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The Black Mages

Japanese instrumental rock band
Organization musical_group Q426079
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The Black Mages

Summary

The Black Mages is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (215 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Black Mages's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Black Mages's genre is progressive metal[4].
  • The Black Mages's genre is symphonic rock[5].
  • The Black Mages's record label is recorded as Universal Music Group[6].
  • The Black Mages's country of origin is recorded as Japan[7].
  • 2002 marks the founding of The Black Mages[8].
  • The Black Mages's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[9].
  • The Black Mages's official website is recorded as http://na.square-enix.com/uematsu/black_mages[10].
  • The Black Mages's start of work period is recorded as 2002[11].

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[12]

  • Country: JP[13]

  • Began / founded: 2003-02[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2010-08-07[15]

  • Genre(s): instrumental rock, metal, progressive metal, rock, symphonic rock[16]

  • Community tags: final fantasy, instrumental rock, japanese, metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal, rock, symphonic rock, video game[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b6e98026-6cc9-4c4d-93d6-ba39970a9239[18]

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Founding

2002 marks the founding of The Black Mages[8]. Its location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[9].

Why It Matters

The Black Mages ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (215 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Japan Nobuo Uematsu Universal Music Group

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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