Emperor of Sand
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Emperor of Sand is a 2017 progressive metal concept album by American band Mastodon, known for its intricate musicianship and themes of mortality and survival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emperor of Sand canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875571 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emperor of Sand Context triple: [Mastodon, notableWork, Emperor of Sand]
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A.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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B.
Sea of Sand
The Sea of Sand is a vast, otherworldly volcanic sand plain surrounding Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its stark, lunar-like landscape.
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C.
Empire of Ivory
Empire of Ivory is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, blending Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate world where dragons serve as sentient aerial combatants.
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D.
The Pale Emperor
The Pale Emperor is a 2015 studio album by American rock musician Marilyn Manson that marked a shift toward a blues-influenced, dark alternative rock sound.
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E.
Lord of the Sun
Lord of the Sun is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra, emphasizing his supreme authority over light, creation, and the sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emperor of Sand Target entity description: Emperor of Sand is a 2017 progressive metal concept album by American band Mastodon, known for its intricate musicianship and themes of mortality and survival.
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A.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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B.
Sea of Sand
The Sea of Sand is a vast, otherworldly volcanic sand plain surrounding Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its stark, lunar-like landscape.
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C.
Empire of Ivory
Empire of Ivory is a historical fantasy novel in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, blending Napoleonic-era warfare with an alternate world where dragons serve as sentient aerial combatants.
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D.
The Pale Emperor
The Pale Emperor is a 2015 studio album by American rock musician Marilyn Manson that marked a shift toward a blues-influenced, dark alternative rock sound.
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E.
Lord of the Sun
Lord of the Sun is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra, emphasizing his supreme authority over light, creation, and the sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept album
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progressive metal album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Mastodon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork | Sultan's Curse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| followedBy | Hushed and Grim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
heavy metal
ⓘ
progressive metal ⓘ sludge metal ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ancient Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andromeda NERFINISHED ⓘ Clandestiny NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaguar God NERFINISHED ⓘ Precious Stones ⓘ Roots Remain NERFINISHED ⓘ Scorpion Breath NERFINISHED ⓘ Show Yourself NERFINISHED ⓘ Steambreather NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan's Curse NERFINISHED ⓘ Word to the Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ guitars ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 51 minutes ⓘ |
| mainPerformer |
Bill Kelliher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brann Dailor NERFINISHED ⓘ Brent Hinds NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeConcept | a desert wanderer condemned to death ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Rock Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex song structures
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intricate musicianship ⓘ lyrical focus on illness and mortality ⓘ |
| partOf | Mastodon discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Mastodon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Once More 'Round the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Brendan O'Brien
ⓘ
Mastodon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 2016 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Relapse Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2017-03-31 ⓘ |
| theme |
cancer
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death ⓘ mortality ⓘ survival ⓘ time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Emperor of Sand Description of subject: Emperor of Sand is a 2017 progressive metal concept album by American band Mastodon, known for its intricate musicianship and themes of mortality and survival.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.