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Finally got Rabies.

If my less than perfect memory serves me correctly, this was the first Skinny Puppy album I listened to. I'm a late bloomer when it comes to industrial music, so it was probably around 1995–1996 when Sami, a then friend, ranted about a new band he had discovered. When he told me that the name of the band was "Skini Pappi", I though, ok, a Finnish band, brilliant—the name's bit dodgy, though. ("Skini Pappi" is Finnish for "skinhead priest", the pronunciation the same save for a single 'p' sound.) I don't know what general opinion is about Rabies, but I think it just might be the best Skinny Puppy album; I know I'm cliché, but… Worlock… Rivers.