Concert Recap: DESTRUCTION, KRISIUN @ Station 4 in St. Paul, MN

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Posted on March 23, 2009

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DESTRUCTION and KRISIUN played a show at Station 4 in St. Paul on Friday, March 13th, a small festival of all things metal. Unfortunately, I missed MANTIC RITUAL and a whole slew of awesome local thrash, grind and death metal due to a prior engagement, but the show that Krisiun and DESTRUCTION put on to close the night made my trip to St. Paul from Minneapolis more than worth it. The Brazilian death metal trio of brethren known as KRISIUN played their revered brutal death metal to perfection, drawing material mostly from their newest high quality albums. Songs such as “Bloodcraft” & “Combustion Inferno” threw the tight knit crowd into a frenzy that was very deserved, given the massive, spectacular sound coming from the stage. While I admit I’m not as familiar with the German thrash legends in DESTRUCTION as I am with many 80s thrash acts, their show was very, very awesome; no frills thrash metal at maximum headbanging velocity. Dates are remaining on this tour, and everyone is in top form; get out to it if you can, because these band’s deserve to be seen. Anyway, on to my brief set of photos from both the band’s performances.

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The rest of the gallery and the remaining tour dates are all waiting for you after the jump!

Destruction live at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN (Destruction)

Krisiun live at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN (Krisiun)

Destruction, Krisiun 2009 tour dates:

Krisiun live at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN (Krisiun)

Destruction, Krisiun, Mantic Ritual remaining 2009 U.S. tour dates:

March 23, 2009 – San Francisco, CA – Slim's
March 24, 2009 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club
March 25, 2009 – San Marcos, CA – Jumping Turtle
March 26, 2009 – Anahiem, CA – Chain Reaction
March 28, 2009 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
March 30, 2009 – Ft Worth, TX – Lola's
March 31, 2009 – San Antonio, TX – Scout Bar
April 02, 2009 – Orlando, FL – The BackBoth
April 03, 2009 – St Pete, FL – The Garage
April 04, 2009 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
April 05, 2009 – Raleigh, NC – Volume 11
April 06, 2009 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
April 07, 2009 – New York, NY – BB King Blues Club and Grill

photos and writing by Ryan Buege