Nile - "Annihilation of the Wicked" Guitar Tab

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Band:  Nile
Album:  Annihilation Of The Wicked
Song:  Annihilation Of The Wicked

Copyright (c)  RELAPSE RECORDS (2005)
Version 1.1 - 18/10/05

Transcribed By: Im Bored
Email:          TheBlessedDead@gmail.com

Special Thanks goes to Rob T. for helping me out
with Riff 10 (third bar) Riff 11 (Second Bar).


.  - 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
<> - Trill
tr[...] -Tremolo picking (see also- " )

Tuning A E A D F# B

Notes: This is just how I play it, my own interpretation so dont
expect it to be 100% accurate :)
Listen to CD for timing (tab spacing is often impreicse)

Riff A:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7h8p7-----|
|------------------------------------9h10p9-------------8888-|
|---------------------------4h5p4----------10101010----------|
|-44330000-44331111-7766443------7777------------------------|
  ........ ........ ,,,,,,,      ,,,,

|-------------------------------|
|--888---/88-7~~----/888---8~~--|
|--777---/77-6~~----/777---7~~--|
|--xxx----xx-x------/xxx---x----|
|--555-5-/55-4~~----/555-5-5~~--|
|-------------------------------|

Lead A1:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------14b~~~-------------14b~~~---------------------------------|
|-12~~---------------12~~-------/12~/14~/15~/14~/18~/17~/15~/14~-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------b12r----------------------------------------------|

Lead A2:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------14b~~~-------------14b~~~--------------------------|
|-12~~---------------12~~-------12"14"15"14"18"17"14"12"--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------b12r---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------14b~~~-------------14b~~~14"16"17"16"20"19"16"14"--|
|-12~~---------------12~~-------12"14"15"14"18"17"14"12"--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------b12r---------------------------------------|

Riff B:
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000-000-1/3~-|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000-000-1/3~-|
  ... ... ... ... ... ...     ... ... ... ... ... ...
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000--|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000--|
  ... ... ... ... ... ...     ... ... ... ... ...
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-12"-14"-15"-14"-18"-17"-15"-12"-|

Riff C:
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------/6~-|
|---------------------------------------------------/4~-|
|-------5ph----5ph-------------------5ph-----5ph----/4~-|
|-43100-----431-----0-44330000-43100-----431-----00-/4~-|
  ,,,,,     ,,,     . ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,     ,,,     ..

Riff D1:
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/8--9-8~-\--9-8-6--8-9-11~~-|-/8--9-8~-\--/8-7~--------|
|-/7--8-7~-\--8-7-5--7-8-10~~-|-/7--8-7~-\--/7-6~-8qbr~--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------8qbr~--|
|-/5--6-5~-\--6-5-3--5-6-8-~~-|-/5--6-5~-\---------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
Riff D2:
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-/8--9-8~-\--9-8-6--8-9-11~~-|-/8--9-8~-\--|
|-/7--8-7~-\--8-7-5--7-8-10~~-|-/7--8-7~-\--|
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-/5--6-5~-\--6-5-3--5-6-8-~~-|-/5--6-5~-\--|
|-----------------------------|-------------|
                   _______________________________________________
Riff E:           |1.                     |2.
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------/7--/8-------|
|-----------------|----------------3ph----|-----------------------|
|-----------------|--------5h6p6------4ph-|----------/5--/6-------|
|-0-1-0-1-4-3-0-1-|-0-1-0-1-----8-7-------|-0-1-04\3---0"---(5ph)-|
  tr.......................                 tr.....

Riff F:
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------16b-(17)-r16b-r16~~-|
|------------------------------|-------------13----(13)------------|
|----------------5b-(6)-r5b----|-----------------------------------|
|-0h1-4-3-4-1--3----(3)-----3~-|-0h1-4-3-4-1-----------------------|
|-0h1-4-3-4-1------------------|-0h1-4-3-4-1-----------------------|
    . . . . .                      . . . . .
(Listen to CD for correct bending technique. The lower ghosted notes
are picked delicately, with the upper ghosted notes being the prev.
bent notes still ringing.)

Riff G:
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-8-------------------------------------7-8-|
|---------------------8-7---------------------|
|-5-6-000-000-000-000-6-5-8~-2h45-0-45-7--5-6-|
|-----000-000-000-000-----8~-2h45-0-45-7------|
      ... ... ... ...        , ,, . ,,

Riff H1:
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-|
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Riff H2:
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-000-000-000-000-|
|-000-000-000-000-|
  ... ... ... ...

