Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Power Trip

Case CockrellLive MusicReview

Live music review: Toxicity at the Track – Sick New World Texas Debut

The inaugural Sick New World Texas heavy metal music festival hit Fort Worth on Saturday, October 24, packing a sold-out crowd of 80,000 into Texas Motor Speedway. Produced by the management behind headliners Deftones and System of a Down, the festival marked SOAD’s first Texas show since 2005. A year of hype came down to a bill that put Slayer’s 40th anniversary of Reign in Blood on the same grounds as Knocked Loose. Four stages, constant set overlap, and a crowd you had to wade through to get anywhere: SNW was a twelve-hour endurance test that didn’t let up until midnight.

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Case CockrellLive MusicPreview

Live Music Preview: Sick New World Texas – Tons of Bands, One Day, No Mercy

For three years, Sick New World Festival belonged to Las Vegas. The one-day heavy music festival debuted there in 2023, came back bigger in 2024, then canceled in 2025 when a Metallica and Linkin Park-led bill didn’t happen. It came back this year anyway, and it brought a second date. On Saturday, Oct. 24, the inaugural Sick New World Texas takes over Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

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Case CockrellLive MusicOpinion

Opinion: Family of deceased Power Trip singer Riley Gale not consulted about Austin reunion show, reacts negatively

A statement issued by the Riley Gale Memorial Foundation has expressed disdain for the recent live reunion in Austin on Friday, December 1. The 5-song reunion set took place at Austin’s premiere Red River Cultural District venue, Mohawk, as a part of the billed headliner Fugitive’s encore for the evening. The surviving members of Power Trip, guitarist/vocalist Blake Ibanez, guitarist/vocalist Nick Stewart, bassist Chris Whetzel, and drummer/vocalist Chris Ulsh joined each other on stage while Skourge’s/Fugitive frontman Seth Gilmore filled in on vocals. Gale passed away tragically in 2020 at age 34.

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