deathrashed: Power Trip - The Armageddon Blues Sessions (2014)

Information

Artist – Power Trip

Album – The Armageddon Blues Sessions

Label – Triple-B Records

Released – February 2014

Type – EP

Genre – Crossover; Thrash Metal

Additional

Notes

The Armageddon Blues Sessions, released November 6th, 2013 via Triple-B Records, is an EP compiling all six tracks from the sessions for Power Trip's debut 7". It is the third entry in the Dallas, Texas band's discography. The five-piece lineup featured Riley Gale (R.I.P. 2020) on vocals, Blake Ibanez on lead guitars, Nick Stewart on rhythm guitars, Chris Whetzel on bass, and Marcus Johnson on drums. Tracks were recorded with Daniel Schmuck handling recording, mixing, and mastering. The release expands on the original four-track 7" with "Questions" and "Vultures". Stylistically rooted in crossover thrash, it aligns with bands such as D.R.I., Iron Reagan, and Enforced. Lyrical themes center on death, politics, and world conflict. It appeared primarily in digital and 12" vinyl formats (including etched B-side variants). Reception in underground circles was positive, with the original sessions praised for energetic crossover execution.

Videos

- Armageddon Blues (Live @ SXSW 2014)

Additional

A repackaged/retitled edition on 12" vinyl of the Armageddon Blues EP containing all 6 tracks recorded during that album's sessions (the original only contained 4 due to the time constraints of the 7" vinyl format).

Single-sided LP with an etched graphic B-side.

First Pressing:
Weed Green/Purple Drank / 326
Solid Red / 500
Black / 700

Second Pressing:
White / 300
Yellow / 700

Tracklist

1. Armageddon Blues – 04:34 >

Progression has ceased!
We've doomed ourselves
Armageddon blues cause I can't fool myself
And though we'd like to pretend that we have the choice
To shape the world without paying the price

Petty obsessions are the least of our transgressions
We've raped the land for power and possession
Two thousand years and all we'll have
Is a planetary toxic deathbed

We're not blind, we just lost the vision
As the sun remains unrisen
Sewn seeds can never come to fruition
And so the soul remains undriven

The soul remains undriven!

You cannot stop the hands of time
You can't break its wrists because we ignored the signs
In the final hour I'll do what I can
Despite the futile attempts to stop a violent end
After all, in all that we've done
Do you really think we deserve forgiveness? No!

Light for humanity is looking dim
If there's a God, we've surely displaced him
Existence unfiltered
We took the gift of life only to burn it in return
Haunting reality, apocalyptic end is guaranteed!

Chemical dawn, come on and bring it on!
Find solace in the warmth of nuclear fog
And let your armageddon blues turn to bliss!

2. Lake of Fire – 02:56 >

My pulse is pounding
I'm weighed down by doubt's persistence
I'm wondering if I'm headed anywhere
I've got no sense of direction, but that's my burden to bare
I've spent my whole life chasing images out on the horizon
But the image I chase is the one that always seems to fade

But you won't see me crumbling under
Under the weight of what I can't escape!

Now I feel my finger around the trigger
I'm out of touch with the common man
I'm pounding pavement, yeah I'm on a mission!
To put the world in the palm of my hand
What's the sense in purpose, if I loathe all I see?
Put my hands up, blot them out
Peace is distance from my surroundings

But you won't see me running backwards
Or begging for a clean slate!

If you spoke to me, I'd whisper words so heavy
They'd crush your dreams
Just as quick as they had come to be
Because after you've done all that you can
You'll be God damned and just stand
In the lake of fire!

In the lake of fire!

3. The Evil Beat – 03:26 >

Born of the most evil breed, before cain, the original bad seed.
I am remorseless, usurper of the righteous.
What is it about man that draws him to the flame?
They see the gates of hell, but can't help but cross the plane into the realm where demons are made.
Once left alone, now i'm free to roam.
The orchestrator of a wicked song.
Buried it deep inside, war drums in the back of their minds.
Driving their influence, to give in to the violence.
How could they defeat what only feels like instinct?
Bow to my feet and turn your back on man.
Evolve from him into the beast, the king of deceit.
I am the focus in your hate, i am the rhythm to your rage.
In this symphony of life there is only death, and baphomet leads the band.
Now i guide the reaper's hand, upon earth we shall descend.
Virtue is dead, your soul wastes away.
I am complete.
Your choice is made, one with destroyer, a ruler enslaved.
And in the symphony of life there is only death, and baphomet leads the band.
There is only death.
March to the evil beat.
Holy light won't save me.
March to the evil beat.
Death of the lamb, reign of the beast.

4. Acid – 02:41 >

How can I expect to read between the lines
When the story is changing all the time?
Pages torn from every book
If you want the truth you've got to know where to look

This taste on my tongue is as bitter as the sun
Shining through in these darkest of time
Depression's rot is burning through my mind

I've got to get a grip, but can a man reverse the tide?

What can I do? Where can I go?
I'm fighting off the demons, is this all I'll know?
What can I do? Where can I go?
I've got to face my demons, got to regain control

My mind is racing and it doesn't stop
Because my twisted mind has got me watching the clock
And as the hands go tick and tock
The burning in my brain just won't stop

As realities blur I become paralyzed
By visions of my own demise
But if I hold no trust in fate
Then all I have to lose are these restraint

5. Questions – 01:09 >

What the hell are we supposed to do if this world is dead, with nothing left to lose?
How could anyone carry us over this wall?
Can we stop the gears in motion?
Will we find a cure for this poison? or has this generation buried itself alive?

6. Vultures – 03:32 >

I went face to face with death and I escaped with my life
Returned from hell to see black vultures in the skies
They have familiar faces
And they sing familiar lies
They want what little I have left
They want to take me for my insides

These cowards prey on the wounded and the weak
When did this struggle to survive become so bleak?
Their instincts speak
Feast on the flesh, take all you can, and leave nothing left
Bastard beasts of mindless indulgence
Have wrapped their claws of influence upon us
But if death refuses to ride
Than those God damn vultures won't be taking me alive

I see their black wings overhead
They want to take me for all that I have
I see them circling around again
But they'll never get me unless I am dead

Total length: 18:18