Carcass - Edge Of Darkness guitar tab
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 19:34:40 -0600
From: tierney@dwave.net
Subject: tab: edge of darkness_carcass
A few words before we begin. I'd just like say that this was a
total pain in the ass to do, so you better enjoy it. I spent many hours
working on this son of a bitch. As for the accuracy, I won't guarantee
shit. It does sound pretty damn good though. I had to show my support
for metal, so this is it. Carcass is definatly a metal band. Please
email (hill_labs@hotmail.com) me and tell me what you think about anything
cool, like what you think is the ultimate metal amp or what you think
about this transcription.
Playing note-
First make sure that you tune your guitar down 2 1/2 steps (B standard
tuning). There is nothing more terrifying then a guitar tuned down this
low. And note that Carcass has two guitarists so there are two guitar
parts, I have put them both down but if there is only one guitarist in your
band, like mine you can easily mesh the two parts together. just listen
to the CD to figure it out. And just remeber timing isn't specified to
much here.
RIFF 1
1st Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------8--------7----------------------------------------------------------
-----------5--------5-------------------------------------------------------
--7-----------5--------5----------------------------------------------------
--7------------------------------6/8h10p8/11h12p11\8\6----3-5-6-------------
--5----------------------------------------------------------------2-3-4----
^-let these notes ring-^ sl. sl. sl. sl.
2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------
let this sucker ring while guitar 1 does his stuff
RIFF 2
1st Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7------/10-12-13----9-10-12----6(7)-------3-5-6---------------------------
--5---------------------------------------------------2-3-4-----------------
sl. ^-do a 6/7 trill here or a wide vibrato
2nd Guitar on the six (the trill sounds cooler)
----------------------- -----------------------------------------
----------------------- -----------------------------------------
----------------------- -----------------------------------------
--7-------------------- --7--------------------------------------
--7-------------------- --7----------------6(7)-trill------------
--5-------------------- --5--------------------------------------
(1st time)let this ring. (2nd time)
Note: RIFF 2 is always played twice so the first time guitar 1 plays
RIFF 2 play the 2nd guitar's first part and then when Guitar 1 plays
RIFF 2 again play the 2nd part for the 2nd guitar.
RIFF 3
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-----4-/\--------3-/\----------4-3-2--x--2--3-4-------------------------
--5-----------3~~~--------2~~~----2-1-0--x--0--1-2-------------------------
P.H. P.H. * *
RIFF 4
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-----4-/\--------3-/\----------4-3-2--x--2--x----------------------------
--5-----------3~~~--------2~~~----2-1-0--x--0--x----------------------------
P.H. P.H.
RIFF 5
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-----4-/\--------3-/\----------4-3-2--x--2--3-4--------------------------
--5-----------3~~~--------2~~~----2-1-0--x--0--1-2--------------------------
P.H. P.H. P.H. * *
RIFF 6
1st Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------8--------7----------------------------------------------------------
-----------5--------5-------------------------------------------------------
--7-----------5--------5-------------------------------5-7-8----------------
--7--------------------------/6/8h10p8/11h12p11\8\6----3-5-6---4-5-6--------
--5------------------------------------------------------------2-3-4--------
^ let these ring ^ sl.sl. sl. sl.sl. *
2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7--------------------------/8------------------------5-7-8----------------
--7--------------------------/6------------------------3-5-6---4-5-6--------
--5------------------------------------------------------------2-3-4--------
sl. *
RIFF 7
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7--------------------------------------------5-7-8------------------------
--7-------/10-12-13---9-10-12---6~~~~----------3-5-6---4-5-6----------------
--5----------------------------------------------------2-3-4----------------
sl. *
RIFF 8
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------8-6-8/\------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7---------------------------------------------5-7-8-----------------------
--7-------/10-12-13---9-10-12-------------------3-5-6---4-5-6---------------
--5-----------------------------------------------------2-3-4---------------
sl. P.H. P.H. P.H. *
RIFF 9
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------7-5-----5h7p5--------------------7h9p7h9------------------------------
--7--------7---------7-5-7h9p7h9--7-5---------------------------------------
--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 1 does throw in some harmonies occasionally but I don't care.
