STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - SYL (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[romulusnr]

"i fu-cking hate you i fu-cking hate you i fu-cking hate you" YES. Let it out brother.

[romulusnr]

I still love Devy in all his manifestations, but man I do miss the rage days.... back when he could scream without risking an aneurysm. This song, message or music, just wouldn't be the same without the rage.

[romulusnr]

"...and then once there was a bear out there... a real live bear... and HE... ate the kids." \m/

[jravell]

This is a great video. You have no idea what's going on, it fits the song perfectly. And I love Devin, he made it cool to go bald in Metal.

[vikkevictoria]

LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iskim86]

oh sweet, vintage devy.

[siemprehacesol]

1995, this song changed my vision of what music can achieve. Thanks guys, I´m a Devin´s fan since then \m/

[TheChrispablo]

this fucken scared me

[reactor4music]

This remninds me of old Static-X!

[BonzaiTakeshi]

@reactor4music Static were never this heavy bro, SYL was epic live!

[IcantDiedeadenough]

@BonzaiTakeshi but this is Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing!!!

[invaderzimrocks13]

Didn't foamy say how cool this song is?

[DisposableEntryKey]

4:30 - 4:43

Strapping Young Lad.

Cheesy metalhead.

Go.

\m/

[MsEarlsGirl]

yup adrian white playing drums

[d22587]

Fuck The Rev, a real musician is Dev.

[pcrvg0808]

Steve You Loser

[FuFuX0r]

strapping young lad = using strap-on to fuck young boys?

[damek666]

@FuFuX0r yes

[TMF58]

Seizure-inducing greatness

[BubuSnow93]

I love the fact that this song are incredibly heavy but still keep the ryth and the melody, witout only screaming and/or burping incomprensibly words.

SYL best metal band ever !

[wildanS]

This is Juular!

[theothercommentguy]

@wildanS

He seems kind of bothered

[jiminitoo]

this day, 666 loves it!!

[DESTROYER68483]

mmm...nah

[DarthMohammed]

Happy Labor Day!!

[MsEarlsGirl]

adrian white is the best drummer to grace devins space

[AnnatarYoung]

Listen to this track then watch a recent interview. Seriously wouldn't recognise him.

[macadoolahicky]

ik! and his voice is really different too.

[TailGunner01]

I think this videoclip was the first YTP in history (if you know what I mean)

[quj0r]

He went back in time to give himself the "DEV" shirt. No one would have recognized him without it.

[mangosnake]

@greylandmilleta Actually, this ain't Devin we see in the videoclip. He hired Leonardo DiCaprio to play himself !

[Rascaduanok]

I remember when I first heard this all those years ago it sounded so… futuristic to me, haha. It still has the best chorus ever though!

[Spit2099]

Always loved this song, and I always wondered about that bandaged dude in the vid, the hell's that about?

[Majoracle]

Here comes Devin Townsend.

BRACE FOR FUCKING IMPACT!

[athelia4444]

God bless the 90's!!! :D :D

[ChaosMaster7]

The funny thing is that Devin kinda hates this album :))

[Kfatfat19]

@greylandmilleta hahaha

[TheJake3]

Devin, your a real bad-ass and I salute you \m/,

[Metalscavenger]

Strapping Young Lad, the Dethklok of reality

[TheTroystaley]

@Metalscavenger

lol FUCK YA thats a fantastic way to look at it.

[TheGeek1028]

I once spent 3 and a half hours listening to all 5 SYL albums.

I couldn't feel my neck the next day XD

[cuDDLeSH1t]

2:56 is an important shot of Jed

[d3fct]

lol, devin has hair on the top of his head..

[zekapijemleka]

he is the most metal new-ager

[BelchTycoon]

These guys are the only ones who can make an album to get me to lose track of time.

Skullet.

[DecoSBoss]

The first bit reminded me of Quake 3 Arena for whatever reason.

[khodo63]

@DecoSBoss I didn't hear it at first, but I see what you mean. I used to play that game all the time.

[shadowyashatoura]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[TMF58]

Its weird seeing Devin before he started balding

[LateralisArt]

lol @ 2:56 "This is an important shot of Jed" xD

[FlamingoSnuff]

What's the beginning from? The sample?

[ElectricallyDairy]

@FlamingoSnuff he got a bunch of kids to say stuff i think, might not be this album though

[LunarCaustic303]

@FlamingoSnuff It's him as a kid. There's some other childhood recording of his in the middle of a Terria song.

