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Secret of the Runes

2001 studio album by Therion
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Secret of the Runes

Summary

Secret of the Runes is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Secret of the Runes's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Secret of the Runes's genre is symphonic metal[4].
  • Secret of the Runes followed The Early Chapters of Revelation[5].
  • Secret of the Runes was followed by Bells of Doom[6].
  • Among the performers on Secret of the Runes was Therion[7].
  • Secret of the Runes's record label is recorded as Nuclear Blast[8].
  • Secret of the Runes's place of publication is recorded as Sweden[9].
  • Secret of the Runes's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Secret of the Runes's language of work or name is recorded as German[11].
  • Secret of the Runes's language of work or name is recorded as Swedish[12].
  • Secret of the Runes was published on October 8, 2001[13].
  • Secret of the Runes'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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 2001-10-08[16]

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

  • Community tags: goth rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, symphonic metal, symphonic rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4750418e-6f2a-4d7a-b2f8-bae3cd02917f[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Secret of the Runes was performed by Therion[7].

Publication

Secret of the Runes was released on October 8, 2001[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as Sweden[9]. Languages include English[10], German[11], and Swedish[12]. Its genre is symphonic metal[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Secret of the Runes followed The Early Chapters of Revelation[5]. It was followed by Bells of Doom[6].

Why It Matters

Secret of the Runes ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Nuclear Blast Sweden

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.

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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