Often in life, we don’t discover the truth about something until it’s too late. And the truth about Powertrip is that they are an anachronistic anomaly in Thrash Metal: yeah they may have come to power in the late 2000’s and 2010’s but they would sound right at home in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s era of Thrash Metal that we hold so dear. Sadly, some of us are only just now discovering the band for the very first time upon learning of the unfortunate and untimely passing of Powertrip frontman, Riley Gale.

So, prepare your favorite relaxer, raise a glass, raise your horns, and JOIN US as we honor Riley Gale and Powertrip and their phenomenal contributions (thus far) to the mighty pantheon of Thrash Metal.

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Show Notes

(00:00): What happened was…/HAIL To Powertrip (from Dallas, TX) and HAIL and Farewell to Riley Gale (R.I.P.)/check out the House of Strombo Show #glorious return to oldschool thrash metal/#shoutouts and #freeplugs/what happens in your house when you host a metal show? Summon the Metal Nerdery Time Tunnel and memories of The Ozone (ATL)/*oh yeah, we were streaming on Facebook Live*/#listeninspirit/A word from Selma May Bruwster/Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe) #coolheadphoneeffects

(07:27): “We’re Powertrip from Dallas Texas…”/HAIL to Riley Gale, a modern day Chuck Schuldiner: a uniting force in Metal/#metalboner/#easteregg/a brief overview of the brief Powertrip catalog/EMAIL US @ [email protected])

(15:23): #grassyass/The “potency” of powerful things in small doses/EMAIL US if you were THERE at the Powertrip House of Strombo show/#livingthedream in #1988 (Manifest WHAT?)

(19:50): 12 years/Riley’s writing style: don’t waste anything! /#letitflow/Manifest Decimation and Nightmare Logic/based on the tangenionalality of it all/Manifest Decimation (that just does NOT sound like 2013!)/ www.metalnerdery.com/episodes

(25:00): #noteven 35 minutes/1988-1991: Time Machine Metal (#posttimetunnelcore)/#ifeelproudofmyself/Executioner’s Tax, Conditioned to Death (#bolth of these albums have the “laugh factor” in the riff department)

(31:12): Soul Sacrifice (The Classic Old School Thrash Opener: check out our Opening Tracks episode)/#take2/Those climbing riffs…and then: The LAUNCH! Even the old school thrash shred is spot on!!!/HAIL, Farewell and R.I.P. to Riley Gale and HAIL to Powertrip: Chris Whetzel, Chris Ulsh, Blake Ibanez and Nick Stewart/Nightmare Logic