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DAVID ELLEFSON’s Special Facebook Live-Stream Event, Talking about EMP Label Group, EMP: Underground, Partnership with Alpha Omega Management, Ellefson Coffee Co, MEGADETH And More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 9, 2016
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MEGADETH bassist and EMP LABEL GROUP‘s President David Ellefson podcasted yesterday a special 34 minutes Facebook live-stream event, making special announcements, and talking about the State of the “Ellefson” Union, EMP Label Group, EMP: Underground, partnership with Alpha Omega Management, Ellefson Coffee Co, MEGADETH and more!

If you missed it, or if you want to watch it again, go here!

As recently was announced, in July 2016, EMP Label Group and ALPHA OMEGA Management merged forces for a two-way partnership!

ALPHA OMEGA Management entered EMP Label Group creating a new sub-label for upcoming artists, and, furthermore DAVID ELLEFSON and THOM HAZAERT (Artist Manager, Music and Film Producer, A&R Director, Operations Manager at EMP Label Group) entered ALPHA OMEGA Management, to form a global partnership for management and booking.

More information at:
EMP Label Group: http://empmerch.com – http://emplabelgroup.com
ALPHA OMEGA Management: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

Watch the video statement of David Ellefson with Alex Azzali and Roberto Risso:

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YOUR CHANCE TO DIE Signs Worldwide Deal with David Ellefson’s EMP Underground/EMP Label Group

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 8, 2016
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EMP: UNDERGROUND, the extreme Metal imprint of Megadeth bassist David Ellefson’s EMP LABEL GROUP, has announced the signing of dual-female-fronted Death Metal powerhouse YOUR CHANCE TO DIE, featuring in its ranks ex-Cerebral Bore vocalist Som Plujimers, who will release their debut EMP Release Ex-Nihilo in Spring 2017.

Founded by original members Coca (guitars) and Missi Avila (vocals), YCTD now includes musicians Ron Dalton and Coca Avila (guitars), Thomas White (drums), and second vocalist Som Pluijmers formerly of Cerebral Bore (vocals). With the current line-up solidified, the band has progressed into a melodic death metal machine; complete with symphonic elements, and featuring the dual-female vocal assault of Missi and Som.

On signing to EMPUG, frontpersons Missi Avila and Som Pluijmers said, “YOUR CHANCE TO DIE is honored to be a part of the EMP label group family. We are very excited about our future with EMP, the new record that we have written, and are very thankful for this amazing team we now have behind us. We have worked very hard on our new songs…to become a new band…with different, new, music…and now a great label. We are very excited to have finally have a team that believes in us to release the new album.”

EMP’s A&R Director and Operations Manager Thom Hazaert says, “We are beyond thrilled to welcome YCTD into the EMP Family. They truly are bringing something new and interesting to the Extreme-Metal table, and we’re very excited that we’re able to partner with them to bring it to the World. Obviously, many in the extreme Metal World are familiar with Som’s amazing work in Cerebral Bore, and I am confident soon YCTD will be a household name in that regard as well.”

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YCTD has released 2 full-length records (Suscitacio Somnus 2011; The American Dream 2013)., and are currently finishing up in the studio with producer Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me) working on their third full-length album, entitled “Ex Nihilo,” to be released by EMP Label Group in early 2017. It will be the first record to feature Thomas White and Ron Dalton, as well as the first with the dual vocals of Missi and Som.

YCTD has a long touring record, including opening national tours for bands like Origin, Wednesday 13, King Parrot, Arsonists Get all The Girls, and Beyond Creation. They are currently booked by Jacob Devries at Tone Deaf Touring Agency in the U.S., Mike van den Heuvel at Loud Noise agency in Europe, and managed by Mark Kloeppel of Extreme Management Group. They have toured as a headlining act in Central America and Mexico, and, most recently, toured Mexico as direct support to extreme metal titans Cryptopsy.

YCTD brings energy and passion to the stage, and is poised for world-wide momentum as they release their new record, “Ex Nihilo”, with EMP Label Group.

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HELSTAR: “Vampiro” Out Now! Guitarist Larry Barragan Releases “Black Cathedral” Playthrough Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 27, 2016
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Heavy metal monsters HELSTAR‘s new masterpiece “Vampiro” is out now, released on August 26, via David Ellefson‘s EMP Label group! “Vampiro” is another opus of tales of Dracula and vampires like the band’s all time most acclaimed 1989 release “Nosferatu” (produced and mixed by Bill Metoyer) in the same vein musically with shades of who HELSTAR are today. First single “Black Cathedral” was released on April 9th, via EMP Label group. “Vampiro” is mixed by Bill Metoyer, and is certainly proving to the world that there is much much more left in these Texas Metal Legends!

