Texas old-school metallers HELSTAR have announced the final dates for the ‘Vampiro‘ European Tour 2017. HELSTAR have released their new album ‘Vampiro‘ on August 26, 2016 via David Ellefson‘s EMP Label Group. Helstar ‘Vampiro‘ Tour dates: Feb 16 – Landgraaf, Oefenbunker, NL Feb 17 – Rotterdam, Baroeg, NL Feb 18 – Würzburg, Metal Assault VII Festival, DE Feb 19 – Athens, An Club, GR Feb 20 – Vienna, Viper Room, AT Feb 21 – Lubljana, Orto Bar, SL Feb 22 […]

Texas old-school metallers HELSTAR have announced dates for the ‘Vampiro‘ European Tour 2017.  The band recently announced to tour USA this November/December with Flotsam and Jetsam and Hatchet. HELSTAR released their new album ‘Vampiro‘ on August 26 via David Ellefson‘s EMP Label Group. Tour dates: Feb 16 – Landgraaf, Oefenbunker, NL Feb 17 – Rotterdam, Baroeg, NL Feb 18 – Würzburg, Metal Assault VII Festival, DE Feb 19 – Athens, An Club, GR Feb 20 – tba, AT Feb 21 – Lubljana, […]

We had have a nice chat with Larry Barragán the guitarist and founding member of US heavy metal band Helstar from Texas. We talked about guitar god Jimmy Page, Monsters Of Rock, brunettes and violent artistic expression. Can you tell us your earliest memories of rock/heavy metal and was it love from the beginning? Actually, my first memory was my brother listening to the song Black Sabbath. I remember he would play it over and over again and to be […]

Texas old-school metallers Helstar announced to tour USA this November/December with Flotsam and Jetsam and Hatchet. The tour is presented by Bravewords.com. Helstar released their new album ‘Vampiro‘ on August 26 via David Ellefson‘s EMP Label Group. James Rivera says: “So as the world turns. Here you go my friends. The kind of tour I have been waiting for a life time for! Funny thing is it couldn’t get any closer to home since I once filled in and sang […]

MEGADETH co-founder/bassist, producer and EMP LABEL GROUP’s President DAVID ELLEFSON recently podcasted a special 34 minutes Facebook live-stream event, making special announcements and talked about the State of the “Ellefson” Union, EMP Label Group, EMP Underground, Ellefson Coffee Co, Merchlive.com, MEGADETH and more. The video can be viewed below. [fbvideo link=”https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1074862262583450″ width=”500″ height=”400″ onlyvideo=”1″] Formed in 2015, EMP Label Group has already had worldwide success with their first release, the debut EP from Phoenix all-female punk group DOLL SKIN, released […]

HELSTAR to release their new single “Black Cathedral” this Friday, April 8, available via iTunes. The track is taken from the band’s new album “Vampiro“, due later in the year via EMP Label Group. The cover artwork of “Black Cathedral” can be seen below. “Black Cathedral” & “Vampiro” is being mixed by Bill Metoyer, who has previously worked with (SLAYER, ARMORED SAINT, W.A.S.P. and SACRED REICH). HELSTAR jsut signed with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson‘s EMP Label Group. “Vampiro” is “another opus […]