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                  DIMMU BORGIR - KINGS OF THE CARNIVAL CREATION
                 From the Album PURITANICAL EUPHORIC MISANTHROPIA
                        Copyright Nuclear Blast 2001
                          Version 1.0 - June 2001

Transcribed by: Marcus Päiviö

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact
Marcus: at the_parasite24@hotmail.com

.. - palm mute          /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to      ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on          b  - bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
                          ph - pinch harmonic
                           f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment           r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute       ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute     () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune Gtr to E (E,A,D,G,B,E)

Dimmu Borgir - Kings Of The Carnival Creation

         Gtrs enter  Riff A.1 both Gtr I&II
|-----|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----|-----6-7-9-|-4-----------------------------7----------------------------|
|SYNTH|-----6-7-9-|-4-----------------------------7----------------------------|
|-----|-555-4-5-7-|-2--2222--2222-2222--2220-2224-5--5555--5555-5555--5554-5557|
|-----|-----4-5-7-|-2-----------------------------5----------------------------|
        ...            ....  .... ....  .... ....    ....  .... ....  ....
....
Repeat Riff A.1 (1 time)

Riff A.2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------7---------------------------------|Gtrs
I
|-4---------------------------------7---------------------------------|  &
II
|-2-2222-2222--2222-2222--2220-2224-5-5555-5555--5555-5555--5554-5557-|
|-2---------------------------------5---------------------------------|
    .... ....  .... ....  .... ....   .... ....  .... ....  .... ....
Repeat Riff A.2 (1 time)

Riff B.1
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----4"----6"-------7"\-----4"----6"-------7"\--|Gtr
|-4"----4"----4"-4"------4"----4"----4"-4"------| I
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----4"---------------------4"------------------|Gtr
|-4"----4"-5"-4"-4"-5"\--4"----4"-5"-4"-5"-7"\--| II
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

Riff B.2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----7"----9"-------10"\-----7"----9"-------10"\-|Gtr
|-7"----7"----7"-7"-------7"----7"----7"-7"------| I
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|                                                |
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----7"----------------------7"------------------|Gtr
|-7"----7"-8"-7"-7"-8"\---7"----7"-8"-7"-5"-4"\--| II
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.2 (1 time)
Repeat Riff A.2 (2 times)
Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.2 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.2 (1 time)

B.3 w/delay and chorus
|---1-----------------h--|
|-------1---0---0----0-1-|
|------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------| I
|------------------------|
|-1----------------------|
|                        |
|---1(1)--------------h--|
|-------1(1)0(0)0(0)-0-1-|   *only guitar II plays w/delay, the notes in the
()
|------------------------|Gtr  are the delayed notes.
|------------------------| II
|------------------------|
|-1----------------------|

Repeat Riff B.3 (2 times)

Fill 2
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-5-------------|Gtrs I
|-3-5-4--4--4/5-|  & II
|-3-3-2--2--2/3-|
|---3-2--2--2/3-|

Riff C.1
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----5-5--5--4--4--4/5-|Gtrs I
|-----3-3---------------|  & II
|----------3--2--2--2/3-|
|-1-1-------------------|
  . .
Repeat Riff C.1 (2 times)

Fill 3
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-----5-------------|Gtrs I
|-----3-5-4--4--4/5-|  & II
|-----3-3-2--2--2/3-|
|-1-1---3-2--2--2/3-|
  . .
Riff C.2 Gtrs I & II
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------3----------------------------h--------3-----------------------------h--|
|-------------3------2------2------2-3--------------3------2----2----2----2-3-|
|-1111---1111---1111---1111---1111------1111---1111---1111---11---11---11-----|
  ....   ....   ....   ....   ....      ....   ....   ....   ..   ..   ..
Repeat Riff C.2 (1 time)

Riff C.3 Gtr2 plays Riff C.2 (1.5) then play Fill 2
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------10---------------------------h---------10---------------------------h---|
|-------------10-----9------9------9-10--------------10-----9----9----9---9-10-|
|-8888---8888---8888---8888---8888-------8888---8888---8888---88---88---88-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ....    ....    ....   ....   ....       ....    ....    ....   ..   ..
..

