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Mayhem

Norwegian black metal band
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Mayhem

Summary

Mayhem is a musical group[1]. Mayhem ranks in the top 0.71% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,117 views/month, #146 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mayhem received the Spellemannprisen for metal[3].
  • Mayhem received the Rockheim Hall of Fame[4].
  • Mayhem received the Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen[5].
  • Mayhem's instance of is recorded as musical group[6].
  • Mayhem's genre is black metal[7].
  • Mayhem's record label is recorded as Season of Mist[8].
  • Mayhem's discography is recorded as Mayhem discography[9].
  • Mayhem's Commons category is recorded as Mayhem[10].
  • Mayhem's country of origin is recorded as Norway[11].
  • Mayhem comprises Necrobutcher[12].
  • Mayhem comprises Kjetil Manheim[13].
  • Mayhem comprises Euronymous[14].
  • Mayhem comprises Messiah[15].
  • Mayhem comprises Sven Erik Kristiansen[16].
  • Mayhem comprises Kittil Kittilsen[17].
  • Mayhem comprises Torben Grue[18].
  • Mayhem comprises Per "Dead" Ohlin[19].
  • Mayhem comprises Jan Axel Blomberg[20].
  • Mayhem comprises Stian Johannsen[21].
  • Mayhem comprises Varg Vikernes[22].
  • Mayhem comprises Attila Csihar[23].
  • Mayhem comprises Blackthorn[24].
  • Mayhem comprises Rune Eriksen[25].
  • Mayhem comprises Krister Dreyer[26].
  • Mayhem comprises Morten Bergeton Iversen[27].

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

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: NO[29]

  • Began / founded: 1984[30]

  • Genre(s): black metal, metal[31]

  • Community tags: black metal, metal, norwegian[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c5f9e699-7b0d-4030-86dd-7acc8250d147[33]

Body

Founding

1984 marks the founding of Mayhem[34]. Mayhem's location of formation is recorded as Oslo[35].

Recognition

Awards received include Spellemannprisen for metal[3]; Rockheim Hall of Fame[4], a hall of fame[36], in Norway[37], founded in 2011[38]; and Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen[5].

Why It Matters

Mayhem ranks in the top 0.71% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,117 views/month, #146 of 20,490).[2] Mayhem has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Mayhem is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Mayhem has been cited as an influence by Myrkur[41], a musical group[42], founded in 2014[43].

FAQs

What awards did Mayhem receive?

Honors received include Spellemannprisen for metal[3], Rockheim Hall of Fame[4], and Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen[5].

Who did Mayhem influence?

Mayhem has been cited as an influence by Myrkur[41].

Related Entities

Euronymous Norway Per "Dead" Ohlin Varg Vikernes

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Metal Evolution. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Spellemannprisen. spellemann.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . musikknyheter.no. musikknyheter.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Spellemannprisen. spellemann.no. Provenance: 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.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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