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'''''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing''''' is the debut album by Canadian [[extreme metal]] band [[Strapping Young Lad]]. It was released on April 4, 1995. [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] Europe released a [[remaster]]ed version of ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' on June 12, 2006, which includes the video for "S.Y.L.", several bonus tracks, and a 12-page booklet containing extended liner notes.
'''''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing''''' is the debut studio album by Canadian [[extreme metal]] band [[Strapping Young Lad]]. It was released on April 4, 1995. [[Century Media Records|Century Media Europe]] released a remastered version of the album on June 12, 2006, which includes the video for "S.Y.L.", several bonus tracks, and a 12-page booklet containing extended liner notes.


==Background==
== Background ==
Strapping Young Lad began in 1995 as a solo project of Canadian musician [[Devin Townsend]]. Following his work as vocalist on [[Steve Vai]]'s 1993 album ''[[Sex & Religion]]'' and its 1994 tour, Townsend believed he had been a "musical whore", spending "the first five years of [his] career working at the behest of other people".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rocca |first=Jane |date=1997 |title=Devin Townsend interview |url= |journal=Loudmouth |location= |publisher= |accessdate= |issue=2}}</ref> During a brief stint as touring guitarist for [[The Wildhearts]], Townsend received a phone call from an [[A&R]] representative for [[Roadrunner Records]], expressing an interest in his demos and an intention to sign him. The offer was ultimately rescinded by the head of Roadrunner, who regarded Townsend's recordings as "just noise".<ref name="Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne">{{cite web|title=Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne|publisher=The Church of Devin Townsend|url=http://www.axs.com.au/~vk3aaw/devhard1.htm|accessdate=January 31, 2008|date=April 1997|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213192716/http://www.axs.com.au/~vk3aaw/devhard1.htm|archivedate=December 13, 2007}}</ref> He faced further rejection by [[Relativity Records]], the label behind Vai's ''Sex & Religion'', who saw no commercial appeal in his music. [[Century Media Records]] subsequently contacted the musician, offering him a contract to "make us some extreme albums".<ref name="Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne"/> Townsend agreed to a five-album deal with the record label.<ref>{{cite news|title=Devin Townsend: 'I Don't Have Anything To Say With Strapping Young Lad Anymore'|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-i-don-t-have-anything-to-say-with-strapping-young-lad-anymore/|accessdate=January 31, 2008|date=July 4, 2006}}</ref>
Strapping Young Lad began in 1994 as a solo project of Canadian musician [[Devin Townsend]]. Following his work as vocalist on [[Steve Vai]]'s 1993 album ''[[Sex & Religion]]'' and its 1994 tour, Townsend believed he had been a "musical whore", spending "the first five years of [his] career working at the behest of other people".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rocca |first=Jane |date=1997 |title=Devin Townsend interview |journal=Loudmouth |issue=2}}</ref> During a brief stint as touring guitarist for [[The Wildhearts]], Townsend received a phone call from an [[A&R]] representative for [[Roadrunner Records]], expressing an interest in his demos and an intention to sign him. The offer was ultimately rescinded by the head of Roadrunner, who regarded Townsend's recordings as "just noise".<ref name="Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne">{{cite web|title=Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne|publisher=The Church of Devin Townsend|url=http://www.axs.com.au/~vk3aaw/devhard1.htm|access-date=January 31, 2008|date=April 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213192716/http://www.axs.com.au/~vk3aaw/devhard1.htm|archive-date=December 13, 2007}}</ref> He faced further rejection by [[Relativity Records]], the label behind Vai's ''Sex & Religion'', who saw no commercial appeal in his music. [[Century Media Records]] subsequently contacted the musician, offering him a contract to "make us some extreme albums".<ref name="Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne" /> Townsend agreed to a five-album deal with the record label.<ref>{{cite news|title=Devin Townsend: 'I Don't Have Anything To Say With Strapping Young Lad Anymore'|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-i-don-t-have-anything-to-say-with-strapping-young-lad-anymore/|access-date=January 31, 2008|date=July 4, 2006}}</ref>


