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BLACK METAL
As recorded by Venom
(From the 1983 Album BLACK METAL)
Transcribed by David Harris
Words and Music by Venom
Arranged by Venom
Gtr I (C# F# B E G# C#) - 'Mantas'
Intro
Q=167
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------||--------||--------||--------||--------||--------|
C5(A) B5(A)
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-----------------------------|-4-----------------------------|||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb(A) G5E5
PM------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E Q|-------------------------------|---------------------|||-------------------------------|--------------------o|||-------------------------------|-------------9-9-9---|||-3-----------------------------|-------------9-9-9---|||-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-2---------7-7-7--o|||-------------------------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0---------||
Verse
$
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C5(A) B5(A)
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-----------------------------|-4-----------------------------|||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb(A) G5E5
PM------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E Q|-------------------------------|---------------------|||-------------------------------|--------------------o|||-------------------------------|-------------9-9-9---|||-3-----------------------------|-------------9-9-9---|||-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-2---------7-7-7--o|||-------------------------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0---------||
D5(B) B5
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-7-----------------------------|--------------------------------||-7-----------------------------|-4------------------------------||-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D5(B) D5/B5A5 B5A5
PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E Q E Q|-------------------------------|--------------||-------------------------------|--------------||-------------------------------|-7------------||-7-----------------------------|-7------------||-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----9-7--9-7--||-------------------------------|----7-5--7-5--|
C5(A) B5(A)
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-5-----------------------------|-4------------------------------||-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bb(A) G5E5
PM------------------------| PM----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S E E Q|-------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------|-------------9-9-9--||-3-----------------------------|-------------9-9-9--||-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-2---------7-7-7--||-------------------------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0--------|
Chorus A5A5 G (A) PM------------------------| PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. Q||------------------------------------|-------------|||o-----------------------------------|-0-----------|||------------------------------------|-0-----------|||------------------------------------|-------------|||o-7-(7)-----------------------------|---------0---|||--3h=5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|
Gsus4 C#/G D5/E Gsus4 H. Q Q E Q E Q|------------|---------------|||-1----------|-2----3----1--o|||-0-------x--|-0--x-2--x-0---|||---------x--|----x----x-----|||---------x--|----x----x----o|||------------|---------------||
Interlude
To Coda
To Coda
A5A5
PM------------------------| PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------||-7-(7)-----------------------------|-7-----7-----7-----7------||-3h=5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D.S. al Coda E5 E Q. H W|-------------|-------||-------------|-------||-------------|-------||-2-----------|-------||-2-----------|-------||-0-----------|-------|
Breakdown & E5 F5 G5 E Q. H H Q Q E Q. H H Q Q|-------------|------------|-------------|------------||-------------|------------|-------------|------------||-------------|------------|-------------|------------||-2-----------|---------3--|-5-----------|---------5--||-2-----------|---------3--|-5-----------|---------5--||-0-----------|---------1--|-3-----------|---------3--|
A5 D5/A E5 E Q. H H Q Q W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------|------------|----------|----------------------------------||-------------|------------|----------|----------------------------------||-------------|---------7--|-9--------|----------------------------------||-7-----------|---------7--|-9--------|----------------------------------||-7-----------|------------|-7--------|-xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsx--||-5-----------|------------|----------|-xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsx--|
Bridge
B5
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A5 Bb5
PM--------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E.|---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------2--2--3---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0--1---||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
B5
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E5 D5 Q Q E E S S S S E E S S E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-9--7--------------|-------------------||-9--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------------|-------------------|
N.C. C5 S S S S S S S S S S S S E E||----------------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------5-5-|||o-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3-|||----------------------------------------------|
N.C. C5 S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|----------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------o|||----------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------5-5--|||-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3-o|||----------------------------------------------||
B5
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
N.C. C5 S S S S S S S S S S S S E E||----------------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------5-5-|||o-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3-|||----------------------------------------------|
N.C. C5 S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|----------------------------------------------|||---------------------------------------------o|||----------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------5-5--|||-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3-o|||----------------------------------------------||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E5
|-3--|
H. Q H Q Q Q|------------|--------------||------------|--------------||-9-------9--|-9------------||-9-------9--|-9------------||-7-------7--|-7------------||------------|------0s12s0--|
Ending && E5 E Q. H W W|-------------|----------|------||-------------|----------|------||-------------|----------|------||-2-----------|----------|------||-2-----------|----------|------||-0-----------|----------|------|
G5 A5 W H Q. E E +E H.|----------|-------------|--------------*||----------|-------------|--------------*||----------|-------------|--------------*||----------|-----------5-|-7-(7)\-------*||----------|-----------5-|-7-(7)\-------*||----------|-----------3-|-5-(5)\-------*|
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
