tour, as well as a look at the making of the album.

Track listing

Reception

  • About.com
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      link
  • Blabbermouth.net
    Blabbermouth.net
    Blabbermouth.net is a website dedicated to heavy metal and hard rock news, as well as album and music DVD reviews. Blabbermouth.net was founded and is run by Borivoj Krgin. The first version of the website was officially launched in March 2001...

     (8/10) link
  • Blender
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Credits

  • Produced, engineered and mixed by Terry Date
    Terry Date
    Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specializing in the rock and metal genres...

  • Additional engineering by Sam Hofstedt and Scott Olson
    Scott Olson
    Scott Olson is a guitarist, bassist, and recording engineer. He played guitar with Heart 1995-1998 and 2002–2003, and in 1996 he performed with Alice In Chains on their MTV Unplugged concert....

  • Mastered by Ted Jensen
  • Artists and Repertoire (A&R): Brian Slagel
    Brian Slagel
    Brian Slagel is the owner and founder of Metal Blade Records. Slagel is known for giving Metallica their first break in 1982, with an appearance on Metal Massacre, a compilation album on Metal Blade, and has since released seminal albums by Slayer, Mercyful Fate, Cannibal Corpse, Fates Warning,...

  • Drum technician: Jessie Smith

Line-up

  • Trevor Phipps – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Buz McGrath – Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Ken Susi – Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • John Maggard – Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Mike Justian – drums
    Drum kit
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Charts

Year Chart Position
2006 The Billboard 200 35
2006 Top Independent Albums 2
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