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Gravestone (band)

German heavy metal band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ1543953 ↗
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Gravestone is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1977 as a progressive rock outfit, before adopting the heavy metal genre.

Gravestone released five studio albums between 1977 and 1986; they then split up. Several of the members continued under the name 48 Crash. In 2019, the band reunited to play live shows. The line-up is that of 1985 (Majdan, Reinelt, Dieth, Sabisch, Imbacher).

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Gravestone (band)” as german heavy metal band. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1986, 2019, 1985—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977. The account is most persuasive where Gravestone, band and German can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as german heavy metal band. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1543953. VIAF identifies the subject as 142043996. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 1986, 2019 and 1985.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gravestone (band)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.