Shadows Fall
“Crushing Belial”
>From the album: “Of One Blood”
Transcribed by: David Blanchard
November 25, 2001
Tune 1 step down ( D G C F A d ) *low to high
GTR 1 = Matt Bachand
GTR 2 = Jon Donais
“ = tremelo picking p = pull off
tr = trill / = slide down to note
h = hammer on \ = slide up to note
Riff A1|--------------------|---------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------||-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------||-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9--------5”-4”-7”-5p4-| GTR 1|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7---------------------||-----000000-3-0-----|-------000000--------------|
| ...... . ......|--------------------|---------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------||-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------||-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------|GTR 2|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7---------------------||------------3-0-----|---------------------------|
.Riff A2|--------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------------||-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9-------------------------||-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9------------7-5----5-4---| GTR 1|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7----------------7------5-||-----000000-3-0-----|-------000-000-000-------------|
| ...... . ... ... ...|--------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------------||-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9-------------------------||-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9-------------------------|GTR 2|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7-------------------------||------------3-0-----|-------------------------------|
.Riff A3“First strike…”|--------------------|---------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------||-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------||-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9--------5”-4”-7”-5p4-| GTR 1|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7---------------------||-----000000-3-0-----|-------000000--------------|
| ...... . ......|--------------------|---------------------------||--------------------|---------------------------||-7/9----------------|---------------------------||-7/9------------9-7-|--------------9”-7”-10”4h5-|GTR 2|-5/7--------7-------|---9h10--------------------||-----000000---0-----|-0-----000000--------------| ...... . . ......
Riff A4“Shakes the Earth…”|--------------------|--------------------------------||--------------------|--------------------------------||-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9--------------------------||-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9-------------7-5----5-4---| GTR 1|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7-----------------7------5-||-----000000-3-0-----|-------000-000-000--------------|
| ...... . ... ... ...|--------------------|--------------------------------||--------------------|--------------------------------||-7/9----------------|--------------------------------||-7/9------------9-7-|-------------------10-9---9-7---|GTR 2|-5/7--------7-------|---9h10----------------10-----9-||-----000000---0-----|-0-----000-000-000--------------| ...... . . ... ... ...
Fill 1|------------------------------||------------------------------||----10-7----9-5----7-4----5-2-||------------------------------| GTR 1|-00------00-----00-----00-----||------------------------------|
| .. .. .. ..|------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||----10-7----9-5----7-4----5-2-| GTR 2|------------------------------||-00------00-----00-----00-----| .. .. .. ..
Riff B1GTR 1|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5”-4”-----||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3”------5h7-||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...GTR 2|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------pick scrape-||-----------------------------|-------------------------///////////-||-----------------------------|-------------------------///////////-|
Riff B2GTR 1|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5-4-----||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-7-----5-7-||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...GTR 2|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------4-2-----||-------------------------2-4-|-------------------------5-----4-5-||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-----------||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----------|| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...
Riff B3“Eternal conflict…”GTR 1|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5”-4”-----||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3”------5h7-||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...GTR 2|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------4”--------||-------------------------2-4-|-------------------------2”---5”-4h5-||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-----|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-------------||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...
Riff B4“As the battle lines are drawn…”GTR 1|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5”-4”-----||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3”------5h7-||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...GTR 2|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------5-5h7-|-------------------------------------||------------------------4-4h4-|---------------------------4”--------||------------------------------|-------------------------2”---5”-4h5-||-222-222-2-222-2-222-222------|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-------------||-000-000-0-000-0-000-000------|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|| ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . ... . ... ...
Riff C“Been fooled so long…”|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||----5h7----4h5-7-5-4-5-4h5p4-----| GTR 1|-00-----00-------------------5/7-||---------------------------------|
| .. ..|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||----5h7---4h5-----5-------4------| GTR 2|-00-----0------00---0-7-0--------||---------------------------------| .. . .. . .
Fill 2|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||--7-5-----5-4-----7-5-----5-4---| GTR 1|------7-------5-------7-------5-||--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||-10-9-----9-7----10-9-----9-7---| GTR 2|------10------9-------10------9-||--------------------------------|
After next verse is Fill 3|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||----------------------7--9-10-9-7h9--||--7-5-----5-4----5--7----------------| GTR 1|------7-------5----------------------||-------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------7-||---------------------------10-8-7---||----------------------9-11----------||-10-9-----9-7----9-10---------------| GTR 2|------10------9---------------------||------------------------------------|
Intro to Riff D|---------||---------||---------||-2-2-2-2-| GTRS 1&2|-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-|
Riff D|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-9--------7-7--5-5-5--------------------------------||-9---5-7--7-7--5-5-5-7------------------------------| GTR 1|-7---5-7--5-5--3-3-3-7------------------------------||-0-0-3-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-5h7p5--5-3-2-|
| . . . . . . .|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-9--------7-7--5-5-5--------------------------------||-9---5-7--7-7--5-5-5-7------------------------------| GTR 1|-7---5-7--5-5--3-3-3-7------------------------------||-0-0-3-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--10-8h10p8-8-7-5-| . . . . . . .
Acoustic section:Riff E1|-----------------------------3-----||-------------3-----------------2---||-----------0---0------0----2-----2-||-----0---2---------------0---------| GTR 1|---2---3------------2--------------||-0----------------3----------------|
GTR 2 rests
Riff E2
“Alone I am…”
I think GTR 1 plays Riff E1
|---3-2---0----------3-2---5-2---||-------3-----3----------3-----3-||-----------0---0----------------||--------------------------------| GTR 2|--------------------------------||-0----------------0-------------|
Riff E3 (guitar 1 is hard to hear)|-------0----------------0-----||-------0------------------0---||----------------------------0-||-----0------------------------| GTR 1|---2--------------------------||-0----------------------------|
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|-------7-8-5--------5-----7---||-----8-------7----7-----8---8-||---9------------7-----5-------||------------------------------| GTR 2|------------------------------||-0----------------------------|
I canÂ’t hear the chords under the solo.
Riff F“Never knowing what’s become…”|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------------------5-7-||-2---------5--2------------5-7-| GTR 1|-2---------5--2------------3-5-||-0---------3--0----------------|
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|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-5-4---5-4------5-4---7-5-4tr5-| GTR 2|-----5-----5-7------5----------||-------------------------------|
Riff G1|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||-5-4h5p4---5-4-------5-4h5p4----7-5-4-||---------5-----5-7-----------5--------||--------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||-9-7h9p7---9-7-------9-7h9p7---10-9-7-| GTR 2|---------7-----9-10----------7--------||--------------------------------------|
Repeat Riff G1 with this ending:|------||------||-5--7-||-5--7-| GTRS 1&2|-3--5-||------|
Riff G2|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-5”-4”----5”-4”---------5”-4”-----7”-5”-4”-| GTR 1|-------5”-------5”-7”---------5”-----------||-------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||-9”-7”----9”-7”---------9”-7”-----10”-9”-7”-| GTR 2|-------9”-------9”-10”--------9”------------||--------------------------------------------|
I havenÂ’t figured out the sweep lick or solos yet.
Riff H|--------------------------||--------------------------||-----4------------3-------||-----4-5\4/5------3-5\4/5-| GTRS 1&2|-----2-5\4/5------1-5\4/5-||-000---3\2/3--000---3\2/3-| ... ...
