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Darkness Descends

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Darkness Descends

Summary

Darkness Descends is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Darkness Descends's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Darkness Descends's genre is thrash metal[4].
  • Darkness Descends followed We Have Arrived[5].
  • Darkness Descends was followed by Leave Scars[6].
  • Darkness Descends was performed by Dark Angel[7].
  • Darkness Descends's record label is recorded as Combat Records[8].
  • Darkness Descends's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Darkness Descends comprises Merciless Death[10].
  • Darkness Descends was released on November 17, 1986[11].
  • Darkness Descends's cover art by is recorded as Ed Repka[12].
  • Darkness Descends's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Darkness Descends'}[13].

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[14]

  • First release date: 1986-11-17[15]

  • Genre(s): thrash metal[16]

  • Community tags: thrash metal[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cfc3b110-37c4-30f3-852d-78afb438f512[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Darkness Descends was Dark Angel[7].

Publication

Darkness Descends was released on November 17, 1986[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is thrash metal[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Darkness Descends followed We Have Arrived[5]. It was followed by Leave Scars[6].

Why It Matters

Darkness Descends ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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] ↑ . metal-archives.com. Retrieved . metal-archives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Encyclopaedia Metallum. metal-archives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . metal-archives.com. Retrieved . metal-archives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

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