Nile - "Cast Down the Heretic" Guitar Tab
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Band: Nile
Album: Annihilation of the Wicked
Song: Cast Down The Heretic
Copyright (c) Relapse Records Inc. 2005
Version 1.0 – 23.05.2005
Transcribed By: Antonio Freyre (xerox_616@hotmail.com)
MetalDeathingMad (thrasher502@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
Tuning Dropped A: A-E-A-D-F#-B
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
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