Fugitive have released their debut EP "Maniac" out now through 20 Buck Spin.

Earlier this year, Power Trip lead guitarist Blake Ibanez proposed an idea to his friend, Skourge's Seth Gilmore: They should start a new band. Gilmore thought so, too.

The Fort Worth-based musicians soon began recruiting other Texas hardcore heavyweights. In addition to Ibanez and frontman Gilmore, Fugitive's live lineup includes Creeping Death’s Lincoln Mullins on drums, bassist Andy Messer (ANS, Stymie) and Impalers' Victor Gutierrez on second guitar.

“I was able to find a niche where it sounds like the stuff that I write for Power Trip, but it's different, and it’s a different tuning,” the guitarist says. “It opens up some new doors for different types of songs and riffs. It was just kind of like a blank canvas. It was like, no rules.”