Sadly, one of the most talented and interesting extreme metal bands, Strapping Young Lad, are no more.
In various recent interviews, frontman Devin Townsend has said that he's breaking up Strapping to produce other bands and spend more time with his family. He told one journalist, "I told [the record label] I'd do five records — I did five records. At the end of it they offered us this big deal, we'll re-sign you, we've got all these big bands that'll take you out on the road now. I just said 'I'm done, I told you, I'm done.' There's a good chance that if it hadn't gone to the level that it has then we might be doing it still."
Townsend recently completed his new solo album Ziltoid the Omniscient, on which he performed all the instruments.
For those of us who insist on dwelling in the past, here's a professionally recorded 45-minute long Strapping Young Lad concert video from the 2006 Download Festival. The set features the tracks "Imperial," "Velvet Kevorkian," "All Hail the New Flesh," "Wrong Side," "Aftermath," "Love?" "Sleep on it," "Polyphony/The New Black" and "In The Rainy Season."
Strapping Young Lad's swan song, The New Black, came out last July.
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