Off Blabbermouth.com:
"STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: Debut Album Reissue To Include Bonus Material - Apr. 7, 2006
Century Media Records will re-release STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's 1995 debut album, "Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing", in Europe on June 12. The re-issue features a re-mastered version of this classic debut, four bonus tracks, the "S.Y.L." video and a 12-page booklet with extended liner notes from Devin Townsend 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 humor. 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) track listing:
01. S.Y.L. (4:46)
02. In the Rainy Season (4:37)
03. Goat (3:30)
04. Cod Metal King (5:08
05. Happy Camper (Carpe B.U.M.) (3:01)
06. Critic (4:08
07. The Filler – Sweet City Jesus (5:24)
08. Skin Me (3:30)
09. Drizzlehell (3:10)
10. Satan's Ice Cream Truck (2:34) (hidden bonus track from original pressing)
11. Japan (5:17) (originally a Japanese bonus track)
12. Monday (5:13) (previously unreleased bonus track)
13. Exciter 6:04) (European bonus track from original version; JUDAS PRIEST cover version)
+ "S.Y.L." video clip (4:50)"
"STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: Debut Album Reissue To Include Bonus Material - Apr. 7, 2006
Century Media Records will re-release STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's 1995 debut album, "Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing", in Europe on June 12. The re-issue features a re-mastered version of this classic debut, four bonus tracks, the "S.Y.L." video and a 12-page booklet with extended liner notes from Devin Townsend 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 humor. 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) track listing:
01. S.Y.L. (4:46)
02. In the Rainy Season (4:37)
03. Goat (3:30)
04. Cod Metal King (5:08
05. Happy Camper (Carpe B.U.M.) (3:01)
06. Critic (4:08
07. The Filler – Sweet City Jesus (5:24)
08. Skin Me (3:30)
09. Drizzlehell (3:10)
10. Satan's Ice Cream Truck (2:34) (hidden bonus track from original pressing)
11. Japan (5:17) (originally a Japanese bonus track)
12. Monday (5:13) (previously unreleased bonus track)
13. Exciter 6:04) (European bonus track from original version; JUDAS PRIEST cover version)
+ "S.Y.L." video clip (4:50)"
