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Killing the Dragon

2002 studio album by Dio
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Killing the Dragon

Summary

Killing the Dragon is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (547 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Killing the Dragon's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Killing the Dragon's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Killing the Dragon was produced by Ronnie James Dio[5].
  • Killing the Dragon was performed by Dio[6].
  • Killing the Dragon's record label is recorded as Spitfire Records[7].
  • Killing the Dragon's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Killing the Dragon is part of Dio's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Killing the Dragon's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Killing the Dragon was released on May 21, 2002[11].
  • Killing the Dragon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Killing the Dragon'}[12].
  • Killing the Dragon's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2710'}[13].
  • Killing the Dragon'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.

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  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 2002-05-20[16]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal, rock[17]

  • Community tags: hard rock, heavy metal, pop/rock, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4482bd6d-4400-3be0-8804-572939fa012e[19]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Killing the Dragon was Dio[6]. It was produced by Ronnie James Dio[5].

Publication

Killing the Dragon was published on May 21, 2002[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is heavy metal music[4]. It is part of Dio's albums in chronological order[9].

Why It Matters

Killing the Dragon ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (547 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Ronnie James Dio United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: 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.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.

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