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Power Trip has confirmed that they <\/a>will be releasing new music for the first time since 2017\u2019s Nightmare Logic.\u00a0<\/p>\n The thrash group would enter a brief hiatus following the tragic passing<\/a> of vocalist Riley Gale<\/a> in 2020. It wasn\u2019t until 2023 that the band would return to the stage with Fugitive\u2019s Seth Gilmore<\/a> taking on vocal responsibilities. Now, amidst a busy tour schedule, are Power Trip confirming that they\u2019ve been working on new music with Gilmore as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n Guitarist Blake Ibanez<\/a> would confirm the update in a new interview with Altars of Metal<\/a><\/em>, where he\u2019d reveal that it was only recently that Gilmore felt comfortable taking on the mantle as frontman for the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think I had mentioned to him, after Riley passed away, I had talked about, \u2018Would you wanna mess around with some of this Power Trip stuff?\u2019 And I think at that point it was so fresh and so new, it was just kind of, like, \u2018I don\u2019t know. Maybe down the road.\u2019 And I was, like, \u2018Yeah, I get it.\u2019 He\u2019s in a band called Skourge, which is a hardcore band that has some crossover influences, some death metal influences.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019d heard the evolution of his voice and everything in that band. And I think around this time they had done a new EP or something, and his voice \u2013 he started to showcase what he could do, his depth to his voice, his range. And I was, like, \u2018Whoa. Oh, I didn\u2019t know you could do all that stuff.\u2019 And not just that, but me and him having such a good relationship and him being such a nice guy that\u2019s easy to work with, I was, like, \u2018Well, why don\u2019t we just try to write some songs and see what happens?’\u201d<\/p>\n Ibanez would go on to share that working with Gilmore in Fugitive helped ease the vocalist into joining Power Trip and taking on frontman duties.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always been pretty involved when it comes to Power Trip in the studio. I didn\u2019t write anything for Riley, but just me and him having to write songs together, we had to be on the same page and understand how to\u2026 He knew what I wanted him to do in terms of where I wanted things to be, and I know the formula and I know how I like to write songs and how we\u2019ve always written songs. And I have some of those instincts as well.<\/p>\n Of course, the question on everyone\u2019s mind is how the band\u2019s sound will change with the inclusion of Gilmore\u2019s voice and writing. Ibanez acknowledges that it\u2019s a delicate balance, but promises that fans won\u2019t be disappointed.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll always honour him when we can. We are moving forward, we have to focus on the future, but that doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019ll forget him or not honour him. Of course, that\u2019s always gonna be a thing that we\u2019ll do, and we\u2019ll try to make sure of. But when it comes to moving forward, we\u2019re gonna write music how we wanna write it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The guitarist would also acknowledge that while they want to sound like Power Trip, they also want to make sure Gilmore feels comfortable with the material he\u2019s producing. \u201cI would never tell him to write about this or that. Riley, he was always thinking and changing, and I don\u2019t know what he would be writing about in this day and age either. I don\u2019t know what he would wanna talk about. I can\u2019t really speculate on that. He\u2019s not with us anymore, sadly,\u201d Ibanez shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSeth, he\u2019s his own guy. He can handle his own thoughts and ideas. I don\u2019t think we would do anything that would, for any reason, go in opposition to anything that he wrote about. But he\u2019s not gonna try to write the same songs or anything like that, so it\u2019ll be something different. But I can\u2019t imagine it\u2019d be anything that people who like us wouldn\u2019t be interested in or be stoked on. But [it\u2019s] not really my call.\u201d<\/p>\n Power Trip is currently on tour, which is set to conclude in November at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source bluntmag.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Power Trip guitarist Blake Ibanez has confirmed the group are planning to release new music and plans to continue honouring former vocalist Riley Gale after their tragic passing five years ago. 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