[FlamingoSnuff]

@LunarCaustic303 I totally thought it was a little girl

[joelwatkins]

0:49 - 0:56 should've lasted longer xD

[JosephKuby]

I wonder how Dev feels about Vai now.

[MikeAsHimself]

@JosephKuby Vai was on his Synchestra album, they're still friends I think, haha

[vikkevictoria]

I fucking hate you, I fucking hate you, I fucking hate you, I fucking hate you, I fucking hate you, I fucking HATE....

[StarWarsSuicide]

Please if anyone has the bass tab for this would you send it to me?

[ATtTheGates]

@greylandmilleta Don't worry man it's just a wig

[bananabourbonaenima]

What is that stuff on top of his head?

[simebagtank]

Does the beginning of this video scare the shit out of anyone else?

Especially 0:29 - something about the industrial hammer, strobe lighting, turntable and Devin's silent scream is terrifying.

Awesome song though \m/

[S0unDOfCha0S]

Woah, I paused the video at 0:52...intense o.o

[PissingEverybody]

@S0unDOfCha0S Yeah, you're a pussy.

[S0unDOfCha0S]

@PissingEverybody And what was the point of that?

[PissingEverybody]

@S0unDOfCha0S The point of being a pussy? Haha, well, I don't know, you tell me!

[S0unDOfCha0S]

@PissingEverybody Hmmm, I hate when people are douchebags for no reason.

[PissingEverybody]

@S0unDOfCha0S Nice story, tell it to Oprah. Now, is this gonna be any longer yet? Cos I'm a bussy douchebag and you're not the only one jerko I'm pissing off right now, you know?

[S0unDOfCha0S]

@PissingEverybody Oh yeah, I'm sure I'm not. I'll leave you to your work, now.

[terryfink]

I think I listen to this song once a day

[sylburn22]

so it wasn't the good channel. syl burn!!!

[neolithicmembrane]

meshuggah wanna bes

[DamageInc0rparat3d]

Considering you have no idea why you made that comparison.. I've got nothing else to say but, just no, nothing like Meshuggah at all. Not even close. Just stop there..

[neolithicmembrane]

@DamageInc0rparat3d

Maybe you should just laugh instead of taking it so seriously. I know the difference muhaha. dick.

[Mr005227]

@neolithicmembrane Meshuggah fucking sucks compared to this! Ive met those guys twice and they are some serious non friendly pricks, and the bus they were in smelled like a freshly laid turd. It woudn't suprise me if one of them came down with choelora. Fuck off!

[PissingEverybody]

@Mr005227 Meshuggah and SYL are both amazing bands.

So stop being such an annoying always-comparing-bands pussy and point your ass up so it can be kicked by all great metal bands! ROCK!

[MilanPavlovicSmolkov]

@PissingEverybody LIsten to Sybreed dude - they are awesome. Guess you gonna like it.

[SyntheticSyndrom]

@MilanPavlovicSmolkov What a great recommendation of a wicked underground band

[abomination16]

@Mr005227 You do realize that Meshuggah are one of Devin's biggest influences right?

[FigureOurYourself1]

@abomination16 Well, what modern extreme metal band isn´t? Think Dev refers to that particular subject in one of his new songs on "Deconstructed" "While we all have lots of bands of influence still, we all rip off Meshuggah" Just typical Dev style, you think the lyrics actually is serious, then you read the lyrics and it´s just a bunch of words! But well, it works with the music!

[adamclark52]

This album doesn't get the respect it deserves, the first two songs are two of the best SYL songs

[patrickd161]

legend start to a legendary album

[seuilcritique]

one of the reason why I'm syl burn

[YourRoadToHell]

why are official videos always shit sound quality?

[DamageInc0rparat3d]

Youtube Compression.

[RadioactiveRawMeat]

I've explored and listen to all genres of metal, from the most avant-garde drone metal, thrash, power, glam, death, folk, and the most extreme black metal, and yet no metal musician has embodied all the rage of metal as well as Devin Townsend. This man is insane, in a good way. :)

[skylineqrt4]

@RadioactiveRawMeat

Chuck Schuldiner.... nuff said

[RadioactiveRawMeat]

@skylineqrt4

Well, I myself am not a fan of Death, his vocal style doesn't appeal to me. But I can see where you're coming from. :)

I still stand by my statement though, hehe... ;)

[LordOvWaffles]

Devin Townsend writes the best choruses ever, hands down.