Following his tour with The Wildhearts, Townsend began recording and producing his debut album, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'', under the moniker Strapping Young Lad. According to Townsend, the recording process took "about a week". Embracing The Wildhearts' [[Anarchism|anarchist]] approach, "while focusing on dissonance and just being as over-the-top as [he] could",<ref name="Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (Reissue)|others=Strapping Young Lad|year=2006|first=Devin|last=Townsend|type=CD liner|publisher=[[Century Media]]|id=8259}}</ref> Townsend sang on the record and performed the majority of its instrumental tracks (with the assistance of a [[drum machine]]). A few songs, however, featured local [[session musician]]s, including guitarist Jed Simon, Townsend's future bandmate.
Following his tour with The Wildhearts, Townsend began recording and producing his debut album, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'', under the moniker Strapping Young Lad. According to Townsend, the recording process took "about a week". Embracing The Wildhearts' [[Anarchism|anarchist]] approach, "while focusing on dissonance and just being as over-the-top as [he] could",<ref name="Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (Reissue)|others=Strapping Young Lad|year=2006|first=Devin|last=Townsend|type=CD liner|publisher=[[Century Media]]|id=8259}}</ref> Townsend sang on the record and performed the majority of its instrumental tracks (with the assistance of a [[drum machine]]). A few songs, however, featured local [[session musician]]s, including guitarist Jed Simon, Townsend's future bandmate.
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==Release and reception==
== Release and reception ==
{{Music ratings|
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Released on April 4, 1995, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' was not widely recognized in the metal community. The album sold 143&nbsp;copies in its first six months,<ref name="Stylus Magazine Review">{{cite web|title=Strapping Young Lad - The New Black - Review|last=Lee |first=Cosmo|publisher=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]] magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/strapping-young-lad/the-new-black.htm|accessdate=January 31, 2008|date=July 31, 2006}}</ref> but received favourable reviews from the heavy metal press. Its unusual musical ideas—a synthesis of [[Death metal|death]], [[Thrash metal|thrash]], and [[industrial metal]] influences—prompted Andy Stout from ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' to call it "one of the most disturbing albums you'll hear for a very long time".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Stout |first=Andy |date=April 1997 |title=Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing |url= |journal=[[Metal Hammer]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= }}</ref> Nevertheless, Townsend has repeatedly expressed his distaste for the recording. He dismissed the album in the liner notes of the record's 2006 reissue, contending that it contained only two great songs.<ref name="Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing liner notes"/> He also deemed its production poor in interviews,<ref name="MetalEagle Online Magazine Interview">{{cite web|title=Strapping Young Lad - Interview with Devin Townsend|last=Vasilakos|first=Konstantinos|publisher=MetalEagle Online magazine|url=http://www.metaleagle.com/interviews.php?action=show&id=137&PHPSESSID=8993a87adfc69bf4|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212160039/http://www.metaleagle.com/interviews.php?action=show&id=137&PHPSESSID=8993a87adfc69bf4|archivedate=February 12, 2008|accessdate=January 31, 2008|date=2006}}</ref> referring to the album as "basically a collection of demos that were remixed".<ref name="Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne"/> When Century Media advertised the reissue of ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' as the "rebirth of a genre-defying classic", Townsend called it "record company bullshit".<ref name="MetalEagle Online Magazine Interview"/>
| rev1 = ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''
| rev1score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Filicetti |first=Gino |date=October 1, 1995 |title=CoC : Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing : Review |url=http://chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-34 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=425}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="EOPM">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2006|publisher=[[MUZE]] |volume=7 |edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0007unse/page/790 791] |chapter=Strapping Young Lad}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm Dome |date=May 6, 1995 |title=Albumz |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=544|page=45}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]
| rev5score = 7.7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=omne metallum |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing review |url=https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=16262 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]] |language=en}}</ref>
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Released on April 4, 1995, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' was not widely recognized in the metal community. The album sold 143&nbsp;copies in its first six months,<ref name="Stylus Magazine Review">{{cite web|title=Strapping Young Lad – The New Black – Review|last=Lee |first=Cosmo|publisher=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus magazine]]|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/strapping-young-lad/the-new-black.htm|access-date=January 31, 2008|date=July 31, 2006}}</ref> but received favorable reviews from the heavy metal press. Its unusual musical ideas—a synthesis of [[Death metal|death]], [[Thrash metal|thrash]], and [[industrial metal]] influences—prompted Andy Stout from ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' to call it "one of the most disturbing albums you'll hear for a very long time".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Stout |first=Andy |date=April 1997 |title=Strapping Young Lad – Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing |journal=[[Metal Hammer]] }}</ref> Nevertheless, Townsend has repeatedly expressed his distaste for the recording. He dismissed the album in the liner notes of the record's 2006 reissue, contending that it contained only two great songs.<ref name="Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing liner notes" /> He also deemed its production poor in interviews,<ref name="MetalEagle Online Magazine Interview">{{cite web|title=Strapping Young Lad – Interview with Devin Townsend|last=Vasilakos|first=Konstantinos|publisher=MetalEagle Online magazine|url=http://www.metaleagle.com/interviews.php?action=show&id=137&PHPSESSID=8993a87adfc69bf4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212160039/http://www.metaleagle.com/interviews.php?action=show&id=137&PHPSESSID=8993a87adfc69bf4|archive-date=February 12, 2008|access-date=January 31, 2008|date=2006}}</ref> referring to the album as "basically a collection of demos that were remixed".<ref name="Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne" /> When [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] advertised the reissue of ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' as the "rebirth of a genre-defying classic", Townsend called it "record company bullshit".<ref name="MetalEagle Online Magazine Interview" />


