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Blackstar

band that plays hard rock
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Blackstar

Summary

Blackstar is a musical group[1]. Blackstar ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blackstar's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Blackstar's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Blackstar's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[5].
  • Blackstar comprises Jeffrey Walker[6].
  • 1997 marks the founding of Blackstar[7].
  • Blackstar's location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[8].
  • Blackstar's official website is recorded as http://www.blackmetal.com/~mega/BS[9].
  • Blackstar's start of work period is recorded as 1997[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[11]

  • Country: GB[12]

  • Began / founded: 1995[13]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1999[14]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal[15]

  • Community tags: hard rock, heavy metal[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cbc68146-de2b-40f5-9b4a-f09d7bc5f835[17]

Body

Founding

1997 marks the founding of Blackstar[7]. Blackstar's location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[8].

Why It Matters

Blackstar ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).[2] Blackstar has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Liverpool United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Blackstar. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/blackstar-q2248934
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