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In the Shadows

album by Mercyful Fate
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In the Shadows

Summary

In the Shadows is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • In the Shadows's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • In the Shadows's genre is black metal[4].
  • In the Shadows followed Return of the Vampire[5].
  • In the Shadows was followed by The Bell Witch[6].
  • In the Shadows was performed by Mercyful Fate[7].
  • In the Shadows's record label is recorded as Metal Blade Records[8].
  • In the Shadows was published on 1993[9].
  • In the Shadows's different from is recorded as In the Shadows[10].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1993-06-22[12]

  • Genre(s): black metal, heavy metal[13]

  • Community tags: 90s, black metal, heavy metal[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5f3cfee8-5bb7-3582-82ad-699c07024e96[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

In the Shadows was performed by Mercyful Fate[7].

Publication

In the Shadows was released on 1993[9]. Its genre is black metal[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

In the Shadows followed Return of the Vampire[5]. It was followed by The Bell Witch[6].

Why It Matters

In the Shadows ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Metal Blade Records

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_in-the-shadows-q1755337_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{In the Shadows}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/in-the-shadows-q1755337}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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