RIFF 10
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-----7--5----5----4---4-4--3--3-2--2-2--7-7-7/\-5-7-7/\-4-7-7/\-3-3--2-2-
--7-----7--5----5----4---4-4--3--3-2--2-2--7-------5-------4-------3-3--2-2-
--5-----5--3----3----2---2-2--1--1-0--0-0--5-------3-------2-------1-1--0-0-
* * * * * * * * *
RIFF 11
1st Guitar and 2nd Guitar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-----------7------------7-------------8--7-------------------------------
--7-----------7------------7----------7--6--5--10--7--7---------------------
--5-----------5------------5----------5---------8--5--5---------------------
There are some arpeggios here put I'm not tabbing them out. There aren't
that important.
RIFF 12
1st Guitar or 2nd Guitar (If Gtr.1 is soloing Gtr.2 plays this)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7---10---7---10-9-8-------------------------------------------------------
--5----8---5----8-7-6-------------------------------------------------------
1st SOLO (2nd Guitar)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----/17-16-14--------------------------------------------------------------
---------------16-14-13-15-13-----------------------------------------------
------------------------------13--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------13-14-15-16-15-14----------
----------------------------------15~~~~~~~~--------------------------------
sl. ^make these notes^
short, maybe use a slight palm mute
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---/15p13-12--17--15-13-12----21p17p15h17-22p17p15h17-21p17p15h17-----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sl. T T T
-----------------------x-x-/17-15-14h15p14--12------------------------------
---22p15h16p15p14-------------------------------16-14-----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------16-14-13-------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------12~~~~~~~-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
T sl. wide vibrato
2nd SOLO (1st Guitar)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---15-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---13-/-\~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------10p9h10h11p7----3-------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------3---5-/-\~~~~~~~~~~~---------------
wide vibrato P.H. wide vibrato
(the biggest of all of them on this song)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------x-x-17-----x-x-17----x-x-17----------------------------------
---------------x-x-16-----x-x-16----x-x-16----------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----x\----------------------------------------------------------------------
pick scrape
--------------------------------------15h16h17p16p15p14\13\10---------------
--x-x--17p15p14h17~~~~--16p15h16h17-----------------------------------------
--x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sl. sl.
--13-15-17/\h18p17p15--15/~~~~~~\-------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sl.
3rd SOLO (1st Guitar)
----/17-15-17--20/---20~~~~~----18-17-16-15---------------------------------
--------------------------------------------17-15~~~~~~--17-15-14-----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sl.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------15--15----12-------------------
--17-17-15-17-15-14--------------------------13/----\-----------------------
--------------------16-14---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------16~~~~~~--16\-------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sl. hold^ ^release
-----------12-------------------17~~~--15~~~--15------12--------------------
--15-14-12----15-14-15-17\--------------------16/~~~--13/~~~----8/~~~~~~~~~-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sl. Gradual Bend
KEY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| h - hammer on / (w/sl.)- slide up P.H.- pinch harmonic
| p - pull off \ (w/sl.)- slide down x - percussive mute w/left hand
| ~ - vibrato * - palm mute T - tap with right hand
| / - bend up x\- pick scrape
| \ - release of bend
NOTE: Use wide vibrato to get the most of this tune.
Now lets put it all together! Here's the order:
RIFF 1 (x2)
RIFF 2 (x2) REMEMBER 2ND TIME PART FOR THE 2ND GUITAR.
RIFF 3 (x1)
RIFF 4 (x1)
RIFF 5 (x1)
RIFF 4 (x1)
RIFF 6 (x2)
RIFF 7 (x1)
RIFF 8 (x1)
RIFF 9 (x4)
RIFF 10 (x2) VOCAL ENTRANCE
RIFF 6 (x2)
RIFF 7 (x1)
RIFF 8 (x1)
RIFF 9 (x4)
RIFF 11 (x1)
RIFF 10 (x2)
RIFF 6 (x2)
RIFF 7 (x1)
RIFF 8 (x1)
RIFF 9 (x4)
RIFF 11 (x1)
RIFF 12 (x8) WITH GUITAR SOLOS 1 AND 2.
RIFF 6 (x2)
RIFF 7 (x1)
RIFF 8 (x1)
RIFF 9 (x4)
RIFF 12 (x4) WITH GUITAR SOLO 3.
RIFF 9 (x4)
RIFF 1 (x1)
RIFF 6 (x1)
END ON A MONSTROUS E5 CHORD.
[ Part 3: "Attached Text" ]
Tom and Kris Tierney
tierney@dwave.net
