Band: Nile Album: Annihilation of the Wicked Song: Cast Down The Heretic . - palm mute / - slide up to \ - slide down to ~ - vibrato h - hammer on b - Bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap f - full bend h - half bend ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend * - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend , - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note " - tremolo note <> - Trill Tuning Dropped A: A-E-A-D-F#-B Please excuse any errors, this song is very hard to tab. 0:00 Riff 1 – (the last note isnt played the last time) x3 |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|----/-6---5---3--| |-------------------------|----/-4---3---1--| |-3-2-0-2-1-0-6-5-0-5-4-0-|--0-/-4---3---1--| |-3-2-0-2-1-0-6-5-0-5-4-0-|--0--------------| 0:06 – Riff 2 Left Guitar |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |-131300-121200-121200-131300-121200-121200-16161616-15151515--| 0:08 – Riff 2 Both |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------10/12-13---| |-------------------------------------------------------10/12-13---| |-13131313-13131313-12121212-13131313-12121212-13131313------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13131313-13131313-12121212-13131313-12121212-13131313-16161616-15151515--| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |----------------------------10/12-13--| |-------------------1-0-1-0--10/12-13--| |-13131313-13131313-1-0-1-0------------| . . . . 0:13 – Riff 3 |------------|---------------------------------| |------------|---------------------------------| |------------|---------------------------------| |------------|-----------------------333-5-5~--| |------------|-333333555666666555666-----------| |-333333333..|---------------------------------| | |------------|---------------------------------| |------------|---------------------------------| |------------|-----------------------333-5-5~--| |------------|-333333555666666555666-----------| |------------|---------------------------------| |-333333333..|---------------------------------| 0:21 – Riff 4 |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------10/12-13--| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--10/12-13--| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0------------| . . . . |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------13-/--| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--13-/--| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0--------| . . . . 0:28 – Riff 3 Variation |------------|------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------| |------------|-------------------------------ph---| |------------|-333333555666666555666666--5-3-6~~--| |-333333333..|------------------------------------| | . . |------------|------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------| |------------|-333333555666666555666666--5-3-6~~--| |------------|------------------------------------| |-333333333..|------------------------------------| . . 0:36 Riff 2 Variation (Repeat twice, each time with a different ending) Right Guitar |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13131313-13131313-12121212-13131313-12121212-13131313-16161616-15151515--| Ending 1 Ending 2 |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------10-12-13---|----------------------------13-/--| |-------------------1-0-1-0--10-12-13---|-------------------1-0-1-0--13-/--| |-13131313-13131313-1-0-1-0-------------|-13131313-12121212-1-0-1-0--------| . . . . . . . . 0:36 Low Harmony Left Guitar |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------10/12-13--| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--10/12-13--| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0------------| . . . . |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------13-/--| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--13-/--| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0--------| Riff 5 Pt 1 0:43 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------13--| |-------------------------------11--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-11--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-----| . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pt 2 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |---------------------13--14-----16--| |---------------------11--12-----14--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0--11--12-----14--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-----------------| . . . . . . . . . Pt 3 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------13-/--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-1-0--13-/--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-1-0--------| . . . . . . . . . . . 0:58 – Riff 3 1:06 – Riff 5 Pt 1 + Pt 3 1:14 – Riff 3 Variation 1:21 – Riff 5 Pt 1 + Pt 3 1:28 – Riff 1 x 2 1:40 – Riff 2 1:48 Riff 6 Left Guitar x2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------| |-------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------| |-------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--| | | Right Guitar |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------| |-------------------------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-| Riff 7: Both (tremolo picking) |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-12-11-----9-8-----6-5-----5~--| |-------------------------------| |-------9-6-----6-3-----3-2-----| . . . . . . 1:55 – Riff 2 Variation 2:03 – Riff 6 2:07 Riff 8 Riff 7: Both (tremolo picking) |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---6-5-----9-8-----12-11-----11~--| |----------------------------------| |-------3-6-----6-9-------9-8------| . . . . . . 2:10 – Riff 2 Variation 2:18 – Riff 1 x 2 |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-13-0-12-0-12-0-13-0-12-0-12-0-16-0-15-0-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------13\12-| |---------------------7-8--13\12-| |-13-0-12-0-12-0-13---7-8--------| . . . . . . . . . . SOLO BACKING |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------|-666666555------999999888-----666666555-----5~~~--| |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-333333333..|-----------333------------666-----------333-------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------7-8-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------0---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . |------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-666666555------999999888-----12121212111111-----11~~--| |------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |-333333333..|-----------333------------666----------------999-------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------7-8-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------0---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . 3:09 |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------888777-------777666---------666555--------555444--| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-555555--------444444--------333333--------222222---------| Ending I Ending II |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----8~----| |--------333444-------666777---------999888-|---------------|----7~----| |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----6~----| |-111111--------444444--------777777--------|-555555-555555-|----------| x2 |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------14-12-------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3-----| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0---| . . . . . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |--------777666-666555----------------------------------| |-555555---------------777666--555555------------4-3-1--| |-------------------------------------777666-666-4-3-1--| . . . x2 |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/8----8\7---7-------------------------------| |-3---3/6----6\5---5-------------------------------| |---------------------000000-000000-000000-000000--| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-5---5/12-----12--11-8--7--| |-3---3/10-----10--9--6--5--| |---------------------------| x3 |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/8----8\7---7-------------------------------| |-3---3/6----6\5---5-------------------------------| |---------------------000000-000000-000000-000000--| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-7--7---7/12----12--11-8--8--| |-5--5---5/10----10--9--6--6--| |-----------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/8----8\7---7-------------------------------| |-3---3/6----6\5---5-------------------------------| |---------------------000000-000000-000000-000000--| 4:02 |------------|------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------| |------------|-333355666666556666665533-6~--| |------------|------------------------------| |-111111111..|-111133444444334444443311-----| |------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--------888777-------777666---------666555--------555444--| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-555555--------444444--------333333--------222222---------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------8~--| |--------333444-------666777---------999888---------| |---------------------------------------------------| |-111111--------444444--------777777----------------| x2 |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |---------14-12------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3----| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--------777666-666555----------------------------------------| |-555555---------------777666--555555------------4---3---1----| |-------------------------------------777666-666-4-0-3-0-1-0--| . . . . . . x2 |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |---------14-12------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3----| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |--------777666-666555--------------------------------------| |-555555---------------777666--555555------------4---3---1--| |-------------------------------------777666-666-4---3---1--| 4:32 - Chorus x3 then |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------ph--| |-0---5----br---br----|-0---5----br--4~~--| |-0---5---3----2------|-0---5---3---------| . x2 then |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| < |---------------------|-------------------| x3 |---------------------|--tremelo picking--| |-0---5----br---br----|-------------------| < |-0---5---3----2------|-12--16--15--13----| . 5:07 - Riff 2 (Both) 5:18 - Harmonized |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------|-666666555------999999888-----1212121111----11~~--| |------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-333333333..|-----------333------------666-----------999-------| x4 |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |---------14-12------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3----| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1 x 2