 Holocaust (UK) - "Heavy Metal Mania" Guitar Tab
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Band: Holocaust (UK)
Album: The Nightcomers
Song: Heavy Metal Mania
Copyright (c) Edgy (1980)
Version 1.0 - 2006-7-17
Transcribed By: Benjamin Gheysels
Email: benjamingheysels@hotmail.com
. - 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
ps - pick scrape
Tuning E A D G B E
This is not completely accurate, but it's close. I've added between brackets
when a riff starts.
Intro riff: guitar 1
play this 19 times then this once
e|--------------------|------------------------------|
B|---6-5--------------|---6-5------------------------|
G|-------7-5-7--------|-------7-5-7-5----------------|
D|-------------5------|---------------8-7-5----------|
A|--------------------|---------------------8-7-5----|
E|--------------------|------------------------------|
Fill 1 (7"): guitar 2: play this 4x after guitar 1 has played the intro riff 4x
e|-----------------------|
B|-11-10-----------------|
G|-------12-10-12--------|
D|----------------10-----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Fill 2 (14"): play this 4 times. Guitar 1 is between brackets
e|----------------8h10p8-7hold----|
B|-(6)-(5)------------------------|
G|--------(7)-(5)-(7)-------------|
D|-------------------(5)----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Riff 2 (20"): Guitar 2 now plays chords. Guitar 1 still plays Riff 1
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|---2---3---5---7---9----10------|
A|---2---3---5---7---9----10------|
E|---0---1---3---5---7-----8------|
Riff 3 (32"): Guitar 2 plays this 2 times. The last time, no stop but ring.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2-2----------2----2-2----------------|
A|--2----2-2-stop-----2----2-2-stop (ring)----|
E|--0----0-0----------0----0-0----------------|
Fill 3 (33"): guitar 1 repeats this
e|---12-14-15-12-14-15----|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
Riff 4 (45"): twin guitar stuff. Difficult to separate both guitars, so I'll
just tab out one. Play each part 4 times.
e|--12-14-15-|-9-11-12-|-7-9-10-|-5-7-8-|-3-5-6-|-9-11-12-|----|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
(End of Riff 4 for guitar 1): this is wrong!
e|-12-14-15-12-14-15-14-12----------------------------------------12-14/17----|
B|-------------------------15-14-12-----------------------12-14-15--------15~ |
G|---------------------------------14-12---------11-12-14---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------14-12-14-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When Guitar 1 is finished with Riff 4, it plays these chords (1'05"):
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---10----9----7----5----4----|
A|---10----9----7----5----4----|
E|---8-----7----5----3----2----|
(end of Riff 4 for guitar 2): play this when the other guitar is doing the riff
above. Play each part 4 times. Listen to the song to know when to play this
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------12-|-------9-|------7-|------5-|------4-|-----|
D|--12-14----|--9-11---|--7-9---|--5-7---|--4-6---|-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5 (1'14"): play this 10 times (the last time, don't play the last 2 chords)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------9-----9-----9-------5----7--7-7----|
A|-------7-----7-----7-------3----5--5-5----|
E|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0------------------|
. . . . . . . .
Riff 6 (1'47"):
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5---4-4---7-7--9-9----5---7---9------|
A|---3-3---2-2---5-5--7-7----5---7---9------|
E|---------------------------3---5---7------|
Riff 5 (1'57"): play this 2 times
Riff 6 (2'04")
Riff 5 (2'13"): play this 2 times
Riff 7 (2'20"): play 8 times
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---5---7---9--------9-----9-----9-------5----7--7-7-----|
A|---2---5---7---9--------7-----7-----7-------3----5--5-5-----|
E|---0---3---5---7----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------------------|
. . . . . . . .
Fill 4 (2'37"): guitar 1 plays this after Riff 7 has been played 3 times
e|--16-16-16-16-16p14p12----12b-12~ ---|
B|-----------------------14------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Fill 5 (2'49"): after Riff 7 has been played 5 times
e|--22-22-22-22-22p20p18----18b-18~ ---|
B|-----------------------20------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Fill 6 (3'03"): after Riff 7 has been played 7 times
e|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11~ ---|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Riff 6 (3'13")
Background riffs for solo
Riff 8 (3'23): play this over and over again.
Listen to the record for when to hold the last note
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3--0hold-----------------------------------------------|
Riff 6 (3'34")
Riff 9 (3'44"): play first part 4 times, second part 2 times,
then first part 2 times
e|-------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|--5--4--2---2------|--5--4--2---2--------|
A|--5--4--2---2stop--|--3--2--0---0stop----|
E|--3--2--0---0------|---------------------|
Riff 6 (3'58")
Riff 8 (4'07)
Riff 6 (4'19")
Riff 10 (4'29"): guitar 1 plays this over and over again till end,
note between brackets only at very end.
e|---12-14-15--(/17~)---|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Fill 7 (4'29"): Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------12--(/14~)---|
B|-------------------------------12-15--------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---2-2-------2--2-2----------------------------|
A|--2---2-2stop---2--2-2stop------------------------|
E|--0---0-0-------0--0-0----------------------------|
Finish with an E-chord.
That's it! Enjoy!
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