Tormentor (song)

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"Tormentor"
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Single by Skinny Puppy
from the album Too Dark Park
Released1990
Genre Electro-industrial
Length17:27
Label
Songwriter(s) Ogre/Key/Goettel
Producer(s)
Skinny Puppy singles chronology
"Worlock"
(1990)
"Tormentor"
(1990)
"Spasmolytic"
(1991)
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"Tormentor" is a single by the band Skinny Puppy. It is the first single from their album Too Dark Park , released in 1990. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tormentor" (Ext. Re Edit)7:38
2."Bark"4:40
3."Nature's Revenge" (Dub)5:09
Total length:17:27

Personnel

All credits adapted from liner notes. [3]

Skinny Puppy

Additional personnel

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References

  1. "Skinny Puppy – Tormentor". AllMusic . Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. Kern, Jay (January 2014). Skinny Puppy – Synthesis. Mythos Press. p. 88.
  3. "Tormentor" (vinyl liner notes). Skinny Puppy. Capitol Records. 1990. V-15644. Retrieved May 28, 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)