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The Forgotten Tales

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The Forgotten Tales

Summary

The Forgotten Tales is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Forgotten Tales's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Forgotten Tales's genre is power metal[4].
  • The Forgotten Tales was produced by Flemming Rasmussen[5].
  • Among the performers on The Forgotten Tales was Blind Guardian[6].
  • The Forgotten Tales's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[7].
  • The Forgotten Tales is part of Blind Guardian's albums in chronological order[8].
  • The Forgotten Tales was distributed by music streaming[9].
  • The Forgotten Tales was released on April 16, 1996[10].
  • The Forgotten Tales's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[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

  • Release type: Album[12]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[13]

  • First release date: 1996-04-18[14]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, power metal, rock, speed metal, symphonic rock, viking metal[15]

  • Community tags: heavy metal, mediaevil, metal, power metal, rock, speed metal, symphonic rock, viking metal[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8a2f420f-cf7b-3426-a94b-e157259b9e4d[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Forgotten Tales was Blind Guardian[6]. It was produced by Flemming Rasmussen[5].

Publication

The Forgotten Tales was published on April 16, 1996[10]. Its genre is power metal[4]. It is part of Blind Guardian's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by music streaming[9].

Why It Matters

The Forgotten Tales ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Blind Guardian Virgin Records

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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