Repeat Riff C.3 (1 time)

Riff D.1
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-4----7----10---14---|Gtrs I
|-4----7----10---14---|  & II
|-2----5----9----12---|
|-2----5----9----12---|

Repeat Riff D.1 (1 time)

Riff D.2 *Gtr II plays Riff D.1 on top of Riff D.2 and D.3 4x
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4"----6"----7"-----7"----9"----11"-----11"---13"---14"---------------|Gtr
|-4"----4"----4"-----7"----7"----7"------11"---11"---11"---------h-p-----| I
|-----------------------------------------------------------4-5-4-5-4-2~--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff D.2 (1 time)

Riff D.3                                                      1.
|--------------------------------------------------------17"-|--------------|
|------------------------------------19"-----19"---21"-------|------h-p-----|
|----16"---18"---19"-----19"---21"--------18"---18"---18"----|-6-7-6-7-6-4~-|Gtr
|-16"---16"---16"-----19"---19"---19"------------------------|--------------|
I
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|

2.
|------------|
|------------|
|-4-7-6-7-9~-|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|

*Gtr2 plays Riff A.1 on top of Solo 1 (2 times)

Solo 1* w/wah wah                 4x                                   4x
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p--|
|--t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p--|-14-10-7--14-10-7--15-10-7--15-10-7-|Gtr
|-16-12-9--16-12-9--17-12-9--17-12-9-|------------------------------------|
I
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
                                  4x                                   4x
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p--|
|--t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p----t-p-p--|-14-10-7--14-10-7--15-10-7--15-10-7-|Gtr
|-16-12-9--16-12-9--17-12-9--17-12-9-|------------------------------------|
I
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|-----|
|-----|
|-11~-|Gtr
|-----| I
|-----|
|-----|
End Solo 1

Repeat Riff A.2 (2 times)*both guitars
Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.2 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)
Repeat Riff B.2 (1 time)

Riff E.1
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------h---------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-6---------4-6--6----------h------------------------6--p--| I
|-4-4"----7------4-4"----4-7-6--6-----6-----------6"---7-6-|
|-------------------------------4-4"--4-4"--4"-7"----------|
|                                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------p------------------------------|Gtr
|-6----------h---6---------6-4-----------------------6--p--| II
|-4-4"----4-6-7--4-4"----4------6-----6-----------6"---7-6-|
|-------------------------------4-4"--4-4"--4"-7"----------|

Repeat Riff E.1 (1 time)

E.2                               1.                        2.
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------2-----------2-----|------2-------9-8-7|
|-4-----4--4--p---4-----4-----p--|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2----2-----2-7-6-5|
|-2-2"--2----5-4--2-2"--2--5-4-2-|-0-0"----0"--0-0"----0"--|-0-0"---0"--0------|

F.1                       2x                         1.                 2.
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------|
|-6----6--6-----------------|---------------------2-|----------------|---9-8-7-|
|-4----4--4----6----6--6----|-4----4--4--4----p---2-|----------------|---7-6-5-|
|-4----4--4----4----4--4----|-2----2--2----5-4-2--0-|-0000-0000-0000-|-0-------|
       .            .              .                  .... .... ....
End of Riff F.1

Solo 2 Gtr3 plays Riff F.1 on top
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------/16-14------16-14----------16-|
|-/13-11------13-11----------11--------16~--------16-15-16----|
|--------14~--------14-13-14----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                             |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------/16-15------16----------------|
|-/14-13------14-13----------14--------18~-----18----------18-|
|--------16~--------16----16----------------------18----18----|
|----------------------16----------------------------16-------|

   h  p  p      h  p  p      h  p  p      h  p  p
|14-16-14-12--14-16-14-12--14-16-14-12--14-16-14-12-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|                                                   |
|--h--p--p------h--p--p------h--p--p------h--p--p---|
|16-17-16-14--16-17-16-14--16-17-16-14--16-17-16-14-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

                  h  p  p                   h  p  p
|---h--p--p----16-17-16-14----h--p--p----16-17-16-14--------------------------|
|-16-17-16-14---------------16-17-16-14---------------/16-14----------14------|
|------------------------------------------------------------16-15-16----16~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---h--p--p------h--p--p------h--p--p------h--p--p----------------------------|
|-16-17-16-14--16-17-16-14--16-17-16-14--16-17-16-14--/16-14----------14------|
|------------------------------------------------------------16-15-16----16~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-9-------h---9------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------13-11-13----13--------------------------------9--7-----------7--------------------------|
|----------------------12~----------------------------------11-9--11----11/14-14\11-11/14-14/16-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-13------h---13----14-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------16-14-16----16----16---h--p--------h--p-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------16-17-16-14-14-16-14-------------------------------------------h---|
|-------------------------------------------------17--16-14-12-11-12-14-12/16-16\12-12/16-16-17-|


