HELSTAR – Final “Vampiro” European 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 – Innsbruck, P.M.K., AT
Feb 23 – Milan, Blue Rose Club, IT
Feb 24 – Zaragoza, Centro Civico Valdefierro, ES
Feb 25 – Diest, Moonlight Music Hall, BE
Feb 28 – Gothenburg, Belsepub, SE
Mar 01 – Stockholm, Pub Anchor, SE
Mar 02 – Oslo, Hard Rock Cafe, NO
Mar 04 – Nijverdal, Cult Art Tattoo, NL

In 1981 – Houston, Texas, at the tender age of 16, Larry Barragan knows he wants to form a band that is special; one whose members would all compliment his burgeoning writing and playing skills to create a musical monster! He forms Helstar with members of his previous band, Black Rose.

In 1983 – After numerous lineup changes the band settles into its first solid recording lineup: James Rivera (vocals), Larry Barragan (guitar), Tom Rogers (guitar), Hector Pavon (drums) and Paul Medina (bass). The average age of the band at that time was 19! The band records an 8-song demo in the springtime. Almost instantaneously, the newly recorded demo becomes one of the most highly sought-after and traded demos of the underground tape-trading scene. Before long, this little old band from Texas with members still in high school, becomes internationally known and celebrated as the next big thing in heavy metal. By year’s end, the demo finds its way to the right people and thus begins the official career of one of the most influential underground US metal bands of all time, Helstar! The band sign with Combat Records in November and in December enters the studio to re-record the songs from the demo to release as its first album entitled ‘Burning Star’.

Source: metalunderground

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