From: bfar333@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Brian Farmer) Carcass "Empathological Necroticism" (taken from "Symphonies of Sickness" CD) transcribed by grievous - a tireless mofo. (drop me e-mail if you find mistakes) Argh - this tune is a monster, but a personal favorite for it's lack of guitar solos. A lot of the spots where vibrato is indicated should be only lightly wiggled - listen to the disc and you'll notice Bill Steer uses a light vibrato quite frequently to great effect. As a matter of fact, go buy the damn CD if you don't have it - it's a masterpiece of technical grind-death-sludge with an original style. The lyrics aren't included because I assume you already have the record if you want to play this... Tune all strings down 5 half-steps (e.g. B E A D ...) *=vibrato [pm]=palm mute [dp]=double pick INTRO RIFF (x4) (let ring) (let ring) e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D----------3--------------6-6-6----8------------------------- A-4-4-4-2--1-3------------4-4-4-4--6-2---------------------- E-2-2-2-0----1------------------3----0----------------------- After the intro riff, chop an open E power chord 16 times. RIFF 1 (x4) * e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D--------3-----6-6-6----8------------------------------------ A-4-4-4--1-3---4-4-4-4--6-2--------------------------------- E-2-2-2----1---------3----0---------------------------------- RIFF 2 (x4) * * * * e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ A-4-4-4--7/8--3-------------4-4-4-7/8--3--5---6-------------- E-2-2-2--5/6--1-3-2/4-3/5---2-2-2-5/6--1-3-3-4-4-5----------- Repeat Riffs 1 and 2... RIFF 3 (x4) * * e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D-5-----------5---4/3/5----5---5-----5----------------------- A-3-4--4-4--4-3-4----------3-4-3-4-3-3-4-5/3/7--------------- E---2--2-2--2---2------------2---2-1---2-3/1/5--------------- RIFF 4 (x4) * e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D-5---8--------3--------------------------------------------- A-3-4-6-7-2--3-1-5/8/7--------------------------------------- E---2---5-0--1---3/6/5--------------------------------------- RIFF 5 (x4) ######## e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D-5-----------8-----------5-------------8-------------------- A-3-4--4-4-4--6-7--7-7-7--3-4--4-4-4--7-6-3-2---------------- E---2--2-2-2----5--5-5-5----2--2-2-2--5---1-0---------------- (replace the ###### bit with the following on the 4th repeat) [ pm ] e------------------ B------------------ G------------------ D-----8888--------- A-7777666633332222- E-5555----11110000- RIFF 6 (x3) (on 4th, do this) (trem picking - go nuts) [ pm - crunch ] e----------------------------------|------------------------- B----------------------------------|------------------------- G----------------------------------|-----3-4----------------- D-------------11112222-------------|--5-21-23-6-------------- A-----33330000--------11114444-----|-43-0---1-45------------- E-2222------------------------3333-|-2---------3------------ RIFF 7 (x2) (more trem picking) e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D----------4444-------------11111111------------------------- A---------------3333-222222----------0000-3333--------------- E-22222222-------------------------------------22222222------ e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D----------4444------55555555----------44443333-------------- A---------------3333---------------------------44443333------ E-22222222--------------------33333333----------------------- Repeat Intro Riff and ALL riffs... RIFF 8 (x4 of course) * e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D-----------2---------------2-------------------------------- A---3-4-0-1---3-----3-4-0-1---3------------------------------ E-2-------------0-2------------------------------------------ Outro Riff (repeat ad infinitum - it fades out on the record) [palm mute the whole thing...] [ dp ] [ dp ] [ dp ] e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G--------------------------33333333-4-4-4-4------------------ D---------55555555-2-2-2-2-11111111-2-2-2-2-33333333--------- A-4-4-4-4-33333333-0-0-0-0------------------11111111--------- E-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------- [ dp ] e-------------------- B-------------------- G-------------------- D-6-6-6-6------------ A-4-4-4-4-55555555--- E---------33333333--- And that, at long last, is it.