Hellbassbeaters

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Hellbassbeaters
Hellbassbeaters cover
Studio album by Bassinvaders
Released January 25, 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Heavy metal
Experimental metal
Experimental rock
Label Frontier
Bassinvaders chronology
Hellbassbeaters
(2008)		 TBA

Hellbassbeaters is the debut album by Helloween bass player Markus Grosskopf's bass guitar based Heavy metal act 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.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Guest musicians

  • Drums
    • Andr Hilgers
    • Stefan Arnold