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Band:  (Dimmu Borgir)
Album: (Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia)
Song:  (The Maelstrom Mephisto)

Copyright (c)  (Nuclear Blast) (2001)
Version 1.0 - (2001)

Transcribed By: (BestialWarrior)
Email:          (Bestialson2003@yahoo.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 E A D G B E
Riff #1. Fast.  Intro:Drum Roll.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------h----------------|
|------------------33333333------------------------0`1--------------|
|------------222222--------------------2222----2222-----------------|
|000000000000--------------000000000000----0000---------------------|
Riff #2. Fast Palm Mute.                          Fill #1.
|----------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------|----(4)-----------|
|----------------------------------|-------------|11---t------------|
|------2------3------21-3---2------|-------------|---2-3------------|
|------2------3------21-3---2------|-------------|------------------|
|000000-000000-000000----000-000000|444444111111-|------------------|
 ...... ...... ......    ... ......
Riff#3.  SLightly fast..     Fill#1.            Transition to Riff#4.
|---------|----------------|----------------|  |------|
|---------|----------------|----------------|  |------|
|---------|----------------|----------------|  |------|
|2-3-2----|-2-3-2----------|4-\3-3----------|  |---- -|
|---------|----------------|2-\1-1-11111111-|  |2-3-2-|
|0-1-0-000|-0-1-0-00000000-|----------------|  |0-1-0-|
       ...        ........

Riff#4.                               Riff#5 a.   Fill#1.     Fill#2.(after fill#1 2x)
|-------------------------------|   |------|---|-----------|---------|
|-------------------------------|   |------|---|-----------|---------|
|-------------------------------|  v|------|---|-----------|---------|
|------2---1------1/2---5-1-1-2-|   |6-----|-5-|-----------|---------|
|-----------------------3-1-1-2-|   |4-----|-3-|---66----77|-6---7---|
|000000-000-000000---0003-------|   |4-----|-3-|---44----55|-4---5---|
 ...... ... ......   ...
Riff #5b.                                    .     ..    ..
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|  Riff #6.  Repeat #5, except no palm mute where
|6------5-------6---------------|  Indicated.
|4------3-------4-------6----7--|
|4------3-------4-------4----5--|
        .
Riff #7. slightly fast  Repeat riff 2x
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|6-----5-----6--666--6--666--6-666--6\5-5-------------------6-\5-5|
|4-----3-----4--444--4--444--4-444--4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4-\3-3|
|4-----3-----4--444--4--444--4-444--4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4-\3-3|
             .  ...  .  ...  . ...         . ... . ... . ...

Riff#8.  Fast...
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|888888888888-------------6-666-6-666-6-666-6\5-5-6-666-6-666-6-666-6\5-5--|
|666666666666555555555555-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3--|
|------------333333333333-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3-4-444-4-444-4-444-4\3-3--|

                          . ... . ... . ...       . ... . ... . ...

Repeat Riff#2, Riff#3.,Transition, Riff #4. End...
Note:very last chord let ring out for half time..2/4.

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