Power Trip Drop First Songs Since Riley Gale's Death — SkimNews
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- Power Trip released "Precinct 3" and "Scavenger," their first new music since singer Riley Gale died in 2020, and the lead singles from the band's third album due in spring 2027.
- The founding four — guitarists Blake Ibanez and Nick Stewart, bassist Chris Whetzel, and drummer Chris Ulsh — reunited in 2024 with singer Seth Gilmore after confirming reunion plans that year, leading to studio work on the new LP.
- Ibanez said the band wrote lyrics by imagining what Gale would have wanted to write about, calling it "the right way to kick off this new chapter and honor him."
- The album was recorded at Texas' Empire Sound studio with producer Jacob Hansen, whom Ulsh praised for combining "big records" production knowledge with late-80s extreme metal underground roots.
- The new LP will be Power Trip's first since 2017's Nightmare Logic, first with Gilmore on vocals, and released on Blue Grape Music, which will also issue a seven-inch of "Precinct 3" in multiple formats.
- Power Trip will play three more shows in 2026, including support on Slayer's Reign in Blood 40th Anniversary show in Mexico City on October 21 and a slot at hometown festival Sick New World Texas on October 24.
Why it matters: Power Trip's first album in a decade doubles as a tribute to Gale — the band explicitly framed the songwriting as an exercise in channeling his voice — giving the new LP unusual narrative weight that could shape how fans and critics judge Gilmore's tenure. With a new label (Blue Grape Music) and producer (Jacob Hansen), the band is also committing to a post-Gale identity rather than treating the reunion as a one-off tribute.
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