Trivium have paid tribute to Riley Gale by covering Power Trip’s Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe)

By Dave Everley
( Metal Hammer )
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Watch Trivium cover Power Trip’s Executioner‘s Tax (Swing The Axe) as part of The Deepest Cut live stream

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Many of metal’s biggest names paid tribute to Riley Gale after the Power Trip frontman’s tragic death last week. Now Trivium have gone even further and covered the Texan crew’s 2017 song Executioner’s Tax (Swing The Axe).

Matt Heafy and co tackled the song, along with Power Trip’s Soul Sacrifice, as part of their The Deepest Cuts live stream this weekend.  

Writing on social media, the band said: “Today we paid tribute to our good friend, Riley Gale of by covering “Soul Sacrifice” & “Swing Of The Axe” during The Deepest Cuts stream. His family asked to donate to the Dallas Hope Charities in his name to show support: http://dallashopecharities.org REST IN POWER RILEY”

Check out Trivium’s version of Executioner’s Tax below. The rest of The Deepest Cut livestream is available to watch on frontman Matt Heafy’s Twitch channel.

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Dave Everley
Dave Everley

Dave Everley has been writing about and occasionally humming along to music since the early 90s. During that time, he has been Deputy Editor on Kerrang! and Classic Rock, Associate Editor on Q magazine and staff writer/tea boy on Raw, not necessarily in that order. He has written for Metal Hammer, Louder, Prog, the Observer, Select, Mojo, the Evening Standard and the totally legendary Ultrakill. He is still waiting for Billy Gibbons to send him a bottle of hot sauce he was promised several years ago.