Focus

1993 studio album by Cynic
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Focus

Summary

Focus is an album[1]. Focus ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (326 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Focus's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Focus's genre is technical death metal[4].
  • Focus was followed by Traced in Air[5].
  • Focus was produced by Scott Burns[6].
  • Among the performers on Focus was Cynic[7].
  • Focus's record label is recorded as Roadrunner Records[8].
  • Focus's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Focus's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Morrisound Recording[10].
  • Focus was released on January 1, 1993[11].
  • Focus's official website is recorded as http://cyniconline.com/[12].
  • Focus's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2157'}[13].
  • Focus's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

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

  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 1993-09-14[16]

  • Genre(s): death metal, jazz fusion, progressive metal, technical death metal[17]

  • Community tags: avantgarde, death metal, jazz fusion, progressive metal, technical death metal[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dbe96e71-c9c0-3ddf-b3f1-1646b73dca4a[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Focus was performed by Cynic[7]. Focus was produced by Scott Burns[6].

Publication

Focus was published on January 1, 1993[11]. Focus's language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Focus's genre is technical death metal[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Focus was followed by Traced in Air[5].

Why It Matters

Focus ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (326 views/month).[2] Focus has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Focus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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