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Author Benedetta Baldin<\/strong> – 14.3.2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n For their much-awaited musical comeback, Power Trip<\/a><\/strong> has inked a new contract with Blue Grape Music, as per theprp<\/a>. Riley Gale, the leader of the Texan crossover band, accidentally overdosed and died in 2020, dealing a devastating blow. Following a three-year hiatus, the group started experimenting with getting back together, inviting Seth Gilmore of Skourge<\/strong> to cover vocals for an unexpected performance. They have performed at several events with that lineup in the past year, and they are now aiming to release their first new song since Gale\u2019s passing. The band recently revealed their plans in a new Decibel cover story for May 2026, which you can purchase here<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, Blue Grape Music recently announced on social media that the group had joined their roster. In May 2025, Blue Grape Music, which was founded by Roadrunner Records veterans, signed Power Trip<\/strong> offshoot Fugitive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The American crossover thrash band Power Trip<\/strong> was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 2008. Riley Gale (lead vocals), Blake Ibanez (lead guitar), Nick Stewart (rhythm guitar), Chris Whetzel (bass), and Chris Ulsh (drums) made comprised Power Trip<\/strong>\u2018s lineup by 2020. Ulsh took over for drummer Marcus Johnson, who departed in 2009. More than three years after Gale\u2019s passing, in 2023, Seth Gilmore took over as their current singer. To far, they have put out two studio albums, \u201cManifest Decimation\u201d (2013) and \u201cNightmare Logic\u201d (2017), as well as a live CD and a compilation of their early songs.<\/p>\n One of the most popular thrash metal bands of the 2010s was Power Trip<\/strong>, as evidenced by Nightmare Logic\u2019s entry into the Billboard charts and other newspaper honors. A live rendition of \u201cExecutioner\u2019s Tax (Swing of the Axe)<\/em>\u201d was nominated for a Grammy for Best Metal Performance. In order to gather their additional songs, the album \u201cOpening Fire: 2008\u20132014\u201d was released in 2018. Power Trip<\/strong> revealed that they were recording their third album towards the end of 2019. On August 25, 2020, vocalist Riley Gale passed away at the age of 34. The band confirmed his passing the next day.\n<\/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 chaoszine.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author Benedetta Baldin – 14.3.2026 For their much-awaited musical comeback, Power Trip has inked a new contract with Blue Grape Music, as per theprp. Riley Gale, the leader of the Texan crossover band, accidentally overdosed and died in 2020, dealing a devastating blow. Following a three-year hiatus, the group started experimenting with getting back together, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2327924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[411130],"class_list":["post-2327923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-power-trip"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Power-Trip-ink-a-new-deal-with-Blue-Grape-Music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327925,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327923\/revisions\/2327925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}