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The Four Horsemen

song composed by Dave Mustaine with lyrics by James Hetfield performed by Metallica
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Summary

The Four Horsemen is a musical work/composition[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Dave Mustaine[3]
  • Genre: thrash metal[4]
  • Based on: The Mechanix[5]
  • Performer: Metallica[6]
  • Part of: Kill 'Em All[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Publication date: 1983[9]
  • Lyricist: James Hetfield[10]
  • Form of creative work: song[11]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 367987e6-2e45-3e61-a645-e5b2a6bd38f1[13]

Why It Matters

The Four Horsemen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Dave Mustaine James Hetfield Lars Ulrich

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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