SKINNY PUPPY Albums RANKED (Farewell)

[@unknown_pleasures1979]

It doesn't depends if the band is heavy metal or not - Skinny Puppy are the legends, Rabies and VIVIsectVI are the masterpieces of industrial music

[@Based_Stuhlinger]

Who on earth would think they are ''heavy metal.''

[@thefacelessmist]

Never really been a fan of industrial metal but great tier list and will probably check out a couple of the tunes here. Thanks for the hard work!

[@joshthefunkdoc]

Skinny Puppy aren't really "metal" aside from Rabies & The Process - their earliest albums actually have a bunch of 80s synthpop/new wave DNA in them, so maybe try those if that's closer to your speed!

[@opal8]

The Process is honestly one of favourite albums from Skinny puppy, they pulled off the industrial metal vibe insanely well.

[@Nicdustrial89]

I agree with The Process. Such a underrated album. One of my favorites.

[@richardwarner8648]

Skinny Puppy were my gateway band into extreme music. First track I heard from them was the first track off VIVIS3CTVI- Dogshit. Such aggression. Amazing depth. Great band. Great music. Influenced so many. We'll miss you. Brap on.

[@emperorraygun]

Skinny Puppy is always in my top 3 bands. I think you nailed this list. I'm really glad to see the love for the Process; that is one that I really liked at the time and revisit fairly frequently.

[@borknagar666]

would love a KMFDM ranking.

[@televiper11]

This took me back to my High School days. I was deeply into industrial: Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Dead World, Godflesh, Front 242, Pitch Shifter, Scorn, Meathook Seed, Ministry, Killing Joke, NIN, Chemlab, Controlled Bleeding, Fetish 69, etc.

[@solllvent]

Thanks for The process description, I totally agree, it fantastic

[@kingdiamondscream]

Love that you're given the process the love it deserves!!!

[@abcedd9854]

Great to see love for The Greater Wrong and especially Weapon, super underrated albums. Would have Bites way up there too though but it’s hard not to put everything high on this list

[@dimmufrost666]

I really wish that we got a final album from them or something along the lines of a live recorded document of the final tour. It kinda sucks that their last offering was released so long ago.

[@MetalTrenches]

@@dimmufrost666 yeah, but I also think that Weapon is kind of a perfect conclusion

[@koolklem7889]

The Process is seen by many as too clean but I've always loved it. It's so haunted and desperate.

[@stana72]

I always wondered when you would redo this list since it was pretty much needed for reasons xD Anyways, nice list and opinion as always :)

[@MetalTrenches]

It was a pleasure even if it’s not a crowd pleaser

[@stana72]

​@@MetalTrenchesJudging by the view count, I could understand why and it's pretty depressing since they're mostly known for Worlock, Assimilate and even Testure (I would count Dig It as well because of Trent Reznor's mention of the song for Down in It as an influence). I just wish more of their songs would be on everyone's radar, for example Smothered Hope, Addiction, Spasmolytic etc.

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

Great list! Your perfection tier basically lines up with mine.

[@seangehret7420]

One of my all time favorite bands. I agree with most of the rankings, the only change I would make is putting Weapon higher.

[@blackwaterrust476]

Easily one of my all time favorite bands too. I forever owe my love for industrial music due to albums like VIVIsect, Bites and Too Dark Park

[@benolson1156]

I was really looking forward to becoming music album reviewer but it’s really hard now that there’s like one and a half million songs from like 15,000 songwriters that are unavailable in the US on KZbin from the sesac Agreement expiration deal being unresolved which I hope that changes. Excellent job on reviewing the albums and thanks for inspiring me to want to review music myself. Have a wonderful day.

[@kingdiamondscream]

Last rites is one of the most important albums of my life, definitely a top 10-20 of all time. Listen to it tripping and EVERYTHING changes

[@mrcoolguy32]

Bro I've been listening to this band for a couple days and it's so sick. It's basically like a cyberpunk cyber--horror heaven. The soundscapes is so interesting and engaging to listen to. I'm definitely checking out front-line assembly next.

[@MetalTrenches]

@@mrcoolguy32 glad to inspire

[@zachfiranski2515]

Awesome you are going over this band!

[@KMFDM781]

I believe Wilhelm Schroeder is an alias of Bill Leeb.

[@stana72]

Yep! That's correct

[@DarkLxrd]

Wow, for the first time we match in ranking... I'm seriously considering to finally hit the subscribe button :)

[@MetalTrenches]

Even when we disagree, I hope it at least sparks conversation and a desire to go back and listen to albums again 🤘🏻

[@DarkLxrd]

@@MetalTrenches Of course. It is different opinions that can trigger stimulating discussions. I respect your rankings, even if I disagree with the placement of some albums.

[@CHROME-COLOSSUS]

Only change I’d make is bumping *MIND-The Perpetual Intercourse* to top tier Perfection. Great breakdown, though. 👍

[@samuelblinne6040]

Cool ranking

[@samuelblinne6040]

Keep up the good work

[@DashieNegan41]

Farewell Skinny Puppy

[@joshthefunkdoc]

Makes sense you'd be higher on Rabies than the majority given your background, though i think that album's had a reevaluation over time. i'm one of those people whose single all-time favorite album is Last Rights, so you can imagine me booing there. =P As seemingly the internet's biggest Mythmaker defender, i was pleasantly surprised you didn't stick that in the bottom tier - and completely agree with your bottom-tier pick! My other main galaxy-brain take is preferring Remission & Bites over their first couple albums with Dwayne, though again i wasn't surprised you ranked those where you did. Finally, the best song from VIVIsectVI is Hospital Waste and i will die on this hill~

[@blakegunnels9205]

I heard the plague dogs sample before on brutal truth's classic debut album also skinny puppy are one of those bands that are perfect for spooky month

[@dustinoakley5233]

I caught the final tour. One of my favorite concert experiences

[@LokiTricksterG]

I agree with the rankings here, although I never fully got into the post-Dwayne era. There are a few songs from those albums I love, but as a whole, it felt like something was missing.

