Carcass - Empathological Necroticism

      
 
 Carcass "Empathological Necroticism"
 (taken from "Symphonies of Sickness" CD)
 (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)
                           pm - crunch  
 (trem picking - go nuts) 

 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.