Strapping Young Lad – Debut Album to be Re-Released in Europe – Working on New Disc
Century Media Records is proud to re-release STRAPPING YOUNG LAD’s 1995 debut album “Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing” in Europe on June 12. A masterpiece that changed the metal world forever. The re-issue features a re-mastered version of this classic debut, 4 bonus tracks, the “S.Y.L.” video and a 12 page booklet with extended liner notes from Devin himself. As Devin recalls, “I had finished with the Wildhearts just prior to this [1994], and they were so anti- everything that I decided to take a similar approach while focusing on dissonance and just being as over-the-top as I could. Songs didn’t really matter; it was just the intensity and the vibe plus lots of humour. Screaming and laughing are pretty close, I think, and I have just never been ‘hard’, so we do what comes naturally, right? Right.“
“Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing” (re-issue) tracklisting is below:
S.Y.L.
In the Rainy Season
Goat
Cod Metal King
Happy Camper (Carpe B.U.M.)
Critic
The Filler – Sweet City Jesus
Skin Me
Drizzlehell
Satan’s Ice Cream Truck (hidden bonus track from original pressing)
Japan (originally a Japanese bonus track)
Monday (previously unreleased bonus track)
Exciter (European bonus track from original version; Judas Priest cover version)
+ “S.Y.L.” video clip
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have never been a band to look backwards, so in addition to this re-issue they are set to deliver a new studio album as well. The band is in the studio right now working on “The New Black”.
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