Skinny Puppy - Cleans Fold and Manipulate

Released in 1987, Cleanse Fold and Manipulate is Skinny Puppy's third full-length album and a definitive entry in the electro-industrial genre. With a dense, nightmarish soundscape, the album blends abrasive synths, aggressive sampling, and distorted vocals to explore disturbing themes like psychological trauma, drug addiction, media manipulation, and societal decay. Tracks like 'Addiction' and 'Deep Down Trauma Hounds' showcase the band's signature blend of chaos and precision, while the album's production pushes the boundaries of mid-'80s electronic music. Cleanse Fold and Manipulate is both politically charged and deeply personal and disorienting, confrontational experience that cemented Skinny Puppy's role as sonic provocateurs.