ITunes metadata storage corrupted

My iTunes metadata storage is corrupted: When I import files that include the usual metadata (Artist, Album, Composer…), they are gone in iTunes.
Has anyone got an idea how this information is stored in iTunes and how I could repair this file without rebuilding my entire iTunes Library?
Thanks a lot!

Thanks, dude - I'll mark that as helpful, although I already read that article.
Turns out my corruption was worse than I outlined. I found files that had been renamed.
This is what I've done:
I trashed the iTunes folder in the default location ~/Username/Music
I reopened iTunes and went to Preferences and set the location to my external drive array
I then went through all the files and "cleaned them up" (renamed files that needed it - created folders and put files in them - etc.)
Now, I'm going through those folders one by one and reloading them into the Library.
When I get finished I'll do what I SHOULD have been doing all along - making backups of that directory. Hopefully this will solve the problem.
Thanks again for your reply

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