The album was remastered and re-released on June 12, 2006, by [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] Europe. The re-release contains several bonus tracks taken from international versions of the album, an unreleased track, and the video for "S.Y.L.".
The album was remastered and re-released on June 12, 2006, by Century Media Europe. The re-release contains several bonus tracks taken from international versions of the album, an unreleased track, and the video for "S.Y.L.".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Devin Townsend]] except where noted
| all_writing = [[Devin Townsend]] except where noted
| title1 = S.Y.L.
| title1 = S.Y.L.
| note1 = Townsend, [[Adrian White (musician)|Adrian White]]
| writer1 = Townsend, [[Adrian White (musician)|Adrian White]]
| length1 = 4:47
| length1 = 4:47
| title2 = In the Rainy Season
| title2 = In the Rainy Season
| note2 = Townsend, White
| writer2 = Townsend, White
| length2 = 4:37
| length2 = 4:37
| title3 = Goat
| title3 = Goat
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| length4 = 5:08
| length4 = 5:08
| title5 = Happy Camper (Carpe B.U.M.)
| title5 = Happy Camper (Carpe B.U.M.)
| note5 = Townsend, White
| writer5 = Townsend, White
| length5 = 3:00
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = Critic
| title6 = Critic
| note6 =
| note6 =
| length6 = 4:07
| length6 = 4:07
| title7 = The Filler - Sweet City Jesus
| title7 = The Filler – Sweet City Jesus
| note7 =
| note7 =
| length7 = 5:24
| length7 = 5:24
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| note10 =
| note10 =
| length10 = 2:33
| length10 = 2:33
}}
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| title11 = Japan
{{track listing
| note11 = <!-- Townsend, White -->Japanese and 2006 reissue bonus track
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| headline = 2006 reissue bonus tracks
| writing_credit = yes
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| title11 = Japan
| writer11 = Townsend, White
| length11 = 5:18
| length11 = 5:18
| title12 = Monday
| title12 = Monday
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| note12 = 2006 reissue bonus track
| length12 = 5:14
| length12 = 5:14
| title13 = [[Exciter (song)|Exciter]]
| title13 = [[Exciter (song)|Exciter]]
| note13 = [[Rob Halford]], [[Glenn Tipton]]) ([[Judas Priest]] cover) (European and 2006 reissue bonus track
| writer13 = [[Rob Halford]], [[Glenn Tipton]]
| note13 = [[Judas Priest]] cover
| length13 = 6:04
| length13 = 6:04
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Devin Townsend]] – [[guitar]], [[singing|vocals]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], programming, [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], editing, [[record producer|production]], arrangements, art direction (as Nived)
*[[Devin Townsend]] – guitar, vocals, keyboards, programming, mixing, editing, production, arrangements, child voice on Track #1, art direction (as Nived)


