Spasmolytic (song)

{{Short description|Song by Skinny Puppy}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Spasmolytic

| cover = Spasmolytic_(1991)_cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Skinny Puppy

| album = Too Dark Park

| released = 1991

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Electro-industrial

| length = 31:24

| label = {{hlist|Nettwerk|Capitol Records}}

| writer = Skinny Puppy

| producer = {{hlist|Dave Ogilvie|cEvin Key}}

| prev_title = Tormentor

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Inquisition

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Spasmolytic_(1990).ogg

}}

}}

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|title=Skinny Puppy – Spasmolytic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spasmolytic-mw0000072094|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}

}}

Spasmolytic is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Too Dark Park.{{cite book|last=Kern|first=Jay|title=Skinny Puppy – Synthesis|date=January 2014|publisher=Mythos Press|pages=89}} Deftones created a remix of the song that was included on Remix dystemper and the Saw IV soundtrack.{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/skinny-puppy/tracks/spasmolytic-deftones-remix-habitual-mix--50859773|title=Spasmolytic Remix|publisher=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2010-07-20}} At a running time of 31:22, "Spasmolytic" is Skinny Puppy's longest 12-inch single.

The cover art is by Jim Cummins (I, Braineater).

The track "Harsh Stone White", when performed live, featured a backing video that, like the infamous Worlock video, consisted of frightening and graphic scenes from movies. These include The Hunger, Blue Velvet, Day of the Dead, The Thing, Pumpkinhead, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Drugstore Cowboy, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Dead Ringers, Altered States, Evil Dead II, Brain Damage, Parents, The Fly II, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Galaxy of Terror, and The Serpent and the Rainbow.