Argyle, TX. Sites: Facebook, Bookogs, Bandcamp, Bandcamp. I had seen the band in concert with Iron Reagan last year but hadn't been particularly impressed. Their sound has been described by critics as thrash metal and hardcore punk, as well as simply crossover thrash. Official music video: - Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) Recording information: Engineered by Artur Rizk & Matthew Barnhart at The Echo Lab. Nightmare Logic is a revival thrash record that could have been released about thirty years earlier than it actually was. Man, it’s been a while since a thrash band really grabbed me by the balls and made me angry and hyped the way that this Texan quintet does. Power Trip is an American thrash metal band formed in Dallas, Texas in 2008. As if 2017 hasn't been a good enough year without the discovery of smaller projects, the addition of them just expands the greatness ten-fold. This whole album is attitude, aggression, and balls pouring out of the speakers. Power Trip formed in Dallas, Texas, when Gale and Ibanez decided to start a band that combined their interests in extreme music. Vocals recorded at Creep Records.Philadelphia. Power Trip is definitely one of the best up-and-coming bands I've heard in the past decade. Members: Blake Ibanez, Chris Ulsh, Chris Whetzel, Marcus Johnson (14), Nick Stewart (4), Riley Gale [a2408820] Artist . Power Trip realizes that the key to writing a great thrash album isn’t just to recreate the exact riff style Kreator had in the 80s, but to instead use that as an occasional reference point for making heavy and punishing music. Power Trip are a crossover thrash metal band from Dallas, Texas.
Power Trip are a crossover thrash metal band from Dallas, Texas. Ex Ludichrist bassist Chuck Valle joined Murphy's Law in 1989. Power Trip felt that way, and they decided to give thrash a big ol’ injection of cocaine in the eyeballs so that everybody could wake the fuck up and see what they were missing out on. Power Trip's current lineup consists of Riley Gale (vocals), Chris Ulsh (drums), Chris Whetzel (bass), Blake Ibanez (guitar), and Nick Stewart (guitar). Let alone the fact that Unlike the bulk of modern thrash bands, whose production value and riffs are as capricious as their political leanings, I'm pleased to report Power Trip has remained loyal to their principles. Recording information: Engineered, mixed, and mastered at "Solomon's Gate" Philadelphia, PA. Guitars and vocals engineered at SC Recording Studios, Argyle, TX. In between the worn out albums of tired out classic thrashers and the uncreative worship of many "rethrash" band, thrash metal is a genre that coasts on nostalgia and the legacy and timelessness of 80s entries to stay relevant and listenable past the year... oh let's just do a rough ball park and say past 2001 or so. Not to be confused with Powertrip. As with Do you feel modern thrash metal is growing a bit old, with no real fire in the songs and bite in the riffs? Edit Artist ; Share. Marketplace 378 For Sale. Gale was 22, the guitarist 16. Bands continue to rise and fall based on a matter of how many small twists they can lay on top of a thick foundation of Slayer and Exodus worship.I feel like this is a band and an album where I should be throwing out 90s, declaring death to celebrities in Slayer shirts and that my cunt has been ripped out with a can opener, but I'm just not with After many positive reviews and enthusiastic mentions on numerous lists for album of the year, I decided to give Power Trip a second chance. Upon discovering them and their most excellent debut album Despite being one of the most hyped metal albums of the year so far, it wasn’t until they supported Napalm Death last week in London that I checked out Power Trip’s sophomore album Nightmare Logic. Such a gap can be detrimental to the momentum of a growing band but the Dallas group seems to have stayed busy in that time gigging and putting out a few smaller scale releases. The main inspiration was East Coast hardcore: Cro-Mags, Bad Brains, Killing Time, Breakdown. In the 1980s and '90s, thrash was the dominating genre of metal (besides glam, which doesn't count), and for good reason. Listening to it before the show I was impressed, and their live intensity was immense too. Take Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All, double the intensity and throw some Slayer and crossover thrash into the mix, all updated to the 2010’s with a modern production and you have the fearsome riff machine that is Nightmare Logic. There is not a single moment wasted on this album.