Billy Strings Joins Cryptopsy for "Blasphemy Made Fresh"

Not every underground icon lives long enough to lord above death metal's crypt three decades into their career. But Cryptopsy are proving once again why they're the most vile band of them all. A year after winning their first JUNO Award, the brutal Canadians have graced the cover of Decibel, snatched Metal Injection's Artist of the Month honor and cracked the Billboard charts with their critically-acclaimed new album An Insatiable Violence.

Of course, Cryptopsy have been making blasphemy fresh ever since they came writhing and screaming into the world of extreme metal with their instant classic debut. This Friday, the band are reissuing Blasphemy Made Flesh for the first time since signing with Season of Mist. And they've added another bloody milestone to commemorate this special occasion.  

"For a while now, we have performed a medley of Blasphemy Made Flesh on tour", Cryptopsy vocalist Matt McGachy says. "But for the album's 30th anniversary, we wanted to do something really special". 

"Blasphemy Made Fresh" is a new 8-minute medley that sharpens and steels the album's many surgical hooks and pathological rhythms with a murderer's row of today's top death metal vocalists: Ben Deurr (Shadow of Intent), Bridget Lynch (Stabbing), Alexander Sason (Undeath), Johnny Ciardullo (Carcosa) and Mallika Sundaramurthy (Emasculator). This hellacious parade of death growls paves the way for a righteous guitar solo from none other than two-time Grammy winner and mega Cryptopsy fan Billy Strings.     

"We are super stoked at how excited each guest was to be part of this unique homage to Cryptopsy's first classic", McGachy says. "We are beyond proud of this medley and are so happy that we can now share it with our new and old fans".