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Fistful of Metal

1984 debut studio album by Anthrax
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Fistful of Metal

Summary

Fistful of Metal is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,050 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fistful of Metal's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Fistful of Metal's genre is thrash metal[4].
  • Fistful of Metal was produced by Alex Perialas[5].
  • Fistful of Metal was performed by Anthrax[6].
  • Fistful of Metal's record label is recorded as Megaforce Records[7].
  • Fistful of Metal's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Fistful of Metal is part of Anthrax's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Fistful of Metal's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Fistful of Metal was distributed by LP record[11].
  • Fistful of Metal was published on 1984[12].
  • Fistful of Metal's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fistful of Metal'}[13].
  • Fistful of Metal's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2133'}[14].
  • Fistful of Metal's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[15].
  • Fistful of Metal's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

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.

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  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1984-01-06[18]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal[19]

  • Community tags: heavy metal, metal, pop/rock, rap-metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0bac2272-5f6a-3aae-a4ab-074d8c4fbad0[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Fistful of Metal was performed by Anthrax[6]. It was produced by Alex Perialas[5].

Publication

Fistful of Metal was released on 1984[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is thrash metal[4]. It is part of Anthrax's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by LP record[11].

Why It Matters

Fistful of Metal ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,050 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Anthrax Megaforce Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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