THERION - CULTS OF THE SHADOW From the Album THELI Copyright 1997 Nuclear Blast Version 2.0 - October 1997 Transcribed by: RICHARD BROADHEAD II() For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version; please contact Rich Broadhead at Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It: Join the death/black tab mailing list by emailing ~ - vibrato / - slide up to note h - hammer on \ - slide down to note p - pull off bhr- bend string half step and release . - palm mute bf - bend string full step ph - pinched harmonic " - tremolo note Tuning: C#(every string down 1.5 steps) Keyboard Intro(transpose for guitar of course) |--------------------------------------------------| |-5-4---------5-4---------5-4-----5-4-----5-4------| |-----5-4---------5-4---------5-4-----5-4-----5-4--| play twice |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| Riff A(play with keyboard intro) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-4---4-4-4---4--444---4-4-4---4--444---4-4-4---4--444---4---444---4--444-| |-4---4-4-4---4--444---4-4-4---4--444---4-4-4---4--444---4---444---4--444-| |-2---2-2-2---2--222---2-2-2---2--222---2-2-2---2--222---2---222---2--222-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play Riff A a total of two times Riff B(listen to song for the way Chris Johnsson accents the notes) |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| Keyboard follows |----------------------------------------------------| this riff too. |-2--2--4-------2--2--4--------------------2--2--4---| |-0--0--2-------0--0--2-------5--5--7------0--0--2---| |-----------------------------3--3--5----------------| Riff C.1(let ring out this time)(guitar one) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2--2--4-------2--2--4--------------------2--2--4----4-----4-------------| |-0--0--2-------0--0--2-------5--5--7------0--0--2----2-2-2-2-2-2---------| |-----------------------------3--3--5-------------------------------------| | . . . . | guitar 2(let ring out) ||----------7----------------7--------||----------5--------||------7-----|| ||------7-----7---7-----7------7---7--||------5-----5---5--||----7--7-7--|| ||*---7---7-----7-----7---7------7---*||*---6---6-----6---*||*--7-7--7--*|| ||*-9---------------9----------------*||*-7---------------*||*-9--------*|| ||----repeat twice--------------------||--repeat twice-----||--play twice|| ||------------------------------------||-------------------||------------|| Riff D |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-421-------------421------------421--------------------------| |-----3-2--222222-----3-2-222222-----3------------2--3-222222-| |--------------------------------------5-555555-45------------| ...... ...... ...... ...... Play Riff D a total of two times Riff E |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-1---------1---------1------------------| |---3-2~------3-2~------3--------3-2~----| |-------------------------5~---5---------| |----------------------------------------| Play Riff E a total of two times Play Riff B Riff C.2(let ring out this time)(guitar one) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2--2--4-------2--2--4--------------------2--2--4------------------------| |-0--0--2-------0--0--2-------5--5--7------0--0--2------------------------| |-----------------------------3--3--5-------------------------------------| | | guitar 2(let ring out) ||----------7----------------7--------||----------5--------||------7-----|| ||------7-----7---7-----7------7---7--||------5-----5---5--||----7--7-7--|| ||*---7---7-----7-----7---7------7---*||*---6---6-----6---*||*--7-7--7--*|| ||*-9---------------9----------------*||*-7---------------*||*-9--------*|| ||----repeat twice--------------------||--repeat twice-----||--play twice|| ||------------------------------------||-------------------||------------|| Play Riff C.1 with Fill 1 Kyeboard transposed for guitar Fill 1 |----------------------10-12-14-12-10-------------------------10-12-14-12-10- |-12--10-12--10-12-1214---------------10-12--10-12--10-12-1214--------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- continuation of Fill 1 (end of Fill 1) ----12~---10~----------14-12-10-------14-------| -10-------------14~-------------14-12----12~---| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| Play Riff D 2 times Play Riff E twice Riff F |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--------4-------------4------| |-2------4------5------4------| |-2------2------5------2------| |-0-------------3-------------| Play Riff F a total of four times with Fill 2 Second two times has the following vintage keyboard part that sounds like a female singer. |-------------------------------------------| |-5~---7-5-3------7-5-7-8~---7-5-3-5-3------| |------------4~------------------------4~---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| Fill 2 Keyboard transposed for guitar |----7---7---7---7-------------------10----10---10----10------------------| |--5---8---5---8-----7---7---7---7-8----12----8----12------7---7---7---7--| |------------------4---7---4---7-------------------------4---7---4---7----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff G |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------| Play Riff G, also a keyboard is following Riff G, and a Fill 2 is still being played with with a different keyboard sound. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------6--4--3------------------6--4--3-hold chord---------------| |---------------4--2--1------------------4--2--1--------------------------| |-5--4--2--------------------5--4--2--------------------------------------| |-3--2--0--------------------3--2--0--------------------------------------| ________________ _________________ Riff H | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. | 8. ||-------------------------------------||---------------------| ||-------------------------------------||---------------------| ||*-----------------------------------*||---------------------| ||*------------------4-2-1--421-2-4-1-*||-4-2-1--421-2-1------| ||-------------------------------------||----------------3-2--| ||--3-2-0--320-2-3-0-------------------||---------------------| Play Fill 3(guitar 2 plays the higher notes, while guitar 1 plays the lower) Also a keyboard plays the higher notes too Fill 3 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--4------------5--4------------5--4--------5--4--------5--4------------| |-------5--4------------5--4------------5--4--------5--4--------5--4------| |-2--1------------2--1------------2--1--------2--1--------2--1------------| |-------3--2------------3--2------------3--2--------3--2--------3--2------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| From && to && play Fill 3.2 && Play Riff A with the keyboard intro, then end it and play GTR 1 of Fill 3 but now its holding out the notes, and only the keyboard plays the high notes instead of guitar II. && Fill 3.2 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-2---2-2-2---2--322---2-2-2---2--322---2-2-2---2--322---2---322---2--322-| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play Riff C.2 Play Riff C.1 with Fill 1 Play Fill 4 Fill 4 |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |-------------->-----------| GTR I |--9--7--7--5--5--4--4--2--| |--------------------------| |--7--5--5--3--3--2--2--0--| Riff I ||-----------------||-------------------|-----------------| ||--repeat-twice---||-------------------|-----------------| ||*---------------*||-------------------|-----------------| ||*---------------*||-------------------|-----------------| ||-4-4-4-4-4-421---||-2-2-2-2-2--222-5--|-4-4-4-4-4-421---| ||-2-2-2-2-2----3--||-0-0-0-0-0--000-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-----3-| . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . Play Riff I until end of song and end with ENDING, also play with Fill 5, and there is another keyboard playing Riff I. ENDING |---------------------| |---------------------| GTR I |---------------------| |---------------------| |-2-2-2-2--4--5--4----| |-0-0-0-0--2--3--2----| | |---7---7-------------| |-5---5----7--8--7----| Keyboard transposed for guitar |----------6--7--6----| |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------| Fill 5 |----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9-----7--5--7---12-10-9-7-9---| |-7-------------------------5--------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| continuation of Fill 5 |----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9-----7--5--9---12-10-9-7-9---| |-7-------------------------5--------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| continuation of Fill 5 |----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9-----7--5--7---12-10-9-7-9---| |-7-------------------------5--------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |----9--7--9-12--9-9-7-9-9---| this is where the keyboard part for ENDING |-7--------------------------| comes in |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| Check Out My Web Page, With More Transcriptions On It: Join the death/black tab mailing list by emailing