STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: 'Almost Again' Video Posted Online

September 16, 2008

A new music video from the now-defunct Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based extreme metal band STRAPPING YOUNG LAD has been posted online. The clip, for the song "Almost Again" off 2006's "The New Black", is taken from the STRAPPING YOUNG LAD DVD "The Chaos Years". Watch it below.

Commented STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mainman Devin Townsend: "STRAPPING YOUNG LAD was an incredible band with amazing fans, along with a really great crew of folks that made the whole thing run. I feel honored and blessed to have been involved with it and I hope that the future generations of extreme metal bands will look back on it, enjoy what we did, and maybe take it to the next level.

"In the 12 years that the band operated, we saw the best and the worst the industry had to offer... from two-month tours in the winter with no money in a beat up van (you know the type),to summer festival tours playing to tens of thousands of people in the nicest busses available. We really covered the gamut. We played a barn in Carmel Saskatchewan to 12 people, and were the only Western band to play the 2002 World Cup in Korea, televised to three million viewers. We toured Australia seven times, with a few mindblowing trips to Japan as well. From the inaugural Sounds Of The Underground tour in America, we also played many many shows in Europe, touring with every elite metal band of the time. The main festivals throughout Europe also saw SYL pummel our way into the hearts of many while playing Wacken, With Full Force, Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park and Dynamo. The SYL experience extended straight through to 2006, where we played a main stage slot at the incredible Download festival in the UK, as well as our final appearances on the Ozzfest second stage in the USA.

"SYL recorded six albums, five studio albums and a live album, as well as the full-length DVD 'For Those Aboot To Rock'. We filmed seven videos and we were lucky enough to grow through the decade with the elite metal force of Century Media Records, who showed an immense amount of loyalty and support that we are very grateful for. Our management team at Outerloop management kicked all manner of ass for us, and we basically lived out every heavy metal fantasy a band can ask for."

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