Fill A:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------|
|-0--[let ring]---------------------------|
|                                         |
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--5fb~~~~~~r-5~~-4-5~--1~-0--------------|
|----------------------------/8~~~-8hb~~~-|
|-----------------------------------------|
   tr........                      tr....

Riff I:
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-/12-------------/10~-9~----------------6~-/12------|
|-/12---0-0-12p11--------10~-6\5-2-7\6-0-6~-/12---00-|
|-/12-.-0-0-12p11-0---------06\5-2-7\6-0-6~-/12-.-00-|
        . .       .         .
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------9h10p9----|
|-----------------------------------88-77---------10~-|
|---------------------1010-99------------88-----------|
|-66-55----99-88--------------1010--------------------|
|-------88-------1111---------------------------------|
  ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , ,  , ,  ,, , ,   ,, ,,,,

|------------------------------|
|-------------------/8~-9~-9~--|
|-------------------/7~-8~-8~--|
|-/12--------------------------|
|-/12---0-0-12p11---/5~-6~(6)--|
|-/12-.-0-0-12p11-0------------|

Riff J:
(5:03)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0---8fb~~~~r--0-9br9~\8br8~\4br4~/5\1/4~~----|
|-0-------------0------------------------------|
      tr......
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------88775555-|
|-000110001144331111665533331010997777---------|
  tr..........................................

(Lower notes played by Second Guitar. Just play the high
notes, as these are prominent. And thats a full bend up to
twelfth fret, then released at the 11th fret pitch, then back
down to tenth pitch.[Lower notes])
(5:22)
||-------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------9b--(10)r--9~~-----------------|
||o------------------------------10~~9~-9h10~9~6\--|
||-0--8fb~~~~r--0-10fbr(11)r-11~~10~~9~-9~~--9~----|
||-0------------0----------------------------------|
      tr......
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------88775555--||
|-000110001144331111665533331010997777----------||
  tr..........................................


Riff K:
(5:52)
Notes: Pay attention to the palm muting.
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-9910109988----889988---|
|-----------1010------99-|
|------------------------|
  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 ________________________
|1,3
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-5544-------------------|
|-----8877-0044776603366-|
  ........ .............
 __________________________________
|2,4
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5544-----------------------------|
|-----8877-00447766033665500440000-|
  ........ .......................

Riff L:
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------9-8-------------|-[Play Riff H1]-|
|-7-8---------------------8------7-8--|----------------|
|---------------------8-7-------------|----------------|
|-5-6-000-000-000-000-----8---8~-5-6--|----------------|
|-----000-000-000-000-----------------|----------------|

Riff M:
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-/5--------------------------8ph~--|
|-/5-6-5-0-1-0-0--0-6-5-0-5-6-------|
|-/5-6-5-0-1-0-0--0-6-5-0-5-6-------|
         . . . .  , , , , , ,

|-------------------------|
|----------------/9-8-----|
|---------------------8~--|
|-/5-------------/8-7-----|
|-/5-6-5-0-1-0--------8~--|
|-/5-6-5-0-1-0------------|
         . . .
Riff N:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000-000-0h1/3~-|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000-000-0h1/3~-|
  ... ... ... ... ... ...     ... ... ... ... ... ...
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000--|
|-000-000-000-000-000-000-5b~-000-000-000-000-000--|
  ... ... ... ... ... ...     ... ... ... ... ...
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-12"-14"-15"-14"-12"-18"-17"-15"-13"-|

Lead A3:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------14b~~~-------------14b~~~-----------------------------|
|-12~~---------------12~~-------12"14"15"14"12"18"17"15"13"--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Lead A4:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------14b~~~-------------14b~~~14"16"17"16"14"20"18"16"14"--|
|-12~~---------------12~~-------12"14"15"14"12"18"17"15"13"--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---/13-13-12~-12-12\9~-9-9\8~-8-8-----------------|
|----------------------------------/9~-8-9~~~~~~~--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|                                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-0-[Let Ring]-------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------5p0~~-|
|-0------------------------------------------5p0~~-|

Song Structure:

Riff A
Lead A1(x2)
Lead A2 +Riff B (x2)
Riff C (x4)
Riff D (x4)
Riff E
Riff D1
Riff D2
Riff F (x4)
Riff G
Riff H1
Riff G
Riff H2
Riff F (x3)
Fill A
Riff I (x3)
Riff J
Riff K (x4)
Riff L (x2)
Riff M (x2)
Riff N
Riff N + Lead A3
Riff N + Lead A4
Riff N + Lead A3
Riff N + Lead A4
Outro

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