Maniac

Description

Blake Ibanez of Power Trip returns with a new band, FUGITIVE, and the 'Maniac' EP, 4 original tracks of the aggressive pit detonation Thrash he's known for in Power Trip, with an even rawer and looser ferocity. A cover of the legendary Bathory's 'Raise The Dead' rounds out the succinctly serrated 5 track debut. Joined by Seth Gilmore (Skourge), Lincoln Mullins (Creeping Death), Victor Gutierrez and Andy Messer, Ibanez and co. cohere in intensely violent crossover fashion with FUGITIVE; a product of long earned experience in the studio and on the stage. A savage Death Metal vocal style, like Power Trip passed through an Obituary meatgrinder, solidifies 'Maniac' with the heaviness of a head hitting concrete. A short sharp shock of an EP, "Maniac" is a fierce introduction across its 17 minute runtime to a future that FUGITIVE is just beginning to write and a reminder that Texas heat remains a steadily potent force in underground metal and hardcore. - New band from Blake Ibanez of Power Trip, his first output since the untimely passing of legendary PT vocalist Riley Gale. - Features members of other Texas bands Creeping Death, Skourge, ANS, etc. - Includes a savage cover of the Bathory classic 'Raise the Dead' - FFO: Power Trip, Enforced, Obituary, Iron Age, 1. The Javelin 2. Maniac 3. Hell's Half Acre 4. Neutralized 5. Raise The Dead