Artist: Fear Factory Song: "Flashpoint" Album: Demanufacture Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1995, (The All-Blacks B.V.) Dry Lung Vocal Martyr: Burton C. Bell Heavy Duty Scarifier: Dino Cazares Total Harmonic Distortion: Christian Olde Wolbers Maximum Effective Pulse Generator: Raymond Herrera Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this. My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at martyr@fearfactory.com I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site. ------------------------------------------------------------- This is the eighth track off "Demanufacture." Although it's one of the less-played tracks off the album, I think it's pretty good and it'd probably be a lot of fun to play with a band (except the absence of all the keyboards might make it sound a little empty). Dino doesn't pull any surprises with his sound--it's just the standard scooped sound (no midrange, lots of treble, lots of bass) layered with an equally tight distortion. Dropped-D tuning (D, A, D, G, B, E) LEGEND: * -- palm-mute H -- hit-on P -- pull-off ~~~~ -- vibrato A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic N.H. -- Natural Harmonic Upbeat, faster speed Intro with studio sounds, drums, bass, and then guitar comes in doubled by sythnthesizers Riff A: |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |----------6-----------6-6-----------6-----------6-6--| |--0-0---0-6---0-0---0-6-6---0-0---0-6---0-0---0-6-6--| * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff B: |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |----------6-----------6-6-----------6-----------6-6--| |--0-0---0-6-----------6-6---0-0---0-6---------0-6-6--| * * * * * * * Riff C: |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------6-6-----------------------6-6--| |----------------------6-6-----------------------6-6--| * * * * Riff D: |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--| |-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--| Riff E: |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |-------------| |--1---3---4--| |--1---3---4--| Riff F: Let chords ring out |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-6----8-5----8-4----8-3----1----6----8-10----9----(6)--(5)-| |-6----8-5----8-4----8-3----1----6----8-10----9----(6)--(5)-| |-6----8-5----8-4----8-3----1----6----8-10----9----(6)--(5)-| Song Structure: Riff A 2 times Riff B 2 times Riff A 2 times Riff C 2 times Riff A 2 times Riff A 2 times Riff D 2 times Riff E 1 time Riff A 4 times Riff F 1 time (bass then plays harmony in Riff F under Burton’s soaring vocals) Riff F 1 time (doubled by another track of guitar playing the same harmony only set to the snare drum’s rhythm) Riff D 2 times Riff E 1 time Riff A 2 times, ending on two blunt D5 chord hits Note: in case any of you don’t know, a D5 is just |-----| |-----| |-----| |--0--| |--0--| |--0--| ====