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Metal Church

American heavy metal band
Organization musical_group Q212448
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Metal Church

Summary

Metal Church is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,542 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metal Church's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Metal Church's founder is recorded as Kurdt Vanderhoof[4].
  • Metal Church's genre is heavy metal music[5].
  • Metal Church's genre is power metal[6].
  • Metal Church's genre is thrash metal[7].
  • Metal Church's discography is recorded as Metal Church discography[8].
  • Metal Church's Commons category is recorded as Metal Church[9].
  • Metal Church's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Metal Church comprises Kurdt Vanderhoof[11].
  • Metal Church comprises Mike Howe[12].
  • 1980 marks the founding of Metal Church[13].
  • Metal Church's location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[14].
  • Metal Church's official website is recorded as https://metalchurchofficial.com/[15].
  • Metal Church's topic has template is recorded as Template:Metal Church[16].
  • Metal Church's start of work period is recorded as 1980[17].
  • Metal Church's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Metal Church'}[18].
  • Metal Church's member category is recorded as Category:Metal Church members[19].
  • Metal Church's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+9920'}[20].

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[21]

  • Country: US[22]

  • Began / founded: 1980[23]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal, us power metal[24]

  • Community tags: heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal, us power metal[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 09830e79-cc8d-422f-ae25-6efde4320b73[26]

Body

Founding

Metal Church's founder is recorded as Kurdt Vanderhoof[4]. 1980 marks the founding of it[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[14].

Why It Matters

Metal Church ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,542 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

Related Entities

United States

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.
  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.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Kurdt Vanderhoof, Mike Howe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q2618723]]"
  2. 22d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Kurdt Vanderhoof
    Official website → https://metalchurchofficial.com/
    Member category → Category:Metal Church members
    Aliases → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q118867873]]"
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