[JCMora666]

Recordado parte del poder musical que se hacia en los 90´s. Excelente

[Radwalls]

Fucking HEAVY

[Bassbait]

This video is SO 90's, but this album is SO ahead of it's time.

[ghjebus3]

young as hell guess that why they called strapping young lad/ noy so young now/

[FunInTheMorgueBand]

I want his shirt.

[reiserkeiser]

he reminds me of ted nugent

[Fuzzhead314]

@reiserkeiser love the nuge but how does Devin remind you of him?

[MrGuitarhunter]

THIS is metal

[MarkKulacz]

No words to describe how underrated this song is.

[jaromarsalek]

This was the first I saw of S.Y.L., amazing!

[auxgens]

god luvs! the devil.

[Jakster840]

Amazing song

[mistertoffeetruck]

i wish that they would get back together and tour again i want to see them so fucking bad

[Idey1994]

I love the melodic part at around 2:12, they always manage to be melodic but still really heavy

[cooliovasquez]

@Idey1994 the chorus? yeah thats my favorite part of the song because it contrasts with the rest so well

[JosephKuby]

@Idey1994, ditto. :-)

[Skindrift]

@Idey1994 That's what makes them awesome is their ability to be heavy but melodic at the same time like Fear Factory.

[loose99r]

Kinda sounds like a slayer song ayy?

[whaip]

@loose99r

yeah..but...

slayer is gay ;)

[KingOfJam]

YOUR BAND'S A SHITSTORM

[RicardoPetinga]

This song is indeed awesome, but I think it's just a little bit weak in comparison to the No Sleep 'Till Bedtime version. Now THAT's a whole new level of awesome imo. I'll risk saying that it's one of the best songs ever because of that version. Far Beyond Metal is also imo much better in that album than the studio version they recorded afterwards.

[route314]

Greatest extreme song

[SaintJ44]

I FUCKING HATE YOU I FUCKING HATE YOU I FUCKING HATE YOU

fuck yes.

[nImNiMnIm666]

Hope no one wtching has epilepsy

[AstraVex]

I always think of the chorus of this song when i see my ex-girlfriends boyfriend!!!!!!

[TheJake3]

This is the best quality of this video that I've seen on youtube so far.

Keep it metal!!!

[LPJeetkunedo]

Holy shit, Devy with short hair.

[Obsoliit]

I always had the feeling that this song was dedicated to Steve Vai

[Bassbait]

@Obsoliit Not Steve Vai. The record company that Vai worked for. Basically, Devy had to put up with being shoved around by the record company, and he said "this sucks, I'm going to do my own thing". Then he realized that almost no record company wants you to do "your own thing", so this probably also built rage, and when he finally got a deal, he vented out his frustrations, and you can tell he was pissed.

[obwonchablowme]

@Bassbait pissed? i thought he was a happy camper...hehe

[anhedonia47]

I love how this song captures the manic rage we feel on a daily basis.

[BirdIsTheWord69]

love how devin is just not holding back and is just going crazy through the entire video

[cindylouy2k]

LOVE THIS SHIT

[MsGuitarChicky]

Fantastic

[displaced36]

too bad devin calmed down, but yea why fake it, syl will always be one of the greatest metal band, devin townsend will always be a musical genius

[Kurapeikko]

Devin is just right there with all of us. Pure genius through spirit.

[metallicaj123]

I think I just shit myself

[faceless041974]

Funny how young he looks. Ive struggled with the irony surrounding this band. The fact that it is kinda tongue in cheek makes me a bit mad because its so much better than any other metal around. Kinda like Punky Brewster was a better punk album than anything around as well. Dev's just a genius.

[faceless041974]

Funny how young he looks. Ive struggled with the irony surrounding this band. The fact that it is kinda tongue in cheek makes me a bit mad because its so much better than any other metal around. Kinda like Punky Brewster was a better punk album than anything around as well. Dev's just a genius.

[gibbsies]

this band is amazing. the pure irony that surrounds it just blows me away. it wasnt even meant to be a 'serious' band, and yet it destroys all other metal of the day (other than a select few), and after all this time, they are still the heaviest thing around other than i would say meshuggah, and i know dev would agree.

SYL = Chaos

Meshuggah = Structured Chaos

[sausagedogmcgee]

@gibbsies

SYL is pure uncontrolled rage and paranoia, whereas Meshuggah is inhuman, mechanical, desctructive brutality.

Also, willies. Just so I don't look like I take myself as seriously as that sentence implied.