Check out Larry Barragan‘s guitar playthrough video for “Black Cathedral” from the album Vampiro:

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Check out “Black Cathedral” video here:

“Vampiro” tracklist:
1. Awaken Into Darkness
2. Blood Lust
3. To Dust You Will Become
4. Off With His Head
5. From The Pulpit To The Pit
6. To Their Death Beds They Fell
7. Malediction
8. Repent In Fire
9. Abolish The Sun
10. Black Cathedral
11. Dreamless Sleep

More information at:
HELSTAR: http://www.facebook.com/helstar.metal
MANAGEMENT: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
LABEL: http://empmerch.com – http://emplabelgroup.com

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MEGADETH: Kiko Loureiro Interviews Dave Mustaine And David Ellefson for Brazilian TV

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 17, 2016
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MEGADETH‘s Kiko Loureiro, interviewed his band mates, Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson for the Brazilian TV show “Metrópolis”, which airs on TV Cultura. You can now watch the interview below.

Just recently MEGADETH announced the North American leg of their Dystopia World Tour. The tour kicks off in Casper, WY on September 20, 2016 and will take them across the U.S., visiting 16 states with special guests to include Amon Amarth, Suicidal Tendencies, Metal Church and Havok.

Tickets + VIP Packages are on sale now at megadeth.com/tour

SEPTEMBER
Sep 20 Casper Events Center – Casper, WY+
Sep 22 The Joint – Las Vegas, NV
Sep 24 Ozzfest Meets Knotfest @ San Manuel Amphitheater – Devore, CA * +
Sep 27 WaMu Theater – Seattle, WA
Sep 28 Matthew Knight Arena – Eugene, OR
Sep 29 City National Civic – San Jose, CA

OCTOBER
Oct 1 1st Bank Center – Broomfield, CO
Oct 3 Mid America Recreation & Conv. Complex – Council Bluffs, IA
Oct 4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium – St. Paul, MN
Oct 5 Sears Centre – Chicago, IL
Oct 7 iWireless Center – Moline, IL
Oct 8 UWM Panther Arena – Milwaukee, WI
Oct 9 Joe Louis Arena – Detroit, MI
Oct 11 Sands Event Center – Bethlehem, PA
Oct 12 DCU Center – Worcester, MA
Oct 13 Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT
Oct 14 Prudential Center – Newark, NJ
Oct 16 BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ

* Festival date
+ Non-Suicidal Tendencies date

More information at http://www.megadeth.com

HEAVEN BELOW – Featuring Patrick Kennison (THE UNION UNDERGROUND) – Sign To EMP Label Group, To Release “Good Morning Apocalypse”, With Special Guests LITA FORD, JASON MCMASTER, UDO And More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 13, 2016
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HEAVEN BELOW, the current project of Union Underground/Lita Ford guitarist Patrick Kennison has signed with EMP LABEL GROUP, the label of Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, distributed by eOne Entertainment, who will release the band’s upcoming LP “Good Morning Apocalypse” on October 14th.

“Good Morning Apocalypse”, a mind-blowing masterpiece of an apocalyptic concept album, features guest appearances from Lita Ford, Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth), Udo Dirkschneider (Accept), and Kobra Paige of Kobra and the Lotus.

The band has released an album sampler, featuring clips from all 12 songs from “Good Morning Apocalypse” that can be found below:

Fronted by Kennison, who also handles guitar duties, HEAVEN BELOW has been breaking ground in LA for several years with their brand of Progressive Hard Rock/Metal, self-releasing 3 LPs and a series of EPS, spawning several active rock hits, including “When Daylight Dies”, and the band’s monstrous take on Rush’s “Subdivisions”, featuring a guest appearance from the one and only William Shatner.

Says Kennison, “Nearly 4 years ago the band and I decided that we’d like to start working on a concept record. We knew how ambitious it sounded to even consider that, but once several legendary artists offered to help make it become a reality, we knew we had something.”

