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Mythmaker
Studio album by Skinny Puppy
Released	January 29, 2007 January 30, 2007 January 30, 2007 February 21, 2007
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	Post-Industrial Electro-Industrial
Length	48:56
Label	Synthetic Symphony
Producer	Mark Walk Scaremeister Ken Marshall
Professional reviews
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Skinny Puppy chronology
The Greater Wrong of the Right (2004) Mythmaker (2007)

Mythmaker is the latest album by the industrial group Skinny Puppy. It was released on January 29, 2007, in Europe and on January 30, 2007, in North America. The album and individual songs were available for purchase via download from Napster as of January 27, 2007. The album peaked at #50 on Amazon.com and #200 on the Billboard 200 during the early stages of the album's official release.

Track listing

1. "magnifishit" – 4:31
2. "daL" – 4:45
3. "haZe" – 5:28
4. "pedafly" – 5:37
5. "jaHer" – 5:14
6. "politikiL" – 4:22
7. "lestiduZ" – 4:11
8. "pasturN" – 3:48
9. "ambiantz" – 4:27
10. "ugLi" – 6:33
11. "Politikil (Extended Mix)" – 5:58 *
12. "Optimissed (The Humble Brothers Remix)" – 4:30 *
13. "Pedafly (Husky Remix)" – 7:37 *

(*) Included on the vinyl and iTunes release.

Personnel

• Ogre - vocals
• cEvin Key - synthesizers, electronics, percussion
• Mark Walk - synthesizers, guitar, electronics

Additional personnel

• Otto von Schirach: sound design (7)
• Dre "Databomb" Robinson: percussion (2, 10)
• Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall: synthesizers, electronics (5, 6, 8)
• Saki Kaskas: acoustic guitar (5), guitar (12)
• Traz Damji: piano, synth (5, 12)

Notes

Mythmaker marks the third occasion on which a Skinny Puppy album cover was created by an artist other than long-time collaborator Steven R. Gilmore (though he continues to do the sleeve design and layout). The cover is an altered version of a painting by Manuel Ocampo entitled "Why I Hate Europeans". The album title may in part be referring to a passage from The Stolen Journals of the God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert:

ugLi was featured in the soundtrack for the 2008 movie Saw V. It is the third time a Skinny Puppy song has been used on a soundtrack for a Saw Film.

Tour

The "Mythrus Tour", the title of the Skinny Puppy tour in support of Mythmaker, took place in 2007 in North America and Europe. The live band consisted of Ogre (vocals and theatrics), Key (keyboards and electronics), and Justin Bennett (percussion). "Mythrus" is word play on the phrases "Myth R Us" and "Myth R U.S.", where "R" is pronounced as the word "are", in the same way it is used by the American toy store chain Toys "Я" Us.