Billy Strings goes Death Metal with cryptopsia cooperation

The Michigan Bluegrass lover Billy Strings has presented his diverse taste and genre shell competence as part of a new cooperation with the cryptopsia of the Canadian Death Metal outfit.

32-year-old Saiten-Die scored his third number 1 in the bluesgrass album chart in 2024 Motorway prayers – had long been a well -known fan of some of the biggest names in the world of Bluegrass and Rock, although he often pointed out that his taste is also a bit heavier.

This severity extends to cryptopsia, the Montreal outfit, which has been an active presence in the Death Metal scene since it was founded in 1988. Six years after it was founded, the future Juno award winner published her debut album, Blasphemy made meatWith the recording this year the new edition treatment.

As part of the new edition mentioned (which arrives on July 18), the album also contains live cuts and a special eight and a half minutes of Medley, which is referred to as “Blasphemy Made Fresh”, to guest singers such as Shadow of Intent's Ben Duerr, Stabbings Bridget Lynch, Emasculator Mallika Sundaram Guitar solo solo solo solo is.

“We are super enthusiastic about how excited every guest to be part of this unique homage to Cryptopsy's First Classic,” said singer Matt McGachy in an explanation. “We are more than proud of this medley and are so happy that we can now share it with our new and old fans.”

According to a press release “Sharpens and Steels the Album, the many surgical hooks and pathological rhythms of the album,” Saiten also shared his rabid excitement in the process.

“Cryptopsy is my favorite death metal band of all time,” he said before he remembered one night in 2023 when both acts in Boise, ID, performed. Feel “amazed” in the unhappy schematal contact and leaned against the Blasphemy made meat Track “Open Face Operation” and gave the group a cake with the inscription “Open Cake Operation”. “

A video of the group that later devoured the cake was later found on social media – much to the delight of Strings.

“It blew me away!” He explained. “I was just so happy that at least I could show my respect in the form of frosting and that they didn't think I was a total crazy.”

“It was a great honor for me to add this guitar solo to this crazy medley from my favorite -Death Metal band,” he added in a post that was shared by the social media. “It's like a dream that becomes true for me, and I want to thank the band for having me with him.”

The publication of The Cryptopsy Medley is the latest addition to one month with ups and downs for Strings, which received several nominations for the IBMA Bluegma Bluegrass Music Awards 2025 on Wednesday (July 16) – including entertainer and album of the year.

At the end of June, the musician revealed during a performance in Lexington, Ky that his mother had died a few hours earlier. “It was my decision to continue today's show, because my mother would have wanted that I would do it,” he told the crowd. “The reason why I decided not to go home and to be with my family now is that I am already.”

Listen to Cryptopes “Blasphemy Make Make Fresh” below.