He continues, “With over 30 songs written, we narrowed it down to the top 12. Udo Dirkschneider, Lita Ford, Jason McMaster, and Kobra Paige all stepped up to lend their amazing talents. We feel this album is a powerful culmination of old school metal meets current fresh metal. This kind of undertaking only comes along once in a lifetime, and we think we captured the moment on “Good Morning Apocalypse”. The timing was perfect with EMP’s outside of the box approach to new music.”

EMP operations and A&R director Thom Hazaert says, “Me and Patrick go back a long time, and I was, and still am, a huge fan of The Union Underground. He is an extremely talented player (and vocalist), and Heaven Below was doing some amazing stuff, so it was a really great fit. I got the record from Patrick, sent it over to David, and we were both blown away. We are definitely blessed to continually find new amazing Rock and Metal artists who are pushing the envelope the way Heaven Below is.”

“Good Morning Apocalypse” Tracklist:
01. Nefarious Angels (feat. Jason McMaster)
02. Renegade Protest Movement
03. Follow Me Under 04. Devilina And The Damage Done (feat. Kobra Paige)
05. Nightfall Comes To Life
06. Killing The Deadman
07. Running Under Satan’s Hand (feat. Lita Ford)

08. Death Battalion
09. Bonded By Blood

10. Black Sunrise/ War Of The Gods (feat. Udo Dirkschneider)
11. Among The Wolves/Worldwide Suicide
12. I Would Do It All Again/Burials At Sunset

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DOLL SKIN: New Video “Furious Fixation” Premieres

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 10, 2016
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Phoenix, Arizona Hard Rock Band DOLL SKIN premiered their latest video for their fourth single “Furious Fixation” from the band’s debut LP, “In Your Face (Again)” produced by Megadeth‘s David Ellefson today via Bravewords! The video can be seen HERE.

The video was shot entirely on location near Gettysburg, Pa and includes exclusive video footage from Wasteland, who in turn invited the band to play at their Wasteland Weekend event in September. Details can be found here.

“We are so beyond excited to be a part of the crazy world that is Wasteland Weekend! It’s been a dream of ours to play this for a long time, so it’s pretty surreal. They were so generous with their footage for our music video, we couldn’t be happier with how it looks.” -Meghan Herring/Doll Skin

Todd Chamberlain of High Rock Pictures who directed the video said, “It is with great pleasure that I present this music video for release and distribution. Working with Doll Skin and David Ellefson has been an incredible honor. The girls of Doll Skin are true performers and they worked so hard on this video. It was a long day on set, and everyone held up like a trooper. To say that the girls of Doll skin are talented is an understatement. Not only are they musically inclined, but have a good sense of what is needed for other aspects such as filming, and they have their act together better than half the people I know three times their age. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for these young ladies.”

“Furious Fixation is a powerful song about the fall of society all around the world and how it becomes like the dystopian society you see in the movie Mad Max. The song gives you the feeling that you’re a part of this society and you’re having to fight for your survival.” – Sydney Dolezal/Doll Skin

Cameos in the video were graciously provided by:

Jim Krut: The Helicopter Zombie in George Romero’s (God rest his soul) original 1978 Dawn of the Dead. Jim has many acting credits and is still active in the business, including co-starring in High Rock’s upcoming Indy horror flick “Sideling Hill”. He is also active on the Horror con circuit, attending many shows each year to meet with the fans. Jim is also a Vietnam Veteran.

Vernon Wells: Vernon has a long and distinguished acting career. He is from Australia and is one hell of a kind hearted gentleman. He appeared in “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior”(1981) with Mel Gibson, “Weird Science”(1985), and “Commando”(1985) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and much, much more. We are extremely grateful and honored to have him in this video.

“In Your Face (Again)” was released this week on limited edition vinyl in 4 colors, Pink, Green, Blue, and Red, available from select retailers and empmerch.com

Currently, the band is on the “Equal Rights, Equal Lefts” Tour with Otep.

Tour Dates:
08/10 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
08/11 Providence, RI – Fete Ballroom
08/12 Richmond, VA – Canal Club
08/14 Johnson City, TN – Capone’s
08/15 Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
08/16 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
08/17 Macon, GA – Cox Capital Theater
08/18 Lake Park, FL – The Kelsey Theater
08/19 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum Theater
08/20 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
08/22 McAllen, TX – Sophie’s
08/23 Dallas, TX – Trees
08/24 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
08/26 Farmington, NM – Top Deck
08/27 Tucson, AZ – Club X
08/28 Kingsburg, CA – Bullfrogs
08/29 Santa Ana, CA – Observatory

For More Information:
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