[@pretty_in_casts]

Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Velvet Acid Christ, :wumpscut:, KMFDM, and other bands especially from Metropolis Records, are really defined 90s post-NIИ industrial genre culture, who rock Johnny The Homicidal Maniac to the fullest.

[@zachfiranski2515]

I agree with everything on this list besides last right. An almost darker and experimental album than too dark park. I believe it’s in the perfection range 🤘🏼

[@koolklem7889]

Love the "Brap"s albums. I put many of their demos as high as Aphex Twin or Autechre early work.

[@MetalTrenches]

Yeah plenty of great stuff on those. Brap 3 & 4 was actually one of the first physical copies I had from them.

[@fergonfiction6889]

Absolutely love Skinny Puppy (and oGhr) shame I never got to see them live in Australia

[@Vincentxxxxx]

"Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate" is darker than "Too Dark Park", both are masterpieces.

[@jordanstuck747]

Fuckin incredible band

[@jontonian]

Great video Metal Trenches, absolutely love Skinny Puppy. Skinny Puppy is so bad ass that the U.S. military blared their music for like 12 hours straight to torture Guantanamo prisoners. Puppy was pissed about it and demanded $666,000.00 dollars for compensation using their music. That's the best torture ever...lol !

[@honer777]

This goodbye tour made me so emotional to attend

[@directedbyxanderjones8329]

I remember there was a kid in my gym glass who had the shirt for The Process.

[@Micha1M]

I'm a big fan of Combichrist and Skinny Puppy will land on my playlist now, I was starving for some dark electro 🤘🏻🍻💀🍕

[@apoplexiamusic]

It’s weird that I’ve never really listened to SP but i’ve loved so many of the artists they have influenced. I also adore Ohgr’s first album Welt

[@MetalTrenches]

Do it!

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@MetalTrenchesyes, emperor Palpatine

[@borknagar666]

Ohgrs discogrpahy is pretty solid. i like the first 4 albums a lot.

[@rogboy666]

great stuff!...any chance of a Front Line Assembly ranking?

[@MetalTrenches]

Not any time soon but maybe one day

[@benolson1156]

I need to get into this band skinny puppies

[@Kevin-uz6sv]

I got to introduce my 1998 high school Vietnam class to Tin Omen. My teacher loved the lyrics.

[@MetalTrenches]

Hell yeah

[@michaeldesmond4363]

Glad I got to see them 3 times. Met Ohgr twice nice guy

[@nealcrabtree3647]

Love em ❤

[@andrei11dr]

I really like Last Rights, but I can see why some people might be put off by it. Half of it feels like they're trying to write their most accessible songs while the other half feels like a throwback to the OG primal industrial sound of bands like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and Einstürzende Neubauten. I think you get more out of it if you treat it more like a fucked up ambient album rather than something that you're gonna dance to.

[@jesurenbnb]

Could you do the 10 best modern thrash bands you need to listen to right now?

[@brandonharris9160]

Dear Metal Trenches, I asked this on the Facebook page and your assistant answered, IDK if he told you, however. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the amazing album Panopticon next month, would you be willing to consider reviewing Isis the band? (named after the Egyptian goddess of magic and wisdom rather than the extremist group) They are truly one of the most divine, magical metal bands that embodies depth, atmosphere, teamwork within their instrumentals, and the balance between chaos and order and the tendency to go back and forth between the two. It would really mean a lot to many of us. Thank you

[@MetalTrenches]

@@brandonharris9160 Chris is a writer, not my assistant. And at this time I don’t have any plans for Isis. Maybe in the future

[@kingdiamondscream]

Problem solved for last rites for you. Take shrooms or acid and tell me it isn't the most dynamic sound fusion ever made. I think you need to be in that state of mind to fully grasp the beauty

[@igorglushenok4446]

First Aid дуже тривожна та нагнітаюча

[@Mercury_Shadow]

What did you think about side project R is for Ritalin?

[@Vincentxxxxx]

Great collaboration Ogre with Martin Atkins.

[@noahanthony7239]

Rabies has never been remixed to my knowledge. I would love to hear that though

[@heavymetalmusicofdestructi3430]

Amazing band

[@bluelou4612]

👍

[@snipo233]

3:31 the fact that the guy had Gore in his name yet puts music in a list for sexual imagery and gore is irony at its best lmao

[@CraigMader]

I dont leave negative comments.

[@igorbizepski1154]

I like turtles.

[@VaultNormie]

Every one of these albums have their own identity to try and rank them from okay to perfection. Sounds like your trying to put puppy in a box, lmao.

[@MetalTrenches]

@@VaultNormie It’s not that serious, my dude. Feels like you are missing the ultimate point of the video

[@VaultNormie]

@@MetalTrenches Lol, the exact reason of you trying to prove your point says everything about what your intentions are.

[@unkindestcut]

Ranking your most favorite to least favorite albums isn’t putting anything in a box. People been doing this with music since Thag first banged two stones together and howled at the moon.