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Cruelty and the Beast

1998 studio album by Cradle of Filth
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Cruelty and the Beast

Summary

Cruelty and the Beast is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cruelty and the Beast's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Cruelty and the Beast's genre is extreme metal[4].
  • Cruelty and the Beast was produced by Cradle of Filth[5].
  • Cruelty and the Beast was performed by Cradle of Filth[6].
  • Cruelty and the Beast's record label is recorded as Music for Nations[7].
  • Cruelty and the Beast is part of Cradle of Filth's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Cruelty and the Beast's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Cruelty and the Beast was published on May 5, 1998[10].
  • Cruelty and the Beast's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3535'}[11].
  • Cruelty and the Beast's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[12].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[13]

  • First release date: 1998-05-04[14]

  • Genre(s): black metal, melodic black metal, symphonic black metal[15]

  • Community tags: black metal, extreme gothic metal, melodic black metal, symphonic black metal[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ec995561-78c8-3eaa-8c93-66ebda34c8b3[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Cruelty and the Beast was Cradle of Filth[6]. It was produced by Cradle of Filth[5].

Publication

Cruelty and the Beast was published on May 5, 1998[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is extreme metal[4]. It is part of Cradle of Filth's albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Cruelty and the Beast ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Cradle of Filth

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

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