Strapping Young Lad | S.Y.L. | MC

Strapping Young Lad, commonly abbreviated SYL, was a Canadian extreme metal band founded in 1994 that was originally a solo project of Devin Townsend. The band became known for fast, extreme songs, Townsend's varied vocals and a layered wall of sound production. It was placed on hiatus in 1998, reassembled in 2002 and was effectively disbanded in 2007.

SYL is a cassette album by Strapping Young Lad, released on 11 November 2022 by Back On Black, on one cassette. The style is classed as heavy metal, death metal and industrial metal.