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DESCENT
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by The Foreverlorn
Words by Burton C. Bell Music by Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera, Christian Olde Wolbers
Gtr I (A E A D Gb B) - 'Dino I'
Gtr II (A E A D Gb B) - 'Dino II'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtrs I, II
~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~
E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E
||----2--------------|-------------------|||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
1. 2. D5 E5 D5 ~~ ~ ~~ PM PM PM E E E. E. E E. S +W E E E. E. E Q E. S E. S E. S E E|---2--------------|-------------||---2------------|--------------------||-----3-----7------|------------o||-----3-----7----|--------------------||-------------7----|-------------||-------------7--|--------------------||------------------|-------------||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-||------------------|------------o||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-||-2------4-------0-|-(0)---------||-2------4-------|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|
Chorus $ ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E||----2--------------|-------------------|||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
To Coda ~ ~~ ~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E|---2--------------|---------------2-----|||-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o|||-------------7----|-------7-------------|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||
Verse E5 > W +W +W +W|----------|------------|------------|--------||----------|------------|------------|--------||----------|------------|------------|--------||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
Pre-Chorus E5 F#5 PM Wx4 E.. E.. E S E +T S. E|------------||-------------------------||------------||o------------------------||------------||-------------------------||------------||--2-------2---4-(4)----4-||------------||o-2-------2---4-(4)----4-||------------||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|
G5 A5 G5 E5 D5 PM PM E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0--||-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0--||-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0--|
1. 2. D.S. al Coda A/C# A5 G5 A/C# A5 G5 PM PM PM PM E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E. S E. S E. S E E|-------------------------||--------------------||------------------------o||--------------------||-------------2-(2)-------||-----------2----2---||-7-------7---2-(2)----5--||-7----7----2----2-5-||-4-------4-0-0-(0)----5-o||-4--4-4--0-0--0-0-5-||----------------------5--||------------------5-|
Verse & E5 E.. H. T Wx9|---------------|--------||---------------|--------||---------------|--------||-2-------------|--------||-2-------------|--------||-2-------------|--------|
Pre-Chorus E5 F#5 G5 A5 G5 E5 D5 PM PM PM E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E.. E.. E S E +T S. E||-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|||o------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|||-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|||--2-------2---4-(4)----4-|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0-|||o-2-------2---4-(4)----4-|-5-------5---7-(7)----5-|-2-------2---0-(0)----0-|||--2-------2-4-4-(4)----4-|-5-------5-7-7-(7)----5-|-2-------2-0-0-(0)----0-|
1. 2. A/C# A5 G5 A/C# A5 G5 PM PM PM PM E.. E.. E S E +T S. E E. S E. S E. S E E|-------------------------||--------------------||------------------------o||--------------------||-------------2-(2)-------||-----------2----2---||-7-------7---2-(2)----5--||-7----7----2----2-5-||-4-------4-0-0-(0)----5-o||-4--4-4--0-0--0-0-5-||----------------------5--||------------------5-|
Chorus ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E||----2--------------|-------------------|||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
~ ~~ ~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E|---2--------------|---------------2-----|||-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o|||-------------7----|-------7-------------|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||
Instrumental Part E5 F#5 G5 A5 G5 Q +E. E S E +E E Q +E. E S E +E E||---------------------|--------------------|||o--------------------|--------------------|||---------------------|--------------------|||--2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|||o-2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|||--2--(2)-2-4-4-(4)-4-|-5--(5)-5-7-7-(7)-5-|
E5 D5 A/C# A5 G5 Q +E. E. Q +S S +E Q +S E. Q E|--------------------|---------------------|||--------------------|--------------------o|||--------------------|------------2--2-----|||-2--(2)-0--0--(0)-7-|-(7)-7--(7)-2--2--5--|||-2--(2)-0--0--(0)-4-|-(4)-4--(4)-0--0--5-o|||-2--(2)-0--0--(0)---|------------------5--||
Interlude E5 D5 A/C# A5 G5 Q E. E S E E. S +S S E E. E S E E E 4x||-------------------|-----------------------||||o------------------|----------------------o||||-------------------|------------2-2-2-2----||||--9--9--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-5--||||o-7--7--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-5-o||||-------------------|--------------------5--||
E5 D5 A/C# A5 G5 Q E. E S E E. S +S S E E. E S E E E 4x||-------------------|-----------------------||||o------------------|----------------------o||||-------------------|------------2-2-2-2----||||--2--2--7-7-7-7--7-|-(7)-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-5--||||o-2--2--5-5-5-5--4-|-(4)-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-5-o||||--2--2-------------|--------------------5--||
Break (Intro Riff) 4/4 ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E||----2--------------|-------------------|||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
1. 2. D5 E5 D5 ~ ~~ ~ ~~ PM PM PM E E E. E. E E. S +W E E E. E. E Q E. S E. S E. S E E|---2--------------|-------------||---2------------|--------------------||-----3-----7------|------------o||-----3-----7----|--------------------||-------------7----|-------------||-------------7--|--------------------||------------------|-------------||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-||------------------|------------o||----------------|-0----0----2----2-0-||-2------4-------0-|-(0)---------||-2------4-------|-0--0-0--0-2--2-2-0-|
Chorus ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E||----2--------------|-------------------|||o-----3-----7------|-----7---------7---|||--------------7----|-------7-----7---7-|||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7--------|
~ ~~ ~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E E|---2--------------|---------------2-----|||-----3-----7------|-----7-------3---3--o|||-------------7----|-------7-------------|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2----------||
Outro ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E +E||----2--------------|-----------------------|||o-----3-----7------|-----7-------7-7b8r(7)-|||--------------7----|-------7---------------|||-------------------|-----------------------|||o------------------|-----------------------|||--2------4-------5-|-(5)------7------------|
~ ~~ ~ ~~ E E E. E. E E. S +E E E. E. E E +E|---2--------------|-------------2-2b3r(2)---|||-----3-----7------|-----7------------------o|||-------------7----|-------7-----------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||------------------|------------------------o|||-2------4-------0-|-(0)------2--------------||
E5 > W +W +W +W|----------|------------|------------|--------*||----------|------------|------------|--------*||----------|------------|------------|--------*||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
