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Concert Photo Recap: Soulfly’s Conquer Tour @ the Rock

Posted in Concert Reviews with tags , , , on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Ryan Buege


Max Cavalera and my great friends in Soulfly played the Rock in Maplewood, MN just before Thanksgiving! Luckily for you, we’ve got a half-assed photo gallery if you were stupid enough not to attend.

Soulfly – infused this time by equal parts Cavalera, Rizzo, Burns, and Nunez – are back at the top of their game, and they seem to be provoking some of the most enthusiastic crowd responses and deadly pits (not to mention sold out shows) that I’ve ever seen from them. Fuck it – even the mosh at Behemoth or Dying Fetus last year couldn’t have matched the intensity that I saw in the circle during the Soulfly set.

Throughout the night, I was busy hanging with my cousin Krista and partying with the rest of the band backstage, and as a result I only got performance photos from Soulfly, Incite and Devastation. (And unfortunately I missed the performance from my drinking buddies in Bleed the Sky). The weed treats alone would have made it a night to remember; many other encounters throughout the night made it unforgettable. Thanks again to Max, Gloria, and the entire Soulfly tribe!

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Devastation is still a band, for now

Posted in Music News with tags , , , on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Ryan Buege

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Despite what recent Blabbermouth reports and the band’s website would lead you to believe, revitalized Texas thrashers Devastation are still touring together. In fact, they made a stop here in Maplewood at the Rock with Soulfly on Saturday, November 22nd, and they blasted out classics from their albums Violent Termination, Signs of Life, and Idolatry.

Apparently Richie Dunsmore and Alex Dominguez stranded the rest of the band without a van or trailer, but Henry Elizondo, Walter Trachsler, and and Fidel Tagle are continuing on as a trio until the tour is finished  –  Elizondo and Walter are trading off on vocals for the rest of the tour (with occasional help from Incite and inebriated members of Bleed The Sky). We’ll see if the three-piece lineup continues on for long, but I personally hope they do. Despite the fact that no one expected them to even play that night (and they were missing two key members), they immediately made the large venue feel small and alive with their lovable egos and mindbending shred of mid-80s thrash. The unsuspecting audience was headbanging and circle pitting from the word “GO”! I’ll cross my fingers to hopefully seeing them again in some incarnation..

Anyway, here’s a photo as proof of their existence!

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