Nightmare Logic

Nightmare Logic was produced by Arthur Rizk and released via record label Southern Lord. Critics have described their sound as thrash metal, hardcore punk, and crossover thrash.{{cite web|last1=Warwick|first1=Kevin|title=With Nightmare Logic, Power Trip's crossover thrash unites doomed masses in celebration|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/with-nightmare-logic-power-trips-crossover-thrash-unites-doomed-masses-in-celebration/Content?oid=34617461|website=Chicago Reader|accessdate=May 22, 2018|date=November 17, 2017|quote=Power Trip have long produced crossover thrash for the tattered, sleeveless Cro-Mags T-shirt wearer in all of us—and with their recent sophomore album, the Dallas dudes prove it.}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 86/100

| rev1 = Classic Rock

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev2Score = 9/10

| rev3 = musicOMH

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4Score = 8.4/10

| rev5 = PopMatters

| rev5Score = {{rating|8|10}}

| rev6 = The Quietus

| rev6score = {{rating|9|10}}

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| rev7Score = {{rating|5|5}}

| rev8 = Rock Sound

| rev8Score = 7/10

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Nightmare Logic was met with critical acclaim. The album received an average score of 86/100 from 10 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". Branan Ranjanathan of Exclaim! praised the album, writing, "Nightmare Logic showcases Power Trip at their strongest yet, and packs its 30-minute runtime with songs that push everything they have done right so far to an entirely new level." Writing for The Quietus, Louise Brown said, "This is no retro throwback, Power Trip have poured their genuine, obsessive love of early thrash, but also Cro-Mags, Prong and Black Flag to create a boiling pot of modern metal mastery."

Loudwire named Nightmare Logic as the best metal album of the year, as well as proclaiming Power Trip to be 2017's breakout metal band. The publication would praise the album's intensity, speed, and its tight production, writing "Arthur Rizk's production is entrenched in the old school with raw tones and organic drum sounds that bring the messages condemning power, corruption and greed to the street level. This year belongs to Power Trip and as they boldly declared at the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards, "'Watch out old timers, we're here.'"{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/25-best-metal-albums-2017/|title = 25 Best Metal Albums of 2017|website = Loudwire| date=27 November 2017 }} "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" was awarded Best Metal Song at the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/avenged-sevenfold-stone-sour-iron-maiden-win-big-at-the-2017-loudwire-music-awards-2/|title = 2017 Loudwire Music Awards Complete Winners List + Photos|website = Loudwire| date=25 October 2017 }}

In a positive review, Zoe Camp from Pitchfork wrote "Power Trip embody a platonic ideal of heavy metal escapism. With more focus on detail, the Dallas thrashers push their second LP over the edge, balancing modern intricacy and old-school aggression."{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22891-power-trip-nightmare-logic/|title = Power Trip: Nightmare Logic|website = Pitchfork}} Richard Beinstock wrote for Rolling Stone in a year-end review "Nightmare Logic gathers the band's source material – hardcore, punk and plenty of Eighties speed metal – and distills it into sharply focused and hooky aggo-blasts." Rolling Stone would go on to name Nightmare Logic the 11th best metal album of the year.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-best-metal-albums-of-2017-196307/pyrrhon-what-passes-for-survival-197274/|title=20 Best Metal Albums of 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=6 December 2017}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Soul Sacrifice

| length1 = 4:12

| title2 = Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)

| length2 = 3:46

| title3 = Firing Squad

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = Nightmare Logic

| length4 = 4:23

| title5 = Waiting Around to Die

| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = Ruination

| length6 = 3:11

| title7 = If Not Us Then Who

| length7 = 4:11

| title8 = Crucifixation

| length8 = 5:22

| total_length = 32:51

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Personnel adapted from CD liner notes.

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Power Trip

• Riley Gale – vocals, lyrics
• Blake Ibanez – lead guitar
• Nick Stewart – rhythm guitar
• Chris Whetzel – bass
• Chris Ulsh – drums, lead guitar on "If Not Us Then Who"

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Additional personnel

• Arthur Rizk – production, engineering, mixing, additional lead guitar on "Crucifixation"
• Dominick Fernow (as Prurient) – introduction on "Waiting Around to Die"
• Matthew Barnhart – engineering
• Daniel Schmuck – vocal engineering
• Joel Grind – mastering
• Paolo Girardi – artwork

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{{cite web | url=http://teamrock.com/review/2017-03-12/power-trip-nightmare-logic-album-review | title=Power Trip - Nightmare Logic album review | work=Classic Rock | first=Dom | last=Lawson | date=12 March 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/power_trip-nightmare_logic | title=Power Trip Nightmare Logic | work=Exclaim! | first=Branan | last=Ranjanathan | date=22 February 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/power-trip-nightmare-logic | title=Power Trip – Nightmare Logic | work=musicOMH | first=Sam | last=Shepherd | date=2 March 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22891-power-trip-nightmare-logic/ | title=Power Trip – Nightmare Logic | work=Pitchfork | first=Zoe | last=Camp | date=1 March 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=https://www.popmatters.com/power-trip-nightmare-logic-2495400583.html | title=Power Trip: Nightmare Logic | work=PopMatters | first=Jedd | last=Beaudoin | date=23 February 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/nightmare-logic | title=Nightmare Logic | work=Record Collector | first=Harry | last=Sword | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/power-trip-nightmare-logic | title=Power Trip - Nightmare Logic | work=Rock Sound | first=Alex | last=Deller | date=17 February 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=http://thequietus.com/articles/21951-power-trip-nightmare-logic-album-review | title=Power Trip - Nightmare Logic | work=The Quietus | first=Louise | last=Brown | date=8 March 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{Cite AV media notes | title = Nightmare Logic | others = Power Trip | year = 2017 | type = booklet | publisher = Southern Lord}}

{{cite web | url=http://loudwire.com/25-best-metal-albums-2017/ | title=25 Best Metal Albums of 2017 | work=Loudwire | date=27 November 2017 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/nightmare-logic/power-trip | title=Nightmare Logic by Power Trip Reviews and Tracks | work=Metacritic | accessdate=23 December 2017}}

{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-metal-albums-of-2017-w513250/converge-the-dusk-in-us-w513299 | title=20 Best Metal Albums of 2017 | magazine=Rolling Stone | first1=Christopher R. | last1=Weingarten | first2=Hank | last2=Shteamer | first3=Richard | last3=Bienstock | first4=Kory | last4=Grow | first5=Dan | last5=Epstein | date=6 December 2017 | accessdate=24 December 2017}}

{{cite web | url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/20-best-albums-2017 | title=20 Best Albums of 2017 | work=Revolver | first1=Dan | last1=Epstein | first2=J. | last2=Bennett | first3=Fred | last3=Pessaro | first4=Zoe | last4=Camp | first5=Brandon | last5=Geist | date=5 December 2017 | accessdate=24 December 2017}}

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