===Additional musicians===
===Additional musicians===
*[[Adrian White (musician)|Adrian White]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Adrian White (musician)|Adrian White]] – drums
*[[Jed Simon]] – additional guitar ("Critic", "Skin Me")
*[[Jed Simon]] – additional guitar ("Critic", "Skin Me")
*Chris Byes – drums ("Critic", "The Filler: Sweet City Jesus")
*Chris Byes – drums ("Critic", "The Filler: Sweet City Jesus")
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*Smokin' Lord Toot – drums ("Cod Metal King")
*Smokin' Lord Toot – drums ("Cod Metal King")
*Stooly and E: Val Yum – Bon Jovi gang vocals
*Stooly and E: Val Yum – Bon Jovi gang vocals
*Ashley Scribner – [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Ashley Scribner – bass
*Mike Sudar – guitar
*Mike Sudar – guitar
*Chris Valagao Mina – guitar, backing vocal


===Production===
===Production===
*Blair Calibaba – [[audio engineering|engineering]]
*Blair Calibaba – engineering
*Rod Michaels – additional engineering ("Critic")
*Rod Michaels – additional engineering ("Critic")
*[[Greg Reely]] – editing, mixing
*[[Greg Reely]] – editing, mixing
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*Jamie Myers – additional editing
*Jamie Myers – additional editing
*Doctor Skinny – additional mixing
*Doctor Skinny – additional mixing
*[[Brian Gardner]] – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
*[[Brian Gardner]] – mastering
*Tania Rudy – photography
*Tania Rudy – photography
*[[Byron Stroud]] – photography
*[[Byron Stroud]] – photography
*Robert Lowden – cover art
*Robert Lowden – cover art
*Borivoj Krgin – A&R
*Borivoj Krgin – [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]]


==References==
==References==
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Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
Studio album by
Strapping Young Lad
ReleasedApril 4, 1995 (1995-04-04)
RecordedDecember 1994
StudioMushroom Studios (Vancouver, Canada), Greenhouse Studios (Vancouver, Canada)
Genre
Length39:48
LabelCentury Media
ProducerDevin Townsend
Strapping Young Lad chronology
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
(1995) 		City
(1997)
Devin Townsend chronology
Sex & Religion
(1993) 		Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
(1995) 		Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics
(1996)

Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing is the debut studio album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on April 4, 1995. Century Media Europe released a remastered version of the album on June 12, 2006, which includes the video for "S.Y.L.", several bonus tracks, and a 12-page booklet containing extended liner notes.

Background

[edit]

Strapping Young Lad began in 1994 as a solo project of Canadian musician Devin Townsend. Following his work as vocalist on Steve Vai's 1993 album Sex & Religion and its 1994 tour, Townsend believed he had been a "musical whore", spending "the first five years of [his] career working at the behest of other people".[1] During a brief stint as touring guitarist for The Wildhearts, Townsend received a phone call from an A&R representative for Roadrunner Records, expressing an interest in his demos and an intention to sign him. The offer was ultimately rescinded by the head of Roadrunner, who regarded Townsend's recordings as "just noise".[2] He faced further rejection by Relativity Records, the label behind Vai's Sex & Religion, who saw no commercial appeal in his music. Century Media Records subsequently contacted the musician, offering him a contract to "make us some extreme albums".[2] Townsend agreed to a five-album deal with the record label.[3]

Following his tour with The Wildhearts, Townsend began recording and producing his debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, under the moniker Strapping Young Lad. According to Townsend, the recording process took "about a week". Embracing The Wildhearts' anarchist approach, "while focusing on dissonance and just being as over-the-top as [he] could",[4] Townsend sang on the record and performed the majority of its instrumental tracks (with the assistance of a drum machine). A few songs, however, featured local session musicians, including guitarist Jed Simon, Townsend's future bandmate.

