Týr

Faroese folk metal band
Organization musical_group Q524495
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Týr

Summary

Týr is a musical group[1]. Týr ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Týr's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Týr's genre is folk metal[4].
  • Týr's genre is progressive metal[5].
  • Tyr is named after Týr[6].
  • Týr's record label is recorded as Napalm Records[7].
  • Týr's record label is recorded as Metal Blade Records[8].
  • Týr's Commons category is recorded as Týr (metal band)[9].
  • Týr's country of origin is recorded as Faroe Islands[10].
  • Týr comprises Heri Joensen[11].
  • Týr comprises Gunnar H. Thomsen[12].
  • January 1998 marks the founding of Týr[13].
  • Týr's location of formation is recorded as Runavík[14].
  • Týr's location of formation is recorded as Copenhagen[15].
  • Týr's official website is recorded as http://www.tyr.fo/[16].
  • Týr's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Týr (metal band)[17].
  • Týr's Commons gallery is recorded as Týr[18].
  • Týr's topic has template is recorded as Template:Týr (band)[19].
  • Týr's different from is recorded as Tyr[20].
  • Týr's start of work period is recorded as 1998[21].
  • Týr's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22493'}[22].
  • Týr's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22711'}[23].
  • Týr's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21977'}[24].
  • Týr's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+24300'}[25].
  • Týr's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21621'}[26].
  • Týr's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+27100'}[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: FO[29]

  • Began / founded: 1998[30]

  • Genre(s): folk metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, viking metal[31]

  • Community tags: folk metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, viking metal[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 50fc4742-1389-45a0-8c6f-6a5159ae20c2[33]

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Founding

January 1998 marks the founding of Týr[13]. Founded in (location) include Runavík[14] and Copenhagen[15].

Why It Matters

Týr ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[2] Týr has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Týr is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved . 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.

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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