Hellbassbeaters

Infobox Album
Name = Hellbassbeaters
Type = studio
Artist = Bassinvaders


Released = January 25 2008
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Heavy Metal
Avant-garde metal
Experimental rock
Length =
Label = Frontier
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Hellbassbeaters"
(2008)
Next album = TBA

"Hellbassbeaters" is the debut album by Helloween bass player Markus Grosskopf's bass guitar based Heavy Metal side project Bassinvaders. The album was released on January 25, 2008 in Germany.

The album is one of a kind Experimental piece of music which features no guitars at all. Instead, it features lead solo bass guitars, rhythm bass guitars and actual bass guitars who play the bass' parts, along with accompanying vocals and drums.Most notably, the album features the Bassinvaders rendition to Helloween's popular song "Eagle Fly Free".

Also, the album features a wide range of guest bassits who play the bass solos and add to the variety of the album. Those include Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, Steve Vai), Rudy Sarzo (Dio, Quiet Riot), Jan S. Eckert (Masterplan), Tobias Exxel (Edguy), Marco Mendoza (Blue Murder, Whitesnake), Nibbs Carter (Saxon) and more.

Track listing

# "Awakening the Bass Machine" - 0:38
# "We Live" - 3:54
# "Armageddon" - 5:15
# "Romance in Black" - 5:27
# "Godless Gods" - 4:35
# "Empty Memories (Breaking Free)" - 4:23
# "Boiling Blood" - 4:36
# "Far Too Late" - 4:34
# "The Asshole Song" - 3:44
# "Dead From The Eyes Down" - 3:17
# "Razorblade Romance" - 4:22
# "Voices" - 5:45
# "Eagle Fly Free" (Helloween cover) - 5:13
# "To Hell and Back" - 3:47

Personnel

Bassinvaders

*Markus Grosskopf - Bass guitar
*Marcel Schirmer - vocals, Bass guitar
*Tom Angelripper - vocals, Bass guitar
*Peter "Peavy" Wagner - vocals, Bass guitar

Guest musicians

*Bass guitar
**Billy Sheehan
**Rudy Sarzo
**Lee Rocker
**Marco Mendoza
**D.D. Verni
**Wyzard
**Dirk Schlächter
**Joey Vera
**Stig Pedersen
**Nibbs Carter
**Tobias Exxel
**Jens Becker
**Dennis Ward
**Peter Baltes
**Jan S. Eckert
**Michael Mller

*vocals
**Apollo Papathanasio
**Jesper Binzer

*drums
**Andr Hilgers
**Stefan Arnold