"S.Y.L." (1995)
"S.Y.L.", the opening track on Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, demonstrates Townsend's musical approach at the time: "Songs didn't really matter; it was just the intensity and the vibe plus lots of humor".[4]
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Release and reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos7/10[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Kerrang![8]
Metal Storm7.7/10[9]

Released on April 4, 1995, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing was not widely recognized in the metal community. The album sold 143 copies in its first six months,[10] but received favorable reviews from the heavy metal press. Its unusual musical ideas—a synthesis of death, thrash, and industrial metal influences—prompted Andy Stout from Metal Hammer to call it "one of the most disturbing albums you'll hear for a very long time".[11] Nevertheless, Townsend has repeatedly expressed his distaste for the recording. He dismissed the album in the liner notes of the record's 2006 reissue, contending that it contained only two great songs.[4] He also deemed its production poor in interviews,[12] referring to the album as "basically a collection of demos that were remixed".[2] When Century Media advertised the reissue of Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing as the "rebirth of a genre-defying classic", Townsend called it "record company bullshit".[12]

The album was remastered and re-released on June 12, 2006, by Century Media Europe. The re-release contains several bonus tracks taken from international versions of the album, an unreleased track, and the video for "S.Y.L.".

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Devin Townsend except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."S.Y.L."Townsend, Adrian White4:47
2."In the Rainy Season"Townsend, White4:37
3."Goat" 3:30
4."Cod Metal King" 5:08
5."Happy Camper (Carpe B.U.M.)"Townsend, White3:00
6."Critic" 4:07
7."The Filler – Sweet City Jesus" 5:24
8."Skin Me" 3:29
9."Drizzlehell" 3:09
10."Satan's Ice Cream Truck" 2:33
2006 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Japan"Townsend, White5:18
12."Monday" 5:14
13."Exciter" (Judas Priest cover)Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton6:04

Personnel

[edit]
  • Devin Townsend – guitar, vocals, keyboards, programming, mixing, editing, production, arrangements, child voice on Track #1, art direction (as Nived)

Additional musicians

[edit]
  • Adrian White – drums
  • Jed Simon – additional guitar ("Critic", "Skin Me")
  • Chris Byes – drums ("Critic", "The Filler: Sweet City Jesus")
  • Chris Meyers – additional keyboards ("Goat", "Skin Me")
  • Greg Price – assistant on drum programming ("Skin Me", "Drizzlehell")
  • Smokin' Lord Toot – drums ("Cod Metal King")
  • Stooly and E: Val Yum – Bon Jovi gang vocals
  • Ashley Scribner – bass
  • Mike Sudar – guitar
  • Chris Valagao Mina – guitar, backing vocal

Production

[edit]
  • Blair Calibaba – engineering
  • Rod Michaels – additional engineering ("Critic")
  • Greg Reely – editing, mixing
  • Jason Mausa – mixing ("The Filler: Sweet City Jesus")
  • Jamie Myers – additional editing
  • Doctor Skinny – additional mixing
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Tania Rudy – photography
  • Byron Stroud – photography
  • Robert Lowden – cover art
  • Borivoj Krgin – A&R

References

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  1. ^ Rocca, Jane (1997). "Devin Townsend interview". Loudmouth (2).
  2. ^ a b c "Devin Townsend interviewed by Tony on 3RRR FM, Melbourne". The Church of Devin Townsend. April 1997. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Devin Townsend: 'I Don't Have Anything To Say With Strapping Young Lad Anymore'". Blabbermouth.net. July 4, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c Townsend, Devin (2006). Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (Reissue) (CD liner). Strapping Young Lad. Century Media. 8259.
  5. ^ Filicetti, Gino (October 1, 1995). "CoC : Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Strapping Young Lad". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 791. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  8. ^ Dome, Malcolm (May 6, 1995). "Albumz". Kerrang!. No. 544. EMAP. p. 45.
  9. ^ omne metallum (October 12, 2020). "Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing review". Metal Storm. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  10. ^ Lee, Cosmo (July 31, 2006). "Strapping Young Lad – The New Black – Review". Stylus magazine. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  11. ^ Stout, Andy (April 1997). "Strapping Young Lad – Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing". Metal Hammer.
  12. ^ a b Vasilakos, Konstantinos (2006). "Strapping Young Lad – Interview with Devin Townsend". MetalEagle Online magazine. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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