[gibbsies]

@sausagedogmcgee Haha yeah Fredrik Thordendal is just an alien, simple as that.

[eddiderfreak]

epileptic cool :P

[YoungLion1980]

81.000 views is disrespectful to this video, deserves far more

[sciomancy6]

Devin quick smoking weed and became a hippie

[HadBrunt99]

@sciomancy6 watch the vid Devin Townsend Unleashed. not only is it great but he specifically says he isn't a hippie. just thought he was.

[sciomancy6]

@HadBrunt99 Don't take my post seriously. But I did watch the video and the only thing I got out of it was that he says he isn't gay.

[HadBrunt99]

@sciomancy6 haha then you weren't paying much attention. though i will admit he didn't make sense at some parts with his rambling.

[TheJake3]

And who is Jed?

[LeperMessiah117]

@TheJake3 SYLs guitar player up until dissolution.

[desolatefix]

i think i now have epilepsy

[RustyBlade69]

where da fuck is Gene?

[gear2345]

@CaravanOfHate1 Listen to The new black, nothing gay there

[CaravanOfHate1]

@gear2345 all i see is sweaty, hairy men, with nothing nice to say and the stench of ass, plus the vibe of the village people.......... I think wham are their biggest influence, if not in music but life. Even after listening to a few new tracks i think i would still rather suck lady gaga's cock, and as that the most vile thing any one person can do, it says alot. Especially considering i have the morals of a catholic priest................. hmmm, children......

[gear2345]

@CaravanOfHate1 I'm saying listen to music not look at what a band looks like.

[CaravanOfHate1]

@gear2345 is that why you like Wham?

[SaintJ44]

what did i just watch? LOL

[srryforowningu]

such an amazing scream and clean voice

[NecroButcher91]

Gotta love 90s video effects. Can't go wrong with negatives and x-rays

[raymith]

Steve You Loser

[testyourtether]

easily the best S.Y.L. album - the track "happy camper" alone kicks every other S.Y.L. album in the groin

[FedorEight]

Devin's debut is nearly as good as "City", and superior to most post-"City" releases. However, I've noticed that the album is simply too heavy for some alleged metal fans. After all, the title DOES promise it...

I've seen thrash fans who ran away in abject terror like little schoolgirls when they heard tracks from this album.

[mustasparta]

I worked for you fucking bastards, I worked for your fucking life (lie?)

I went and pissed away too many fucking opportunities to try and make you fuckers feel right!

and I fucking hate you....

I love that verse

so

god

damn

much

[Y2JSin]

My friend bought a VHS tape back in the day with this on it....and there was a KISS Alive bootleg video after it!!!!!!

[patrickd161]

I am the coming of a new age..."P"ast your shit by far (far)

[THX256]

Watching the music video of Devy with Steve Vai then switching this, makes me laugh my ass off every time!

Major contrast ftw!

[roufn]

he is so fucking good

[Z0mbeSlayer]

This song is for people that make minimum wage.

[Oxide1357]

anyone know a good link to mp3 of this??

[V1lle13]

i dont know why but dewin w/ short hair reminds me of mike patton ?

[thelema3131]

wow this is heavy

[Nyarl3]

Whoa.

[blazer942]

Obviously, 12 people missed the like button.

[zoolakid]

this is soo much heavier than all that deathcore crap we have nowadays. and i love how dev looks like one of the backstreet boys :D

[sirdorkster]

lol @ Devin's short hair and lack of baldness :)

[Irish0400]

@sirdorkster Thankfully, he still looks evil as hell though...

[UnionMetalhead]

@sirdorkster he sure looks different back in early 95 i must admit, but devin was actually losing his hair round this time on the one side of his hairline.i think to his right side was going rapidly thin, though on the video it doesnt show aswell. u could tell blatantly in 1997 that it was goin very thin on the right side more so. he did the right thing by shaving it bald tho since strapping's contract deal expired (shaved it a couple yrs ago?)

[dran219]

@UnionMetalhead it didn't expire he disbanded the band and started another solo career O.o the others agreed he still keeps in touch with gene and all that plus he is my IDOL!!!!

[Jordskateboarder]

2:56 - this is an important shot of Jed HAHAHahahahaha

[kornino]

He looks more insane in this song because he looks like a "normal" guy.

[Joetheviking84]

Oh my God! I've never seen this video before. Devin has hair! seriously though, 1995? So far ahead their time. I'm very impressed. :)

[DrumEagle]

I love the chorus!!

[revan15]

Do you reckon Dev looks like a really young John5?