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** A rare case of them sampling other songs is "Worlock" incorporating both clips of UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and the guitar riff from Music/TheBeatles' "Helter Skelter", a song Manson famously claimed contained hidden apocalyptic messages.
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* WithLyrics: "The Centre Bullet" by Skinny Puppy and "The Center Bullet" by [=cEvin=] Key's other project The Tear Garden are identical except the latter has vocals and lyrics by Edward Ka-Spel - according to Edward, [=cEvin=] wanted to collaborate and asked him to write lyrics to the Skinny Puppy track so they'd have something to test the waters with.
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A [[CanadaEh Canadian]] Canadian {{Industrial}} [[CanadianMusic music]] project.
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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Most of their music is borderline [[HellIsThatNoise cacophonic]], but "The Centre Bullet" and "One Day" (both from ''Bites'') are mellow, ambient pieces that the listener could almost sleep to.

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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: Most of their music is borderline [[HellIsThatNoise cacophonic]], but "The Centre Bullet" and "One Day" (both Day", both from ''Bites'') ''Bites'', are mellow, ambient pieces that the listener could almost sleep to.

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In February of 2023, Skinny Puppy announced that they were embarking on their final tour, which coincided with the 40-year anniversary of the band's existence.

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In February of 2023, Skinny Puppy announced that they were embarking on their final tour, which coincided with the 40-year anniversary of the band's existence.formation. The tour concluded in December of that year, marking end of one of industrial music's most influential acts.



** After recording two relatively radio-friendly albums (''The Process'' and ''The Greater Wrong Of The Right''), ''Mythmaker'' saw the band reverting to the dense and foreboding feel that they were known for.



* IndecipherableLyrics: And '''HOW!'''

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* IndecipherableLyrics: And '''HOW!'''Ogre's guttural vocals make trying to figure out what he's singing almost impossible. The worst example is "Reclamation" from ''Too Dark Park'', which nobody has managed to decode to this day.



* NewSoundAlbum: "Rabies" was originally seen as one, but now isn't. "The Greater Wrong of the Right" ''is'' one however.
** To a somewhat lesser extent than either of those two, ''Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse'' is this as well- Goettel's joining made their sound more layered and noticeably darker than the more minimal and SynthPop influenced ''Remission'' and ''Bites'' were and set the stage for their signature sound.

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* NewSoundAlbum: "Rabies" was originally seen as one, but now isn't. "The Greater Wrong of the Right" ''is'' one however.
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** To a somewhat lesser extent than either of those two, ''Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse'' is this as well- a downplayed example- Goettel's joining made their sound more layered and noticeably darker than the more minimal and SynthPop influenced ''Remission'' and ''Bites'' were and set the stage for their signature sound.sound.
** ''The Process'' added significant AlternativeRock influences, saw Ogre ditch his signature rasp for a more normal singing style, and was overall a lot less creepy than their previous albums.
** ''The Greater Wrong Of the Right'' expanded on the ''The Process'' and added influences from IDM.
** ''Mythmaker'' saw them doubling down on the IDM influences and bring back Ogre's famous growl while downplaying the industrial rock elements.
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In February of 2023, Skinny Puppy announced that they were embarking on their final tour, which coincided with the 40-year anniversary of the band's existence.

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* LastNoteNightmare: Inverted with the album ''Last Rights''. The majority of the album is [[HellIsThatNoise dissonant]], terrifying industrial noise, but the second half of the song "Download" (the last song on the album) is serene ambient music that you could probably sleep to. The first half of the song, though, is some of the hardest music Skinny Puppy ever made - easily reaching level 11 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness at its heaviest points (although it doesn't stay there consistently).

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* LastNoteNightmare: Inverted with the album ''Last Rights''. The majority of the album is [[HellIsThatNoise dissonant]], terrifying industrial noise, but the second half of the song "Download" (the last song on the album) is serene ambient music that you could probably sleep to. The first half of the song, though, is some of the hardest music Skinny Puppy ever made - easily reaching level 11 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness at its heaviest points (although it doesn't stay there consistently).made.



* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They stay on the higher single-digit levels of the scale, their range being 6-to-9. Their harder songs can easily go up to 11, though.

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In 1996, the band suffered CreatorBreakdown after switching to a new label. They released what was believed to be their final album, ''The Process'' (a ConceptAlbum about a psychotherapy cult known as the Process Church of Final Judgement), after Dwayne Goettel's fondness for heroin caught up with him and left him as a corpse at his parents' house.

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1992 saw the release of ''Last Rights'', their last work for Nettwerk. This was a bizarre, dark album with lyrics influenced by Nivek Ogre detoxing from heroin, which caused tensions within the band as the other band members had not yet done so. Because of this, the lyrics were not released with the album. Clearance issues also prevented the planned inclusion of the song "Left Handshake", due to its lengthy sample of Timothy Leary navigating the listener through an acid trip (Leary himself was OK with the band's use of the sample, but did not own the rights); as a result, the liner notes state, "SONG 10 IS MISSING?" "Left Handshake" was ultimately released as a limited-edition single (although with its title slightly misspelled as "Left Hand Shake") that has been heavily subject to KeepCirculatingTheTapes. ''Last Rights''[='=] first half is relatively conventional (by Skuppy standards) and its second half is substantially more experimental and chaotic. The lengthy final track, "Download", is also notable for featuring some of their hardest music in its first half and some of their most serene in its second half. ''Last Rights'' is one of their most acclaimed albums and was their first to crack the Billboard 200.

In 1996, the band suffered another CreatorBreakdown after switching to a new label. They released what was believed to be their final album, ''The Process'' (a ConceptAlbum about a psychotherapy cult known as the Process Church of Final Judgement), after Dwayne Goettel's fondness for heroin caught up with him and left him as a corpse at his parents' house.



* TheBandMinusTheFace: Subverted during their live reunion in Dresden; it was The Band Minus The Keyboardist.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Left Handshake" was intended to drop the title for ''Last Rights'', but due to legal troubles, it was left off the album.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: Subverted during their live reunion in Dresden; it was The Band Minus The the Keyboardist.



* {{Instrumentals}}: "Riverz," "Stairs and Flowers," and other examples.
* LastNoteNightmare: Inverted with the album ''Last Rights''. The majority of the album is [[HellIsThatNoise dissonant]], terrifying industrial noise, but the last several minutes of the song "Download" (the last song on the album) are serene ambient music that you could probably sleep to. The first several minutes of the song, though, are some of the hardest music Skinny Puppy ever made - level 11 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness easily.

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* {{Instrumentals}}: "Riverz," "Riverz End," "Stairs and Flowers," "Download", and other examples.
* LastNoteNightmare: Inverted with the album ''Last Rights''. The majority of the album is [[HellIsThatNoise dissonant]], terrifying industrial noise, but the last several minutes second half of the song "Download" (the last song on the album) are is serene ambient music that you could probably sleep to. The first several minutes half of the song, though, are is some of the hardest music Skinny Puppy ever made - easily reaching level 11 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness easily.at its heaviest points (although it doesn't stay there consistently).


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* RearrangeTheSong: "Riverz End" from ''Last Rights'' is a remixed mash-up of the songs "Rivers" and "Chloralone" from ''Rabies''.


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* SongStyleShift: "Download" has to be the most extreme example in their discography, going from borderline HarshNoise in its first half to serene {{Ambient}} that you could probably sleep to in its second. The shift is almost instantaneous, too.

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