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Lightning to the Nations

1980 studio album by Diamond Head
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Lightning to the Nations

Summary

Lightning to the Nations is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (879 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lightning to the Nations's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Lightning to the Nations's genre is traditional heavy metal[4].
  • Lightning to the Nations's genre is heavy metal music[5].
  • Lightning to the Nations was followed by Borrowed Time[6].
  • Lightning to the Nations was performed by Diamond Head[7].
  • Lightning to the Nations's record label is recorded as Happy Face Records[8].
  • Lightning to the Nations's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Lightning to the Nations is part of Diamond Head's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Lightning to the Nations's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Lightning to the Nations was distributed by vinyl record[12].
  • Lightning to the Nations was released on 1979[13].
  • Lightning to the Nations's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lightning to the Nations'}[14].
  • Lightning to the Nations's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[15].
  • Lightning to the Nations's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+7'}[16].
  • Lightning to the Nations's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

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[18]

  • First release date: 1980-10-03[19]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock[20]

  • Community tags: british metal, classic metal, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 450d4fe3-826d-3552-8de8-4a068371dd32[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Lightning to the Nations was performed by Diamond Head[7].

Publication

Lightning to the Nations was released on 1979[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include traditional heavy metal[4] and heavy metal music[5]. It is part of Diamond Head's albums in chronological order[10]. It was distributed by vinyl record[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Lightning to the Nations was followed by Borrowed Time[6].

Why It Matters

Lightning to the Nations ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (879 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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