STRAPPING YOUNG LAD are set to release a new EP, featuring four new songs and four cover tunes, dubbed Love. According to the official press release, the EP “is said to incorporate all of the heaviness of past STRAPPING YOUNG LAD releases with a bit of dark mellowness of the DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND.”

The Vancouver-based metalheads have also agreed to appear on an upcoming MELVINS tribute album with their rendition of the song “Zodiac”.

In non-music news, the band’s mastermind himself, Devin Townsend, is working on a book entitled Temperamental, which is being described as “a collection of random thoughts from the past five-six years.” No further details are yet known at this time.