Pestilence - "The Secrecies Of Horror" Guitar Tab
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Song: The Secrecies of Horror
Artist: Pestilence
Album: Testimony of the Ancients (1991, Roadrunner)
Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)
Date started tab: 5/29/05
Date finished tab: 5/30/05
Tuning: E (standard)
Copy: First
Notation Key
~ : vibrato
^ : bend
. : palm mute
r : release
t : trill
p : pull-off
h : hammer-on
x : ghost note
/ : slide up
\ : slide down
>< : pinch harmonics
Comments: If something about this tab looks funny to you, do everyone else a
favor and let me know. Thanks.
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Fig. 1 x7 (fade in)
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|--5-----4--|
A|--5-444-4--|
E|--3-222-2--|
...
TIME- 0:17
Riff 1A x1
| Right |
e|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|
A|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|
E|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|
| ... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
| Left |
e|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|----------------------5--|-----------|----------------------5--|
D|--5-----4--|----------------------5--|-----------|----------------------5--|
A|--5-444-4--|----------------------3--|-----------|----------------------3--|
E|--3-222-2--|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
...
Riff 1B x10
e|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|
A|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|
E|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|
... . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 0:44
Fig. 2 x4
e|--------|---------------|
B|--------|---------------|
G|--------|--4----3-------|
D|--3--2--|------------5--|
A|--3--2--|--2----1-------|
E|--1--0--|------------3--|
TIME- 0:53
Riff 1B x12
e|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|
A|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|
E|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|
... . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 1:21
Fig. 2 x4
e|--------|---------------|
B|--------|---------------|
G|--------|--4----3-------|
D|--3--2--|------------5--|
A|--3--2--|--2----1-------|
E|--1--0--|------------3--|
TIME- 1:30
Fig. 3 x6 (under keyboard)
e|--------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------9--8--|--------------9--10--|
A|--------------7--6--|--------------7---8--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 1:57
Fig. 4 x8 (under solo)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--7--10--8--11--|
A|----------------|
E|--5---8--6---9--|
TIME- 2:11
Riff 2 x4
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------1-2-4---2-3-5---1-2-4--|---------1-2-4---2-3-5---1-2-4--|
A|--0-1-3-------------------------|--0-1-3-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-3-5---3-4-6---2-3-5--|---------2-3-5---3-4-6---2-3-5--|
A|--1-2-4-------------------------|--1-2-4-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 2:37
Riff 1A x1
| Right |
e|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|
A|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|
E|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|
| ... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
| Left |
e|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|----------------------5--|-----------|----------------------5--|
D|--5--------|----------------------5--|-----------|----------------------5--|
A|-----------|----------------------3--|-----------|----------------------3--|
E|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
Riff 1B x10
e|-----------|-------------------------|
B|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|--3-1-0------------------|
A|-----------|--------3-1-0---0-1-0-3--|
E|--3-222-2--|--------------3----------|
... . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 3:05
Fig. 2 x4
e|--------|---------------|
B|--------|---------------|
G|--------|--4----3-------|
D|--3--2--|------------5--|
A|--3--2--|--2----1-------|
E|--1--0--|------------3--|
TIME- 3:14
Fig. 3 x6 (under keyboard)
e|--------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------9--8--|--------------9--10--|
A|--------------7--6--|--------------7---8--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 3:40
Fig. 3A x4
| Right |
e|-----------|--------|
B|-----------|--------|
G|-----------|--6--5--|
D|-----------|--4--3--|
A|--5-4-3-2--|--------|
E|-----------|--------|
| . . . . |
| |
| Left |
e|-----------|--------|
B|-----------|--6--5--|
G|-----------|--4--3--|
D|--8-7-6-5--|--------|
A|-----------|--------|
E|-----------|--------|
. . . .
TIME- 3:48
Fig. 3B x8
e|-----------|--------|
B|-----------|--------|
G|-----------|--6--5--|
D|-----------|--4--3--|
A|--5-4-3-2--|--------|
E|-----------|--------|
Fill 1
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|--7-6--|
A|--5-4--|
E|-------|
TIME- 4:06
Fig. 3 x6 (under keyboard)
e|--------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------9--8--|--------------9--10--|
A|--------------7--6--|--------------7---8--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 4:33
Fig. 4A x1
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------9--8--|------------------9--8--|
A|------------------7--6--|------------------7--6--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------9--8--|------------------9--10--|
A|------------------7--6--|------------------7---8--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 4:42
Fig. 4B x1
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------9--8--|------------------9--8--|
A|------------------7--6--|------------------7--6--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------9--8--|------------------9--10--(pickslide-up)--|
A|------------------7--6--|------------------7---8--(pickslide-up)--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TIME- 4:51
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