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Cacophony

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Cacophony

Summary

Cacophony is a musical group[1]. Cacophony ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cacophony's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Cacophony's genre is speed metal[4].
  • Cacophony's record label is recorded as Shrapnel Records[5].
  • Cacophony's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • Cacophony comprises Marty Friedman[7].
  • Cacophony comprises Jason Becker[8].
  • 1986 marks the founding of Cacophony[9].
  • Cacophony's location of formation is recorded as United States[10].
  • Cacophony's topic's main category is recorded as Q9562709[11].
  • Cacophony's start of work period is recorded as 1986[12].

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[13]

  • Country: US[14]

  • Began / founded: 1986[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1989[16]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, instrumental, metal, neoclassical metal, speed metal[17]

  • Community tags: heavy metal, instrumental, metal, neoclassical metal, speed metal[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 57cb5291-1693-40d3-848c-1729c967511b[19]

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Founding

1986 marks the founding of Cacophony[9]. Cacophony's location of formation is recorded as United States[10].

Why It Matters

Cacophony ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).[2] Cacophony has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Jason Becker Marty Friedman United States

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.

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

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