The long-awaited, long-suffering STRAPPING YOUNG LAD 7xLP box set, entitled The Complete Works, will be available for pre-order, beginning April 17th. Blood Music have revealed the specs and mock-up for the Die Hard version of The Complete Works, limited to 150 copies.

The Complete Works Die Hard edition includes:

• All five Strapping Young Lad albums, remastered for vinyl by Spectre Mastering (Troy Glessner) with new artwork by Seempieces | Illustration & Design by Travis Smith.

• One bonus LP, featuring nearly every SYL bonus track ever unearthed.

• Bonus C:ENTER:### 7" 're-creation,' including ultra-rare track 'Idom' on the B-side.

• 40-page book.

• Strapping Young Lad turntable slipmat.

• 2-piece, custom-cut box, specially designed and shaped for this set.

• Strapping Young Lad The Complete Works poster, autographed by DevinTownsend (exclusive to this edition).

• Strapping Young Lad The Complete Works T-shirt (exclusive to this edition).

• 100% of the records on crystal-clear colored vinyl (exclusive to this edition).

Blood Music recently revealed the "mystery" 7th LP to be included in The Complete Works. The Demos & Rarities LP contains virtually every SYL bonus track that ever existed, remastered for vinyl.

Says Blood Music: "Before we move forward, we should let anyone know with an inkling of an interest in the TOM JONES 'What's New, Pussycat?' cover that is endlessly referenced on the internet... We asked about this track, and it was never finished and does not exist."

About the art: "Seempieces | Illustration & Design by Travis Smith asked us: 'What do you wanna do about that extra record with all the bonus tracks?'

Blood Music: "Just scribble the SYL logo."

Travis: "Scribble?"

Blood Music: "Yup, in little circles. Like a sketchpad."

Travis: "OK, sounds cool."

Demos & Rarities LP tracklisting:

'Japan'

'Monday'

'Exciter'

'Centipede'

'Home Nucleonics' ('96 demo)

'Headrhoid' (Gunt demo)

'Detox' ('96 demo)

'AAA' ('96 demo)

'The Long Pig'

'Zodiac'

The new cover art for the SYL debut and the band's second album City, created by Seempieces | Illustration & Design by Travis Smith, can be viewed below:

"This LP cover was created to exhibit the cracked and fractured expression in SYL's debut work. Devin Townsend led the initial design process, requesting a clean and pure approach to the artwork."

"This LP cover was created to capture the glitchy, glossy, technical, out-of-control feeling of SYL's brilliant sophomore effort. This album saw SYL come into its own in spades -- including the first formation of the actual, physical band. City was the most difficult of the covers to realize, with heavy involvement by Devin Townsend / Jed Simon / Blood Music all striving to capture the perfect feeling of the album, while giving a deep nod to the original, iconic artwork."

The genre-busting Canadian industrial/death band has never seen their seminal albums, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, SYL, nor The New Black touch wax before. Their other two records, City and Alien, were pressed in ultra limited numbers of 500 copies only and sold out within months of their release.

The previously posted photo below features SYL mastermind Devin Townsend backstage in the process of signing posters for the release.

Details and graphics will be revealed nearly every day for the month via the Blood Music label's Facebook page at this location.