|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-11-------------------------------------------------|
|----14-12-11-12-14-12~------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------14----------------------------|Gtr II
|-------------------------16---h--p--------h--p------|
|----------------------------16-17-16-14-14-16-14----|
|-17-16-14-12-14-16-14----------------------------17-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------h--h-------------h--h------h--h---|Gtr
|------------------------------h--h--11-12-14----h--h--11-12-14--11-12-14-|
I
|-14-12-11----11-12----h--h--11-12-14----------11-12-14-------------------|
|----------14--------12-14-16---------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------h--h--------------h--h------h--h---|
-------------------------------h--h--11-12-14----h--h--11-12-14--11-12-14-|
|----------------------h--h--11-12-14----------11-12-14-------------------|
|-16-14-12-11-12-14--12-14-16---------------------------------------------|

End of Solo 2

Riff G.1
|---2-----------------h--|
|-------2---1---1----1-2-|
|------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------| I
|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|
|                        |
|---2(2)--------------h--|
|-------2(2)1(1)1(1)-1-2-|   *only guitar II plays w/delay, the notes in the
()
|------------------------|Gtr  are the delayed notes.
|------------------------| II
|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|

Repeat Riff G.1 (2 times)

Fill 5
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----6-----------|Gtrs I
|-----4-6-5-5-5/6-|  & II
|-4-4---4-3-3-3/4-|
|-2-2-------------|
  . .

Riff G.2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------4----------------------------h--------4-----------------------------h--|
|-------------4------3------3------3-4--------------4------3----3----3----3-4-|
|-2222---2222---2222---2222---2222------2222---2222---2222---22---22---22-----|
  ....   ....   ....   ....   ....      ....   ....   ....   ..   ..   ..

Repeat Riff G.2 (1 time)

Riff G.3 Gtr2 plays Riff G.2 (2 times) on top
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------11---------------------------h--------11------------------------------h-|
|-------------11-----10-----10----10-11-------------11-----10---10---10---10-11|
|-9999---9999---9999---9999---9999------9999---9999---9999---99---99---99------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ....    ....    ....    ....    ....        ....    ....    ....    ..
..    ..

Repeat Riff G.2 (1 times)
Repeat Riff D.1 (2 times)
Repeat Riff D.2 (2 times)*Gtr II plays Riff D.1 on top of Riff D.2 and D.3
4x
Repeat Riff D.3 (2 times)
but with this second ending
|-------|----|
|-------|----|
|-4-7-6-|-7~-|
|-------|----|
|-------|----|
|-------|----|
        |    |
        |----|
        |----|
        |-7~-|
        |-7~-|
        |-5~-|
        |----|



         Riff I.1
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------10"---11-8--------------------|
|-------|-7-----9"---10----------------7------------9"-6--|Gtr
|-Synth-|---7------7----7-------7--------5"---------------| I
|-------|-----5-----------5-----------------5-4-5-7-------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|
        |                                                 |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-Synth-|-------------------8\------------------ hp-------| II
|-------|-------------------8\-----------------8787-------|
|-------|-------------------------3"----------5----9~-----|
I.2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------10"---11-8--------------------|
|-7-----9"---10----------------7------------9"-6--|Gtr
|---7------7----7-------7--------5"---------------| I
|-----5-----------5-----------------5-4-5-7-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------hp-|Gtr
|----------------------------------------hp--8787-| II
|-5"-----------------------------------8787-------|
|-------------------------3"----------5----9------|

I.3
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------10"---11-8--------------------|
|-7-----9"---10----------------7------------9"-6--|Gtr
|---7------7----7-------7--------5"---------------| I
|-----5-----------5-----------------5-4-5-7-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 |
|                                                 |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------------------------------hp-------| II
|-5"-----------------------------------8787-------|
|-------------------------3"----------5----9~-----|

Repeat Riff I.2 (1 time)
Repeat Riff I.3 (1 time)
Repeat Riff I.2 (1 time)

|----|
|----|
|-7~-|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|    |
|----|
|----|
|-7~-|
|-7~-|
|-5~-|
|----|
End

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