Mythmaker in Bloomington, MN

Nine Inch Nails
and
Ministry
usually get all the credit for introducing
industrial
music to the masses during the early '90s. But another group that had been championing the style for just as long -- actually, longer -- was
Skinny Puppy
. While the two aforementioned bands had obvious
hard rock
leanings,
always aligned themselves more with
electro
-
dance
, and they continue to do so on their 13th release overall, 2007's
Mythmaker
. Longtime leaders
Nivek Ogre
cEvin Key
obviously know what their following wants to hear, as synth clicks/blips and processed vocals remain the group's main sonic ingredients, especially on such selections as the album-opening
"magnifishit,"
"daL,"
"politikiL."
Not a lot has changed in the world of
circa
, but that's just the way
Ogre
Key
like it. ~ Greg Prato