Strapping Young Lad - SYL (Yellow Vinyl)Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl (2021 EU Pressing) Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver in 1994. The band started as a one man studio project; Devin Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing. By 1997, he had recruited permanent members; this line up, which consisted of Townsend on vocals and guitar, Jed Simon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass, and