Power Trip have premiered a new song titled “Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe).” This song is from the band’s new album “Nightmare Logic,” which will be released on February 24.
Riley Gale said the following:
“Christian European countries where it was common for the person sentenced to death to have a chance to repent. If they did, they were given a bag of coins, silver or alike. For if they were particularly vile or the executioner felt lazy, it may take more than one swing of that axe to get that person’s head off and that kind of death is certainly one you’d want to be as painless as possible.
Hence, the Executioner’s Tax to ensure a strong, lights out kinda death. It’s more subtly an allegory about that being the motive for a lot of people these days and how the people that feed and heal us (The Executioner and The Priest). They love to get us addicted, fat, sick – so they can feed us, medicate us and nearly quite literally kill many of us.
We pay for pleasure of making it taste good or being numb to it all. We are all slowly paying our way out and our lives are built around the Executioner’s Tax – hopefully going out quick and easy. We subconsciously crave for our end, a spoiled one.”
In other news, the band has also announced more tour dates. Here is their updated schedule:
02/24 Houston, TX – Walter’s (with Iron Reagan)
02/25 New Orleans, LA – Siberia (with Iron Reagan)
02/26 Birmingham, AL – Saturn(with Iron Reagan)
02/27 Raleigh, NC – King’s (feat. Genocide Pact)
02/28 Richmond, VA – The Broadberry (with Iron Reagan, Genocide Pact & Concealed Blade)
03/01 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage (with Iron Reagan, Genocide Pact & Concealed Blade)
03/02 New York, NY – The Marlin Room (with Iron Reagan, Concealed Blade & Krimewatch)
03/03 Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall (with Iron Reagan, Concealed Blade & Protester)
03/04 Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class (with Iron Reagan, Concealed Blade & Krimewatch)
03/05 Buffalo, NY – The Studio
03/07 Somerville, MA – Once Ballroom (with Iron Reagan)
03/08 Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Electriques (with Iron Reagan)
03/09 Ottawa, ON – The Brass Monkey (with Iron Reagan)
03/10 Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground (with Iron Reagan)
03/11 Detroit, MI – Marble Bar (with Iron Reagan)
03/12 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s (with Iron Reagan)
03/13 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club (with Iron Reagan)
03/14 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews (with Iron Reagan)
03/16 Kansas City, MO – Riot Room (with Iron Reagan)
03/16 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street Collective (with Iron Reagan)
03/25 Austin, TX – Mohawk (with Iron Reagan)
03/26 Dallas, TX – South By So What?!
03/27 Albuquerque, NM – Sister (with Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
03/28 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater (with Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
03/29 Salt Lake City, UT – Beehive Social Club (with Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
03/30 Boise, ID – WavePOP House (with Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
03/31 Tacoma, WA – Real Art Tacoma (with Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
04/01 Vancouver, BC – Astoria (with Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
04/02 Portland, OR – Analog Theater (with Destruction Unit)
04/04 Santa Rosa, CA – Arlene Francis Center (with Destruction Unit & Mizery)
04/06 Oakland, CA – The New Parish (with Mizery, Destruction Unit & Primal Rite)
04/07 San Jose, CA – The Ritz (with Mizery & Destruction Unit)
04/08 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom (with Mizery & Destruction Unit)
04/10 San Diego, CA – The Casbah (with Mizery & Destruction Unit)
04/11 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge (with Mizery & Destruction Unit)
04/12 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress (with Mizery & Destruction Unit)
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